Show c L JOCK am SITUATION soon at aft tile tha ancient delusion that agricultural ri production business busin eso and politics poll bics tics aro are turee unconnected spheres of activity has haa been dissipated t e d 1 in t tho flo past year ad tanners farmers packing interests Int Inte erets rots and the livestock industry have learned how 0 one n e r ruling u allu g of government can elevate or depress prices paid for or beef cattle battle hogs hoga and sheep 0 within jhb past few wook weeks u ceilings on beet halted tho the up ward march of prices paid tor for slaughter laughter cattle word ward of a beof beat shortage along tile tho eastern lantei n sea BOB board rend and in n parts of the midwest have brought brou glit headlines in arito dally daily papers by them it Is attributed tri buted to unbalanced setting of prices on meata tremendous do de marid for boot beet a lack of adequate shipping facilities to some cities and heavy buying for tho the armed forces and lond lend lease purposes A study of available statistical lesi ot or present cattle supplies and of at estimated needs of beet tor for our armed forces allies alles and civilians seems to indicate that wo we may have a much seed stock at tilts ther end ot or tile the present year as wo we had ad at the close of 1041 1941 tho the movement of beof to packing houses the past week weak haa a boon been steady with a demand sufficient fi clent to clean up tho the supply fairly well with ith fed steers and other clateus finding prices representative of active and higher than hall a I 1 wel week ago go tile the federal government la Is urging hog inert ined to spread tho the marketing of their swine a course heartily endor endorsed jed by the packers as there la in a likelihood of a pos sible cable shortage ehor tage in proc eming and ancl storage the U S do paiement pait parti ment nent of agriculture that because of the need for mort moro J pork and lard additional pounds on oil corkers porkers will delay kheir roar mar without tile tho of any price penalty last week fairly good fed tit sold in tho contral central barlet for 12 up to 1330 grass grasa bifora tit at 1015 1076 to 1185 and mexicans at to 1660 16 CO fed helt helf ors ois oi s moved it at 11 BO to 1266 tho the bull continued farin rin with good leany fleshy bulls bulla ut at 1050 to 1085 moderate Alo supplies ot at calves aud and ven lerf moi mot an excellent demand hogs weighing t to ills ibs sold up to a n top of 0 1665 highest est price for 17 years the bulk of medium ledlum Il to good offerings went out at 1476 to 1526 good to choice sows bows moved at 13 to 1360 and feeder pigs otga sold at a range of from 17 U up D to 22 for choice light kinds receipts if it shem and lambs rather light borlum tp b good yearling lamba brought as high as 1376 sorted medium 0 to o good ewes no 2 alfa sold eold at to |