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Show CHI 10 SHEEP PRICES 601 UP: The following views expressed by I W. H. Schellberg. traffic manager of 1 the Union Stockyards company of' Omaha, will doubtles be read " with other stock-raising states The general rains that have pre .' vailed throughout Nebraska and neighboring states during the entire ! spring and earl summer have ttaor-oughh ttaor-oughh soaked the fields and pastures, 1 practically assuring the corn belt 1 states of the largest yield in their history. his-tory. Pastures, at this time, are in better condition than ever before, with every indication of an abundance abund-ance of fall feed The alfalfa producing pro-ducing sections of Nebraska as well i's surrounding states, report the first and second cutting as excellent In both quality and quantity, and this fact together with the enormous : amount of prairie hay being made this I year and the assurance of the largest : grain crop in the history of the corn belt states, all indicate there will be I the heaviest demand In many years for feeder cattle and sheep. 'At this early date the prospects for 1 more than an ample supply of feed I cp the farms of the corn growing , states, coupled with a general scarc-! scarc-! ity of feeding stock in those sections. 1 has created a general tendency to-iward to-iward an upward trend in prices on , the South Omaha market for feeder j cattle and sheep During the past week there has been a marked in-' in-' crease jn orders received by commis-I commis-I sion men and traders operating on the South Omaha market over other years at this time, and if present reports re-ports of range stuff to be marketed can be relied upon, it would begin to look as though there would not be enough feeder cattle and sheep to supply sup-ply the demand at western markets this fall The marketing nf rantrp rattlo anH sheep has not yet begun in real earn est, but taking into consideration the fact that all the told-time feeders as well as numerous new oneB In the corn belt states have signified their desire to feed up their large crops ot hay and grain, it is questionable whether or not, when the range run is on in full blast, there will be anywhere any-where near enough to moot the enormous enor-mous demand. These facts are based upon present inquiries at the South Omaha market, if they can be taken as any criterion. Feeder cattle and 9heep have been selling on an even basis, and higher than Chicago, and every Indication points to these con ditions continuing to prevail all fall "Speaking of the feeder cattle and sheep situation at South Omaha, rpp resentatives 0f various prominent feeder buying firms there stated their firms had, att this early date, received receiv-ed more bona fide orders for feed er cattle and sheep than ever before at one time, and It was now simply a question of getting the stock to fill the orders It Is. of course, expected that this demand will meet with a better supply when the range movement move-ment to market really commences, but the fact that there is a genera) tendency to market short from the ranges and the further fart that the corn belt feeders are more than anx-1 anx-1 ious to secure stuff for their lots, will create a strong feeder market throughout the entire fall marketing season, with prevailing high prices Furthermore, with the crop of grass over practically the entire range rountry the best in yours, there j should be no necessity for marketing stock In great bunches, as has been j the case in some former years, uni formity hi prices belnc maintained when the marketing Is distributed oer the entirp range season." |