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Show Ceilings Curb Cattle Feeding According to local stockmen, failure of the Price Decontrol Board to act to prevent the re-imposition re-imposition of ceilings on live- stock and meats is a direct blow at the hope of securing maximum maxi-mum feeding operations during the winter. With meat prices controlled and grain prices wide open, stockmen point out, feeders are going to be hesitant to underwrite under-write large scale feeding operations. opera-tions. From the cattle raisers view point the consuming public is already al-ready paying tribute to the black market racketeers. In support of their contention they point a new high of $28.40 for cattle at Chicago. This price, which was reached the morning following the decision of the Price Decontrol Decon-trol Board, was forced through black market operations. |