Show inescapable facts prove farmers job for 1943 almost superhuman evey every american farmer is facing one of the most grueling gru eling years he has ever had in prospect ile he will be expected product more in the face of less fa farm r m 1 labor abor than la and serious shortages in mechanical equipment equip meni record achievements were in a sense merely a warm u up P for foi the job to be done in 1943 these facts are inescapable and the earlier they are accepted ands and the sooner every possible step is taken to overcome the handicaps which will be encountered the bet ter the assurance th that atthe the 1943 1043 farm program will bo be successful accord ing to L G elliott president la salle salla extension university chicago no one can deny the seriousness of the world worldwide wida food situation millions upon millions of ones once productive farm lands have been laid waste by the ravages of war in europe wartime drains on manpower which have created serious farm labor shortages already in this country have had a paralyzing effect on farm production in russia and germany particularly countries un der the conquerors grinding heel have been stripped of cattle swine surplus food supplies and even seed grains total tota world production of food is down sharply while world food demands are up we can no longer think only in terms of this nations requirements america has never been able to stand idly by and watch other nations starve and regardless of what effort is required what sacrifices are entailed iye we are not going to turn a heat deat ear car to the Nv worlds frantic pleas for food in food as well as in arms and munitions we cannot and will not produce too little and too late 1 I 1 increases of more than 10 per cent above last years ricord record peaks are planned for many of the major farm products Including pork lard beef eggs and poultry they are the products that will be ba most urgently needed farmers who hava specialized in these lines have already boosted their output and for the third consecutive year have surpassed even their thair previously high totals they will do even more this year in order to meet the larger demand from consumers with high er incomes from the lie government to supply the armed forces fo aces and from nations abroad tha tare fighting with us long before planting time much can be done to insure higher production in 1943 right now is tho the time for every farmer who has not already started to do so to examine every piece of mechanical equip ment ho he owns for we wear arand and cor correct ble defects which if not remedied romed lel now can cause breakdowns fit at a time when they would seriously interfere with production now Is the time tae to do oil all possible repairing and construction st of buildings and all other work which can bo be done in aa ad vance during the planting grow ing and harvesting season everyn every hour which is devoted to any othen task will rob the world of food even though tile the 1913 volume 0 of production will cost more than in previous years the altal net income of th the c farmers will be larger be bo boi 1 i cause the prices of what they sell a are re considerably higher than thyi they have been for many years they are are likely to rise substantially farther during the coming months because of the tha enormously increased demands they are expected to 0 o av not less than 10 per cent above present levels larger production and bighel prices will add another to the income received by farmers during the past summer over 2000 west pointers went befit through the most rigo rigorous fous field maneuvers that have been held in the history of the academy every phase of combat training was given the cadets cabets they worked they i i sweated they maneuvered over the hills and through th the rivers of northwest new york state as well as here at west point they had a good taste of how modern campaigns are fought during these maneuvers some of the toughest combat problems were welt carried out by the cadets cabets |