The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-04-05

q little PIN money
Congress is contemplating
spending s25.000.000 to dry up
the liquor supply. 1t might be
cheaper to buy it up.
An Englishman has invented an
auto that scars. III America. Jay
walkers can make amy autoist
sore.
The New YORK. woman who
married a poet recently evidently
did so for better or verse.
The demand for pork in the
United States is stronger than in
1927 and the first half of 1928, ow-
ing largely to advances of Compel
ing meats. European demand is
strengthening due to increased
buying power, some shortage of
feed, fewer breeding sows, and
lower marketings.
Hog prices apparently reached
the low point of the winter season
the week ending December Is.
Later quotations have carried
values about a dollar over a year
ago.
With the prospective supply and
demand conditions hog prices are
expected to continue the seasonal
advance until the peak of the
spring rise is reached in March or
early April. When the bulk of
the fall pig crop reaches the mar
ket In May and June the usual
seasonal decline may be expected.
Market supplies of hogs equal to
those of 1923 can only be expected
to result in a comparatively low
level of hog prices. If Corn Belt
production policy is to be a con-
tinuation of the present high corn
crop acreage, with hog breeding
closely dependent upon the size of
the corn, then wide variations in
both hog supplies and hog prices
are to be expected. Hog supplies
in the United States for 1929 seem
to be nearer the maximum for
which a fairly high level of prices
can be secured and near the maxi
mum to be expected from present
corn production.
Eggs
In most Montana communities
eggs are not stored during the
spring period of heavy production,
resulting in low prices at that
time. During the winter the prac-
tice in such districts is to depend
upon local SUPPLIES, and prices rise
considerable above either eastern
oil coast quotations. No material
change in egg prices is expected
in such sections in 1929 compared
to 1928.
Cold storage facilities have been
provided for several Montana
areas of heavy production. With
storage operators bidding against
immediate demand buyers for
spring stocks, prices in such sec
tions are better during the flush
season than where eggs are not
bought for storing. Several Mont
ana points import eggs from the
Pacific coast during the winter
which tends to take the peak off
winter prices and hold the market
to the level of the larger surplus
producing districts of the Coast
states.
The storage situation at the
opening of 1929 was unfavorable
with 60 per cent more shell eggs
in store than on January L, 1928,
but only 6 per cent more than the
5-year average. Holdings of froz-
en- eggs had increased 10 per cent
the year. Eggs probably Will
move into storage during the
of 1929 at somewhat lower
figures than during the flush sea
of 1928, but higher than 1927.
Egg prices the last half of the
rear will depend largely upon
'egularity of employment in the
Industries. The consuming trade
S becoming more critical each
and demands a higher per-
.entage of top quality eggs.
Poultry
Poultry prices for several years
held up much better than
ave egg prices. The Montana
ituation has been helped by
eavier offerings at the time of
ummer culling, by more sales in
ate winter, and by the more gem J.,
raj swing to meat type birds than :
4 the states of greater egg pro- 7
uction. Favorable prices for both :
We and dressed poultry are in T
during the first six months I
f 1929 because Of the smaller T
tocks of poultry OF farms. and r
re relatively low storage hold r
lgs. 1t is possible that a heavy
of chicks will occur
lis spring. Should business be
IS active this fall when any
eavy supply of fowls becomes =
valuable for the market. poultry =
would be less attractive the :
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