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Show FOOD HlH Wflfl MM Keep the leather punch handy. You may have to punch several holes to take up your belt before the war is won, warns Secretary Wickard. Food is fighting on all fronts and its use as a weapon will come first. American food has been a vital factor in keeping Russia fighting. In this way the American farmer can take some credit for the defeat of the Nazis at Stalingrad. Requirements for the armed forces of the United Nations and for workers in these countries will be double the 13 per cent which went for military and lend-lease needs in 1942. A way to get an extra 60-hour week of manpower every month during the summer has been worked out by Joe Stirling of Leeds, and the Soil Conservation service. Here is how. Mr. Stirling's Stirl-ing's water turn is for 36 hours every two weeks. But the stream is too small to irrigate his land without drowning out the upper end while the lower end went dry. Well, an over-night storage reservoir fixed that. Now he stores his water for 30 hours and irrigates six. Besides saving 30 hours of labor he also saves water, crops and his patience. The area conservationist who helped him work out the idea, says Mr. Stirling can now devote more time to other jobs on the farm, which will increase food for freedom. The U. S. Department of Agriculture Agri-culture will work with the War Relocation authority to place American-Japanese as year-'round farm laborers within specified boundaries. Farmers will be able to apply for such ' help through the War Relocation authority office of-fice at Salt Lake City. Last year 10,000 American-Japanese worked as seasonal laborers. With all the vegetable seed producing nations in Axis hands, this county is faced with the problem of having to produce seed, not only for normal needs, but seed" with which to grow food to meet the expanding needs of the United Nations. Fortunately the supply of most vegetable seed is adequate except for cabbage, table beets, carrots and onions. Enough money to do the job. That's the amount of money which will be loaned through the county USDA War board for the production of commodities essential essen-tial to the war effort. The commodities com-modities for which the loan is obtained are to serve as collateral for the loan. If the amount received re-ceived from such commodities is insufficient to repay the loan, the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation cor-poration will not look to other assets of the borrower for repayment re-payment of that part of the advance ad-vance which . exceeds such proceeds pro-ceeds but will cancel the borrower's bor-rower's obligation for the balance of the advance loaned. Loans will be made through the county USDA War board for the production pro-duction of potatoes, dry beans, dry peas, excluding wrinkled vari-ties, vari-ties, and the following for processing proces-sing or for sale fresh: Tomatoes, snap beans, lima beans, peas and carrots; and the following for processing only: Cabbage, sweet corn and table beets. An incentive payment of 550 an acre will be made for each of the designated vegetables planted in excess of 90 per cent of the established farm goal and up to 110 per cent of the goal. Vegetables Vege-tables include: Carrots, snap beans, lima beans, table beets, tomatoes, cabbage, onions and green peas, when grown for fresh consumption. |