. Illinois farmers' outlook letter [microform]. Agriculture -- Illinois; Agriculture -- Economic aspects Illinois. i ^. Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics ^ University cf Illinois College of Agriculture, Urtana, Illinois^, and U. S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating WEEECLY REVIEW AND FAB^^-OtTTLOCK LETTER By G, L. Jordan ^<:- ?. ? .j. ^' Professor, Agricultural Economics University of Illinois College of Agriculture. (Prepared November l8) Hog marketings continue heavy, "but there is less congestion in terminal markets than last week. A two-day emhsii'so
. Illinois farmers' outlook letter [microform]. Agriculture -- Illinois; Agriculture -- Economic aspects Illinois. i ^. Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics ^ University cf Illinois College of Agriculture, Urtana, Illinois^, and U. S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating WEEECLY REVIEW AND FAB^^-OtTTLOCK LETTER By G, L. Jordan ^<:- ?. ? .j. ^' Professor, Agricultural Economics University of Illinois College of Agriculture. (Prepared November l8) Hog marketings continue heavy, "but there is less congestion in terminal markets than last week. A two-day emhsii'so was placed on all livestock at South St. Paul. Good and choice barrows and gilts "bring the government's support price of $ for the 200 to 270 pound weights. The desirable procedure would seem to be to sell your hogs as they reach a desirable finish and weigh in excess of 200 pounds, providing- tho terminal markets can handle them. There is ajje^^or discount on hogs weighing under 180 ^ipounds than there is on hogs of the same grade weighing above 3OC pounds. There often is no reliable outlet for pigs under I50 pounds. Marvin Jones has requested lower point values for pork euid^nforcement of the $ floor at all major markets. For the 9-months—-TJSiiuary to September 19^5 farmers .produced 1 percent lees milk than during the same period in 19^2. Other production figures were as follows: eggs, up 13 percent; lamb and mutton, up 8 percent; lard, up I8 percent; but beef, down 12 percent. The November crop report indicates an estimated yield o|l 5^086 million bushels of corn, an increase of 1 percent from October 1, an^^-<rtily 90-million bushels below the bumjjer crop of \^h2 and over 700-million bush^ia^arger than the 1932-iH average. The preliminary estimate for com yields fofMCllinois was .,.,_^ bushels per acre, compared to a yield of 59 bushels f^i^ Iowa. Illinois led all states in soybean production and yields. ^ Congress is still battling over the su
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