Show says supports not responsible for farm prices american farm bureau federation president allan B kline last week branded as untrue statements that government farm price supports have been primarily responsible tor for keeping farm income at a relatively high level during the past 10 or 12 years mr kline speaking at an F commodity conference luncheon in chicago quoted farm price statistics to prove that prices stemmed principally from the world war II 11 boom and subsequent heavy government expenditures to build U S defenses against communist aggression gres sion the farm bureau president said that during all the years since the outbreak of 0 world war II 11 the governments price support programs have had relt relative tive ly little opportunity to work because farm prices with few exceptions have exceeded price supports rewords show with a few minor exceptions farm price supports have been 90 per cent of parity or less and not all commodities modi ties have been supported nevertheless the actual free market prices for all commodities during the period have averaged well over per cent of partly |