THE WILLIAMS

LAKE TRIBUNE

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! orecas

Less acreage
in potatoes
boost prices

A reduction in the acreage

The total
casses

choice and
graded under

good car-
inspection

There was a good demand for]}4during the month, accounted for
planted to potatoes this year has|toP duality slaughter cattle this] 45.8 per cent of 142,

2 graded.

been accompanied by nhigher| Week. Steers and heifers were Exports "i bein daneetiie
prices for most Canadian pro-|™ostly steady to 50¢ higher,|last week were 3,072, bringing
ducers. while cows sold under pressure| the total shipments south to
. at most markets at losses of 25¢| August 29 to 160,788

Potato plantings have been!tg 1.00 on top auality kinds.| ponang for

i y frui veg- ° and
estimated by the fruit and ves-| Feeder cattle were in demand at] oy an
etable division of the Canada] anout steady prices. Calves| “@ushter cattle
Department of Agriculture at] varied trom 1.50 higher to 2.00] S04 {his week.
2 iv : A grades
295,400 acres—five per cent} jower. Hogs and sheep were un-li irre tie “
smaller than last year’s acreage| changed neifers. The current week's
and 11 per cent les than the 7 erate receipts were all well
10-year average of 331,000 acres,| SLAUGHTER CATTLE cleared, including a fair number

Although there was some}, There were approximately ett oer a oe ete
slackening off as supplies in-|27-000 cattle offered at public wee were somewhat uneven _
creased in volume, prices  in|Stckvards up to Thursday this|"'S 0's? new 7 tl us
eastern Canada to the middle of| Week this is: 3400 below last} YP" ty tes ay te soe ‘higher,
August were running about) Week and about 1,000 more than] 2°00" Montrea ° Cows were
seen yeu the ame week #year ago, which except d ontreal. ows were

was a holiday-shortened week,.|U"er pressure at most centres
GENERAL REDUCTION Eastern markets were 700 down|@?d sold from steady to 1.00

All provinces
prairies reported average de-
creases from last year. Prince| were about
Edward Island acreage was re-| week.
duced by 10 per cent;
Brunswick by three per cent;| equal to last week’s
Nova Scotia by eight per cent;| choice and good.
Quebec by nine per cent; an

a

the cattle offerings

bia by six per cent. August was somewhat

outside the| from a week earlier at 8,500, and ve Poront ae
western terminals at 18,500 head,| Steers Were strong to 25¢ higher,
00 less than last|2lthough the bulk of the sales re-

‘The quality of the current|™#ined at last
New| week’s receipts is expected to be| £° a g
cent | 27-00, and choice fed yearlings at

The quality of |
at public
both Ontario and Britich Colum-|stockyards during the month of

lower.

lower. Toronto top grades of

week's
good steers selling at

levels,
26.00 to

26.50 to 27.50, an odd 28.00.
Winnipeg was steady to strong
on good steers at 00 to 26.00,
with a few making 26.50. Calgary

on a strong and active trade

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moved 50¢ higher on all steers
With good kinds at 23.50 to 24.5
Saskatchewan markets were gen-
erally unchanged on steers, with
good quality at Saskatoon moved
for 23.00 to 24.00. Good heifers
at Toronto were a steady 23.00 to
24.00; Winnipeg steady to strong
at 22.50 to 23.50; Calgary 50¢
higher at 21.50 to 22.50. Toronto's
good cows lost 1.00 at 17.00 to
17.50, an odd 18.00; and Montreal
about 25¢ lower at 17.75 to 19.
Winnipeg was about 1.00 low
at 16.00 to 17.00, and Calgary 50
to 1.00 lower at 15.00 to 16.00.

_| good feeder steers.

FEEDER CATTLE

The light offerings of top
quality feeder cattle continue to

|
|

meet a_ keen

demand at most
centres. Most of the western |
supplies went to the domestic
trade. Good feeder steers at|
Toronto were steady at 25.00 to|
7.00. Winnipeg, on a generally
lower quality offering, was about

1.00 lower at 21.00 to 24.00 for
Calgary was|
00, and Saska-

CALF MARKET

There was a scarcity of top
quality veal calves this week.
Prices were from 1.50 higher to
2.00 lower. Good and
vealers at Toronto were a
strong 32.00 to 36.00. Montreal
was about 25¢ higher at 28.00 to
20.00, and Winnipeg steady to
00 lower at 30.00 to $2.00,

HOG MARKET

The hog market was
steady with last week's close.
Grade A hogs at Toronto re-
mained at 25.00, and Montreal a
steady 25.00 to 25.25. Winnipeg
unchanged at 0, to 23.00; Cal-
gary stronger at 21.60 to 21
Edmonton mostly steady at 21.8:
and Saskatchewan markets a
steady 21.50. Ontario packing
plants. outside of Toronto, paid
25.00 for grade A hogs at local
points. Quebec plants, outside of
Montreal: Hull ; Princeville
and Quebec City 25.00.
LAMB MARKET

Sheep and lamb offerings were
about the same as last week.
Prices were generally steady to
1.00 lower. Good lambs at
Toronto remained at 23.00, and
Montreal, under heavy seasonal
receipts was about 50c lower at
19.55 to 20.00. Winnipeg opened
steady, but closed about 1.00 lower
at 18.00 to 19.00.

about

IMPORTS

There were no imports of live-

stock for immediate slaughter
Imports to August
in brackets): cattle

Report compares European
farm statistics to Canada

There are 194 million acresyare about 44 million cattle, of
of farm land in the six coun-|which 19 million are milk cattle
tries that comprise the Euro-|Canada has 11 million cattle,
pean Economic Community—|with three million of these
only about 11 per cent more|being milk cattle. European
than Canada’s 174 million farm-|farms can carry about 31 live-
ing acres. stock units per 100 acres, com-
But, reports the Economics |Pared with seven here.
Division of the Canada Depart-|woay MARKET
ment of Agriculture, there are =
over 17 times as many tarms—| Though
9.6 million compared with Cana-| countries
da’s 575,000. been a big market for Canadian
‘Average farm in the European|Wheat, they are also large pro-
countries contain 20 acres and|4ucers. In 7 they pro-
two-thirds have less than 12|@uced an average of $20 million
acres, while in Canada the aver-| bushels a year, compared with
age is 315 acres. about 472 million bushels in
The six member countries of|C2n@da. Average yields were
BEC also known as the Euro-|*2 bushels and 20 bushels per
pean Common Market, are|@¢T@ respectively.
France, West Germany, Italy,| | Meat and milk production is
Belgium, The Netherlands and|also high. In 1953-57," an
Luxembourg. EEC came into|annual average of about 16
being Janurary 1, 1958. billion pounds of meat was pro-
duced in the European countries
and 2.8 bilion in Canada. Out-
cent of|put of milk was about 124
compared |Dilion pounds, compared with
the EEC|Canadian production of about

the common market
have traditionally

TRACTOR USE

In Canada, 87 per
farms have tractors,
with 15 per cent in
countries.
of the labor force in the Euro-
pean countries is occupied in
agriculture, while in. this coun-
try, farm labor amounts to about
12 per cent.

Tire Trouble ?

See us
With many small farms, ro- cF °
duction is intensive in the emi fC & 5 Tire Service

mon market countries. There

COMMON POLICY of Economic Annalist, Frank
Shefrin and Dr. E. Jaska noted
that EEC has set up a 12-year
transitional period and that “it
is not expected that changes
will take place rapidly in agri-
culture.”

Adds the Economics Divisio
“The six countries of the Euro-
pean Economie Community plan
eventually to set up a common
agricultural policy. This will
Pro a rey of food supplica| TBe Heonomic Annalist article

P community, dealt in detail with the major

within the ee

re with a population of 166] Provisions of the Common
million, the area will continue hates prea: ae geome
i imortance e Buropean
to be a large net importer ot | cconomic Community, the ae
toot culture industry of the six
In a more detailed study|¢ountries generally, and the

published in February issue trade outlook. .

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