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Pay Raise for

Wheat Farmers

The nation’s wheat farmers “need and deserve* a raise in pay. Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman told Mon tana farmers and businessmen who visited the Department of Agriculture Wednesday afternoon.

He said the administration’s proposed omnibus farm bill will provide better income for wheat farmers “without hurt ing consumers or the baking industry.* • The Secretary described the "bread trust" as the spearhead of opposition to the pro posal which would improve the price paid farmers for

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