Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-15
A FAIR
EXCHANGE:
by
Cedric Adams

DON'T SCARE A PIG, we're told
now. It's just been discovered that
meat from frightened or tired pork
ers will deteriOrate quicker than that
from calm and fresh creatures. Be- /
sides, aren't nice alert pigs more |
communicable? Fathers little |
helper: If you have to glue up that |
piece of furniture, old boy, trick
is to put a thin layer of gauze be-
tween the two pieces to be glued.
Make sure the gauZe is soaked with |
glue. It's supposed to add strength
to the joint. E. . A startling statistic:
Average length of time new car buy
ers retain their automobiles is now
four years and eight months. And
trade-inS have been involved in 1870
of new car sales during the past two
wears. You long geared custom
ers must be getting more numerous.
Furniture dealers report that extra
long beds and bedding are now
easier to get than they've ever been
in the past . Maybe you've been
wondering like have, just what this
new Government Export Policy on
wheat is all about. I've been talking
with some of the grain men around
Minneapolis and here's what they
tell me. In the past a large pOr-
| ton of export sales of wheat have
been made directly from CCC stocks.
Beginning Sept. 4, more supplies for
export win be bought by private eX-
porting firms in the free market.
This ought to push prices for wheat
up in the public market-encOurag-
ing farmers to move their wheat
through free market channels rather
than storing in CCC bins. AS always,
subsidy will be provided. In the
new program a subsidy of CCC gram
will be used to balance domestic
wheat prices with the world price.
However, under the new policy the
taxpayer will benefit and this should
interest you-because the use OF a
| grain subsidy will reduce SURPRISES,
which in turn will reduce storage
costs. The export demand, coupled
with domestic use, will provide a
demand for nearly all of the 1856
crop and does that sound good!
All in all, it is felt that the new
Wheat Export Policy is steD in the
right direction for good old free
enterprise.
OVERHEARD IN AN eatery:
Waiter: I'm sorry, sir. Did you
want those eggs turned Over?" Gus
toner: eyes, to the Minnesota His
tOrical society,"" Neat reply
when you get a wedding invitation
is to send it back, framed in glass
bOttOmed tea tray. If you include
the envelope, the bride'n never for
get where the gift came from, either
When you look over the price
ticket for that new car, reflect tina
nearly, and in some cases fully half
of the production cost of the machin'
went into the body. Sign on
car in a used car lot: 'NOthinl
wrong with this car that money can
fix" Our laugh of the week
The high-pressure business executiv
buzzed the buzzer which called hi
secretary. Miss Korny," h
! shouted, where's my pen?'' ut
| behind your ear" she replied
Come. come" he snapped, "Yo
know I'm busy man, which ear?
-. You may find it somewhat I'll
nerving to know that those brigi
red or green maraschino cherrlt
don't grow that way at all. TT
fruit, to get those tints, is fir
bleached and then dyed. :. . Be kir
to the humble bee you see in fie
of red clover this summer. III
bumbler is the only bee that ca
reach the nectar in red clover bio
SONS. And without his bumbling
transfer pollen, the clover would d
out. Or do you just hope the bumb
bee will be kind to you?