Show U S WILL BUY PIGS IN UTAH commencement of government purchases ot or hogs at north salt lake effective immella immediately tely and continuing until october 1 as a part of the agil cultural recovery administration program was announced wednesday by W al chairman of the chamber of commerce livestock committee president of the meat packers association of salt lake and manager of the cudahy packing company A telegram to this effect was received bues tues tuesday day by mr from A G black acting chief ol of the corn and hogs section production division washington D C and with the fixing ot of the quota th attro full announcement was made one hundred pigs between 25 and pounds and L nd 35 5 sows bows pounds and up will be purchased bAsed by the government dally daily excepting saturday and sunday beginning immediately and extending until october 1st ast P permits er mi ts necessary the hogs are to be shipped by the farmer to the salt lake union stockyards stock yards tor for slaughter in the plant of the cudahy packing company permit for shipment to the yards must first be obtained mr said although some aonie tolerance will be allowed in this respect prices to be paid tor for the animals vary in the different classes for sows bows when declared eligible by bureau of animal industry inspectors spec tors a bonus of f 4 in addition to the regular market price will be paid the price for pigs ranges from a maximum of per hundredweight tor for those from 25 26 to 30 pounds down to per hundred weight for those between 96 and joe pounds animals of inferior quality will be bought at a discount of 3 per hundredweight under base aprice pigs under SO pounds will be used for fertilizer after the fat has lieen been extracted while those over 80 pounds will be cured and stored for the government mr air said warning against haste the tanners farmers are informed by mr black that there is ample time almo to mike make sales bales abid that no one should hurry to got get hogs to market as a glutted market will retard the pr program and cause loss to the farmers the governments program of buying hogs to help the farmer falmer began august 23 at six points in the mi midwest dAvest chicago kansas city omaha st paul sioux city and st joseph mo since that time other points have been established east and one at denver but no point west of the latter except salt lake mr said hogs owned or consigned by yard thaders or speculators are not eligible to benefit payments |