Show county farmers urged to volunteer services for defense farmers and farin lenders leaders of every county of utah will bo be called into active sonvico in tile tho food for freedom program ot of tho the united states deportment department of agriculture imald ID T LeF lefevre ovre chairman ot of the garfield county agricultural defenso board following received roc elved from rom the tha state defense board ile he reported that the state agricultural ri defense board la is now fully organized with sidney J Noo evoker eb oker chairman director william peterson art first vice chairman hood W bailey second vice chairman D NV harris secretary ro tary and wilford D porter director of information to moot meet the urgent call for adjustment in the production of certain foods needed for defonso defense the tha county agricultural agencies and county farm fann organizations will bo be called upon to do their part mr lefevre laferra said production goals will be broken down for or each county with a call for moro more milk and eggs greater of oc boot beef anal and voa voal and iamb and mutton und and a smaller acreage of wheat tor for 1942 As aa a part of the farm defense program of Agri agricula cult uro ure claudo claude it 11 in a formal proclamation on ber 8 announced that the department of agriculture will support prices tor for hogs eggs evaporated milk dry cheese and chickens until december 31 1942 the action was waa taken under recent legh legislation elation which pro v ides that whenever secretary tar y finds it necessary during the existing onlo emergency gency to ell encourage courage tho the expansion ot of production ot of ally non basic agricultural commodity tile tho department is required within the limits of 0 the unda funds available to support a price for the producers at not less than 85 per cent ot of parity A su summary of tho the principal commodity si t u actions fell follows ws milk and dairy products among the national goals the most moat urgent need to Is for more milk products such auch as aa che creonte onte evaporated milk and dry s alm milk tile the national 1942 1042 milk prodoc tion goal of 0 billion pounds Is an Iti increase creaso over 1011 1911 of about I 1 por pol cent poultry products PrOdUct i tho nation ul goal for eggs in ili 1942 la is about aa 00 million dozen produced on oil farms un all Itier increase easo of 11 por per cout cent over 1941 since a greatly increased number of pullets will come into hito production in ili about six alx or eight months the need Is good and ca caro 0 to yet got increased pi of eggs por hon now meaty A larger than normal slaughter of beef cattle la desirable in ili 1912 1012 tills this would servo serve the double purpose of providing beef that Is needed now low and ol of pro preventing venting serious avor supplies later moderate Mo detato increases In creasea of lamb und and mutton aro are needed wheat because of tile largo large supplies auppl lea of wheat on oil hand enough for nearly two years tho wheat goal represents a sharp reduction the goals for wheat correspond to the AAA allotments which for 1942 wore were set at 5 ga 5 million nill llon ucros acrus the minimum sot by law corn and other feed crops because of adequate reserve of food feed grains file ho national goals do not call tor for any mator material lat increase in ill tho the total crop acreage for 1942 cover crops winter cover crop seed produced principally in the pacific northwest has it 1942 1042 goal 50 per imi cent over 1941 vegetables sonio somo increase to Is vought in ili vegetables for fresh uso and for canning but the largest Inc increase sought Is in ill tho the littin number ber of farm fann gardens sugar no acreage limit Is ox ex poetee forestry prod products u c ts tho problem Is ono of obtaining increased supplies but retaining a high do greo gree of conservation against future needs fruits since fruit pro production cannot bo quickly increased oin will bo be on better distribution and prevention ot of waste |