Show by J LIVESTOCK A mcnaughton recent reports indal indicate ate that there wll wit be a substantial increase I 1 tn in the number ot of cattle finished oil out t in the middle western teed feed loesl there are ample supplies of hay bay and rough age at low prices and with the of cattle at present levels it looks like the middle western feeders will turn their teed feed into nto beet beef particular ly in view ot of the sharply reduced hog bog supplies last winter and spring there was little reduction in the feeding of cattle in the eastern corn belt stages und and a substantial increase la is indica indies led ted for this season shipments ot at stocker and feeder cattle into the e eastern corn belt area urea from uly to september ot of this year inspected at stock birds markets was about the largest on oil record tor for this period for the first nine months of this year the mo movement lement of stocker and f e e d e r cattle into the eastern bi belt e lt territory was wat the largest in the tho seve seventeen iteen beart years for which records are available the western corn torn belt states report a considerable increase in cattle feeding this winter over a yar so when feeding wr wort tur curtailed tailed U j a result ot t ta wk while the percentage ot of increase in cattle feeding west of the missouri river will be the heaviest as compared ed with last year corn production this year was below normal so a the number of cattle h handled a likely will be below the average practically all western states show a consider considerable abile increase in cattle placed in feed lots up to date feed supplies in the far western states are abundant and cattle feeding la Is being stepped up to consume the low priced feeds there is also a notable increase in cattle feeding oper allons in lik the southwestern group ot of states while it is likely that the ed cattle feeding operations in the middle west will curtail demand by eastern buyers of tat cattle at ahe SAW time the unusually larg demand for stocker and feeder catte cattle fat or 1111 middle aale western feed lota lots will serve to lessen the supply for west ern ranges and feed lots which should deac reab favorably to the coast colst markets when it become necess necessary AtY tor for the coast markets to reach east t ward tor for supplies of course the alt tereathia la in shipping costs gravitate gravitates to the bam ot of the western |