Show early birds going abroad men and women in the american armed forces overseas will not merely talk turkey come thanksgiving and christmas holidays army chefs in alaska and africa and points east and west around the globe have been instructed ted to include a little bit of home on the menus for november 25 be december cember 25 and january 1 ten million pounds of turkey Is home according to the ardys present procurement plans the entire turkey industry Is cooperating with the army and the war food in an effort to get the first of the turkey crop will finished this month and ready for shipment by the first ot of september this means that U S civilians will have to forego pre ing snacks of americas favorite holiday bird the turkey crop this year will be ample there will be many hundreds of thousands more birds than in 1942 of this total well over 90 percent will go to the civilian markets the ar mys purchase of turkeys will cause no civilian shortage at thanksgiving or christmas for the next few months however americans can expect to see butchers and public dinning places displaying posters with picture of fighting men the theme will be let THEM eat turkey the first half of this year was the largest on record for the period and was 14 percent above a year ago and 44 per cent above the 10 year average dont feed the garbage carbage can As a nation we have been wasteful of our food and it Is estimated that in peacetime the average american wastes some pounds of foo deach year multiply that by and that represents almost 40 COO pounds of food poured into garbage palls in peacetime this alone would be enough to supply a large army no wheat restrictions to encourage maximum wartime wheat marketing quotas and AAA penalties for over seeding have been eliminated for the 1944 crop that will be seeded this fall according to the emery county AA committee in planning their fall seeding farmers are asked to remember that utah will likely be asked to produce maximum crops for the duration of the war proved methods of production that result in high acre yields and conservation of the soil should be used farmers who can produce dry edible beans or potatoes should leave acreage for these vital war crops adequate feed crop acreage should also I 1 provided new pries prices for old containers new incentive ince etive prices designed primarily to encourage the salvage tor for reuse of all types of fruit and vegetable containers wood fiber or corrugated board have been announced by the office of price administration it Is now estimated that new containers may not meet more than 50 percent of this years needs and it if fruit and vegetable crops are to be harvested an and d distributed used containers by tile the millions must be collected reconditioned and put back in the hands of growers and mar beters |