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Secretary Branncm^s Proposed Agricultural 

 Program Is Revolutionary As It Discards 

 Traditional Parity Concept And Fair Price 

 In The Market Place. Advocates Direct 

 Subsidy Payments To Farmers In Order To 

 Keep Prices Low To Consumer. 



By Creston J. Foster, Editor 

 lAA Record 



ucts, poultry and eggs." For fluid 

 milk, marketing agreements and orders 

 would be continued. 



Secretary Brannan makes a signifi- 

 cant statement in discussing production 

 payments. It reveals some of the use 

 to which the farm program would be 

 put. 



"... I want to make clear that I 

 believe production payments should be 

 used to encourage increased consump- 

 tion as well as to support farm returns. 

 Let me illustrate. In some of our 

 larger cities, milk consumption per 

 capita was much higher in 1947 than 

 in 1940. Since 1947, in some of these 

 same cities, the average person has been 

 using less and less milk. . . Through 

 production payments we can keep the 

 market price within reach of more peo- 

 ple and maintain returns to dairy farm- 

 ers at a level which will bring forth the 

 necessary production. . . The same prin- 

 ciple should apply to other commod- 

 ities to which marketing agreements 

 and orders are adapted. . . I believe 



authority to support hog and milk 

 prices through direct payments should 

 be available before Jan. 1, 1950." 



Here is Secretary Brannan's suggested 

 standard for measuring production units. 

 Ten bushels of corn, for example, would 

 equal one unit, 7.77' bushels of wheat 

 would equal one unit, etc. 



Comparison of Brannan's Proposed Support, 1940-49 

 Average, 90 Per Cent of Parity and Agricultural Act of 1 948. 



Sell Your Wool 

 Through Your 

 Own lAA Co-op 



HAVE you marketed your wool? If 

 not, better check with your county 

 wool manager at the local Farm 

 Bureau office so that you will be 

 assured of the best price for your 

 product. 



Your local wool p)Ool is part of the 

 operation of the Illinois Wool Market- 

 ing Association, located at Paris, Edgar 

 county. It is an Illinois Agricultural 

 Association aflFiliate. Illinois Wool was 

 set up some years ago for the purpose of 

 protecting small wool growers in an 

 uncertain market. 



First of the 1949 wool clips moved 

 into the county wool pools in late April, 

 according to reports received by Dale 

 Rouse, Illinois Wool manager. 



Farmers who sold their wool in out- 

 right sale to the Association in late 

 April received 44 cents per pound for 

 clear fleece wool. This price was net to 

 the grower at the county receiving pxjint. 

 This is one of the methods by which 

 you can market your wool. Another 

 way by which you can sell your wool 

 cooperatively is by the consignment 

 method. In this case you deliver your 

 wool to the county wool pool, where it 

 is weighed and placed in bags furnished 

 free, and shipped to the Association's 

 warehouse at Paris where it is graded 

 by your own cooperative. You will re- 

 ceive a receipt for your wool and an 

 advance payment will be received from 

 the Association as soon as it is graded. 

 Final payment will be made as soon as 

 the wool is sold by the National Wool 

 Marketing Association in Boston. 



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