Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
DELAWARE FARM
BUREAU NEWS

One of the principal speakers at
AFBF"s livestock conference IN
San Francisco. Dec. 8, will be Rex
Nicholson. Special Assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management. Salt Lake
City.
REPRESENTATIVES of national live
stock associations will discuss ma
jor problems of the livestock in
dustry. Allan b. Kline. Vicc-Pres-
ident of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation. Des MOineS, Ia,
will call the conference to order
at 9:30 AM. in Larking Hall Front
of the Auditorium.
Immediately following the con-
ference. a subcommittee represent
ing Western States will meet tC
develOp plans for Western re-
giOnal livestock marketing aSsOcl'
alton.
On Dec. :. subcommittee will
meet 10 discuss the Packers anC
Stockyards Act. The subcommit
tee consists of Donald Kirkpatrick
AFBF's General Counsel. Chicago
l.. A. Rozzoni. Clements. Calf.
Chairman of Farm Bureaus Ma
tional Livestock Committee; {. X
Whistler. Indianapolis, Ind, ani
Howard Hill. Minburn, la.
December S is the date the Ma
tional Livestock Committee meets
USDA has approved reinstate
ment of prime Grade to the Off
cial standards for grades of beef
veal, and calf carcasses, eiiectlv
Dec. 3
The prime Grade" for these wa
! suspended Oct. /. 1912. as a war
time measure to help conserve live
stock feeds and bring official stan
=, dards of the Department in corfol
: nifty with the grade classification
! established under maximum pric
Y regulations for meat.
With the number of persons &C
ing into the poultry canning bus
f ness increasing constantly, an
e with heavier movement OF poultl
+ to market. the quantity of poultr
/ canned or used in canning durin
S October totaled 10.592.000 lbs. con
| pared with 5.S15.000 lbs. canned
/ the same month last year. TIL
e quantity canned during Octobt
1916 consisted of 9.154.000 lbs. {
chicken and 1.43S,000 lbs. of tuI
key. according to BAE.
USDA's Dairy and Poultry Ma
ket News Service summarizes {
follows the egg and poultry ma
kets in the United States for IL
4 week ending November %:
& EGGS: Market opened steady
# form at eastern markets but unse
B tied in midwest. Receipts gail
B ing but with more users requiriI
B fresh in preference to storage ear
B week values maintained. FOllOS
B ing holiday. demand slow al
B weakness expressed. Very little i
B terest in refrigerators. Offering
B OF top whites increased and whi
B moderately good interest shown
/" lighter weights and medium qua
b ties underlying position develOpil
q weakness. Army purchases he
up in volume but increased Offe
"a irgS lowered values progressive
during the week. Futures brol
sharply at midweek with cOntinu
weakness noted in closing trade
LIVE POULTRY: Market gene
ly ally steady with moderate to libe
al supplies at most markets clea
IS, ing in regular channels. Tradil
Vo held little of feature as much
al the interest in poultry was +
ed dressed stock. Demand mostly
C heavy fowl and rOasters, alOl
with regular seasonal interest
~ turkeys.
Ill DRESSED POULTRY: Mark
for dressed poultry steady to fiji
Is with predOminating interest ce
90 tered on turkeys during the fOl
a1 " part of the week. Clearances
turkeys especially fresh arrivS
20 better than earlier anticipate
~ Heavy into storage mOveme
bo however. presented cloudy p
y ture as there is still good propC
n ton of livestock to be dressed. VI
er poultry generally well ma
tanned with heavy fowl in best l
sition. Heavy chickens in go
Gu demand but fryers and broilt
-. slow.
!. Army Quartermastcr Corps
80 80 shipping frozen whole milk
ne troops in Pacific hospitals and
nd nd procuring fresh milk daily for rt
" ular army messes and hospitals
f., the occupied zone of Germany.
nv Fresh hOmogenized. pasteuriz
'aS milk is frozen at temperatures
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