Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Delaware S Farm
rOnt

Price breaks which occurred in
some large hog markets early in
December should be needed by
every farmer who has hogs to sell.
There is need now for orderly mar
EetinS to avoid further sharp price
drops and hOldOVer losses, accord
ing TO {. +. Ocheltree. State Direc-
tor, Production and Marketing Ad-
ministration.
Information received from the
Department of Agriculture indicate
that there are not too many hogs
on farms for the market this WIN
ter if an even marketing flow is
maintained.
The 1945 spring pig crop, now
coming to market. is percent
smaller than the 1914 spring pig
crop, which in turn was "A percent
less than the 1943 spring pig crop.
Furthermore, there is a demand for
every pound of pork and pork pro-
ducts produced this winter. Be
tween billion and billion and a
half pounds of meat-a substantial
part of it pOrk-will be shipped to
Europe for relief and other export
programs. In addition. L. s. civi-
Eans want more pork, bacon, ana
lard
Whenever packer has more
hogs than he can handle. however,
he has only one recourse re-
duce the price and try to keep hogs
back until he can catch up. Farm
ers should be alert to this condition
and avoid heavy marketing when
terminal markets are Over-supplied
and prices are breaking. They
should be sure that the market can
handle the hogs before they leave
the farm.
Approximately 2000 County farm
operators have not yet filed theil
1945 practice reports, c. +. Ochei-
tree, Chairman, Delaware State
AGA Committee stated today.
Although the 1g45 program yeal
ended December 81, February Is i,
the deadline for filing these re
ports. Ocheltree urged early filins
SO that the county office may pu
the finishing touches OH all out
standing 1945 jobs and make read,
for the New Year with cleal
slate"
He pointed out that all cOnSer
vatiOn materials that were receivct
under the l945 ACP program mus
have been properly used before De
CpIO hpI o1 If IynVaI. fI.oJit lnI NJ
deductions are to be made. PerfOr
nance reports are now being take
at all County AGA Offices or at 10
cal AGA Community centcrs.
All farm operators who receive
materials under the 1915 ACP pre-
gram and did not use them by De
cember 81 should report tn
amount used at the County AGA OF
flee SO that proper credit may b
given and the unused amOur
transferred to the 1916 program.
The |. 5. Department of A@riCu1
ture has authorized the COmmerCi;
expectation of 2S8. 300 long tons {
wheat and wheat flour equivalel
in January to eleven countries i
Europe, North Africa. and SOut
America. The authorization spec
fies that maximum of 234,000 ton
Of the January total will be Whes
and the remainder wheat flour ca
Culated on the basis OF , ton
of wheat equivalent for each tC
of flour. Purchases Will be made i
the open market by representative
of the various countries. The ID,
partment announced that in add
ton to the authorized commerce.
exports, the commodity Credit Co
pOratiOn will ship l72.000 tons
wheat to France and French Ncrt
Africa to complete existing col
tracts.
January. February. and Mare
production Will be paid at the ia
of 10 cents per hundredWeigEt f
milk and Il cents per pound f
butterfat. These payments are pa
able during April and May.