Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 1 · column 3 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
Farmers Urged To
Gauge Production
Mr. H. S. Barksdale, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, today urged farmers to weigh carefully the observations offered recently by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman on production and marketing plans for 1968. In a year end statement. Secretary Freeman said that in 1967 the crop production index jumped 10 points above the 1960-65 average. He said that this, combined with record harvests around the world, had occasioned 1967’s low prices. The Secretary declared that prices in the next few months “depend on what farmers themselves do*. He said production decisions in poultry, hogs, and livestock in the next few months are crucial to 1968 profits. “Decision to market grain at low prices, or to hold for better prices, will determine grain prices in the first half of 1968.” “If farmers cut back livestock production modestly,* Secretary Freeman declared, “prices should rally in early 1968. But if farmers yield to the temptation of feeding cheap wet corn in great amounts, the income of broiler, turkey, hog and cattle producers will suffer.” The Rappahannock County
(Continued on Page 2)
93.1%