Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-07-05
DRACTIC ORDERS ISSUED
BY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR

no California, Utah, Oregon or cat
tie from any other state will be fed
in Nevada this year. according to
orders made today by the food ad.
ministration. The ruling was made
because of the fact that surveys O;
the state hay crop indicate that
there will not be any more than
enough hay to feed Nevada cattle
this year but in case it develops later
that the hay crop is large enough
the order may be modified.
The same ruling applies in Call.
fornia, where the hay crop is very
short and it will not be possible for
Nevada cattle owners TO take cattle
TO California TO feed them. Proyi.
sions are being made, however. by
the food administration to arrange
with Kansas an dother middle western
states to ship Nevada cattle into
those states for feeding If the hay
crop / nthis state is not sufficient
and indications are now that a large
number OF cattle in Humboldt county
will have TO be shipped.
The new regulations issued by the
food administration will not be opera
tive in Nevada, California and Ari
zona according TO a ruling received
this morning from the federal ad
ministration. Under the new rulings
meat can be served for one meal
day only. but because of the shortag.
of feed in the three states. the fooC
administration decided that II would
be better TO eat the meat than to al
low the cattle to starve for want OF
food
IL will not be possible for hay in
! Nevada to soar 10 prices recorded
last year when the allied govern.
ments were buying hay and paying
the high prices for it. Under ar
rangements just completed with the
| allied governments the food admin.
istration in Nevada and In all west
crn 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 diff
ferent products practically sets the
market price for these products the
food administration is in q position
to stabilize the price.
The food administration will do
all the buying for the allies in this
state from now on" said H. a. Lem
mon, land 1t not only intends to
keep the prices at some reasonable
point, but II also intends to keep tho
products of this state that are need.
ed here from going out of the state.
For instanC, 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 needed
at home to feed the dairy cattle and
other cattle. AS consequence thous-
ands OF cattle starved and many dai.
ries wore put out of business, and
milk and butter prices scared The
same was true in Nevada TO a certain
extent.
This Is what the food administra.
ton intends to prevent Ranchers
who have hay for sale will be assured
of fair price for their product. They
will be paid the maximum market
price and II will not be possible for
any big cattle men or hay buyers to
keep the price Of ray down below lcgi.
timato figures.
IL mention hay especially because
that was the commodity that was
mostly affected last year. The same
will be true Of all other products. how.
ever"
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