Show the livestock situation ily by I 1 A mcnaughton in III spite of n lamb crop equaling the record crop of 1038 call fornia probably pio bably will have hae flit hillibe available callable aal lable for market luring the lie next 00 90 days than a yea r ago on oil the other hand there will bo be a considerably larger number of thin lambs which will have to go into feedlots for further finish this situation has been bi ought brought about by the unfavorable weather hinther conditions prevailing in the large laige early lamb producing areas amis in california white while march rains brought an end to serious drouth conditions lambs have benefit L fit of only a short period on green grass and a large percentage probably will not fatten sufficiently on grass thus Is seems very likely that california will have hae comparatively tov few early fat fait lambs tor for eastern shipment ns as the comparatively mall number of flit lambs will probably be needed to meet coast market demands feeder lambs tire are expected to meet a fairly good market in the middle west as there ig an abundance of feed in the corti corn belt find and farmers are expected to turn to lambs due to the relatively high prices find and scarcity c of feeder cattle there also Is a broad california demand tor for feeder lambs to go on pasture with a sin smaller aller number of early flit fat lambs nad and feedlots feed lots pretty ve well emptied the united nit states department of A agriculture gri culture says the situa situation tiou as of early indicates that the slaughter of sheep s and lambs during the three months from april through tune june this year ear will be considerably iiii sin iiller aller than alinn large slaughter during fit these months last year not 0 ly will the lie number iiii niber of early spring pring lanies IP he smaller but the movement of grass flit fat yearling lambs and weathers hers from texas alo ill so lie ile much smaller the cattle market continues in bluing sluing lon throughout the country and ami especially Is tills this true in III california where liere late range and conditions indicate that few gross fat cows in ly y be expected on oil california kots before may 3 1 and no vol inno of grass glass fat meers are to be I 1 pecked before june 1 it seems probable inu biblo at tills this time that IL a fairly 1 lii argo i go proportion of Call california fornia grass eattle will liae have ito 40 be finished in or carried over tor for the season onson of 41 |