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By: W. H. Lyne
County Agent
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Reports are coming in of farmers’ plans to sell their entire breeding herds of beef or dairy cows because of the winter feed supply shortage and prices. Naturally each and every one of us -is deeply concerned over the feed supply prices situation but let’s not loose our heads and get panicky. If we sell our operating capital where will we be in the future and that just what we’d be doing if ye sell out, or should we say dispose of our herds at near give away prices.
No doubt there will be some who will do just this because of the feed shortage, plus the price of long feed and the depressing cattle price outlook. True, it doesn’t look like we can put two tons of $40.00 hay into a beef cow this winter and expect to get our money back next fall from her calf but th_*re are some hay substitutes and maybe we can get sonic g am at reduced pri- cs under the drought relief program. Also our backsight shows the man who sticks it ut wisely is the one who in the long run makes the mon ;y.
May I suggest the following to the cattlemen who finds himself short of r_l
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