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THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE

Wednesday, June 24, 19

: RS :
Mrs. Catherine O’Keefe and her daughter Tessa of Toronto,

Dnt., are off to see Canada in a covered wagon which was con-

reach Vancouver in two years in the rig which cost $320. They will
cook all their meals and sleep in the wagon, living like the

Dioneers of old.

Market comment that has
heen subject of controversy

A livestock report released by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture this spring was the subject of
comment by J. H. Fry, secretary of the B.C. Beef

Cattle Growers’ Association.

Mr. Fry’s comments

were criticized by columnist A. J. Drinkell in a re-

cent issue of The Tribune,

words has begun.
To keep everyone abreast of

and the skirmishing with

the total number of head at the

the reason for the disagreement, | same time,

reprinted below is Mr. Fry’s
original statement of comment.

The livestock report attribu-
ted to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture is in fact a timely
one. For British Columbia
cattlement the situation may be
ge7emed up under Zour headings.

4—This report is of a fairly
Ag term nature and does not
Résssarily mean an immediate
dro. in beef prices. What it does
indicte has long been well
known to all serious students of
the catie market. That is that
cows ani heifers which would
normally have gone for
slaughter have been held back as
breeding stock since the fall of
1957. .

This has raised the price on
all other cattle and increased

Carloadings
up for May

Carloadings on the Pacific
Great Eastern Railway increased
in May over the same month
a@ year ago.

In the month just ended, the
company reports a total loading
of 4,877 as compared with 3,072
in May, 1958.

Taking the totals from Jan-
uary until May this year shows
21,088 as against 13,496 -for
the first five months of 1958.

There are about 13,000 butta-
lo in Canada, most of them in
Wood Buffalo National Park,
that lies across the border of
Alberta and the Northwest Ter-
ritories.

2—We have therefore a situ-
ation in the U.S.A. where there
may already be more calves
born each year than are re-
quired to produce the beef
needed and the replacement
stock. A drought in an import-
ant producing area, reduced
consumer demand or panic sell-
ing in one area may begin a
decline in prices which could
gather speed as it spreads.

3—Because beef cattle pro-
duction in B.C. is only two per-
cent of Canadian production,
which itself is only one-tenth
of the U.S. beef cattle produc-
tion, the ranchers and stockmen
of B.C. cannot by themselves
make any difference to the out-
come.

4—Although B.C. ranchers
cannot by themselves stem the
decline, if it should start, they
can put themselves in a posi-
tion to meet it. Cull the herd
rigorously, don’t keep any old

cows that are hard to winter
and may have no calves next
year.

Consider whether or not to
sell cattle this year which might
ordinarily have been held until
next year. For example, a 400
pound calf at 25¢ will bring
$100, the same animal as a 700
pound yearling would bring
only $126 if the price of year-
lings were to drop to 18c.

If the hay crop is short, it
would be better to sell cattle

rather than buy hay or supple-
mentary feed. Tf not fully
stocked, postpone purchases un-
til next year. The educated
guess is that the stock you need
will be cheaper then.

becomes availabl
formation she

Mr. R. C.

Box 309,

Wm. MacGillivray
Deputy Minister

| PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

LAND CLEARING

Farmers’ Land Clearing Assistance Act
Farmers who wish to have clearing or development
work done under the terms of the “ Farmers’ Land Clear-
ing Assistance Act” should apply to their local office of
the Department of Agriculture well in advance of the dates
on which they wish to have work started. a
There are unavoidable delays after the application is
filed with the District Representative before final approval
i thorized.
igs possible and the contract au
: Apply early so your work may be done as equipment
le in your area and avoid disappointment.
i with regulations and in-
Application forms, together
aa ets, are available on request from the office
of the Department of Agriculture in your area. Contact:

Fry,
District Agriculturist,
B.C. Department of Agriculture,

QUESNEL, B.C.

Hon. Newton P. Steacy
Minister of Agriculture

CANADA GENERAL
To June 11

In spite of lighter offerings
at public markets, the slaughter
cattle trade was slower and
Most Classes and grades sold at
lower levels. Steers and heifers
were steady to 75c¢ lower, and
cows from steady to 1.50 lower.
Bulls were mostly steady to
1.00 lower. Hogs were steady
to 25c¢ higher, and lambs were
unchanged.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE

Receipts at the 10 public
stockyards this week at 26,000
were 1,000 below last week and
the same number less than the
corresponding week last year.
Arrivals at eastern markets at
7,700 head were about 1,300
fewer than last week, and west-
ern outlets, due mainly to the
sharp increase at Calgary, were
up 300 at 18,000. The quality
of slaughter cattle offerings con-
tinues at the high level of re-
cent weeks and the current
week's receipts are expected to
be close to last week’s 51.9 per-
cent choice and good, which was
the highest weekly rating to
date this year. Exports of beef
cattle to the U.S. last week were
a generous .710, and this
week's movement south gives in-
dications of equalling this num-
ber. In addition to these, there
were 1,465 calves exported.

The slaughter cattle trade
was only moderately active on
most markets this week, and de-
clines were registered on nearly
all classes and grades of
slaughter material, with cows
showing the heaviest losses. Ex-
cept for a short period of activ-
ity on Monday at Toronto, steers
and heifers were fairly dull but

in spite of this prices held at
last week’s levels. Other mar-
kets were generally steady to
75ce lower on most grades of
steers and heifers. Top quality
cows were steady at Winnipeg
bt most! © to 1.50 lower
elsewhere. Bulls were steady to
1.00 below last week. Good

steers at Toronto were 24.00 to
25.00; Montreal, due mainly to
a restricted demand on Monday
and Tuesday, was mostly 50c to
75e lower at 24.25 to 24.50;
Winnipeg lost 50c¢ at 22.50 to
23.00; Calgary and Edmonton,
steady to 25c lower at 22.00 to
22.75 and 21.75 to 22.50 re-
spectively; and Saskatoon 21.00
to 27.75. Good heifers at Tor-
onto and Winnipeg sold at a
steady 23.50 to 24.00 and 21.50
00. Calgary unevenly
25¢ to 50c lower at 21.00 to
5; Saskatoon 20.00 to 21.00.
Good cows at Toronto lost 50¢
at 18.50 to 19.50; Winnipeg re-
mained at 18.00 to 19.00; Cal-
gary 1.00 or more lower at
11.50 to 17.50; Saskatoon was
down’ 50c at 17.00 to 17.50.
FEEDER CATTLE

There was a good demand for
lightweight feeder cattle at
prices generally steady to as
much as 1.50 higher. Feeder
shipments from public stock-
yards to country feedlots up to
fune 6 at 96,712 shows a de-
crease of 14 percent from the

feeder steers

a steady 25.00 to 27.00, and |
Winnipeg a strong 22.50 to
26.00. Calgary was a firm

22.50 to 25.00, and Saskatoon
1.00 to 1.50 higher at 21.00 to
24.00.

CALF MARKET

Veal calves were unevenly
steady to 2.50 lower this week.
At Toronto and Montreal, good
and choice vealers were steady
to 1.00 lower at 33.00 to 36.00
and 26.00 to 28.00 respectively.
Winnipeg was a steady 33.00 to
35.00; Calgary lower at 27.00

at Toronto were LAMB MARKET

Prices of sheep and lambs|?'
were steady with last week. Tor-| @
onto spring lambs sold at 28.00
to 32.00 cwt., and Montreal
26.00 to 29.00. Winnipeg good
lambs were 20.00 and spring
lambs at 00. Calgary was
19.00 to 20.25 on good lambs,
and 24.00 to 25.00 on spring.

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IMPORTS o!
There were 4,398 lambs im-
ported from the U.S. last week.

entheses): cattle, 3,700
sheep, 16,661 (8,307). P

) Durope, riding. the crest of a

this year but pick up again in
the last half.

United Kingdom is expected to
slump slightly in the first half

Agriculture economists predict
it will
Imports to June 6 (1958 in par-| next

(nil): } due to

Pork. production
up in Europe

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to 30.00; and steady
to 2.50 lower at 27.00 to 32.50.
Saskatoon was steady to strong
at 27.00 to 30.00.

HOG MARKET

Hog prices were mostly un-
changed from last week except
for a small increase at Montreal.
Toronto Grade A hogs. remained
at 25.25, and Montreal was
steady to 25¢ higher at 25.00
to 25.75. Winnipeg held last
week's 22.50 to 23.00; Calgary
steady at 21.60; Edmonton was
unevenly 21.90 at the close, and
Saskatchewan market s 21.50.
Ontario packing plants, outside

of Toronto, paid 25.25 for Grade
A hogs at local points. Hull,
Princeville and Quebec City paid
25.00.

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Steady market
at Vancouver

A steady market was noted
at MeClary’s stockyard sale at
Vancouver June 15 when the
week's run consisted mainly of
cattle from the Peace River,
Vancouver Island and the Fraser
Valley.

There were no choice steers
on offer, but plain steers sold

for to 23.75 and plain
quality feeder steers from
20.10 to 22.75.

Other prices were: Plain veal
calves, 22.25 to 23.75; good
good young beef cows, 18.00 to
19.50; good Holstein cows,
cows, 15.75 to 16.60; fat

Guernsey and Jersey cows, 14.00
to 14:50; canners and cutters,
12.35 to 14.10.

MORE ANIMALS
SOLD BY AUCTION

In 1958 more than 2,300 live-
stock auction markets operated
in the U.S.A. and handled 57
percent of all animals consigned
to all markets. They sold more
than 62% million head of live-
stock—an 11 percent increase
compared with 1957. Auctions
handled 68 percent of cattle and
calves consigned to all markets,

with central stockyards handling
55 percent of the hogs and 52

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