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Show Farm War News Iron County l . S. D. A. War Board Tim the first appearance ol harm War News, a weekly con-ut'iiit'J con-ut'iiit'J column of agricultural war news. It brjigs to the readers of the Iron County Record the latest reports irom the Nation, State and County. It is furnished by the Iron county USDA War Board. A direct wire service from Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. will bring the Information Infor-mation from the Nation each wvtlc. The Utah state USDA War Hoard and the county USDA War Board wl.l supply Information on whut is going on in the state and county. J. M. Palmer, Chairman, Iron County USDA War Board. To relieve the acute wheat storage stor-age situation, the Commodity Credit Cred-it Corporation July 22 reported that contracts have been made for 48 thousand prefabricated bins with 97 million bushel capacity. Most of these bins will be sold to farmers. farm-ers. The CCC will use some for grain taken over by the corporation. corpora-tion. Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas report that wheat la now being piled on the ground because of insufficient in-sufficient storage. All states are being be-ing urged to purchase prefabricated prefabrica-ted bins. North Dakota and Minnesota are among the states which have been notified that farm workers can be deferred by draft boards until September Sep-tember 1. Only those farm trucks in services ser-vices "directly essential to war effort" ef-fort" such as hauling food will be auowed new and recap tires under a drastic rat.onlng revision. There Is no limit on sugar for home canning. Present Indications are that sugar rationing will continue con-tinue about as it is set up now, according to OPA. In the fat salvage campaign, each housewife Is expected to salvage from her kitchen between one and two pounds of fat each month. One pound of waste fat makes glycerine enough to fire four anti-aircraft shells. Secretary of Agriculture, Claude R. Wlckard, met with USDA War Board Chairman of the mid-western states In Chicago July 28. At this meeting he emphasized the importance of spreading the marketing mar-keting of hogs to avoid shipping congestions. He outlined the feed wheat program and urged further diversion of wheat acreage to war crops. He said that fanners who can grow these war crops but who insist on growing wheat Instead ate In mnch the same position as the manufacturer who refuses to produce war materials In his plant. Secretary Wlckard announced July 23 a program to assure pork and beef for the East which has been running short. The Agricultural Agricul-tural Marketing Administration will temporarily reduce lend-lease purchases and divert more pork and beef into civilian outlets. Price differentials will be established. To favor movement Into East, packers In high processing areas will have price protection. Some of these processors have had trouble operating oper-ating under price ceilings. The situation sit-uation points to the need of a continued con-tinued even flow of cattle to market. mar-ket. Negotiations for importation of farm labor from Mexico Is still In process. The outlook for an early settlement Is not too favorable. Oivllle L. Lee, new chairman of the Utah state USDA War Board, announced this week that the next war board meeting will be held Tuesday, August 4, at 10:00 a. m. In the U. S. Forestry Building, Og-den. Og-den. At a state USDA War Board labor meeting held In Ogden July 24, It was reported that 3000 young men are being taken monthly from rural areas Into the armed services and war Industries. The meeting was held with growers grow-ers and processors of canning crops to attack the problem of harvesting harvest-ing these crops, under the adverse 1 labor situation. Henry R. McShane : state director of the U. S. Employ ; ment Service, gave the requirements require-ments for obtaining Japanese labor: la-bor: 1, Trasportatlon must be paid to and from present location; 2, Housing must be provided at no extra cost to the laborer; 3, this labor must be used where local labor la-bor Is not available; 4, prevailing wages must be paid and 5, medical facilities must be guaranteed. It was proposed that wages lor tomato picking be set at $5 per ton for firsts and $20 per ton for seconds. |