Show Agricultural Adjustment N News evs Processing Facilities Expanded to increase facilities for slaughtering and processing to keep beep pace with purchases of cattle In the stricken drouth areas are being made by the Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural Adjustment Administration in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Federal Surplus Relief corporation When the cattle program was vas initiated less than two months ago processing averaged about animals per week Facilities Facilities Facilities Facil Facil- have now been expanded so that the average is per week and efforts toward to further expansion of processing capacity are being made In addition thousands of cattle are being moved to localities where pastures are still available Hog Production Reduced Assurance that the goal set for reduction of the nations nation's hog production In the 1934 hog corn-hog program will be accomplished is seen in the governments government's pig crop I report of June 1 The report prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared from returns from lams indicates that the number of spring pigs saved this year was 27 per cent below the average of 1932 and 1933 The number of sows farrowing between June 1 and October 1 is estimated tobe to be 38 per cent smaller Forage Crops Unlimited Further modifications of wheat heat and hog corn-hog adjustment contracts to permit planting of fodder corn cornand cornand corn and grain sorghums for forage purposes on the rented or contracted contracted con con- acres now opens the way for production of all forage crops on all land of farms under contracts 1933 crop Pa Payment Forthcoming Wheat contract signers in Utah have received a total of from the Agricultural Adjustment Adjustment Adjustment Ad Ad- Administration Proof of compliance forms have been completed and sent to Washington Washing Washing- ton in preparation for the final payment of last years year's crop rop This forthcoming payment will be nine cents minus local expense Import Duties Suspended President Roosevelt has signed a proclamation declaring an emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency and directing that import I duties be suspended to enable formers in ridden drouth-ridden areas to obtain enough feed to keep their livestock from starving Treasury and agricultural officials are working on regulations specifying what commodities probably commodities probably hay hayand hayand hayand and oats oats may may be imported duty free The regulations also would I I name ports of entry and the countries countries countries coun coun- I tries from which the commodities i could be imported Utah Farmers Receive c 1 More than a million dollars per day has been paid by the administration administration administration admin admin- to cooperating farmers in the hog corn-hog program during the past two weeks About 80 per cent of all counties participating participating participating in the corn hog program have now been authorized to prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare contracts for the final signatures signatures signatures sig sig- sig- sig natures of producers Farmers in ten Utah counties have received a total of 40 10 thousand dollars up to August 15 out of a total of nearly 32 million paid in the United United United U- U States Head of ol Cattle from Utah Cattle purchased by the government government government gov gov- in the drouth states to the close of business August 20 totalled head Sixty thousand head have been tale taken en from our Utah farms Payments approved to the same time covered covered covered cover cover- ed over ca a million head and amounted to Cattle Cattle Cattle Cat Cat- tle shipped for grazing totaled head |