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Show I WHAT S WRONG? tieorgi B. Morse, after more than 40 years of feeding experience on his 500-acre Iowa farm has decided to quit the meac-producing business For long Morse has been fntteniug 1000 steers yearly That means quite a few beefsteaks and roast' ribs for many city meat eaters. And Morse admits that he made a "fair profit out of the fattening. " But that was in former years Now. he insists, he can't remain in the business hi cause there is not a large enough margin of profit. He says be has to pay too much for feed and doean'1 get enough for the fattened product he drives into the livestock yard. This in face of the fact that city consumers are paying the high est ever prices for beef! What's the matter? Here's an experienced beef producer unable to stav on the job of producing beef be ause prices he gets are too low. Here are millions of meat casters paying more for beef than they paid before; than they paid in the years Morse admits were profitable to him. What 'a wrong? |