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Show Farm WAR NEWS 1 As a guide to farmers in planning their production program for next year, the War Food Administration Administra-tion announced September 8, that the price of good to choice butcher butch-er 200-240-pound hogs would be supported at $12.50 per hundred weight, Chicago basis, for the period Oct. 1, 1944 to March 31, 1945. This compares with the support price in effect until September Sep-tember 30, 1944, of $13.75 per hundred weight, Chicago basis, for hogs weighing 200 to 270 pounds. The announcement is being made at this time because farmers will be making plans shortly for the number of pigs to be farrowed next spring. Most of these pigs will be sold in the winter of 1944 and 1945. It does not appear now, that feed supplies will be adequate to maintain hog production at the all-time record levels of 1943. Supplies in prospect appear sufficient suf-ficient to justify farrowing next spring about the same as in the spring of 1942. For farm products to which ceilings apply arrangements have been made with OPA whereby ' OPA's 105 district offices throughout through-out the country will work out dollar-and-cent price ceilings for such products at the county level. This list will be sent to county war board chairmen. While ceilings ceil-ings prices may vary from county to county because of freight differentials dif-ferentials and other factors, the ceilings for some counties may be the same. A substantial increase in the quantity of shotgun and rifle am-mution, am-mution, mainly for use by farmers farm-ers and ranchers, will be made available this fall, the War Production Pro-duction board announced today. The prime purpose of increasing the supply is to control predatory animals and game birds now threatening crops and herds in certain parts of the country. In addition, it is anticipated that some quantities of edible meats will thus be added to the food supply of the nation. Under the provision of the new order, bona fide farmers and ranchers who make application to their dealers prior to Oct. 1st, will be allowed 100 rounds of .22 caliber cartirdges; 20 rounds of larger rifle ammunition and 25 rounds of shotgun shells of any guage. This is in addition to their regular quarterly quota under the original order. The War Food Administration made an urgent request to farmers farm-ers in all sections of the country to turn excess agricultural bags back into trade channels as an essential measure in meeting the shortage of this farm supply item. Because war has limited the supply sup-ply of materials for manufacture of bags, all available bags not in use are urgently needed both for distribution of food and other farm products, and for transporting transport-ing supplies for production of farm products. Farmers can give major assistance in meeting shortages and at the same time contributing contribut-ing further to the war effort by returning all extra tags to trade channels. They are urged to go over all stocks of empty bags which may be stored in granaries, gran-aries, cribs, barns and ware- houses and turn the excess back to their suppliers, such as feed and fetrilizer sellers, or to sell them to a used-bag dealer. A used 100-pound cotton feed bag of standard size in good condition may be worth about 10 cents. Cloth bags which farmers obtain should be emptied as soon as possible and returned for re-use. Farmers wishing to obtain lumber lum-ber for on-the-farm construction were warned by Orville L. Lee, chairman of the Utah State USDA war board that the closing date for making application for lumber under the present quota is September 30th. Farmers may make applications to their local county USDA war board for assistance to purchase lumber required for maintenance and repair of essential new construction con-struction (except dwellings). |