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Show FARMERS STILL FACE LACK OF FACILITIES American farming was gearing itself this week to help meet the heavy world demands for food as some states had reported machine and manpower shortages while scientific soil conservation and more widespread use of hybrid corn presaged bigger crops in other oth-er regions. Omaha resources recently reported re-ported war-born weariness among Nebraska farmers as currently stressed by continued scarcity of labor and farm implements. A Farm Bureau agent in the state, who recently talked with 260 farm families, reported that the government's govern-ment's plea for more food production pro-duction comes at a time when the Nebraska farmer is tired physically phys-ically and mentally. "You hear the story of weariness weari-ness from young couples, who never should have reached that condition at their ages," said the agent. "It comes from long hours, lack of help and proper equipment, equip-ment, and worry and strain." All this, he added, results in poor planning, a widespread run-down condition of farms, and often lack of interest in taking proper soil conservation measures. These same conditions, the a-enfc a-enfc declared, are keeping war veterans away from the farms. "You can't blame htem," he said, "when there is no new equipment, and no improvements in living conditions. Naturally they want to better themselves." He charged that present government policies are not relieving the situation. Young men are still being drafted from farms and many farms still lack jiroper equipment, he reported. |