The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-07-17
DRASTIC ORDERS ISSUED
BY FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Embargo Placed On Shipments of
Hay Out of State and No Cattle
May Come In

No California, Utah. Oregon or
cattle from any other State will be
fed In Nevada this year, according
10 orders made today by the food ad-
ministration. The ruling was made
because of the fact that surveys of
the state hay crop indicate that
there will not be any more than
enough hay TO feed Nevada cattle
this year, but in case 1t develops
later that the hay crop is large
enough the order may be modified.
The same ruling applies in Cali
fornia where the hay crop is very
short and II will not be possible for
Nevada cattle owners to take cattle
to California to feed them. Provis-
ions are being made. however. by
the food administration to arrange
with Kansas and other middle west
ern states to ship Nevada cattle in
to those states for feeding If the hay
crop In this state is not sufficient
and indications are now that large
number of cattle in Humboldt ooun-
ty will have to be shipped
The new regulations issued by the
food administration will not be op-
eratiye in Nevada, California andAr-
izona according to ruling received
recently from the federal admin
stration. Under the new rulings
meat can be served for one meal a
day only. but because of the short
age of feed in the three states the
food administration decided that It
would be better to eat the meat
than to allow the cattle to starve for
want of food
It will not be possible for hay in
Nevada TO soar TO prices recorded
last year when the Allied govern
ments we're buying hay and paying
rangements just completed with the
Allied governments the food admin
stration In Nevada and In all West
ern states will do the purchasing of
all products from the different states
for the United States as well as the
Allies and since the expenditure of
great sums of money each month by
the food administration for differ
ent products practically sets the mar
ket price for these products the food
administration is in position to
stabilize the price.
THE food administration will do
all the buying for the Allies in this,
state from now on said II. A. Lem
mon. "and IL not only intends to
keep the prices at some reasonable
point. but II also intends to keep the
products of this state that are need
ed here from going out of the state.
For instance, last year England and
France and other Allied countries
needed hay. They went into Cali
fornia and kept raising the price of
hay to such an extent that thousands
of tons of hay were shipped out of
California when that hay was need
cd at home to feed the dairy cattle
and other cattle. As consequences
thousands of cattle starved and
many dairies were put out of busi-
ness and milk and butter prices
scared. The same was true In Ne
vada to a certain extent.
This is what the food admini-
stration intends to prevent. Ranch
ers who have hay for sale will be
assured of fair price for their pro-
duct. They will be paid the maxi
mum market price and 1t will not be
possible for any big cattle men or
hay buyers to keep the price of hay
down below legitimate figure.
Il mention hay especially because
that was the commodity that was
mostly affected last year. The same
will be true of all other products
however.