Show the livestock situation by J A mcnaughton McNaugh lon two field meetings for call turnia cattlemen held recently have hae in a typical manner two live of the important trends fiends in the livestock ih business one was as a tour of ranches iu in the balles where farm faim feeding of livestock la 6 increasing on faima that formerly depou ded ou the sale of cash crops such as hay ha gijin oud and fruit tw foi their income in this abea irrigated oat pasture Is coming coining in ottto to the picture pic tuie as is the efeme biome teed feed lot where home giova growel feeds nie fire marketed through restock livestock the ther other 0 field day was on arthe vast tejon ranch lu in kern kein and los angelea counties where a radical change la Is being made in method ot of operation opera atou that typifies the change in style of cuttle cattle ranching until 0 1 I few years ago on many large laigo rattle ranches steers were marketed as four year i ear olds bulls were nere allowed allotted to run with alfh the cows the year around so bat calves wore were boru born at all ail seasons beds bafs of oi the year jear no particular plan was ft as followed in selecting bulls aull aim uie the result v was as a conglomerate cou lierd herd at the present time the tejon is using all registered hereford bulls bials selected ou oa the he basis of biml and high quality calves FITO born mostly during late winter slater and earl early spring so bat they will gt get g t their start when griss grass is at its hist best nothing in the steer ui is is kept beyond two years at ari of age and must of the steers are sold as calus anil and yearnings yearlings year lings this dermith earplug carri lug a larger tow uw herd and available reed feed to better lid ad van lag heffers heifers aro culled as two icar ear cul i ad aa it is the belief of manager brujic hamilton that heffers heifers that look the best ase as calve alves and yearlings yearnings year lings do not always make the b bt bist t cowa cobb lie III fools feels that be can call do a butter better job of 0 1 selecting li cifers to lu go fio into his cow herd it if he waits until ahey are two years of age there has been a great dealoe deal of im un this ranch through feli clug iud and development of water all of oe these management practices are ilo increase the iho beef eUl clency of the tejon ejon i similar ino grains are in ef cf itt on most ranches su so dat ne ie are now producing more beef for the amount of grassland dian wasi was formerly the case casa this is necessary if a ranch Is to be aa on ti a paying basis tor for taxes land vallies find aud other costs of operation haye have increased appreciably xo ho matter whether eneis one la opet ailing a i ranch or a tarm farm where livestock is fedr the problem Is es Bont lally uio same it Is to market the crop that is raised whether it ii be grass egrass ar or grain and hays hay to ito the tee best advantage the livestock business resolves itself to a study ot of individual problem each ranch ihu solution of which will enable tile the operator to turn oft off mort morn pounds of ota more valuable meat meal bach rancher erand anil farmer has hasa a iiii up ite he must study the tIke feed lie be produces figure out the kind and clit cl asi ij ot of Ilves tock that will use that qed feed ito best addan tage and then do the beathel bes best thel hecea can la ili handling that kind of livestock |