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Show Page 4 May, 1966 UTAH FARM BUREAU NEWS ITUne Ifaeiraafl ffaGflcay General Economic Indicators General Business Indicators (Index: Industrial production (Physical volume), total Total manufactures Durables Nondurables ,. 1957-5-9 139.2 140.8 142.7 138.4 111.8 . Mining Utilities 100) ' ' ; 156.1 Consumers prices, all items ; Retail food prices Wholesale commodity prices other than farm and processed foods Wholesale prices of farm products Business failures Stock price index (425 stocks) (1941-4- 3 circulation in Money (m) Total consumer credit outstanding (m) 100) Freight carloadings (1957-5- 9 108.9 106.6 111.6 101,9 94.5 103.8 $ $ Value of manufacturers new orders (m) Value of manufacturers sales (m) Book value of manufacturers inventories (m) Value of business sales (m) Book value of business inventories (m) Sales of all retail stores (m) ... construction, private and public (m) Highways (m) All new Foreign trade, U.S. exports (m) U.S. agricultural exports (m) UJS. imports (m) ., US. agricultural imports (m) ..(hi) 1965 and 1966. Standard and toot's Industrial!. 107.3 99.11 $ 41,215 $ 85,089 97.2 38,593 . 76,145 96.4 $ 39,704 $ 38,885 $ 63,213 $ 75,946 $ 1 1 1 ,465 $ 23,168 $ $ $ $ $ $ 4,208 277 $ 4,584 $ $ $ 1,230.7 210.4 $ $ 1,138.1 175.1 $ 2,105.3 505.7 1,800.8 352.9 $ January 113.1 91.64 . . . wore part of the judging being done in the BYU Animal Science contest for FFA boys. Poultry judging and dairy judging rounded out the contest. BEEF CARCASSES 1,084 1,137 10) 151.3 153.5 159.2 146.4 118.4 166.5 44,298 43,044 68,428 84,114 $120,451 $ 24,603 $267 $ MUHom. Source: Official US. Government reports. Employment and Earnings February 1965 February 1966 Down Up All manufacturing industries combined: All employees (thousands) Production and related workers (thousands) Average weekly hours Average hourly earnings, gross All farm workers (thousands) j Farm wage rates per month, with house National income (billions) . . . ...... .. . members from chapters all over Utah took part in the contest hams give the boys g held at BYU. Here some pretty trouble. little a FFA Farm Prices Wheat, per bu Com, per bu. Cotton, upland, per lb Peanuts, per lb. d Tobacco, (types ), bu Soybeans, per Potatoes, per cwt Apples, for fresh use, per bu. Grapefruit, per box Oranges, per box 22-23- fire-cure- March 15, 1965 1.36 $ ' 1.18 .2860 .116 .375 2.85 4.47 2.69 .84 2.35 16.30 18.60 per lb - Hogs, per cwt Beef cattle, per cwt Calves, per cwt per-ew- March 15, 1966 Down Up 1.41 $ $1.12 .2793 2.71 2.18 2.83 1.47 1.54 24.00 24.00 27.60 8.00 25.70 .630 6.29 22.30 t .586 Milkfat in cream, per lb All milk, wholessde, per cwt Chickens, excluding broilers, live, per lb. Broilers, live, per lb Turkeys, live, per lb. .119 .419 . 20.50 Sleep, per cwt Lambs, similar-lookin- - 4.17 4.54 .107 .174 .247 .416 .495 .092 .156 .226 .307 .463 Eggs, per dor. Wool, per lb Farm Income (Billions) S Cash receipts from farm marketings Farm operators realized net income Fanners share of consumers food dollar (Percent) 1964 and 1965. $ . . 36.9 12.9 37 Calendar year 1964 and 1965. December 1964 and 1965. Source: Official US. Government reports. $ $ 38.9 14.1 41 HENS, dressed birds and eggs added points to the individual winners. Contest was no snap even caused some advisors to mutter in their beards. BUYs excellent facilities gave rise to the contest which gives the boys some excellent experience. LIVE Mrs. Smith Listed In 'Dictionary1 Mrs Haven Smith, chairman of the American Farm Bureau Womens Committee, has been selected for listing in the Dictionary of International Biog raphy. The Dictionary, published by a firm in London, England, will be printed next September. She is listed in Whos Who in America. |