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Show OUTLOOK PLEASES NEVADA STOCKMAN With plenty of hay for feed and the winter range-s In excellent shape stoi kmen in Xevada are taking a much more optimistic view of the future, according to Assistant District Forester C. N. Woods In charge of grazing In district four of the forest service, who has returned from Austin. Aus-tin. Nevada. Ho attended a Joint meeting thero of the State livestock OSBOI iatlon with the various Tolyabe cattle and wool growers' associations and -the officials of the forest service. There are at present approximately ! 1,000,000 head of sheep in Nevada ami about 400.000 head of cattle according accord-ing to figures submitted the forest service. ser-vice. Lambing was reported as poor and the wool crop shorter than usual The bulk of the Nevada sheep are grased en the winter ranges which are i among the best In the western country coun-try Mr -Woods .said. The demand for fat cattle was reported re-ported as very good, but there was j practleally no demand for stock cattle. oo |