Show m WALTER SHEAD SHERD Drop Seen in Farm Prices mail mall today from rural areas and small V C CONGRESSIONAL towns of the country points to the drop in farm prices as the only break brenk in the inflationary spiral Generally these letters let say that while the farmers are willing to take a cut from the abnormally high high farm prices something should be done to relieve them of ot the brunt runt of the entire price cut that cut that is the tho things thing th the farmer must buy should be cut proportionately Insofar as lIS this reporter can find out however economists here do not nol look for or much of a letdown In prices for several everal months month As A. for farm prices price themselves the consensus Is that the they will wID C go 10 down gradually until they Uley reach the parity floor when the go government gov- gov will have to step into the picture and begin buying to maintain the 90 per cent of parity program Secretary of Agriculture Anderson has temporarily withdrawn from the grain buying picture but he still has about million bushels bushela of wheat to buy to meet the governments government's export commitments When he does doe step tep back Into the grain market probably about April 1 I he will be buying to support farm arm prices as well as to meet overseas oversea commitments As It now looks the farm Income for 1948 likely will be some ome IS lB per cent under the 1947 1941 total or about equal to the 1046 1946 Income which was a record high until topped by 1047 1947 In the meantime not many farmers farmen were hurt by the spectacular grain drop most of them having sold before the tho crash |