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Secretary Brannan'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 



iRts, poultry and cgi^s." I'or riuid 

 milk, markctini; .it;recmcnts and ordt-rs 

 would be tontiiuiL'd. 



Secretary Bran nan makes a sii;niti- 

 cant statement in discussint; production 

 payments. It reveals some ol the use 

 to which the farm proLiram v\ould 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 hi^'her in 1947 than 

 in 19-i(). Since 19)7, in some of these 

 same cities, the average person has been 

 usin^ less and less milk. . . Through 

 production payments we can keep the 

 market price within reach ol 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 

 prii.es through direct payments should 

 be available before Ian. 1. l^^^'" 



Here is Secretary Brannan's suggested 

 standard for measuring produition units, 

 len bushels of corn, for exainple, would 

 ec^ual one unit. 7."^t bushels of wheat 

 would equal one unit. etc. 



Comparison of Bronnan's Proposed Support, 1940-49 

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



Sell \ our \\ ool 

 Through \our 

 Own lAA Co-op 



HAVL you marketed your wool-' 11 

 not. better check with your county 

 wool manager at the local I'arm 

 Bureau office so that you will be 

 assured o! the best price lor )our 

 product. 



\'our local wool pool is part ot the 

 operation of the Illinois Wool Market- 

 ing Association, located at Paris, Ldgar 

 county. It is an Illinois Agric\iltural 

 Association affiliate. Illinois VX'ool was 

 set up some years ago for the purpose ot 

 protecting small wool growers in an 

 uncertain market. 



First of the 19iV wool cli|\s moved 

 into the county wool pools in late April, 

 .Lccording to reports rcceued by Dale 

 Rouse, Illinois VC'ool nian.iger. 



Farmers who sold their wool in out- 

 • right sale to the Association m late 

 April received i ^ cents per pound lor 

 clear tkece wool. Fliis pruc was net to 

 the grower at the county reteiMiig point. 

 This IS one of the methods by whuh 

 you can market your wool. Another 

 way by which you can sell your wool 

 cooperatively is by the consignment 

 method. In this case you delner 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 \X'ooI 

 Marketing Association in Boston. 



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