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Show WAR HEWS Local slaughterers and butchers of Washington county who hold permits per-mits to slaughter livestock for the sale of meat will be required to submit evidence by July 15 to substantiate the amount of livestock live-stock slaughtered during the period per-iod upon which his current quota is based. Milton E. Moody, chairman chair-man of the county war meat committee, com-mittee, announced this week. Purpose of the ruling is to establish es-tablish a more uniform system of permits and quotas and to adjust those quotas already issued so that they will represent the normal nor-mal share of total slaughter for each section of the country. Mr. Moody pointed out the importance im-portance of furnishing such evidence, evi-dence, since the permit of any local slaughterer or butcher may be revoked if the information is not submitted on time. Such evidence may include: The applicant's books or records; records rec-ords or statements of persons from whom he has bought livestock; live-stock; grading certificates or inspection in-spection records; records of sales of hides; or any other evidence which may be considered relevant. Marvin Jones, new War Food administrator appointed to succeed suc-ceed Chester C. Davis, has a long history of agricultural administrative administra-tive experience. A Texan, he served 23 years in the House of Representatives and was for many years chairman of the House Agricultural Agri-cultural committee. In 1940 he was appointed a judge in the U. S. Court of Claims and more recently he served as farm advisor to the Director of Economic Stabilization. Stabiliza-tion. He also served as chairman of the United Nations' Food Conference Con-ference held recently at Hot Springs, Viriginia. The 1944 national farm program will call for a total acreage of crops considerably greater than for 1943. Increase will be asked for dry beans, Irish potatoes and feed crops. Total wheat acreage will be boosted. Livestock numbers num-bers will be held in check. The war food administration has this to say about the 1943 fall pig crop: "With the record spring pig crop coming along, farmers report a prospective fall pig crop 21 per cent larger than last year's. Such an increase would be out of line with our feed resources. On April 10th it was suggested that hog raisers would serve the nation's best interest and their own by holding the fall pig crop to not more than 15 per cent larger than the fall crop of 1942. Since that date feed crop prospects pros-pects have grown worse, and it becomes increasingly important that the increase in farrowings this fall be held more nearly in line with available feed supplies." 'A spring pig crop of about 74,-000,000 74,-000,000 head is estimated. This is about 13,000,000 head or 22 per cent larger than the 1942 spring pig crop. |