New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-15
AGED STEERS WILL
NOT Be Available
IN SPRING pANxEY
BIG CATTLE OWNER FROM
NEW MEXICO INTERVIEW
ED BY THE CHICAGO LIVE
STOCK REPORT, AT DEN
YER STOCK SHOW
Chicago Live Stock Report)

(Snlcago Live otock Neport)
"ln my opinion the man who will
have fat cattle, either cornfed or
grass, to market next summer will
be in most enviablc position, for
foresee the highest summer mar
ket this year the trade has ever wit
messed"
The statement quoted above comes
from one who stands high among
the country's beef producers and
whose opinions on 'he subject should
command respect he forecast, as
quoted, was made % a Live Stock
| Report representative at the recent
National Western Stock Show in
Denver by Senator B. F. Pankey of
Lamy, New Mexico,
Il do not believe" said Senator
Pankey, that this country has been
as bare of aged steers within a gem
Grafton as it is at the present time.
There may not be any acute or re-
lative shortage of young cattle and,
counting tails, the coming summer
supplies at the leading market cent
ers may prove somewhat imposing,
particularly if conditions that prompt
SuIli dS nave CNlSltu lpI
the past six months, continue But
there will be a big shortage when
beef tonnage is reckoned with, as
it must be, and when the abnormally
broad demand for beef that must
still be shown, regardless of war or
peace is considered,
Finding Aged Steers Problem
"Where aged steers are coming
from to ill Kansas pastures next
spring is beyond my ken. The trans
Missouri country hasn't got them and
corn-belt and Eastern feeders are not
buying them to feed out for the
summer market The country viii
make little beef, in a comparative
sense. this winter. 1t is true that
the fall movement of feed ng cattle
to the country from the central mar
kets was large, but III venture that
90 per cent of these cattle were
merely bought to salvage soft corn.
A large number Of them have already
been returned to the ShamhlcS and
the Others will be returned within
the next 40 to 60 days During the
last 50 to 60 days few strong weight
cattle have gone into feeders hands
and when you find few cattle in
our feed-lots in preparation for the
summer market and such A big short
age OF aged steers in the breeding
and maturing districts to be thrown
N grass next spring a shortage of
beef cattle with weight in the sum-
mer time is certain TO develop"
Senator Pankey's l85C00 acres in
New Mexico are all under fence. He
figures on 20 acres to the steer for
the wear in that section and reports
conditions fairly good there now, with
enough snow having fallen to give
promise of a better year ahead than
last year. Cattle there are in fairly
good condition.
Good Grazing Comes High
Speaking of grazing privileges in
Chase and surrounding good grazing
counties in Kansas, Senator Pankcv
said that he had been offered $l200
per steer for grass for the coming
season and understands that many
pasture men there are demanding
Sl400 About four and one-half acres
are figured to the steer in that sec
ton. These grazing rates. he points
out are three to four times higher
than they were ten years ago. while
land there has advanced in value
from $1,000 to $65.00 per acre within
this period.
Senator Pankey marketed through
our Kansas City and st. Joseph
houses last summer $500 head of
steers from his Kansas pastures. II
have been exclusively a Clay, Rob
inson e. Co. patron for many years
and have yet to pick any flaw
with the service they have rendered
me. am proud to say that | was
the very first patrons of Clay.
Robinson & Co.'S Kansas CITY house
and that I actually was the first
customer of their Fl Paso house. in
both the buying and selling depart
ments. | want to say also that | do .
certainly appreciate the Live Stock .
Report. In it | find the most in
teresting and valuable live stock .
news and reliab BILE rep prts of the lead !
ing markets. I'd feel lost without it."
The senator. who is chairman OF (
the live stock committee of the Food
Admnistra ton for New Mexico. was
,alled to Denver to confer with Mr. +
Cotton, chief of the meat DEPART
nent Of the Food Administration.
who held a conference during show
week with number of prominent
Food Administration officers of the
western states.