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Show ceiling prices have been established establish-ed on scrap metal, but these are prices to the dealer after he has sorted, processed, prepared, and shipped the scrap to the mill. The county agent's office can supply the farmer with details on how to sell scrap. Farmers Urged To Save Scrap Metal Scrap metal is needed once again to keep the nation's steel mills rolling at full capacity, says S. R. Boswell, Utah county farm agent for the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural College Extension Service. About 67 million tons of scrap from all sources will be required to keep steel furnaces going in 1951. The all-time high of 61 million mil-lion tons was reached last year. Therefore, about 6 million more tons will be needed this year than was used in 1950. The county agent believes that spring clean-up offers farmers a good opportunity to salvage the scrap so urgently needed for military mili-tary and civilian products. He points out that warnout tractors, plows, rakes, and harrows har-rows even such small pieces as plow points, bolts, and washers are to be found on almost every farm. All of these are needed to make the steel required for military mili-tary equipment, as well as new farm machinery. The farmer should dispose of his scrap by selling it. This means hauling it to salvage dealers in town, or selling to trucker-buyers who call at the farm. National |