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Show chased. This program will begin as college. o "It is ridiculous for any farmer to go into the winter knowing they have a shortage of feed." The beef cattle will soon be coming off the ; range and the shipments will be . heavy. The dairy stock must then j take a "rear seat," until beef cattle' are moved. ; From now on only cattle can be purchased from farmers that have a feed shortage. Followng is a telegram ! from Washington, D. C. IN ALL CASES PRIORITY IN THE PUR-' CHASE OF ANIMALS SHALL BE. GIVEN TO THE AREAS WHICH-ARE WHICH-ARE IN THE MOST DISTRESSED New Cattle-Sheep Purchase Plan Discussed By Lyman II. Rich & W. V. Warnick Directors Emergency Relief Committee. The Utah county cattle emergency program has been going now for two months. During this time 4,238 cattle cat-tle have been purchased. Of this number 1,102 have been condemned and killed. Many of these have been young calves, others were cows that were condemned on account of malnutrition mal-nutrition or some other cause. The government has paid for these cattle $57.G50.00. There were two main purposes for Inaugurating this program. First on account of the drouth there was an extreme shortage of feed. It was necessary to reduce the number of cattle to the amount of feed available. avail-able. Second, to cull the herds, to get rid of the poor and scrub stuff and keep the best. Before this program started it was imixxssible to sell anything but the very best cattle and the farmers were under the necessity of selling their best stuff at a very low price and CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF THE DROUTH. PURCHASES SHALL BE TO THE SATISFACTION SATISFAC-TION OF THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGRI-CULTURAL DROUTH COMMITTEES COMMIT-TEES THAT THEIR FEED SUPPLIES SUP-PLIES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THEIR ANIMALS AND THAT SUCH INABILITY IS DUE ENTIRELY TO DROUTH CONDITIONS. CONDI-TIONS. PURCHASES FROM INDIVIDUAL IN-DIVIDUAL PRODUCERS SHALL NOT BE IN EXCESS OF THE NUMBER WHICH IT IS NECESSARY NECES-SARY TO REMOVE IN ORDER TO MAKE REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT THE CATTLE REMAINING, ON THE FARM OR THE RANCH CAN BE MAINTAINED." j Director Peterson further added j "This means the program will not ! permit the purchase of cattle from the individual farmer who has sufficient suf-ficient feed to carry his animals through the winter. It further means that purchases must not be made from farms offering feed for sale. Up to date an opportunity has been afforded for culling animals on all farms but from this date on cattle cat-tle purchasing must be in accordance accord-ance with this program. J While no time limit for cattle purchasing pur-chasing program has been announced announc-ed it seems only wisdom to advise farmers who must dispose of cattle to make disposition immediately, before be-fore other restrictions or changes become effective." keeping the poorer stuff. This was doing inestimable harm to the future fu-ture dairy industry of this county. When the government program began this process was reversed. The farmers could not sell their culls and keep their best stuff. This is what has happened many times when a car was ready to ship you would hear the remark, "they ought to be glad to get rid of that bunch or the county will never miss those." In fact in one little dairy center nearly two cars of cows were shipped and they hardly noticed the difference dif-ference In the amount of milk sold. Of course, there are some exceptions. There have been a few cattle sold that we would have liked to have seen kept. All farmers should keep m close touch with the committeemen for their district to list cattle and especially in getting their checks. All sheep men should fill out application ap-plication blanks, at this office, where ewes one year and over are offered for sale to the government. A price of $2.00 is being paid the owner keeping the pelt and wool. No lambs, weathers, or rams will be pur-soon pur-soon as it is announced from the If any of the Utah county farmers farm-ers have not sufficient feed for the coming winter, or have not yet culled their herds, we would suggest they do so as soon as possible. Word from Director William Peter-eon Peter-eon shows that there is no assurance assur-ance of hay being shipped in but that adjustment should be made to the available feed supply. Director Peterson said at the recent re-cent Dairy Day at the U. S. A. C, |