Show ax 1 41 e lavels tock situation 9 ika hog prices have reached the highest levels ot of the season with light butcher hogs selling at 13 cents a pound and better on the los angeles market it ap appears pears that over a period of botn I 1 ita 1 its I 1 I 1 bog prices reach the highest levels during july august and early gep S apte e I 1 te laber aber the large corn farrowed furrowed far rowed pigs cardina ordinarily rily Is is bady ready tor for market by october ast 1st and it Is natural to expect some decline in values by that time As it Is the hog fedders who have choice butchers now ready for or market are in tor for attractive prices which sh 0 0 very satisfactory profits cattlemen must realize that no matter where their cattle are sold the price is based upon actual sales made at the western stock yards markets there la is an admitted tendency on the he part ot of cattlemen to permit country buyers to top out r herds fp ihen eil to ship the balance ot of the crop to the open market this results in values on oil the oten open market being based almost en t ely on the lower grade and cull ea cattle tile every market report issued in the country including the government reports Is based upon these theae stock yard sales it if the sales are ot of plain and halt half tat fat cattle then the quo quotations lations must lid bd t based upon such tock with the apparent result that the best eat cattle sold bold in the country do not il have the benefit of 0 quotation on h attle as g as those selling at the ranch tho ae who actually raise well bred stock and get them in high condition are not getting as much money for such auth stock as the ma mark kt fit actually should pay and such cat 1 often be sold on thea the A As tile old saying at w eat our cake and hai have e our cake and t Is up to the arc duelfer not braly ito consider his neighbor but to consider cans lder hla his own pocketbook there Is in a shortage of good dary dairy cows coasin in the western 1 country p duo due bof boutto bocito tto the big demand f id tor for healthy high p producing r 5 iu M ig co cows we in southern cal and to the general campaign to rid the country of 0 cows at this time there Is a widespread demand tor for good heifer belter calves sired by purebred pure bred bulls and out ot of high producing dams it will pay dalry dairy inne who do not raise their own hel heifer calves to use usa good bulls as there la is a better market for or well bred heifer calves to go into other dairies than there is it such stock la Is sold for or venting ng there Is added interest la in the so called dual purpose cattle since beet beef prices have advanced there are large numbers ot of dairymen who buy all of their cows force them along to the limit ot of milk production and then figure on soiling selling the cows cowa for beef it Is pointed out by advocates of the dual purpose animal that such stock may be bred up tor for high production and at the same time whon when the animals are milked out they should bring better prices tor for beet beef purposes further the calyes calves from tile the dual purpose animal are more salable tor for venting ng or tor for tile the production ot of beet beef practically every western fair reports th elargest entry sit isit of purebred beet beef and dairy cattle swine and sheep on record this indicates that the lite production of purebred pure bred registered live stock la Is rapidly coming back and also brings out the tact fact that hat stockmen stoc kmen are interested in buying better belter bred animals else the breedi bleeders breeders bre eders would not go to the expense of 0 titling fitting and showing their choice animals |