Show increase continues in production of oats oits oats production continues to increase In creaso in the united states despite the tact fact I 1 that the number of horses and mules on the farms farina Is declining that the demand tor for oats has been adversely affected by the substitution of mechanical power for animal labor on farms Is indicated by the postwar post war jr trend end in oats prices oats since the war have brought prices about on a level with those before the war in comparison with the price position ot of other feed grains and most other agricultural commodities this is an extremely unfavorable situation farm commodity prices generally have averaged about 40 per cent higher since the war than before |