Show impending imp ending crisis in feed supply latest word fim fi m our wash ington reporter a weekly review by leon bloch is timely and reason for concern american agriculture faces the greatest crisis in history according to 40 farm leaders from all over the nation now in washington t to testify before the special house food investigating committee one of their number B E of texas said that 90 per cent of all cattle fed fea in the I 1 lone star state are being sold on I 1 the black market this situation I 1 I 1 was declared typical of conditions in other parts of the country reasons given for che critical situation are failure of the nation to sol labor situation subsidies dies and too low ceiling prices which force the fanner to pay i prices for the goods goode he buys all out of proportion to what he receives and inflationary movements in labor and industry I 1 in addition to the economic economic ills complained of the shortest feed supply in history provides an added hazard dairymen in the northeast predict a collapse in production before spring unless a miracle occurs in now new york state for example there is only a two week supply of dairy feed on hand with no prospect of any new supply the entire northeast is almost as badly off r the farmers assembled aasem assem oled here are deeply pessimistic ever ver the prospects of an improved feed situation for a year and a half they freely predict the slaughter of valuable dairy herds as well as the marketing of unfinished beef cattle the poultry industry they say is just about finished since poultry men cannot compete in the scramble for feed and most of them produce no home grown grain heads of f all the leadin leading farm organizations agree that they can see rio no solution for the fe feed e d problem many big cities may find themselves if the trend continues very much longer they Q U ay aay rl |