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...stand-by crops have shared equally in the new records. Pork, beef and milk are far above the old peaks. Wheat, corn and oats are not far below their alltime highs, despite smaller acreage. New crops like soybeans, flaxseed, peanuts and canning vegetables have zoomed from nowhere to pass many of the old leaders. Cotton has sagged 39% below the 1926 peak. "A banner year," caroled the Department of Agriculture...
...Beef-shooting...
...prices like beef and pork, which are based mainly on real demand, are still climbing...
...Beef and veal production was up 20% in the January-April period, but the full year's output may not show as big a gain. Lamb and mutton marketings show almost no gain. Main reason: sheep are finicky creatures, and nasty weather "impaired" the spring lamb crop. Chicken-ranch owners, meanwhile, have boosted production...
...these increases would ordinarily jam-pack every butcher's showcase in the U.S., mean cheap meat for U.S. citizens. Not this year. The Government is buying 40% of all packer-processed pork, a big (but undisclosed) portion of beef and veal output. Some of this is lend-leased, but the bulk of it is gobbled up by U.S. fighting...