Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-26
GOVERNMENT BEGINS
NEW REPORTING SYSTEM
Will Forecast Current Live.
Stock Production and Mark.
kctahlc Supplies.
AGRICULTURE TO NE FEATURED
Estimates on number at Cattle on
Feed Ia lie Mnhc December L. jan
unry J und February /. Ench icur.
VIII Include Virginia.
fRv Assocla,ed Press.


WASHINGTON Nov PA new
livestock reporting service for fore
casting current livestock produC-
ton, marketable supplies and com
mercial movements has been or
ganized by the Department; of Ag-
riculture. The service VIII cover the
corn belt and the Western range
Statrs and Will function through
state staiisticiaus already connect
ed with the departments crop es,i-
mate work. The cooperation of
many railroads. s,ockyards. packing
plants and producers organizations
for furnishing data as basis for
forccastiuE has been obtained
The new service is part Of the de-
partmon's program for collecting
and disseminating Information bear
ing upon agriculture, in an effort To
influence the organization Of the
farm business on sound economic
basis 1t i believed That statistics
on present and prospective livestock
production and information of cur
rent market movements Will eTabie
purchasers Bette to correlate sun
Fly with demand. thereby prevent
ing eluis or shortages aud the at
tending fluctuations N prices
Character OF Reports
The following reports arc rro
posed, 10 be issued from time 10
time: monthly reports on changes
in numbers OF live stock on farms
snmiannun! PIG surveys in March
and November. monthly reports Of
receipts and shipments Of live stock
from the corn belt and Western
states. monthly reports showing pas
ture and feed conditions in tho
range states. tho condition OF live
stock expressed in percentages ot
normal. and live stock prices on tn.
range in territory distant from mar
kets
Estimates or tho number of cat
tic on feed VIII ne made December
J, January |. and possibly February
i, Of each wear. tho estimates 10 hc
confined - areas where cattle are
fed for market chiefly in IN. corn
belt states Estimates on peccm-
Der and January VIII show tho
number OF sheer and lambs on feed
estimates on March l will show tn.
probable spring movement OF sheep
and lambs from California, Arizona.
kentucky Tennessee. West virginia
and Virginia. y final report Of ship
mcnts from shese States will be
made In July or August
ESTIMATES Ia lie Feature.
Estimates will he made Of the calf
ana lamb crop in the range States
the first report 10 he made about
July with final revision on January
J, OF each year. Plans for making
similar estimates in the corn belt
states may he developed later. \
semlannual estimate of the prcspec.
tive supply of cattle for spring and
fall delivery will toe made In Feb
runry and August
Other reports vii be nm estimate
OF the prospective movement of
Grass-fed cattle from Southern
Texas, in February. an estimate Of
the lamb crop OF California ana the
early lamb crop OF Arizona Idaho
and Colorado, in March. report on
the condition of pasture in Kansas
Flint Hills and short grass areas,
in March and April, an estimate of
the prospective movement Of grass
fed sheep from Western Texas. in
mcnt from California, in May; tho
number of cattle which have ron.
from the Southern states to Ollla-
homa, Kansas and other Northern
pastures, In June: the probable mum
her OF fat and feeder lambs avail.
able for shipments from Arizona.
idaho. Wyoming colorado and New
Mexico during July and August I'm
June; the number 81 GrGss-fcd Ca,tlc
moving 10 market from Kansas OK
lahoma. Montana, wyoming in iuly;
Texas. New Mexico and Arizona. In