GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



1241 



Table 6. — Weekly production of butter and cheese in the United States — Con. 



COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS OF BUTTER AND CHEESE IN 35 CITIES OF UNITED 



STATES 



1 The storage holdings of butter in 35 cities represents approximately 75 percent of total United States 

 foldings. 



' The storage holdings of cheese inSStJitfes represents approximately 62 percent of total United States 

 holdings. 



Sources: Production of creamery butter and cheese from Creamery Butter and Cheese Production Esti- 

 mates, BAE, USDA. Production and stocks of evaporated milk, dry whole milk, and nonfat dry milk 

 solid? from Evaporated, Condensed, and Dry Milk Report, BAE, USDA. Production of milk from Crop 

 Production, BAE, USDA. Stocksof butter and cheese from Cold Storage Report. P. and M. A., USDA. 

 Weekly production estimates from Weekly Creamery Butter Production, BAE, USDA, and Weekly 

 American Cheese Production, BAE, USDA. Stocks in 35 cities from Weekly Dairy Markets Review, 

 P. and M. A., USDA. 



Mr. Pace. Last, but by no means least, we wall now hear from the 

 representative of one of our great farm organizations, the National 

 Farmers Union, Mr. Russell Smith. 



STATEMENT OF RUSSELL SMITH, LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, 

 NATIONAL FARMERS UNION 



Mr. Smith. My name is Russell Smith. I am the legislative sec- 

 retary of the National Farmers Union. 



Mr. Chairman, our ranks are somew^hat thinned this morning. We 

 had expected to have two more witnesses, Mr. Fred Stover, the presi- 

 ♦dent of the Iowa Farmers Union to deal wdth the hog production prob- 

 lem and Mr. Archie Wright, president of the northeastern division of 

 the National Farmers Union located at Ogdensburg, N. Y. 



Mr. Stover was unable to come because he had already scheduled a 

 meeting of the Iowa State counselors of the Farmers Union. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Smith, if you w^ould like, and they would prepare 

 statements, we would be glad to have their statements for the record. 



Mr. Smith. Mr. Kenneth W. Hones, president of the Wisconsin 

 Farmers Union, was supposed to be here too, but he was also detained. 

 I would like to file his statement also when I get it. 



Mr. Pace. You may file statements on behalf of those three wit- 

 nesses w^th the clerk for insertion in the record this morning. 



Mr. Smith. I have a telegram from Mr. Stover. "Our State coun- 

 selor's meeting today unanimously endorsed farm program proposed 

 by Secretary Brannan. They also specifically urged that the pro- 

 posal for production payments to producers of hogs and other com- 

 modities be authorized immediately so the program can be put into 

 effective operation for the vnrious commodities as the need arises." 



I should explain that the State counselors' organization is a group 

 of policy counselors elected by the locals of the Farmers Union in 

 Iowa which meets twice a year to advise the president on policy 

 matters. Mr. Wright was on his w^ay here when he was unfortunately 

 called back by a death in his family and Mr. Parodneck is authorized 

 to speak for him. I do not know whether there will be a separate 

 statement forthcoming or not. 



