Show new parity formula looms for farmers the agriculture department Is world in secretly socie lly on a new parity formula for determining fair and equitable 11 i prices for farm products it will bo be kept quiet until after the presidential election some of the I 1 changes might prove highly controversial ver sial stal the present formula uses the period as a basis department officials feel this gives some of the mass production crops particularly grains which can call bo be ha hagested rested cheaply with machinery developed since 1914 a price out of proportion to production costs the new formula on the other hand would boost parity prices for milk |