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Show Ruling Permits Buying Needed Breeder Stock Farmers who are eligible to raise hogs in 1934 under the terms of the !orn-hog contract, but who have no Dreeding stock cn hand at the time Di tigning the contract, will now De permitted, under certain conditions, condi-tions, to purchase additional breeding breed-ing stock, it has been announced by Director William Peterson, manager DI the AAA for Utah. This interpAtation of the contract was made to acct-mmodate farmer, who produced hogs for market in 932 and 1933, but who .have cold Dr lost all their breeding stock thru disease and financial reverses. Unless Un-less some provision was made for replacement of stock, these farmers would be prevented from raising a113 dogs in 1934, although they actually dad hog bases according to the lerms of the contract. Paragraph 3 of the contract alows al-ows for the replacement of breed.ng breed-.ng stock, since the producer is per- -tinted to buy as many feeder pigs n 1934 as his annual average numer num-er bought in 1932 and 1933. Acording Ac-ording to his new interpretation, if the producer has to buy more hogs or breedin,g purposes in 1934 thaii dis 1932-33 feeder pig average al- .cws, he will not be considered .a.; iaving violated the feeder pig limit-Wen limit-Wen in the contract (Paragraph 3). However, his production of hogs for 1 Market from - 1934 litters must be ldditionally reduced below the reluired re-luired 25 per cent by a number of logs sufficient to offset his purchases t,f breeding stock for this year's arrow. In filling in the contract, the pro- Ricer will count hogs purchased is Dreeding stock during the two-year Dase period as feeder pigs. Reduction payments are made only on-ly on hogs which the farmer produced pro-duced for market from his 1932-33 wilue ulluur ilormat condtions the farmer is continually replacing old breeding stock with new stock, the contract provides that the contracting producer will include in his hog base as hogs producedf pro-ducedf or market the hogs which he has retained for breeding purposes. pur-poses. The producer will not include in his hog base any breeding stock from litters farrowed prior to December De-cember 1, 1931, because according to the terms of the contract the producer pro-ducer can count in his hog base as hogs produced for market Only hogs from litters farrowed during the two-year base period, December 1, 1931, to November 30, 1933, in-elusive. |