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Show MAN LACKS STRENGTH I ; TO CARRY ENOUGH COW HIDES TO BUY SHOES rill Ai.O, Dn'. lb. Thoro is itu man ivni: with sin ficient I I strength to carry entfugli cotj liido-s across tlio street, to liiine; the 1 price oil .t good, pair of shoes, C. IT. Hyde of Oklahoma, t"ll thi : Farmers Committee f ISeventeep al its meeting Wednesday in diBCUssing the wholesale ami retail cost of Livestock and meat "We found by investigation that it would take .1 heavj team I 'of horses to carry enough cow hides over a country road to pay : ; for a new set of harness." said Mr. Hyde We found that butcher stock averaging ',1 pounds was sell-j sell-j ing for 5 cents a pound u- $52 and that the farmei got thai amount for raising, -liiii:.jr and ( tiring for his stock in addition to pay- ing commission and jardagc fees. , "Then we found that retail bntthers sold the same animal tor : $37 more than was paid by the packer not counting the by-prdd-; nets. I |