Show Many l Conditions Favor Nevadas Nevada's Beef Industry Nevadas Nevada's beef cattle industry is is riding on the crest of the wave of feed supplies and cattle prices according according according ac ac- cording to a historical study just concluded by Howard Mason of the University of Nevada agricultural experiment station Except for local droughts and one severe winter the weather has been generally favorable to beef production production production tion for nine consecutive years j j As a result Mason said Nevada cattle numbers are very close to th the ceiling of food production under favorable conditions Present official count is head of of all cattle and calves which is under the time all high reached in 1916 However methods of producing beef have changed so that more winter winter win win- ter tel feed is needed and ranges are believed to be stocked to full capacity capacity capa cap city in their present condition Sto Stocker ker and feeder cattle prices to Nevada ranchers have ranged from one to two cents higher since 1941 than in the previous war or in inthe inthe inthe the stock market boom period This has been due to the scarcity of good grass in California Grass was poor in California last winter and feed costs also ros rose sharply during the year Adjustments Adjustments Adjustments Adjust Adjust- ments in feeder prices were not made in time to stimulate enough feed lot operation to take quite all an anthe the current years year's production Breeding herds were not increased but there are re now more steer steep and more calves on Nevada ranches than last year |