| Show S it itu U COL atlon t I 1 af 1 13 1 3 X mn los os angeles september 14 the cattle situation Is giving real cause tor concern these daya it appears that there is is a burdensome number oi ot cattle that must most find their way I 1 luto imbat channels during th the e next dext tew few months government Givern ment reports indic indicate ate that the cattle population the country over has been gaining regularly during the he past few years until population Is the grest est s since any records have been baden kept this ts is in reference to cattle 7 population op ula tion both dairy and beet beef stock The Thel final outlet for virtually all cattle Is on the butchers block the greatest increases habbe eliav been nl in III lium li um pero bers ot of dairy cattle beet cattlemen ate aie looking with no little concern on discussions among dairymen which will lead towards reducing plim numbers bers at lt milking cows this can mean nothing else than that more dairy t cows be turned into meat chan buels tu els to compete with the strictly beet type tyle cattle cattlemen are bringing what pressure they can to prevent these daily cattle from going into 1 direct competition with their beet beef i suggesting that more ot of the dairy stock especially the most common beet beef types go anto and products due ts other than beet it Is also suggested that the federal administration might give greater consideration to financing salus sales ot of canned beet beef to russia and the orient it might be argued that this would be far atter than to turn bet beet into products byproducts by as it should net higher i returns and attebe at the same time open f up new channels through which our surplus beet might be sold in the fut ut ure 4 it is doubt doubtful fut it if teed feed conditions in the normal cattle feeding areas are as bad as was indicated earlier in the year late developments indicate 7 that there willbe a much letter better corn crop than appeared possible thirty or sixty days ago there is plenty of teed feed for or cattle 11 ll in n the big feeding districts in colorado and western nebraska but the big trouble Is that cattle feeding operations during the past three years have not been profitable and the financing ot of cattle feeding Is bet ting to be li diore and i t more difficult california will require an immense number of cattle both breeding stock and steers should this state have anything like a favorable rainfall here again would come the diff difficulty in obtaining adequate financing it seems certain that the heavy supply of beet cattle to be marketed from ranges this fall will be forced largely into beet beef channels alucia much of this beet beef will consist of cows and medium and common grades of steers it if financing can be arranged jt lt is certain that salt river valley in arizona and imperial valley in california will call lor for larger numbers of cattle to be fattened than normally the beet beef cattle interests have a serious lob job on their hands and it is going to 0 o take a high degree of cooperation and probably some wise government help to market the cattle crop in anything like a satisfactory or profitable way |
