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Show Los A iirk', A UKU.t '1.- Oim nf (ho 1 Host rliil'iH'iit o M ho nics in modern mod-ern tinu-s lor tlu' )UI'iom' of innvtis-in; innvtis-in; roiniuoility pruvi is now hointf! tried out hy the 1'nitetl States ov-l ennieiit . Nt:irt int;' on A i j u..L li.'tnl. ' 1 the secretary of u'i'ii-ultui'e announced announc-ed lluit the I'. S. agricultural adjustment adjust-ment administration would jiurcha.se every pig, weighing over '-!7.r )ounds, on tho stock yards at premium prices. It; s e.4 iiuatiMl that the tfov-eriiiuent tfov-eriiiuent will be called upon to purchase pur-chase a minimiiuii of four million pigs and one nullum bred sows under tills plan. Prices to be paid ui'cha: ers range from t t-u !!' cents a jxmnd for pigs, strictly according to weight, and market jricu for sows, jilus four dollur.s per head, with no dockage for sows as is customary on the market--;. During the first two days in which the I'nited States government govern-ment assumed tho role of tho world's largest live pork! buyer, nearly one hundred thousand )igs and bred sows were offered oik the middle we-Lern markets. Tho schenio is exjH-cted to reduce re-duce the I il.'l.'i-.'i I winter hog marketing market-ing us well as the l'Jii l hog nuirket-ing nuirket-ing by at least twenty cr cent. Roughly, government officials believe be-lieve that this will mean the elimination elimi-nation of the actual surplus )ork product ion, thus paving the way for increaisl prii-c-s of live hogs on the iiuuket by at lea-t twenty-five to thirty per rent. To pay for the purchase of these hogs, a processing tax amounting to "le.-s than a half a cent a jund", will bo levied against all imckers who slaughter hogs, beginning October Octo-ber 1st. Chicago is used as tho bcusie market, mar-ket, with prices to be )uid for pigs running -10 cents a hundredweight less at ML-souri river markets ami I'rO cents less at Rocky Mountain and I'acific Coast market.-. All of the meat tio.n these hogs will bu purchased pur-chased by the government for relief re-lief juri-e- and is nob to go into Usual retain tin-at channels. Inedible jiroduct, it is proiiusetl, will not compete com-pete with e.-tabli-hed trade. Some product is expt-cleil to be exxirted. J The plan is expected to prove of leal benefit to middle western farmers farm-ers who are short of feeds because of drouth conditions. The extreme we-t is not expected to share in the .irogiam as there is no surplus of! hogs on the I'acific Coast. However, we-ti-in stockmen may be cxjected to share in Ix-refits to the general market mar-ket which i.- anticipated. Those who are in the habit of buying young pigs for feeding pur-! pur-! po-es are left out of the picture a I they cannot comcte with the gov-I gov-I eminent price schedule. Such feeders feed-ers will either have to arrange to rai.-e their own jiigs or else get out of the hog feeding business during the next few months. This is not a serious program, as the government pig buying is expected to cease by-October by-October 1st. The effect of the huge scheme will be interesting to observe. Farmers and stockmen are hopeful that it will prove highly beneficial to the price structure. Beef cattle producers pro-ducers are watching the experiment with great interest and are talking of requesting the government to work out some such a lan for cattlemen. |