Show LIVESTOCK U lk I 1 ILA PH U 91 A NU the definite turn toward improve ed cattle prices is giving cattle feed erk u ground for considerable optic ism the tact fact that improvement in cattle prices is general all over the united states gives foundation to the idea that we may have general improvement in catti cattle prices there seema seems to be no doubt but that the country is going to be short shor t on h high agh quality fed steers during the next several months the fir vir western country was less affected by the drouth conditions during th past season than any oth e section of the united states the result Is that cattle numbers in the intermountain country are probably larger than least year and reports indicate that d spite the higher lev els of feed prices there ae more cattle in teed feed lots than ever before many bre ders are of the opinion that there will not be enough cattle to go around in the middle west and the east and they are hopeful that middle western buyers will be competing with pacific coast pack ers for fat cattle supplies in the very near future gains can be put on cattle at corn cora I 1 arat amatively ively low cost there has been a decided change in the cattle bus iness in arizona and california dur arg the past few years the indus tr has changed from a strictly range proposition to a combination of dry lot feeding and range and pasture and concentrate feeding the result 1 is that this western country now has a bountiful supply of good quality b beef e ef barley fed cattle show well in the annual shows there Is a great va nety of feeds being used and there can be little doubt but that a varl ct ca of feed has a great deal to do with high quality of beet beef it also enables cattle feeders to make eco comical gains it if one teed feed seems a little high there are other feeds they can go to I 1 |