Show ag news in brief wa 0 ge rates paid to farm workers during the third quarter of I 1 1938 have declined in contrast to the usual increase in the period the bureau of agricultural economics reports on october 1 1 A ates averaged per cent of prewar pre war wages but two points lower lover than on july 1 and eight points lower than october 1 1937 practically all drops in wage t ates c burred in monthly rates liaf L c e change was reported for day rates farm security administration announced recently that through cooperation between state medical associations and other professional groups of north and south dakota plans to provide emergency medical care for eligible lowin low in come farm families of the two states at a cost of per month per family about half the farm families will be eligible to participate in each state the program will wl ill go into effect Novem eber 1 dr C C alexander administrator said civilian conservation corps enrollees in utah idaho and nevada will sow more than lbs ibs of carefully tested seed in eleven national forests to restore grass to western ranges and combat encroachment croach ment of the desert robert fechner director of the announced noun ced the program is designed ignec to restore good forage conditions on some acres of grazing lands where ordinary methods of range protection and management have not produced satisfactory results result the department of agricultures agri cultures program to dump surplus farm products into the hands of poor americans at cut prices is taking shape secretary henry A wallace reports the plan designed primarily to reduce surpluses and buoy prices is the administrations answer to unrest in the farm farin belts proposals now being studied call for a two price system under which certain agricultural products and their manufactured products may be offered to relief and low income families at prices below prevailing market prices the federal government would bear the loss lessen speed and leng lengthen thon life |