The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-09-03
Farm News

| EIcCduC1OIlS are UeLlS tdhell
to safeguard the Montana live
stock industry against any pos
Sible inequalities if livestock
price ceilings are adopted, &C
cording to word received from
Washington by George c. Miller,
chairman of the Big Horn
County USDA War Board. In his
radio speech to the nation last
week, Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard endorsed
livestock price ceilings as part
of the anti-inflation program,
if "a practical plan for livestock
marketing can be evolved" and
added that such a plan must
not permit abnormal profits to
anyone in the industry at the
expense of the producers or con-
sumers". The necessity of keep
ing the packing industry going
full blast and at the same time
safeguarding the price control
structure was emphasized by the
Secretary. In addition Wickard
asked for repeal of the one hun
dred and ten per cent of parity
provision for farm products in
the price control legislation, re-
queSting farmers to lead the
battle against initiation.
Less baling wire will be avail
able for farm use in 1913. All
farmers are urged to conserve
and make the best possible use
of the existing supply.
Commodity Credit Corporation
has been authorized by WPB
Chairman Donald Nelson to
handle vegetable oils and prod
uctS. This "streamlineS" the
handling of these products by
giving one agency power over
both price and storage
Farmers have won the first
campaign in the battle of food
production. According to figures
released this week by the De-
partment of Agriculture produc-
ton in 1912 will be at least nine
per cent higher than the record
breaking year of 1941 and
twenty-five per cent over the
1935-39 average. This means
that in a single year, farmers
have increased production more
than in the entire World War l
period. The increase from 1914
to 1913 was only five per cent.
Even with this tremendous in
crease, demands for food ship
mentS to worldwide battle
fronts are so heavy that some
domestic shortages may develop,
largely in the concentrated an
imal and vegetable proteins now
being exported in huge quanti-
ties.
Eight carloads of prefabricat-
ed grain bins have been receiv-
ed by the Big Horn County Ag-
ricultural Conservation Associ-
alton for erection in this county
These bins are owned by the
Commodity Credit Corporation
and are to be used for storing
1941 Commodity owned wheat.
Fourteen of these bins have
been erected to date on tn Far
mers' Union Association lot
which has been leased by the
Commodity Credit Corporation
for this purpose.
These bins may be purchased
by farmers for storing 1912
wheat. Details OF purchase are
available at the local Triple-A
office.
Farmers of Big Horn County
have approximately $4,000 BUSH
els of 1912 elevator stored wheat
under government loan to the
Commodity Credit Corporation
at this time. They have received
an average of $1.00 per bushel
for this wheat.
Loans are available for all
farmers who have seeded within
their 1912 wheat allotment.
Loans on elevator stored wheat
may be obtained without delay.
Wheat stored on farms must be
in the bin 80 days before SAM
pies for test may be taken. Sam
Piles 60 to Bozeman for grading
and return in about six days.
Loan papers may then be pre-.
pared. Thus loans on farm
stored wheat may be obtained
within five weeks from the time
the bin is filled.