Dear Sir,
A while back I was pleasantly surprised to receive the 50-year edition inserted in my Livestock Weekly. It brought back to me the names of livestock producers I had known through the years and the big blizzard in the Colby, Kansas area where I lived at the time.

It showed some of the changes that have taken place, especially in the sheep industry, and how the numbers have dwindled. Men used to run 1500 to 2000 sheep in a band. Now they are almost a curiosity. But when I read 45 years gleaned from "Unregistered Bull in a Hotel Lobby," I saw how little things have changed. We still have low livestock prices, drouth, and crafty politicians.

I am glad to see the Livestock Weekly staff following Stanley Frank's conservative and common sense views. Once while visiting with Mr. Frank, I told him how I never made a move until I read the latest Livestock Weekly. His answer: "Why do you do that? I don't know any more than you do." But it was and still is the one publication that gives me a feel as to what the trend is with the livestock business.

Marvin Richter
Bucklin, Kansas