Show Production Speed-Up Is Farmer's Biggest Problem Our present farm surpluses will be less of a worry in the coming defense speed-up than will our Ken Gapen of the U.S. department of agriculture Gapen pointed out that getting increased farm production from now on is not expected to be as easy as it was at the start of World War Production was at a low level at the start of the last war and labor was and less fertilizer was Also there were fewer tractors and other farm we are at a high level of production and to push output still further above the high plateau we're on is going to be difficult Gapen said farmers have one big advantage this They've won recognition high authorities that farm production Is defense and government leaders are to try to keep farmers free of the last war's shortages of supplies and essential equipment and |