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Weekly Farm
Price Outlook
(ThU ia the way proapccts for Virginia farm pricea looked to the' Virginia Dept, of Agricnltare on Friday. The Department offera It to farmera with the warning that no one can predict prices and ho right all the time.)
As winter progresses, supplies of out-of-stste hay are expected to become a little tighter with a corresponding slight rise in prices. Shippers however, are expected to have adequate supplies. If you need hay, three train indications point up the advisability of ordering it now. 1. Pricewise you'll probably do better. 2. Weather conditions could hold you up from getting hay later when you need it. 3. There is the chance of ge* ting better quality hay now than later when supplies may be higher. The Virginia Crop Reporting Service reports 724,000 tons of hay on farms in the state— this is down 48 per cent from last year, 46 per cent below the five year average and the lowest on record for that date. Stocks on farms for the Nation totaled 82 million tons, within
66.8%