Show PHI CE of TI ES ARE F ING sharp upturn in the prices of cattle hogs eggs and cotton the bureau of agricultural economies economics index of the general level of prices of farm commodities was waa five points higher on july 15 than on june 15 the rise was due to a sharp upturn in hogs cattle eggs and cotton and minor advances in five other commodities says the bureau the bureaus july 15 index was vas 57 as compared with the bureaus prewar pre war base of the rise of five points over the june 15 index was the largest since july 1929 on july 15 hog prices were 50 per cent higher than on june 15 cattle prices were 19 per cent higher eggs were 13 per cent higher and cotton 11 per cent higher prices of small grains were lower on july 15 than on june 15 the july 15 index was 22 points below july 15 a year ago and less than half the average of july 15 indexes for the preceding live five years but there have been sharp declines in the prices of commodities which farmers buy and in wages of hired farm labor in the last ye year the bureaus index of prices paid by farmers was 18 points lower on july 15 1932 than on july 15 1931 the feeding of corn to hogs is now more profitable than at any time since april 1927 on account of sharp advance in hog prices and only a small increase in the farm price of corn says the bureau the hog corn ratio was on july 15 as compared with 96 on june 15 |