Marketing of Livestock Shifts Seen Through 1940
A U S Department forecast indicates higher marketing of livestock in 1939 and 1940, led by hogs. grain fed cattle remain strong into mid-1940. Demand for meats should rise slightly. feed supplies be ample overall but regional shortages persist with drought and hot July. Western states expect larger cattle on feed and fall marketings, while lambs and western feeding areas face tighter hay and feed. Prices faltered in July and early August as hogs and lambs fell, cattle decline was moderate.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Asa Wiicle
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain
Missouri River
United States
Corn Belt
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Chicago
Ford Dealers' Used Car Clearance Sale Opens Early
Roswell Auto Co announces the Ford Dealers Nationwide Used Car Clearance Sale starts in late August and runs through September 30. Dealers nationwide offer sharp price cuts on late model used cars with reconditioning and some with written guarantees. The sale features a wide variety of makes, models, commercial vehicles, and trucks with evening hours until 8 PM.
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Ford
Roswell Auto Co
United States
Rates announced for conservation payments in 1939 program
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration released 1939 Conservation Program payment rates. Rates match those from November 1938 except cotton, general soil-depleting crops in Area A, rice, and certain tobaccos, which will be 10 percent lower. Totals per commodity unchanged. adjustments reflect higher actual participation and a 40 percent boost for payments under 20 dollars.
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The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tobcco
Flashes of Life and Burning Question in Brief Vignettes
AP report describes a phone inquiry about a fire as Marie Black, 14, answers calmly about rubbish ignition leading to a building blaze. In Missouri, Henry T Evans, 84, harvests Elberta peaches in Rome Welsh's orchard, quipping after a late freeze that his crop is ruined and selling art he bought for a quarter. Evans expects about 20 bushels.
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Climax Springs
Henry T. Evans
Rome
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