^-^^^ ^ Extension Service In Agriculture and Ilcane Eccjnoniice 



^ University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Urbana 



WEEKLY REVIEW AND FARM OUTLOOK LETTER 



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* By 0. L. Whalin 



Associate Professor, Agricultural Extension 

 (Prepared September 19 ) -f*t'> 



Both livestock and grain markets had an increasingly strong tone during the 

 week* Slaughter cattle vere 25 to 50 cents a hundred higher than a week earlier. 

 The increase applied to all classes of slaughter cattle. Feeder cattle maintained 

 the price level of a week ago in the face of Increased marketings. Hog numbers are 

 at a seasonal low, but weights are near record, averaging around 320 pounds compared 

 with about 275 pounds a year ago, ■ I 



The egg market has steadied with the U.S. Department of Agriculture an- 

 nouncement that the Ajrray Quartermaster Corps will need approximately one million 

 cases of shell eggs between now and the first of the year. The statement that other 

 government agencies would be in the market for some supplies of shell eggs later in 

 the year added support. Also, the production of fresh eggs has declined substantialJy, 



The 19k^-k6 world production of wheat is estimated at about 5,1+00 million 

 bushels, a decline of 5 percent from I9I+U and 8 per cent less than the 1935-39 aver- 

 age. 



The 19^+5 oat crop in Canada is estimated at 388,298,000 bushels. 111 mil- 

 lion bushels less than in 19lfU. 



The I9U5 production of com in Argentina has been placed at 116,7^+5,000 

 bushels, which represents only 3I+ per cent of the I9UI+ crop. 



With both sweet com and green lima beans producing record crops, the en- 

 tire vegetable crop for canning and processing is expected to be greater than in 

 I9UU, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. 



United States civilian allocations of sugar for the April -September period 

 remained unchanged, but the supply for the last quarter of the year will be 28 per 

 - cent smaller than the average for the first three quarters and 36 per cent less than 

 the final quarter of I9I1U. This will provide a civilian per capita supply of 73 

 pounds of sugar for the year compared with 89 pounds in ISkk and a 96-pound average 

 for 1935-59. 



The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced (September ik) that additional 

 quantities of canned fruits and canned vegetables frcan the 19^+5 pack would be made 

 available for civilian consumption as a result of decreased government requirements, 

 which will be reflected in reduced set -aside percentages on these foods in forth- 

 coming amendments to two War Food Orders, 22.8 (canned fruits) and 22.9 (canned "v-eg- • 

 etables). Reductions will make available an estimated additional 3,850,000 cases 

 of canned fruits and 5,887,000 cases of canned vegetables. 



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Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics: University of Illinois 



College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture cooperating. 



H, P. Rusk, Director. Acts approved by Congress May 8 and June 50, 191*+. 



