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Show U. S. Bean Program Explained Here Support prices for dry edible beans designed to effectuate further the support program for the 1943 crop of beans announced announc-ed last spring and to help formers form-ers obtain supplies for direct war needs, will be provided by the War Food Administration, announces an-nounces G. F. Nelson, chairman of the Utah county AAA committee. com-mittee. , The support price for dry edible edi-ble beans, will be $7.50 per hundred-weight, bagged and loaded," carload lots at counter shipping points for U. S. No. 1 red kidney and llmas, and at $6.50 per hundred hun-dred weight for pea, great " northern, smaU.white,, flat small cranberry varieties. The sup-1 sup-1 "r" white, pinto, pink, small red and port price for U. S. No. 2 grade are 13 cents per 100 pounds below be-low No. 1 prices. To make certain that bean growers would be able to selL t.hplr heans at suDDort Drlces less charges for grading, cleaning and bagging, a program has been instituted by the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Food Distribution Administration to purchase U. S. No. 1 and 2 beans from processors who execute an agreement with the CCC and who purchased the beans from growers at support prices, less certain changes, Mr. Nelson advises. ad-vises. I thas been determined that the following charges per 100 pounds may be made by dealers from the support prices for the respective grades: cleaning, 25 cents; bags, 25 cents; bagging and labeling,. 10 cents;, other r-harges, 15 'cents ; picking, 8 cents.. The CCC will purchase field-run field-run beans from growers at support sup-port prices less the charges men-- men-- tloned- above where marketing outlets are not available through regular channels at support prices. All producers who desire to participate In the CCC dry edible bean purchase program should contact this office for further details, Mr. Nelson concludes. con-cludes. . ' ... |