Show farmers urged to hold back wheat th the federal farm board la int an official statement says saya the distress in the present wheat situation 48 IB due to unnecessary marketing of wheat by the farmers and suggested that farmers hold back their shipments beyond the congestion period in its ita statement the board asked f to stand back of ali the farmers national grata grain corporation organized at chicago and now in proceed of perfecting its ita organization tion the drop in wheat prices recently has again brought to the federal farm board many telegraphic appeals for help to relieve the situation the board la ja urged to buy up the so called surplus wheat and store it in any available place toe the suggestion has even been made that tie he board secure abiba load th the what into the ships and take them thel out into the ocean and anchor them until market conditions improve A meeting of gra grain in mark marketing doting cooperatives of america representing more than 40 per cent of all the wheat and other grains grown in the he united St statts atles attended by the board in chicago on july 26 and 27 was unanimous in the opinion that the proper method tor for handling the wheat situation Is to perfect a permanent grain marketing corporation which can cam fully function all tho the time in all the problems which affect grain marketing by farmers this opinion was concurred in by the presidents of the american farm bureau federation the nasonal Na lonal grange arang the national farmers valon and the national equity union |