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Show The Livestock Situation By J. A. McNAUGHTON The cattle situation is undoubtedly serious. Nearly a million cattle all ready have been purchased by the A. A. I. for relief purposes and buying buy-ing is expected to continue through the winter. Many range outfits that are able to carry cattle through the summer are likely to face vastly more serious water and feed shortage short-age in the winter, due to small supplies sup-plies of hay. ' Cattlemen would do well to keep close watch on the market sitya-tion. sitya-tion. Many cattlemen who are' now selling off parts of their herds under the drouth relief program are using the money to feed out the balance of their stock in dry lots. The prob- able result will be burdensome supplies sup-plies of half -fat cattle on the fall markets. This may have a depressing depress-ing effect on cattle prices in the fall and winter, but the chances are that well-finished bullocks will be outstanding and in good demand. The outlook for cattle supplies over a long period indicates a shortage rather than an oversupply. The de-i de-i termining thing is the ability of the consumer to purchase. There is one j very serious feature connected with this whole situation, and that is; the sacrificing of our breeding herds. About a quarter of a century ago we went through that situation, requiring re-quiring a long period of time to build up our herds. There is no occasion for duplicating the experience exper-ience of that time and it looks as though those in control of the situation situa-tion should encourage and facilitate the movement of feed to our breeding breed-ing herds rather than to force them into the market at sacrafice prices. |
