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...moving up again. Farmers throughout the Midwest have been withholding their wheat from the market; they accused the Agriculture Department of depressing prices by issuing harvest forecasts that were too high. George Watts, a poultry industry spokesman, told the House Agriculture Committee that unprofitable prices had forced a large broiler producer to close its Tennessee plant, destroy 800,000 fertilized eggs and smother 300,000 newborn chicks. About 1,000 Western cattlemen threatened to withhold beef from market. The tactics were reminiscent of those that farmers used to protest President Nixon's second price freeze last summer...
...next several weeks, already rebellious consumers will be asked to pay as much as 900 to $1 per dozen for eggs, 800 per lb. for broiler chickens and $2 per lb. for pork chops and bacon. Lettuce, tomatoes, fresh fruit and other perishables will rise immediately. Also likely to leap are prices for cereals, flour and other wheat and corn products, oils, many canned goods and frozen foods. When the freeze ends in August, prices of many other items will...
...feed, farmers killed baby chicks, sows and milk cows. Unable to earn a profit, meatpackers closed down, and food processors slowed production. Beef production could drop 2% this year; earlier it had been expected to rise 3.5%. Pork production is likely to dip by 3%, and output of broiler chickens is running 1.5% behind last year's pace. Says Don Paarlberg, chief economist of the Agriculture Department: "There will be fewer eggs, smaller supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables. Milk production will probably fall off, and there will certainly be fewer canned goods, less margarine and flour...
...Illinois, for example, soybean meal in the past year has leaped from $100 to $400 a ton, and fish meal has gone from $130 to $600. One consequence, says Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Jim Buck Ross, is that "it costs a poultry producer about 49? a lb. to produce a broiler that brings him only 40? a lb. when he sells...
...unfailingly cool, garlicy and thick. Of the hors d'oeuvres, the angulas ($2.00), baby eels broiled in olive oil and garlic, are my favorite. You should hold your yellow linen napkin over the little casserole when it first is put before you, as the eels have just escaped the broiler and they sometimes explode with the heat. (Better that they explode under your napkin than in your face, or worse still, your stomach). Once cooled they are a startling and tender delicacy. The bmiled mushrooms ($.90) and broiled ham and artichoke hearts ($1.35) are always delicious. They squid cooked...