Show Utah Stockmen en Await A vv it Arrival Of Feed Wheat From Canada Alleviation of the critical feed grain shortage on Utah farms and ranches was pro promised by the war food administration in rep reports that the he W V F A has instructed railroads to make available o ble 30 cars per day for the e shipment of Canadian feed wheat to Utah Gus P. P Backman executive secretary Salt Lake chamber of commerce said Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day Mr Backman estimated that the first shipments would be arriving within a a. I. I few days Word of the move to alleviate the shortage was relayed to Mr Backman by Senator Abe Murdock Murdock Murdock Mur- Mur dock dock- from William McArthur of the grain division W F A who reported that as of t January ry 17 cars had entered Canada tobe to tobe tobe be loaded with feed wheat for shipment to Utah via SweetGrass Sw Sweet Grass Mont Mr rr McArthur indicated theW the W V F A h has has' long bc been n cognizant of the serious feed wheat feed wheat shortage e existing in Utah and s surrounding areas citing that as early as September Sep 1943 the Commodity Credit corporation 1 had ad arranged for forc special freight t rates on feed wheat from Canada via SweetGrass' SweetGrass Sweet Grass Grass' The shipments however were impeded by a a. shortage of of box boxcars cars The order that railroads railroads' make 30 cars per day available for wheat feed-wheat shipments from Canada Can Can- ada was issued issue f by the office of defense transportation at the behest behest behest be be- hest of the W V FA said Mr Mc Mc- Arthur |