Show ji A OD 0 I 1 fa farm r dont take your hogs to market without first checking to make sure that they can be sold the continues to advise producers heavy runs of hogs have caused some markets to declare embargoes on hog shipments I 1 producers run the risk of losses when they take hogs to market these days without chocking checking to determine whether the market can handle them i ample reason why this marketing problem wont ease case soon is the 1943 spring pig crop of more than compared with the 1932 41 average of for both spring and fall pig crops purpose of recent actions taken by the OES OPA and on feed grains was to bring prices of the various feed grains more nearly into line with one another so as to promote most efficient use of available feed grains and to make more feed 9 grain rain available for deficit areas permanent regulations on the prices of oats barley and sorghum grains which are being prepared by the OPA will reflect parity and will in some cases bring about reductions notably in oats recent market prices lor for oats and barley have been at or above parity the directive from judge fred M vinson director of economic stabilization freezing the prices of these grains gra ins followed a period which has seen feed prices advance steadily to increase costs to dairy farmers along with poultry and livestock producers bats and barley were frozen on the basis of the highest prices of the five day period from november 29 99 to december 3 1943 inclusive temporary sorghum grain ceilings are set at prices approximating parity at basic points per cwt cat at kansas city at texas common points are determined by applying normal differentials the recent increase in the maximum price for corn was not a flat raise throughout the country but includes adjustments to correct inequities in the previous pre regulation the ceiling was raised 9 cents to sua at chicago on no 2 yellow corn r farmers are urged to give unusual attention to repairing and maintaining the count rys worth of farm structures due to the scarcity of building materials particularly ticul arly lumber the total investment in farm buildings is reported to be zat 3 times the investment in farm machinery and twice the value of all farm livestock with only agricultural land values topping this part of the farm investment A check on dairy feed payments reveals that over had been paid to more than producers ulcers on october sales through no vember 20 with payments in utah under the dairy feed payment program totaled Sl on december 11 1941 produce brodur ers are t to submit evidence of october sales in order that the county AAA office may comp complete lele payments for october as quickly as possible I 1 in its latest survey of the marketing I 1 and transportation situation the bureau of agricultural economics points out that wartime transportation needs have caused a shift away from truck and boat shipments of perishable food products and an increase in the vo jume of this traffic carried in carlots by rail the situation is complicated by a shortage of refrigerator cars some I 1 of products by rail and an acute shortage of motor truck fuel and part which may make extreme long distance trucking of perishable I 1 food uneconomical compared to rail transport holiday tables can be supplied from a record quantity of chicken but a moderately smaller supply of turkey than last year will be shared with increased quantities going to the boys and girls in uniform |