The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-14

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cows. No second OF other mortgsS
is taken on the cattle, but the mort
gage holder must sign IN agreemen
not to disturb the cattle before Jan
uary l, 1896. This is done 50 tina
the government will not carr.
through the winter cattle which ma!
subsequently be attached and the US
OF them denied the farmer.
FERA Is Last Resource
II the farmer Is not eligible to Z
production credit loan and hasnt 60
enough cattle to justify an emer'
gency loan. he can apply to the FERA
ard feed relief will Be granted. HI
can work this out on relief projects.
Before the FERA will come to the
rescue, however. the farmer must
first exhaust his own resources. The
aim is to help them pull through
not to pull through easily.
Feed relief will be granted BY the
Issuance OF orders on local feed mer-
chants who will handle this business
in the normal way. the government
itself having gone out Of the feed
business with the distribution Of its
surplus stocks. now being sold to
farmers and dealers at the current
market prices.
Retailers will be required to sell
their stocks on q reasonable basis
though no schdule OF maximum prof.
it. has been worked out. The indi-
cations are, however, that the gov
eminent, since 1t Is helping the feed
dealers to acquire supplies. will take
hand in any situation where profit
eering develops.
Clyde Banks, in charge Of the
FERA feed section, believes feed
dealers will be able to acquire their
own stocks Of grain but foresees
need for government help In obtain
ing forage. .....
Some hay was contracted for In
Minnesota and some in Montana, but
purchases in the latter state have
been halted after protests by the
Montana relief administrator. It viii
be necessary to 60 far afield for hay
and many small dealerS may b un-
BILE to do so. In this case the gov
eminent may arrange to serve Is an
agent in getting the hay into the
state.
One OF the current worries Of the
feed division pertains to freight rates.
For the last year special considera-
ton has been granted by the railroads
q: their part in the drouth.relief ef-
fort These rates have been extended
from month to month but IA effort
now Is being made to obtain an ex-
tension until next June, ut which
time, II rains come. they will be UNI
necessary.
With some hay coming nearly 1000
miles, freight rates are going to be
an important factor III the cost OF
keeping cattle alive.
Purchases Have Been Slowed
Meanwhile, the cattle-purchasing
section Of the FERA has slowed up
It's activities. much against Its WILL.
It is now on q quota OF $4,000 cattle
q week. after having reached . peak
of 1891 cattle shipped out OF the
state during the week ending July e.
The record Of this enterprise. as
revealed by the FERA office here, Is
an amazing one. The program was
started in early June but did not
really get going until the week end
Ing June %, when 1888 cattle were
shipped. In successive weeks the
totals mounted as follows: June 90
36y977; July Z. 1896: July Il, $4,000;
July n, 72.490; July %. 1881; Aug.
g 26,902.
The sharp slump between the last
week OF July and the first week OF
August was due to government orders
which were issued following protests
by the professors and federal men
seeking out pastures for cattle In the
south and east.
It should be understood that only
about half Of the cattle bought have
gone directly to the packers. The
remainder have been sent to parts
of the country where there still Is
pasturage, to be held there until they
can be processed.
North Dakota has established q
better record than any other state
with regard to the cattle movement.
Because this was one Of the hardest
hit states, the system was establish
ed here early and was Immediately
thrown into high gear. North d.
kota cattle were among the first to
move to market and. since few were
coming from other states, 1t was pos
sible to take care Of them.
AS Montana, Wyoming, South Da-
kota and other states got their move
ments under way, however, 1t became
impossible to care for the hundreds
Of thousands OF head flooding into
the concentration centers and the
quota system was adopted.
Meat viii Aid Needy
Government men take pride In say
ing that not pound Of this emer-
gency meat has gone into competition
with private packers. It Is being
turned over to the Federal Surplus
Relief corporation and stored In ware
houses from which it will be distribut-
ed to the needy. Thus the tremend.
Gus cattle movement has not apprec-
iably disturbed the normal markets.
A curious fact Is that very little Of
this meat has been canned at the
large packing centers, such as Chi.
cago and South st. Paul. Instead
it has gone to a multiplicity Of smaller
packing plants distributed throughout
the country, the largest among them
In this area being at Albert Lea
Minn.. and st. Joseph. Mo.
In view Of the difficulty encounter.
ed in some cases, the cattle buying
sections regards its record with pride
When rains came in June there VA
a tendency to withdraw application
to sell, but as the drouth again set II
this attitude changed swiftly. Nov
re-appraisals are being made in man,
counties to care for new offers to sell
One handicap to rapid movement Il