Milford chronicle., 1945-12-28
DELAWARE'S
FARM FRONT
1916 Rye Ceilings announced

1916 Rye Ceilings Announced
OPA price ceilings on the 1916
I'VE crop effective June |. 1916 will
be SLIP bushel for No. Rye at
Chicago. This maximum price re-
fleets parity to producers. An
nOuncement is made early to halt
excessive price advances and
10 inform buyers of rye futures Cf
OPAs pricing policy for this grain
1916 Poultry Program Outlined
Poultry producers also may have
little difficulty in making their
plans for 1916. says c. +. Ocheltree,
Statt Director, Field Service
branch of the Production and Mai
keting Administration Sharply re-
Guced military needs and increased
competition from red meats are
brewing up some trouble for pOul-
try producers unless there are
some changes made somewhere.
The Department Of Agriculture
has suggested what some of those
changes could he by recommending
cuts in the production of eggs.
chickens, and turkeys during the
coming season. The national goals
call for a fifteen percent reduction
in eggs II percent fewer chickens
on farms and 10 percent less tur-
keys than we had this year
Laying flOckS must be reduced TO
avoid Il serious egg price problem.
But if farmers resort to panic sell
ing, the markets will be flooded
and prices would be slashed worse
than ever.
SO the Department of Agricul-
tllre offers Il few words of advice to
poultry producers: Spread out
you marketing to keep from over
taxing transportation and process
ing facilities; Keep in touch with
your processing plants to be sure
they're not already crowded before
You ship your poultry; Market
finished poultry and older hens
Culled from your laying flock; Plan
q 1916 laying flock or not less than
- percent pullets; Can as much
poultry at home as possible: Store
poultry in your cold storage or
home freezer lockers.
Increase In Farm Real Estate
Values
Farm real estate values cOntinu-
ed To move upward during the 4
months ended November |. 1913.
with an increase for the country as
= whole OF about percent, state a
report of the Bureau of Agricultu-
lal Economics, USDA. This in
crease brings the United States in
GeX (l9l2- l4=l0W to 1873. a raise of
II percent from November 1914.
and Il level 90 percent above 1885
80. Average values are now less
than OnefOurth below the 1920 in
flatiOn peak
Preliminary data indicate an in
creased volume of farm real estate
transfers during the third quarter
0l l941 as compared with the cor
responding period in 1914 for all
areas except the Appalachian and
southeastern Regions. The current
Volume of sales is running above
that for 1914, but it is still some
what below the peak level reported
during the fall and winter of 1913.
Influences In The Land Market
In general, the termination of
hostllltles appears as yet to have
had little effect upon the land mar
ket. For the country as whole th5
increase during the last 4 months
has been slightly under the cores
PondinS period increases in eacn
OF the last 3 years. Many prospec-
tl%e purchasers are undoubtedly
rostpOnine purchase because oi
high prevailing prices and the pro-
liable limited number of remaining
hlgh-lncOme years. However, the
high volume of sales indicates that
the demand from those who are
anxious to buy q farm home or
otherwise invest in land continues
very strong. Many such purchasers
may be mOtivated by considera,
tons other than the longer term
earning capacity of the land.
Prices of farm commodities con-
tlnue high and farm incomes for
Nl0us records. Prices of farm prO-
ducts will average about double the
l?%5-39 average. while cash income
Will be more than 20 billion dollars
or about ) percent above 1914. With
the fourth consecutive year of a
hl@h level of production at favor
able prices. a further accumulation
OF relatively liquid savings. avail
able for land purchase. is expected.
These forces, along with an abun-
dant supply of credit at low inter
est rates. are strong value stimula-
ting influences that may tend TO
push. values sill higher before the
peak Is reached.
"Timely Notes For Br0ilcr
Growers"
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"1inely Notes for Broiler Grow
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