The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-30
Minimum PRICES
FOR HERDS FROM
DRY AREA FIXED
Will Pay 81 to $40 a Head, be.
pending on Age and Con.
dition Of Animals
TO BURY SOME ON FARMS
Say 500, 900 Of 100000 in
Three States Now Arc
Unfit for Food
TO BURY SOME ON FARMS

st. Paul, May 30.-(R-The federal
government will at once begin the
purchase Of approximately 1000, 900
cattle at fixed prices ranging from a
to $40 q head in the Dakotas and
Minnesota to aid farmers facing q
feed shortage as result Of the long
drUuth, under q plan drawn up and
approved here Tuesday.
The conference, attended by DR.. e.
w. Sheets, federal drouth relief direc-
tor, and representative Of. seven mid
western states, continued Wednesday
as officials worked out an organiza-
ton to put the gigantic program into
operation by the end Of the week.
Although drawn up primarily for
Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota, it Is expected the same program
will be applied in the drouth areas in
Montana, Wisconsin, Iowa and Me-
braska, which also had representatives
at the meetings. .s.......,sS..e-.s
It was expected the statewide or
carnations set up for the agricultural
adjustment Administrations corn-hog
reduction program will be utilized in
carrying out the drouth relief pro-
gram so far as cattle purchases are
concerned.
Price Range Established
Prices paid will be from So to $40 q
head for cattle over two years old;
from SO to SIS head for cattle from
one to two years old, and from - to
S. head for calves under one year
old.
When mortgaged cattle are sold,
consent Of the creditors must be OBJ
tanned and the creditor will receive
all over S. on the first class of ami
mails, all over S on the second class
and all over So on the calves, unless
the debt is less than that amount.
The aim Is to guarantee farmers SELL
ing cattle sufficient cash to purchase
iced for those which they keep.
The minimum price in each class is
tor cattle which are so emaciated as
TO be unfit for food. It is estimated
there are at least 100000 Of these,
which will be slaughtered and buried
on farms.
Appraisers will fix the value Of ami
mails other than those condemned
within the limits fixed and they will
be shipped to packing plants for
slaughter. The meat will be canned
and turned over to the federal emery
ency relief administration for distri-
button to needy persons and will not
enter the regular trade channels.
Plan Foundation Herds
Cattle from exceptionally good
herds will not be slaughtered but will
be turned over to the FERA for distri-
button to farmers who have been
forced to sell their entire herds. in
order to give the latter q foundation
for another herd. but with the FERA
retaining title to prevent creditors
from attaching the new herd.
In return, farmers who sell cattle
to the government must sign con-
tracts pledging that the number Of
cattle In their herds shall not exceed
30 per cent Of the average owned In
1882 and 1888.
The drouth relief program was ap-
proved by Henry A. Wallace, secretary
Of agriculture, by telephone late
Tuesday. Packing plant and railroad
representatives, who sat in at the con-
ference. pledged cooperation in carry
ing out the plan.
Is Emergency Proposal
DR.. Sheets stressed the point that
the plan Is intended Is emergency
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