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Show New View of South's Cattle Production Clayton P. Llbeau of the University Univer-sity of Nebraska has expressed a new view of the Increased production pro-duction of cattle in the south that may be of Interest to cattlemen tn all sections of the country. He is of the opinion that the 22 per cent increase in cattle production pro-duction since 1944 in the south will help provide more stability in cattle production and prices. Be says the south with its marketing mar-keting of younger and lighter cattle cat-tle provides a faster turnover and more flexibility in rate of marketing. mar-keting. For those who like to reduce re-duce booms and busts in cattle numbers the recent jnerease In cattle in the south and southwest is a welcome development. Those who do not like competition from new areas with lower freight and pasture costs may resent it At the beginning of the year there was a 84 per cent increase Id breeding stock since the previous pre-vious peak of 1944. Over 20 per cent of this increase is now in eastern and southern areas. Llbeau believes this should place more stability in the cattle cycle. However, It also has a competitive competi-tive price element in the form of utilization of new legumes and pastures that either did not exist or were not used for cattle a decade ago. |
