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Show APPLE DEAL STRIKES SNAG Investigation went forward Monday afternoon to determine if Utah county apple growers who have planned sale of their product to the federal government gov-ernment may include C grades in their shipments. The government last week offered to buy 24 carloads of the county surplus to relieve local market conditions. However, R. A. Palen, national representative of Federal Surplus Commodities corporation, Washington, D. C. announced that C grade would not be acceptable. Farmers immediately pointed out that packing and grading with exera fancy fancy and C. grades combined have already been completed in many cases. To repack they contend will cost from 10 to 12 cents per bushel. R. R. Palethrope, fruit and vegetable grading expert of the national government; L. W. Brewer, head of the standards division di-vision of the bureau of agricultural agri-cultural economics at Washington, Washing-ton, D. C; and H. V. Swenson, district agricultural inspector, are making, a county inspection trip this afternoon. Palen, in a talk with J. W. Gillman, head of the state surplus sur-plus commodity department, reported re-ported 60 cents per bushel would be paid. Gillman, Ellis Johnson, assistant state surplus corn-modified corn-modified ' representative, visited lnral orchards Sunday. Applegrowers wishing to sell to the government are invited to contact County Agent S. R. Bos-weli Bos-weli or Mr. Swenson at the county agricultural office, city and county building. : |