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Show t SOUTH CACHE COURIER AMERICAN FARMERS SURPASS OWN MARK TO Bombed by Halseys Torpedos Bay Japs in Manila ' y.. omPM'.WWW PRODUCE ANOTHER RECORD FOOD CROP III i v. . WI'JIWKOWIL WWHWWi 1944 . 153 Million Ton Grain Harvest 25 Billion Pound Output of Meat Second Best All-Hig- h. Americas soil and Americas farmers are an unbeatable combination. ' Thats the belief of N. E. Dodd, chief of the agricultural adjustment agency of the U. S. department agriculture,all-ti- as he points to the eighth successive record food production soon to be completed, and the high for total farm production that is also being entered on the books for 1944. In all the history of the world, says Dodd, no country has before provided from its own farms enough food for all its civilians and all its fighting men, and had some to share with its allies. of .'Proof, he says, can be found pi a review of the record. The 1944 harvest, according to t . department of agriculture figures, is estimated at 4 per cent more crops reaped and threshed than last year, while food production is up 5 per cent over 1943s record and 29 per cent over the Harbor average for Beginning in 1939, when war en. rl pre-Pea- 1937-4- 1. gulfed the European continent and America began to receive calls for supplies of all kinds, both food and total agricultural production have increased each year, building up to the 1944 records that top anything in the nations history. Yield of crops appears generally excellent, despite the hard use the soil has had of necessity during the war years. It is pointed out that only seven major crops show a lower yield than the average for 1933-4which includes 1942s phenomenal yields. These crops are buckwheat, rice, dry beans and peas, peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. Leading crop this season is wheat harIt is the second billion-bushvest in U. S. history, exceeding by 10 per cent the previous record set in 1915. Estimates are for some 1,115,402,000 bushels in 1944, 33 per cent more than last season and 47 per cent more than the average for the 1933-4- 2 decade. Yield per acre exceeds 1943 by 10 per cent and the earlier decade by 30 per cent. Biggest average acre yield for winter wheat is reported from Nevada, with 30 bushels per acre, compared with the national average of 18.8 bushels. Idaho is next with 29 bushels, followed by Washington with 28.5 bushels and Utah with 27 bushels per acre. Idaho and Utah lead in acre yield of spring wheat other than durum, with an average of 33 bushels per acre, compared with the national average of 17.5 bushels. ' Bumper Corn Harvest. If the anticipated com harvest of 8,101,000,000 bushels is realized, it will top last year by about 25,000,000 bushels and exceed the 1933-4- 2 average by 732,000,000 bushels, or nearly This is only a little below e the record set in 1942. The acre yield this year is slightly under 1943, but 23 per cent more than the Iowa heads the. average for 1933-4list for acre yield among the states with 52 bushels, compared with the national average of 31.8 bushels. Idaho takes second place with 47 bushels, followed by Illinois with 45 bushels, and New Hampshire, Vermont and Wisconsin tied with 40 bushels per acre. Hybrid seed com has played no small part in increasing corn production, according to the department of agriculture. Hybrids have been found to raise yield as much as 20 per cent, and in 1943 it was estimated that 669,000,000 bushels more com were produced than would have been possible without the hybrids. Nearly 52 per cent of the corn acreage last year was planted to hybrid varieties, government figures show. A third more sorghums for grain than in any previous season is anticipated with die harvest of about bushels compared with bushels in 1941, the highest The acre yield production is 15 per cent more than in 1943, and 33 per cent greater than the 1933-4- 2 average. California sets the pace for acre yield with 36 bushels per acre compared with a 17.9 national average, followed closely by Arizona with 32 bushels, Illinois with 26 bushels and Missouri with 21 bushels per acre. The oats crop is estimated at 1,190,540,000 bushels, 4 per cent more than last year and 16 per cent more than the 1933-4average. Acre yield is only slightly higher than last season and about 5 per cent above the 1933-4- 2 average. Washington and Wisconsin have the highest acre yield among the states, probably influenced by the new Vicland variety which is hardier and particularly adapted to those areas. Washingtons 46 bushels per acre and Wisconsins 42.5 bushels compare with the national average of 30 bushels. Utah with 41 bushels, and Nevada and Idaho with 40 bushels per acre also report good years. Good crops of buckwheat and rice barley, and a near-recor- d crop, when added to the ether i grains, indicate a total grain harvest at 153,000,000 tons. This would be slightly less than the William F. Halsey Jr.s Third fleet caught a large Japa-neNavy Avenger Torpedo bombers of Adm. at the same time setting fire to many merchant fleet napping in Manila bay and sank most of the ships, from burning ships and land targets. smoke the show Photos rising two lasted days. land installations. The attack se German Cities Show Results of Allied Might 2, el one-thir- Busy with harvest on farm near Trappe, Md., William Eason and crew leave field with four bushels of tomatoes, infinitesimal part of estimated crop of 3,173,800 tons. peak year of 1942, but 10,000,000 tons more than in 1943 and ranging from 12 to 28 per cent in excess of the harvest during the five years before 1942. Hay production of some 98,000,-00- 0 tons in 1944 would mean a harvest of this important feed greater than in any years but 1916, 1927, 1942 and 1943. Acre yield of all tame hay is estimated at 1.39 tons, with Californias average reaching 2.84 tons per acre, and Arizonas 2.40 tons. California also leads in acre yield of alfalfa hay with 4.20 tons compared with the national figure of 2.21 tons per acre. Arizona is again second, with 2.75 tons per acre. The state of Washington tops California for clover and timothy hay with 2.10 tons per acre compared with the national acre yield of 1.32 tons, and 1.85 tons per acre in California. Peanut production may set a new record. The anticipated 1944 harvest is 2,365,630,000 pounds picked and threshed, 7 per cent more than in 1943 and 76 per cent more than the 1933-4- 2 average production. Acre ' d. all-tim- 2. 2 from the bloom of 1943. The eight major deciduous fruits, including apples, peaches, pears and grapes, will probably be 21 per cent greater than last season, and 10 per cent more than the average. Apples, for example, are expected to exceed the 1943 pick by 38 per cent, with 33.583.000 more bushels than last year, or about the same as the aver1933-4- 2 age for 1933-4The peach harvest probably will total 30,092,000 bushels, 71 per cent more than 1943, and 25 per cent above the 1933-4- 2 average. Some 4.640.000 bushels more pears are indicated, exceeding 1943 by 19 pei; cent and 1933-4- 2 by 2 per cent The condition of most fruits is reported greatly improved over the condition at the same period last year. Commercial vegetables for fresh market are up over the 1943 tonnage by approximately 18 per cent and exceed 1933-4- 2 by 22 per cent. They are expected to top the 1942 record of 7 million tons by 11 per cent. New highs are indicated for cabbage, lettuce and onions, with the harvest of the latter crop reported as some 52 of the Shelled and bombed buildings In the city of Stolberg, Germany, give some Idea of the severity per cent greater than last year and the 45 per cent more than the 1933-4- 2 battle that took place between the Germans and Americans. (Left) German cities are beginning to show homes their leave Germans have. countries (Bight) results of war in the same way that other European average. The Tonnage of vegetables for process- which were shelled by the Nazis in an attempt to dislodge the strong foothold gained by American troops. 10 in is laid ruins. as was about cent Americans won, but the city ing reported per more than in 1943 and 51 per cent above the 1933-4- 2 Average. These crops include snap beans, green peas, sweet com, tomatoes, beets, lima beans, kraut cabbage and The tomato harvest is estimated as 19 per cent in excess of 1943s total of 2,659,100 tons for a new high of 3,173,800 tons. High acre yield of cotton, partly influenced by dry weather that held the boll weevil in check, has resulted in the picking of slightly more than last years 11,427,000 bales, for a total of 11,483,000 bales from a million and a half fewer harvested acres. Tobacco production is expected to be the second largest on record, with a total of 1,730,680,000 pounds, all types combined, compared with the 1939 record crop of 1,880,793,000 pounds. This years tobacco harvest is estimated at 24 per cent in excess of 1943. Another record egg production on farms is indicated. During the first eight months of 1944 total production Not all the entertainment fur is reported as up 6 per cent over the same period last year, and 48 per nished the GI Joes comes from stag cent over the 1933-4- 2 average. Aland screen stars. Corp. Viro Cape shar though chickens for market dropped zio, Philadelphia, does his substantially below last years high, with accordion solos near Fraim about 3,500,000,000 pounds of chicken mora bois, France, to keep up the meat, or 42 per cent more than the While bun buddies. overseas his of 1933-4- 2 average, are expected to be dreds of troopers have given then produced in 1944. services to the USO to entertain An increase of some 4 per cent in isolatet uniform forces, the visits to uni When Jack H. Leopold, Philadelphia, came home he found his the production of all meats is indiMost rare. cated for 1944, compared with the Boston bull, who was an expectant mother, nursing these, kittens. The units are rathermusical instrumcn door of the apartment was locked. Where Tootsie got the kittens have their own 1943 record. A total of 25,000,000,000 cases and offer instructions in many pounds is expected this year, of Is not known, but she has taken a very maternal interest in them. which 10,790,000,000 pounds will be beef and veal. Beef production is Axis estimated at about 10 per cent more than in 1943, with veal possibly 20 per cent more. An indicated pounds of pork would be a little less than the large production in 1943, due to lighter market weights, but lard production will probably total about 3,390,000,000 pounds, or 11 per cent more than last years peak. Lamb and mutton of about , 970,000,000 production pounds compares favorably with prewar years, although it would be 12 per cent below the 1943 record. 2. Heres One for Anyones Books Fred Marshall of Minnesota epitomizes the American farmer, whose estimated 1,115,402,000 bushels of wheat for 1944 represent an all-tihigh for the U. S. yield is up 13 per cent over 1943, although it is 6 per cent less than the average for 1933-4Dry beans, dry peas and flaxseed are considerably below the large 1943 production, although compared with prewar harvests the production is of good size on all three crops. Production of white potatoes is expected to be down substantially below the 1943 record harvest, alaverthough exceeding the 1933-4- 2 age by about 4 per cent with a production of 377,589,000 bushels. Acre yield i! down about 11 per cent this year, although some 4 per cent above the 1933-4- 2 average yield per acre. The crop of sweet potatoes is estimated at about 2 per cent above average, although some 5 per cent below 1943s high. Banner Vegetable Output. Housewives interested in supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables are expected to look with favor upon d fruit and the record or vegetable harvests indicated foir 1944. Fruit supplies for the 1944-4- 5 season are estimated to be 10 to 15 Tonper cent greater than in 1943-4nage of citrus from the 1944 bloom is expected to be as large or larger than the record 1943-4- 4 production near-recor- Jack Dempsey Refereeing Bout With manpower shortages one of the farmers pressing problems during the war years, with many men drafted and others seeking employ, ment at higher wages in industry, many women took to the fields beside the menfolks to help in the production of record food crops. Picture shows young women on farm near York, Pa., assisting in hay harvest, which was expected to approximate 98 million tons, fifth largest on Coast Guard Comdr. Jack Dempsey, former ring champ, gives an added punch to a shipboard boxing show when he steps into the roped irena as referee. Dempsey is called upon almost daily to referee bouts n addition to his work as physical instructor. He has been busy developing a new string of world contenders. Entertains Buddies Bullets for These are for the six machine guns used in the new army Eighth air force, 1 fighters. The cartridge belts carried represent the amount by only one gun on a flight. P-5- , , |