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Teed Prices Too High...
Farmers Take Action—
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Farmers are squeezed by feed prices that are too high in relation •o prices received for meat, milk and eggs. The fennel's who own and use Southern States Cooperative—272,000 strong—arw doing something about it. Southern States Cooperative has made a sharp reduction in Us mixed feed prices—is pricing them at less than actual cost. Southern States-Service Agencies, working hand In hand with the farmers they serve, have reduced their handling margins to approximate actual cost. The result is a reduction of $4.00 to $5.00 per ton (20 to 25 cents per bag) in Southern States feeds • which were already tew in price as compared with commercial feed of comparable quality. This program of self-help by farmers will continue until it forces the price of commercial formula feeds to a more reasonable level from the standpoint of farmers. A big crop of com and other feed grains will soon be pressing on the market. This also should help. Support this cooperative effort to pull down the too high price level on mixed feeds—save real money too by using quality feeds cooperatively manufactured by farmers in their own mills. See us for details. You’ll be amazed at the new tew Southern States feed prices.
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