Show LIV e S to 0 t I 1 tg I 1 axi axie e V LOS ANGELES november 8 1927 with the breaking up of the large ranches in the west the subdividing of valley acreage for small farms and a more general trend tov toward ard diversified versi fied farming the agricultural problems on the pacific slope and in the intermountain countr country y ire are in many instances paralleling middle western 11 conditions there is an increasing tendency on the part of farmers and ranchers to carry at least a few head of lives livestock kocl this condition is proving to be good business where grains deciduous and citrus fruits are grown because livestock not only adds to the ca cash sh income at a period of thelea the year when no other money is coming in but more important still returns to the soil valuable fertilizer the last feature means greater crops and better qua quality I 1 ity products it is iq important that these smaller producer of cattle hogs bogs and sheep have a ready mh cash market for their stock and that they be in position to sell 0 on n a basis fully as favorable and at as little expense as the larger stockman to meet this situation western producers are taking much the same course as did the corn belt farmers in a community where there are several small producers of livestock it has been found practicable and valuable to pool livestock livestock for community shipments under this plan the several owners of stock each bring to a convenient central point in the where from a single animal to several head the stock is then marked for ownership so that each mans stock is definitely described and enough stock to make up a full carload is made up into one shipment usually some man mall in the community in whom the others have confidence is given the task of gathering together the shipment handling the markings looking after the freight billing and seeing that the shipment is properly cared for while to market commission men at the various stock yards are seeking this sort of business and give to such shipments sh iam eats the same selling service as t hev give to any other consign consignments ments all that i is necessary on the part of the owners is if to consign the stock to a reliable selling agent at the central market he looks after the watering feeding selling and then pays them tha freight bills and other charges each owner is is given a detailed account of sale and the entire charges for the service are divided equally among the owners according to the number and weight ol 01 the animals on the public stock yards the selling agent grades the stock in the shipment A competent sales salesman marl sells the hogs bogs another the calves another the steers and cows another the sheep arid and lambs the animals receive the same attention from pa packer ck er buyers as do the large shipments and prices pi ices are paid according to the grade and quality of the animals As a matter of fact the packers are looking more and more towards the small producer for the bulk of their thair supplies and especially for the bett better r quality production which comes largely from scientifically lv fed animals animal from small producers few p persons e rs 0 ns realize realize that ohio is one of the largest sheep she ep producing states in the unton union this is is because with many small producers growing lambs ambs the supply in the aggregate is is very large the movement is gaining ground j round on the pacific slope the los angeles market often ree receives cives shipments of hogs bogs in which there are as many a as q twenty or thirty different owners each receiving full market value and getting the benefit of the lowest cost of transportation por tation |