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in lain February. Low spring prices ere expected to cease e reduction in the number of chickens . raised next spring to replace fall laying flocks. ^ . ;>,r
Fewer fall layers wfh mean t higher prices for eggs next fall. The 1951 fall prices .we expected to be high enough to bring the average price for the year above the average for 1900. * . Included in the “no price sup* port" announcement was a hint that there might be limited pur* chase of shell eggs in local areas if the need arises for price stabilisation. Shell egg purchases next year will repend on the ability of the Department of Agriculture to dispose of them immediately
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