Show aco 9 MC M C 0 situation U ati 0 lift is doubtful if there ever has i more optimistic feth ng in t the b i cje all situation irene generally rally than 0 lot litile this time an actual shortage of cattle 11 ia I 1 a by some borne in the trade others other sare are of the opinion that as a matter of fact there agrenot are not enough tn in the prove burdensome yet there may be nothing about the situation to warrant extremely huli high prices or talk lalk of anything that might be termed an beef shortage tage during the war period when both fur patriotic reasons and on under influence of high prices a an oversupply was created the orwin which folded as aa a result of a lower market ruined ma many good oat cattlemen tiemen and forrie come in in and outers bouters since haf i ti time me an ard d up op until the he past year or FO vit in in progress antl 19 1926 26 and early in 1227 the movement of cattle was wag forced because of financial pres pressure sire ard and because of lack of sufficient feed personally it ae teems to me that in 1926 and early in 1927 the movement of cattle i ial 0 n at el had the appearance of i a cleanup clean elec up of antle rahle cattle the at dinst is eliat at the present time western 61 ane e I 1 ta I 1 v well rp if f old woin i ut breed mic ing stock awl ami 11 ad ld teera steers the lre barely enough leattle cattle to produce enough young I 1 stock to move readily at the markets lets and the th ranges are I 1 and better feed condit conditions iono are I 1 developing by food rains right kight at this time the catte catt e situation air a far as the western produced in im concerned is almost j ideaTh deabi chiok erf is a ready mar market ke t for everything that can be prod prodded aed above actual replacement replace mint needs perhaps not at high prices but certainly at i ty urd ard pro po bitable prices september receipts receipt a at the 67 public live livestock ma markets in tha tha V ul 1 S as shown show by the af f agriculture are 17 percent flavor fewer than for the 6 5 sear average aver ave roge ng likewise the of f rattle cattle at those points 61 16 smaller than a year drcar ai a bawd abd 10 bercant percent per cent smaller than for the 5 jear year average stocker and feeder trove movements to the country show howde a dealure ollre of f 22 percent from a year ago affo sod and a 27 percent decie sas farcin the 6 5 year average are raffe despite th rt t figures for the i 1 country as ik a whole tt is ir to note slaughter of rattle cattle at los Ange angeles leol thi the principal packing ing center of the pacific are actually large than a ayar yow r for the first nine months of the los LOB angeles slaught cr frattle fc attle totaled cattle BS as compared wite cattle t or responding rg perio period dof of 1926 from these con contracting ingli agures gures the principal which might he gathe gathered redis is that the consumer domand demand on the pacific coast ly in the fact face of admittedly smaller cattle in the country as a whole the battlo pop to ahw a dec decresie decie aEe gaslight afi light increase being noted as a matter of fact chui thu j it may lit gathered that supply and demand have had a great deal so do dewith with I 1 reg regulating whiting the cattle population there has been no pressing need of utting cutting down tal lie lien in california because bacab se the human population has increased ncr eased more rapidly thin than thal cattle population |