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Show AAA Suggests ISuikiEfig CM, Wall foaiii High Cost of Burlap Bag Substitutes Will Limit . The Use To Other Crops Bulking of grain this fall was suggested this week as the only practical method of escaping bag shortage difficulties, by Quince Rice, chairman of the Franklin county USDA War Board. All burlap supplies in this country coun-try are for war use by the army and navy. War in the Southwest Pacific, where jute for burlap bags is obtained, has cut off any possibility possi-bility of additional supplies. Bags made of osnaburg, a cotton cloth, are going to cost as much as 25 to 30 cents apiece. They will be used primarily in handling dried beans and peas, potatoes, seeds and other crops which must be sacked. Where bulking is impossible the osnaburg' bags may help producers 'considerably in handling their grain in spite of the high cost of the bags. But bulk handling should be used in every possible case and change-overs should be planned and made immediately. |