Livestock Industry Rebound on Record Crops and Meat Demand
National Stock Yards reports 1949 boosted by record feed supplies and strong meat demand. Hog and cattle output rose, sheep and lambs stayed low. Total unloads reached 4,800,000 with hogs at over 2.14 million. Beef and pork markets faced lower prices but solid consumption kept profits amid high demand.
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National Stock Yards
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
Agriculture Department
U. S
Missouri Forests Value to People Across States
Missouri State Forester George O White cites forests as essential to daily life citing eggs magazines and furniture made from forest products He notes Missouri and Louisiana cooperation in December meeting at Bogalusa La with Gaylord Container Corp timber near Vogalusa and 57000 acres planted in pine He adds two million acres of national forests and 6 million more protected from fire show the broad reach of forest management.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
George O. White
Missouri Conservation Commission
I. T. Bode
Forester White
Bogalusa
Louisiana Forestry Commission
Mr. White
Vogalusa
Gaylord Container Corp
St. Louis
Missouri Forester
Mark Twain
Clark
White
Sour
New Madrid County Man to Washington Cotton Conference
Arline Avery, cotton grower of New Madrid County, will represent Missouri at a 20 state Cotton Conference in Washington D C on January 9. The meeting, called by the American Farm Bureau Federation, aims to discuss equitable cotton acreage allotments and marketing agreements. Missouri figures show 462 839 acres allocated in 1950 with reserves for small and new farms.
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Jefferson City
Arline Avery
New Madrid County
Missouri
Washington, D. C
American Farm Bureau Federation
Avery
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Pemiscot
Dunklin
New Madrid
Mississippi
Scott
Stoddard
Butler
Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Carter
Howell
Oregon
Ozark
Ripley
State Production and Marketing Administration
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Farm Bureau
Cotton Belt
Welter
Sikeston
The
Arna Casualty and Surety Company of
Hartford, Conn
Welsh Funeral Home
Anti-Trust
A&p
Danville
Illinois
Labor Wee
Allen T. Goldsborough
Pacific Tea Company
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