Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15
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BUSINESS

YOUR PROFITS IN 1852 will be as big if bigger thon
In 1851 if you the average former roncher the
USDA bureau Of agricultural economics The experts say
farm receipts will and Of production will up but
thot, the whole your income should be high Lost
yeor-perhops even q little higher
INITIATION. UP II PERCENT LAST YEAR oy be expected
continue-it shorp breaks from time to tie-ot
rote OF per year. in the opinion Of
authorities Periods Of beoks in coming years viii be
dangerous times for those who have expanded uneconomcol
DAIRY PRICES WILL GO UP with increasing consumer de-
nond and population But good management will be
Ntoi offset higher production Economic labor BY
using more machinery and increasing size of herd for monum
use Of lobor and time Fencing will be expensive and
horder to find. 50 moke your purchases nov.
POULTRY MARGINS WILL SLIM down despite higher
prices because Of rising feed Take advantage Of high
foil prices by starting chicks early Unless you have eost
1000 hens 10000 broes 5000 turkeys per you
not operating on nnoxinum efficiency basis.
FLAX PRODUCTION INCREASE Of at least u percent over
last yeors crop being asked by USDA demands Of
defense and program well con needs Encourage
nen to formers to increase 1852 paintings in form Of
price supports increased from 81 to about $405 buhe
Minneapolis bosis
TURKEY TREND spoed BY housewife occeptonce Of Belts
vile Whites is towod production of small birds Modern
Pockoene and marketing IS pushing the trend oword year
ground production And there moy Be turkeys year
result Of favorable prices for the 1851 crop.
MONTANA FARM PRICE INDEX dropped S points to $40
percent Of 1904 bose period during month ending Dec IS
Decline in prices of wheat onirno poultry products and
wool only poY Offset by increases in feed eons doiY
products hoy and seed crops Dec 1850 index 29 Beef
cotte dropped 90 to $2o 10 per c sheep down
ST. lambs and hogs dropped 80 cents eoc and wool dropped
cents Wheot dropped cents to 50 per bushel rye jumped
IA cents corn jumped cents cots cents, borey
10 cents milk up cents per ct eggs down 10 cents
dozen, oseed up l3 cents $405 Afolfo seed jumped
$l.6o for olI-tme high of $50 40 per busheI.
UNDER ccc PRICE SUPPORTS at present are I7,o35783
bushels Of Montono-oown 1851 groin crop ond l647428
bushels in Wyomno Under purchase agreement are 59 386
bushels Montana and 81 665 in Wyomng Fornsored BUSH
els in Montono total SO 458 and in Wyoming Isl 1913
Total for Of 237 o7 bushels under cCC price sup
ports down from 1850 crop support total Of year ago
which about 246 million bushels.
WINTER WHEAT SEEDLINGS UP IS percent oeer than 1850.
total US 900 acres Montono which we'll above lo4o4o
oeroee $50 900 but still below all time high Of o4o 600
planted in foil Of 1915 Eory seedlings have excellent
system and stands very good but growth and root
Of Ioe seedlings poor and moy not survive
winter conditions
MEAT PRODUCTION will continue as large if not oreel
than year post in next few months with production by spring
we'll above small output Of last spring. Pork production vii
probob be snoe by end of 1852 compared year before
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