Cost Price Squeeze in Manufacturing and Hog Markets
Postwar manufacturing faces rising unit costs with wages and taxes climbing faster than output, squeezing profits. The piece urges tighter government economy and fair wage settlements. It also projects hog price dynamics for 1957–1958, noting favorable hog-corn ratios and potential price shifts, with reader comments on pasture and corn planting experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
WAM
Mississippi County 4H Leaders Discuss Career Aids
4H Junior Leaders met in the County Library to outline opportunities for older members. Discussions covered leadership camps, judging, and health focus, with members including Bert Rolwing, Joseph Noling, Shirley Stalings, and others. Dogwood 4-H elected officers and set project plans for the coming year while farming notes report cotton opening conditions and hog price projections for 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan
Fight
Attenton Io
Mues Oden
Bert Rolwing
Joseph Noiwing
Shirley Stalings
Glen Lorkin
Judy Warren Jace Pascers
Jimmy Leigh
George P. Howe
Cotton
I- Own
Couunty
Missouri
Brter
Scotnece
DunStin
Pemiscoil
Joe Laedicter
Victor Steinman
Dogwood
Dogwood 4H
Elizabeth Lingle
Hog price outlook for 1958 given rising farrowings
J W Reynolds University of Missouri analyst notes USDA forecasts show 4 percent more pigs farrowed June–Dec 1957 and 7 percent rise Dec–Feb 1958, with potential price impacts. If corn holds near $1.10 per bushel, butcher pig prices may average about 12.50 to 13.00 per cwt as pigs reach markets, while spring 1958 looks strong before a possible summer dip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tve
Hoowever
USDA
J. W. Reynolds
University of Missouri
Sorghum Grain as Livestock Feed in Missouri
Missouri farmers shift to sorghum grain for feed as 800000 acres were planted. University guidance covers feeding comparisons with corn, storage at 9-11 percent moisture, silage value, cutting stages, stalks, new hybrids, and regional suitability differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
W. H. Pfander
University of Missouri Animal Nutrition
University
Field Crops Department
South West
Honors To Top 4 H Youth At Congress In Chicago
Four hundred twenty H youth from 45 states plus Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico will attend the 4 H Congress in Chicago. About 18 college scholarships totaling 2420 dollars will be awarded along with numerous state sectional and national awards. Donors include the president of the United States and many corporations such as Ford Motor Co General Motors Sears Roebuck Foundation Westinghouse and Firestone. The program honors leadership and achievement across roughly 40 project areas with nearly half a million dollars in scholarships offered annually to teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Bishop
Vera Dztto
Sherman Crews
Marilyn Bishop
Elizabeth Lingle
Joan McCain
George Rowe
Assissippi
Hiss
Owr
Windy City
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Club Congress
National Committee On Bays and Girls Club
Brxtension Service
national +H Congress
United States
Edward Foss Wilson
Charles R.walgreen
Thos
K. Wilson
Ford Motor Co
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
International Harvester
Standard Mbrands
Kerr Gless Mize
Coats and Clark Inc
Betty Crocker
General Malls
Carnation Co
Oliver Corporation
Simplicity Pattern Co
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Hercules Powder Co
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Arcadian Products Dept
Amercan Forest Products
Pure Oil Co
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Corrad Hilton Hotel
Elzin National Watch
Masser-Harris Ferguson
Homelite
Textron
Santa Fe
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock Island
Chicago Board of Trade
Cities Service Oil Co
Cudan Packing Co
Armour & Co
California Spray Chemical Corp
Sunbeam Corporation
No Allotment Increase By Over Planting
Milton Ghers, Scott County ASC manager, outlines a 1958 wheat rule. Crop history will be based on allotment history earned on the farm, not over planted acreage. Under the new law, over planting leads to lower future allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Ghers
Scott County
ASC
Ghers
Farm plane use of chemicals to rise says USDA
USDA scientists predict rapid growth in crop and land treatment with agricultural chemicals, especially by air, continuing a post World War I trend. Air dispersal remains in early stages as planes designed for slower flight and safer operations appear, with innovations like a granular insecticide spreader improving uniform distribution at altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
1967 4 H Dairy Champs Win Chicago Trip Sponsor
Records of achievement in the national 4H dairy program crown a state winner who will be a delegate to the 36th national 4-H Club Congress in Chicago beginning December 1. Oliver Corp funds an all expense trip and up to four gold filled medals plus six $400 college scholarships nationwide.
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Chicago
Congress
Oliver Corp
Oliver
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
National Committee On Boys and Girls
The
Cooperative Extension Service
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J. W. Reximolds
Missouri College of Agri
O D. Harper
Calvin Bohanon
We Feld
Bonannon
Tan Pec
Outpt
Ace of Manufactured Goods
Mississippi County Farm News
R. Q. Brown
B. Q. Brown
NEW Madrid Farm News
Nore
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Braves
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Whilwaukee
Dept. of Agriculture
Pabet
Willie
Rie. D. America
Scott - New Madrid - Mississippi Electric Cooperative
Highway
Sikeston, MO
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