Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1957 — Page 8

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Forecast Meat Prices To Be Continued High Higher Hog Prices In Summer, Sharp Drop During Fall WASHINGTON (UP)—The Agriculture Department predicted today that farmers will get higher prices for hogs this summer than at any time in the past three years, but that prices will drop sharply in the fall. In a report on the outlook for livestock, the department also forecast that retail pork prices will be higher this year than last until close to the end of the year. It said retail prices of choice Tonite, Wed., Thurs.* OUR BIG DAYS! i ! Shows Tonite & Wed. at 7 I Continuous Thur, from 1:30 I BE SURE TO ATTEND! ! • . ...... i UP THERE WITH THE MMI MtaM. • (MMiKBdBK JOHN WAYNE < DAN DAILEY MAUREEN O’HARA -0-— San. & Mon.—"FUNNY FAC®" Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn

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beef.' now above a year ago. may continue high for a few months more. ’ The department forecast total consumption of meat in this country in 1957 at an average of 159 pounds per person. 8 pounds less than the record 167 pounds per person in 1956. It said the usual fall hog price decline will be greater this year than usual and by December prices may be somewhat under those of a year ago. However December prices will be well above the low of December, 1955, it added. Farm prices of all meat animals have improved significantly, the department said in its publication, ‘The Livestock and Meat Situa-, tion." Some of the gains are seasonal "but so long as the demand for meat stays strong, prices are expected to continue above depressed levels of the last two years." Cattle Slaughter Dawn The department said the break in the Southwest drought coupled with reduced cattle and hog inventories are contributing to higher livestock prices. Prices of stacker cattle, already on the uptrend, increased more rapidly as ranges improved and in early May were $3 a hundredweight above a year earlier. The department said prices of stocker and feeder cattle are expected to pass a spring peak and then decline seasonally. On April 1 there were 4 per cent more cattle on feed than a year before. Slaughter of fed cattle will stay large the rest of 1957, the department said, but because fewer grass cattle will go to slaughter, total-slaughter -probably will average lower than last year during the rest of the year. Hog prices probably will be seasonally highest from mid-June to mid-August, the department said. The above-average hog-corn price ratio this spring probably will result in more farrowings this fall. If the increase is held to the neighborhood of 4 to 6 per cent, declines in prices next winter would not be severe. A greater production increase would risk a more serious winter price break. The department said higher lamb prices reflect reduced slaughter of sheep and lambs and price strength in other meat animals. Seasonal declines are likely this summer, the department said, but it is possible prices will continue to average a little higher than last year. lowa Leads Lists lowa continued to lead the states >n production of live weight livestock on farms in 1956, the department revealed in a table showing meat animal output. lowa was first in hogs with 4,241,000,000 pounds, second in cattle with 2,263,000,000 pounds and fourth in sheep and lambs with 89,000.000 pounds for a total of 6,593,000,0 pounds. Illinois was second in total meat animal output with 4,04,000,000 pounds, followed by Texas with 2,952,000,000 pounds, Missouri' with 2,718,000,000 pounds, Nebraska with 2,572,00,000 pounds and Minnesota with 2,557,000,000 pounds. Texas ranked first in cattie with 2,489,00,000 pounds and first in sheep and lambs with 143,000,000 pounds. California was second in sheep and lambs with 111,000,000 pounds and Illinois was second in

hogs with 2,516.000.000 pounds. Illinois cattie production was 1,444,000,000 pounds. Ten states each produced more than 1 billion pounds of live weight in meat animals. They were Texas, lowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. The billion-pounds-plus producers of live weight in hogs were lowa, Illinois Indiana. Missouri, and Minnesota. U. S.MayOffer New Inspection Plan To Russia Would Cover Aerial Inspection Os Area Os Siberia, Alaska WASHINGTON (UP)-Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the United States may propose to Russia an "open skies" aerial inspection plan covering Siberia and Alaska. In discussing the possibility of Siberia and Alaska as a limited disarmament test area, Dulles said this is the kind of area that might provide launching sites in an atomic war. Dulles did not rule out the possibility that a test disarmament inspection zone might also be worked out in part of Europe. But he told a news conference that the problems there are much greater because they involve German unification, other political problems and extremely calculated areas. Dulles emphasized that the United States has not yet reached an agreed government position on the aerial inspection zones it will propose in further negotiations with the Soviet Union in London. He said those talks have been considering a whole host of proposals and may now be at the stage where it is advisable for U.S. disarmament negotiator Harold E. Stassen to return to Washington for consultations. Dulles said that the Russians at long last seem to have agreed with the United States that aerial inspection is essential in getting disarmament going. He said the question now is: In what zones should the test area be started. Dulles said if progress can be made on this essential element of the disarmament problem he bet lieves relaxation of fears will be achieved. From there, he said, it is almost inevitable that arms rej ductions will result. . Dulles emphasized that the United States does not intend to accept any disarmament arrangeJ ment based on the partition of , Germany. He also said the United States will consult with West German ‘ Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on any proposal involving the future t of Germany. i i i If you have something to sen or I rooms for rent, try a Democrat i Want Ad, it brings results.

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Wisconsin G.O.P. Split On Election Split On Question Os Special Election MADISON, Wis. W — The Wisconsin Republican Party was split today on the question of calling a special election to fill the Senate seat of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy. At least 27 members of the GOP state executive committee told Gov. Vernon Thomson Monday they could not reach agreement on the subject. The split occurred after State Republican Chairman P h i l.i P Kuehn reversed his stand and said he now favored appointment of a successor to serve until the 1958 election. He previously had urged a special election. Appointment of a successor to McCarthy by Thomson would require a change in state law. At present, the governor must call a special election or leave the**seat vacant.

The change in Kuehn's attitude might be partially explained by Democratic successes in special elections. ,■ Democrats have staged two upsets in the last eight Wisconsin special elections for Congress and the Legislature, won three handily In their own districts and

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