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Show "tSnX faction tor live note that barlca . si,0wing a St1a ''"'Increase "throughout the & y in the Mhhrie West Corn producers have been lv t: trouble with a pest known as he com borer and have turned to ' ; .k"; as a very satisfactory substitute substi-tute tor com in live stock feeding Western grain producers v,ho ha.e tecn iu the habit of sacking and l u x ,.Bt their entire bar- hauling to maiket tne r loy production arc beginning to give serious thought to live stock eedmg Z a more profitable means o cash-ins cash-ins in their crops. Figures offered by one large barley wheat grower in California show that it costs about $6 00 a ton to sack, haul and warehouse ware-house his crop, all of which may be saved when the grain is fed to live stock right on the place. To this saving, he makes a conservative estimate esti-mate of $3.00 per acre as the value of the fertilizer to the land. On the basis of barley at $1.50 a sack or .$30 00 per ton on the market, this means that the barley is actually worth about $24.00 a ton on the ranch. With bogs selling at $9.00 a cwt. or better, $24.00 barley is considered con-sidered a cheap hog feed. The entire live stock market situation situ-ation is dominated by a decidedly strong price undertone, which, should go a long way towards bringing about "farm relief," for after all Is said and done, live stock forms the real basis of our American agriculture. agricul-ture. When the main root of the live stock structure is in firm, vigorous condition as a result of profitable market outlets, then agriculture as a whole is bound to prosper. Recent rains have been very helpful help-ful in aiding feed growth on pastures and ranges throughout California and should result in a normal supply of fa.t grass cattle for California markets mar-kets this season. Due to the backward back-ward condition of pastures earlier in the season as a result of cold weather weath-er and sub-normal rainfall, California Califor-nia grass cattle probably will be at least 30 days later than normally. A late spring is being experienced through all of the western country j and reports indicate that much cost-j cost-j ly feeding has been necessary in j cattle and sheep districts in the Inter j mountain country, wliieh adds con- sidcrably to the cost of operations in j both sheep and cattle outfits, j Market conditions have improved ' greatly during the past few weeks, i The cattle market has made a rapid j recovery from the depression exper-! exper-! ienecd earlier in the year, values at this time being fully one to one and one-half cents higher than early in February. Market observers are generally of the opinion that the higher plane of values may be expected expect-ed to hold good for some time to come and despite the continued depressed de-pressed condition of the hide markets a satisfactory spring and summer market is predicted by close observers. observ-ers. A condition which will prove of material strength to the beef market is the relatively high value on both pork and lamb. Many of the early California lambs already have been contracted at prices somewhat higher high-er thtn prevailed a year ago. Duo to unfavorable weather and food conditions con-ditions throughout the country, it is generally believed that the supply of fat range lambs available for "this; season's markets will not be as great as had been anticipated from estimates esti-mates of the number of ewes bred. HoSs have shared in the generally stronger market trend and prices oil both Pacific coast and Middle Western West-ern Markets are the highest in many months. This situation may be expected ex-pected to prove an important factor in rebuilding the pork produelion business on the Pacific coast and in |