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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER Page Six Utali Farm War km lev Sugar beet growers are being asked to increase their 1944 plantings by an average of 50 per cent above 1943 to meet a national goal of 951,000 acres. The United States entered the war with ample supplies of sugar on hand and with sources of abunareas. dant supplies in During the past year, domestic sugar production dropped to about 60 per cent of 1942, and production in Puerto Rico and Hawaii declined about 15 per cent Sugar beets are the quickest way of increasing the nation's sugar production since the crop is ready for harvest within six months after planting, while sugarcane requires one to two years to mature. The proposed support price for 1944 plus Sugar Act payments would give growers an average of $12.50 per ton for average quality beets, the highest price on record. Increased beet sugar production Ls necessary to replace sugarcane products which are being diverted to the manufacture of industrial alcohol for making synthetic rubber, explosives and other critical war materials. Normally, industrial alcohol is made from blackstrap molasses, grain and petroleum; but in view of the tremendous demand for almolasses from cohol, high-tewhich no sugar has been extracted now is being used extensively for making alcohol. This diversion in 1944 will reduce our supplies of sugar by approximately one million tons, an amount approximately equal to the 1943 beet sugar production, but will release some 66 million bushels of grain for livestock feed and other purposes. Industrial alcohol requirements for 1944 are three times greater than in 1942. In addition to the grain saved, the increased production of, sugar beets would add materially to the nation's heavily taxed livestock feed supplies through the sugar beet off-sho- System Builds "Step-in- " with CottsTiucrioM fel Terraces u' DiuiMAst Trpt S oao Bust TennACi Paoccou fo 6Fr. Oms Way Da Plot of Svttesre re One-V- Farmers are finding that they can protect their soils with the most modern types of terrace, do themselves, all the and do it with the same implements they use in their regular farm tillage. Thus terracing becomes simply a part of farming. All styles of tractor plow moldboard, regular disk and oneway disk are being used with disk, good success. The one-win its modern form with large blades rather widely spaced, has the special advantage of throwing the soil farther when operated at 3 or 4 miles an hour, the extra speed and throw combining to da the job double-quic- k. Results are not to be confused with older, narrower forms of terrace which had a water channel, or none at alL terThese are true broad-bas- e races with a wide, shallow channel on the uphill side, as can be seen from the dimensions in the drawing. It also shows how plowing starts well out from the stakes and "steps in" on following rounds, which is why it is called the Step-i- n System. Broad-bas- e terraces built this way have the same shape and size as those made with big, exoutfits. pensive They are well settled. They have the added advantage of being tilled, ready for planting ridge, channel, and some of the adjoining land. They are made in both the drainage and the absorption type, as desired for Eastern, and Great Plains regions. Setting the stake lines is best done by an engineer or by a specialist of the Soil Conservation Service, Exact instructions for plowing, round by round, for various slopes, types of terrace, and width of plow are given in a free bulletin, "Win Against Water," issued to aid farmers in building first-claterraces with their own labor and implements. For a copy of this bulletin, inquire at the nearest office of the U. S. D. A. Soil Conservation Service. Siotf dirt-movi- Desiitto Cioss Searo 18 In. QtANMIL P.OUHB 1st Seines) -- -- fSfr- JIJJJIc tsrr- I. " n -r u st earth-movi- wm to fr. 4. Mfr. and POLISHES Polish Furniture Contains genuine oil of cedar. Use on furniture, work or s8f. ' set-asi- Due to inflated prices for farms, loans under the Ban khead-Jone- s Farm Tenant Act have already withdrawn in some sections. FSA county committees have been instructed to turn back their money rather than make loans for purchase of farms at inflated prices. This action was taken so that the program which enables tenants, sharecroppers and farm laborers to become owners, would protect applicants from acquiring land debts which would ruin them later on. New Eating Records Civilians consumed record quan-tite- s of chickens, eggs, fluid milk, margarine, potatoes, and dry peas during 1943, the latest summary of the national food situation reveals. Although a record number of U. S. Citizens couldn't buy steak as often as they had the urge and the money, civilian consumption of meat at 131 pounds per capita was 5 pounds more than the average for 1935-3but 6 pounds less than in 1942. Consumption of fish, but- - FSA Bans Inflated Purchases Tenant purchase loans by the Farm Security Administration will not be made in those areas where farm land values soar beyond the investrange of sound long-terments, Administrator Frank Hancock has announced. m 9, The Last Call Steel To Rubber Conversion Suspended Suspension of conversions of tractors and implements from steel wheels to rubber tires has been announced by the director of rubber in order to assure adequate stocks of replacement tires for the coming season and to hold to a minimum the delivery of 1944 tractors on steel wheels. A complete survey of stocks is being made to assure enough tires for replacement needs estimated at 170,000. Resumption of the conversion program can be speeded through greater emphasis on repair and retreading to reduce replacement requirements. An appeal procedure is provided under the suspension to take care of hardship cases. Some 1944 Food Indications Civilians shares of certain foods in 1944 on the basis of tentative allocations by the War Food Administration indicate that eating habits aren't due for any major changes. Present indications on some civilian food sharing are: Edible fats and oil products 44 pounds per person; butter slightly more than a pound a month as civilians share 94 per cent of our production with TJ. S. servicemen on a basis; cheese about a pound less per capita than 1943, with our servicemen getting a 5,000,000 lb. 349 per capita, increase; eggs from 75 per cent of our production compared with 345 last year and about 300 for the 1935-3- 9 average meat about the same as in 1943; milk 3 per cent less than 1943 is indicated for total civilian milk supply about 754 pounds per capita. 76-to- Farm Labor AAA Chief's Post-Wa- r Tip 'Cooperative action prepared agriculture for its spectacular contribution to the war effort," N. E. Dodd, Oregon farmer and chief of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency points out, and adds that "the same kind of cooperation and planning can successfully carry agriculture from war to peace." Directing attention to the fact that the national farm program "stabilized and balanced" agriculture, Dodd warned that Individual action will not be sufficient to carry agriculture through the transition from war to peace. "Many of us," he said, "remember the last war and the economic debacle that followed. All of us are anxious to avoid repetition of that disaster." For of the War Representatives Manpower Commission and the War Department have been checking on the practicability of more extensive use of prisoners of war in farming and industry when free labor is not available. War prisoners have been used satisfactorily in agriculture, food processing, and lumbering. Under an agreement between WMC and the War Department, which retains the right to determine the possibility of each project, WMC certifies to the prison camp commanders the need for such labor. The agreement sets forth the conditions under which, the prisoners may be used. The employer is required to pay the wages prevailing in the community, but the prisoner receives for himself credit of 80 per day for ' personal expenditures, the remainder going to the government for camp maintenance. Applications for use of prisoners of war labor may be filed at the nearest United States Employment Service office. The number of war prisoners in the United States as of January 1 was 172,879, of which number 7,598 were officers and not available for labor unless they Tractor and Motor Repair log-in- g, We offer a complete Tractor and Motor Repair Service to Farmers and Tractor Operators in Box Elder County. . . Our Shop is Equipped to Repair any Make or Size. COMBINE MOTORS MAGNETOS POWER UNITS TRACTORS o BRING US YOUR WELDING Peterson Tractor Home Canning Gets Boost To meet WFA estimates of requirements for the first two quarters of the year, the War Production Board has authorized production of 400,000 pressure canners before July 1. WFA took pressure canners off the ration list In December. The authorization was granted to six manufacturers, and provision was made for transfer of quotas between the manufacturers in the event some of them are unable to meet the July deadline without interference with munitions manufacture. The canners will be made in two sizes up to 300,000 that hold seven glass jars, and up to 100,000 that hold fourteen. Last year, the 339,000 pressure canners delivered were war models of carbon steel, but this year use of aluminum will be permitted as far as it ls available. Tremonton y Restrictions Still Off Farmers can slaughter hogs without a permit or license and deliver any quantity of pork to persons not living on the farm until March 17 as a result of a month extension by WFA of the period In which home - slaughter " Manpower For Canning To assure that all available food from the 1944 goals for canned . (Continued On Fage Seven) wood- J preserves the Pint Polish Furniture Cream cleans as it polishes. Produces a hard Double duty . . . luster that will not collect dust. Pint Water-resistan-t. Wax Floor Lifmid ... and let .. Floor Waxluster. For floors and Paste Gives a bright, wear-resistin- g 16 02. furniture III itZi 111 ft illil 3J mi Two-Ye- aMil C rt Pn it dry. Gives a beautiful A Pour it . spread It hiirh luster finish . . . reduces wear on noors. .... .rent Tt wp ff CX1 Guarantee I ar 3.59 3.98 Reg. Sanforized blue denim . . . 99 iff shrinkproor. tailoSmartly red, precision-cu- t for trim fit. Sizes 12 to 20. 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ALBERT EARL, Mgr. substantially below 1942. Civilians ate very well in 1943, consuming 5 to 7 per cent more 1935,39 and food than in only about 2 per cent less than in 1942, preliminary estimates indi- Protects the finish . . wood. ng restrictions on hogs are suspended. Farmers are required to collect ration stamps for pork so delivered but they may collect ration points prior to validation dates. ter, cheeses, deciduous fruits and fresh and canned vegetables was pre-w- floors. ss j Modern Homo WAXES Mid-Weste- rn, Set-Asi- de Phone 90 ng ay K4J Oilseed Meal Continued Processors of oilseed meal will set aside 20 per cent of their March production as they did in January and February for directed distribution by the War Food Administration. They will continue to move 80 per cent through their regular trade channel. During February, the War Food Administration allocated about 140,000 tons of oilseed meal to feeders, dealers, and feed mixers who were unable to obtain sufficient quantities of oilseed meals through regular trade channels. The February allocation was made up of about 80,000 tons from the order and the balance from meal produced from midwest soybeans by southern processors under contract with the Commodity Credit Corporation. Distribution of the meal available to WFA is made through the cooperation of state and county AAA committees with state and county feed advisory committees. n Thursday, February . uMjt-no.f.- n -- .2.69 Scheherazade Five 1 2" Records .4.45 7 jJtwiai Fronk Chevrolet Co. |