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Show J . MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH Number of Cattle In Nation Increases Record Total Indicated; Swine Crop Nears Peak According to a late department of agriculture survey, the number of beef cattle and swine on the na-tion's farms is near an e rec-ord. The department estimates th4 country beef-cattl- e may total 65, 400,000 by January 1, 1952. This would be 5,800,000 more than last January 1, and 7,600,000 more than at the wartime peak of 1945. Dairy cattle, a source of calf meat and processed meats, but not NATION'S CATTLE INVENTORY MILLIONS I 0 z? 85 , CjV eo 75 70 " tso 5k: y 50 1945 1950 1951 1952 (Est.) The above chart gives an in-dication of the upward curve of beef production in the nation during the past few years. significant as a source of beef, are excluded from these figures. With this rise in beef cattle, all cattle would increase from the 80,000,000 level of 1950, and the 84,200,000 level of 1951, to between 90,000,000 and 91,000,000. The department estimated the 1951 pig crop, which will come to market from the middle of Septem-ber on,' is the second highest in the nation's history. The crop is estimated at 106,000,000 pigs, or 5 per cent greater than the 1950 crop. Pork production, 5 to 10 per cent larger than last year, is expected to continue until next March. Chick-ens, too, are at record levels. """ 1 ? ' ' I 1 "'? i ' ; I ' jr CANDIDATE SHOOTS SELF . . . Senator Ecuardo Chibas, leader of Cuba's orthodox party and candi-date for president, is reported to to have shot and critically wounded himself after making a regular Sunday night political broadcast. S SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS si 0 Mam Street and the World ifl Breaks With Farm Agencies; ?, fen. Eisenhower Reports on Europe ' AFL BREAKS TIES Farmers and farm workers across the nation pondering the sudden action of the American Federation of Labor !bviously aimed at breaking off its heretofore friendly relations with t, American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange Meeting at Montreal, Canada, the AFL's executive council issued a statement which charged that the labor organization could no longer I 'a0pease" these farm groups because they had swung "to the side of S faction'' in national affairs. "In fact, on economic issues of vital concern to the national welfare " statement said, "it has become difficult to discern any major differe-nce between the policy of the American Farm Bureau Federation and ' as National Grange on the one hand, and that of the National Associat-ion of Manufacturers and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce on the other." The AFL then pointed out that "labor cannot go on Indefinitely porting legislation beneficial to farmers while their organizations J maintain a policy of seeking punitive anti-lab- legislation." The AFL made it clear that it was disappointed in the action of the farm gruPs ta teaming up with "big business" representatives to defeat tje enactment of effective controls. This would seem to be lbe opening shot in a civU war between two big segments of the nation's ' cconomy. REPORT ON EUROPE One of the clearest reports the home towns M of the country have received If 1 ? on western Europe's grow-ing strength was made last week by a senate sub-committee after a visit with ' Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. The committee reported Eisenhower as saying "it is almost ridiculous for us to be talking in terms of fright and hysteria" in the face of the free world's overwhelm-ing strength. The committee re-ported: (1) Eisenhower's headquarters is dissatisfied with the fact that western Europe has increased its armed forces only 20 per & Ike and Rosenberg ent s? thf Korean waJ . began. (They have promised Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, assistant de- - a 75 per cent lncrease next fense secretary, is greeted by Gen. Etsen- - year) . (2) Spain and Yugo- - bower at SHAPE headquarters near Paris. siavia should be brought Mrs. Rosenberg is discussing manpower into the "master plans" for uilh the Allied supreme commander. defense of Europe; (3) Once (!: European military build-u- p ;1 is complete, it will be possible "to begin the gradual withdrawal of U. S. forces"; (4) There is dissatisfaction among U.S. field representatives at the "multiheaded command" in Washington over political, economic, and military operations; (5) It wiE cost about $1,000,000,000 in France ' alone to erect the "overhead" for combat operations; (6) Without U.S. leadership Europe by now might have fallen before Communism; (7) Economic aid must be "primarily for the purpose of assisting friendly countries to strengthen their individual and collective defenses"; (8) It is most important that east-we- trade shall not be permitted to increase the war potential of the Soviet Union. RED BUILD-U- P While Allied and Communist representatives f negotiate a cease-fir- e at Kaesong, with increasing prospects for success, '" the Reds have taken the opportunity to carry out a big military build-u- p r in Korea. Z Observers are now wondering if the Communists are planning a new offensive if the Kaesong armistice talks collapse, or are they pouring in i. troops merely to strengthen the hand of their negotiators? 3 Many are inclined to belive it means a new offensive. They point out ii that unusually heavy truck traffic through North Korea toward the front, j started at the first mention of armistice talks late in June and continued through mid-Jul- There is an entirely new vigor in the North Korean army, observers !J point out, and Communist artillery has become more plentiful and bolder. 3 Bed prisoners and deserters invariably talk about plans for a "new offensive". In the past they have usually been right. it THE WHEAT CROP In a new crop forecast, the department of jj agriculture predicts this year's wheat crop will fall below a billion bushels i lor the first time since 1943. This was a decrease of 72 million bushels from its July 1 forecast. However, the department said, the indicated crop, plus reserves, would be more than ample to meet needs. Floods and dry weather last month was credited with cutting the crop to an estimated 998 million bushel harvest. Several million acres of wheat, corn, barley, flaxseed and potatoes were destroyed by mid-we-floods. The year's corn estimate was lowered to 3,206 million bushels, 89 million bushels below last month's predictions. REDS TO ATTEND Although the Soviet Union has announced she will send delegates to attend Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco September 4, the" Eussian delegation is expected to refuse to sign the document, The Russians have bitterly condemned the .proposed treaty draft as illegal and a device for tying an "aggressive" satellite Japan to the United States. By attending the conference the Russians will again have an opport-unity to create world-wid- e propaganda. They can be expected to protest the treaty item by item. 1 ' A CITY COMES BACK Nearly 17 million tons of mud, muck and tar vv' --ss- d ' debris have been shoveled aside in Kansas City as the valleys of ' Missouri continue to make 1 one of the nation's most re-- ; markable comebacks. ' Just three weeks after ' the flood waters had ebbed from the Kansas City stock-Jard- s, a consignment of shorthorn cattle pounded "rough the wooden pens to ""ark the reopening of the ' "ation's second largest lives-tock market. Three major packing Plants are slaughtering again and more than 120 business firms have returned 10 2 offices evacuated during the flood. Although many families are still in dire need of relief and assistance, nearly 30,000 employees have returned to jobs washed out bJ the mid-Jul- y flood. Throughout the flood-stricke-n area, it's been back to business for Pain elevators, flour mills, farm machinery concerns, transfer comp-anies, sheet metal works, motor parts firms, tractor and equipment mpanies, paint manufacturers, milling companies, a creamery and Oairy SUppiy company, soap manufacturers and lumber companies. I It has been a wonderful story of a city fighting its way back. I 1 m . h:'Sl f V. l i I'fftiW 4 I : ; t i el - KfC V: f t 4 h i t ' 0 r i i . i , ? I ' ws 'T rcrc i !. 4 .T , h v a.) .if y I" ' 1 KOREAN REDS IN BERLIN ... A delegation of young Communists from Korea marches to the Ulbricht stadium for the youth festival In East Berlin. More than 100,000 Communist youths from many parts of the world pledged allegiance to Soviet Premier Stalin and enmity to the United States at the opening of the rally. The secretary of the youth league declared, "The belief of the people of the Soviet in the victory of the Korean people over the U.S. aggressors is unshakable." ISHOPPER'Sl CORNER fiy DOROTHY BARCLAY PORK BARREL POLKA TNANCE, LADIES, dance around that pork-lade- n deep-freez- For pork is going up in fact it went up 3 to 9 cents a pound the minute the new OPS ceiling regu-lation was announced in the na-tional capital. You've had f since January to A . follow your fa- - ILH&lffl vorite butcher's advice, and stock STtiStUT UP before the in- - FEATURE ftvitab,e came' " comes to all meats. And while the price freeze was on, you smart, forward-lookin- g budget-balance- rs were putting on your own freeze the deep one! So now you can both have your pork and eat it. OPS explains the ceiling on wholesale pork cuts was necessary because the prices of lean, light-weight hogs, whence come most of our roasts and chops, have gone up substantially since the general freeze of January. The packers have been in the middle between rising hog prices and frozen retail charges. So OPS relieves the pack-ers. The dollar and cents ceilings in this new ruling apply first at the original seller's level, either at the slaughtering plant or the plant of the seller who cuts the loins from the dressed hog. But guess who's in the middle now! Your favorite butcher! He now has this formula to follow. He may pass on the approximate amount of the increases he is re-quired to pay under the new ceil-ing, in this way: he can take the average price he paid for loins be-tween January 19 and January 25, and subtract this price from the average he paid for loins last week. Then he can add the remainder to last week's average price. And each Monday, he makes new ad-justments. Who are we to begrudge him a little profit from all this? And who are we to do all our week's shopping on his busy Mon-day? So while you dance around your pork-barre- l, ladies, consider the other meats that are available. And they don't have to be in the luxury class, either. Buy that rib roast, if you must, for Sunday com-pany but for ordinary fare, don't overlook the cheaper beef cuts chuck, brisket, and stew. Sure, they need longer and more careful cooking, but they're full of nourish-ment, and as tasty as you want to make 'em. And when you're tempted to have that succulent leg of lamb, ask your butcher about the comparative price of leg and shoulder. A rolled shoul-der roast is every bit as delicious, and you'll have more money left for trimmings. And shoulder of lamb chops make for more bites than the more expensive loin, and make a stew. CARE AND COOKING OF MEAT Now that you've bought your meat for the week, do you know how to care for it? Fresh meat, of course, should be stored loosely covered, or completely uncovered, in the coldest part of your refrig-erator. Cooked meat, on the other hand, must be closely covered for storage, and cured meat wrapped for refrigeration. As for frozen meat, store it at Zero F. or lower. When you plan to use it, it can be defrosted in the refrigerator, at room temperature, or even during the cooking. But once defrosted, cook it as soon as possible. Don't try to refreeze, or you'll be sorry! Whether you cook meat by dry or moist heat, is your best bet. It means more meat, juicier and tastier meat, and fewer and better drippings. So keep it low, ladies and you'll get more meat for the cooking, and more food for your money. 1 f ; - ' V s i HINTS NEW BLOCKADE ... A threat that West Berlin may be cut off from the coal, fuel and other I goods it receives from east Ger-many was made by Josef Orlopp, east Germany's trade negotiator. He blamed American refusal to approve an cast-we- st trade agree-ment. if&r4' ;J 'Sit 3lJui i ilAAL, .... ;i j i - I ' ' . : .r-- - ; ANTI-U.- POSTER . . . This huge poster was given a place of promi-nence in East Berlin for the Red youth rally held in that city. The poster bears a composite portrait supposed to be of President Truman and Adolph Hitler. Across the face of the poster is printed "Truman Hitler's Successor." This was only one of the many anti-U.- posters. ! 4 ; - I '" " " " i " ' 1 MUGGING RED . . . This jeep driver for the Reds spends his spare time in Kaesong mugging for U.N. cameramen. He has grown especially adept in rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue at the newsmen who want to take his pic-ture. Larger Family Farms Hope Of American Agriculture The future of American agricul-ture and the possibility of it meet-ing increasing production demands, depends largely on the hope of in-creasing the size of family farms to take full advantage of mechaniza-tion. This, in brief, is the opinion of the bureau of agricultural economics after an analysis of what happened to make possible increased produc-tion during World War II. Large farms, the bureau reported, are now producing nearer to total capacity than most family farms. They are use more ad-vanced technology, and are more nearly balanced. Therefore, these show few opportunities for further increase in efficiency. During the war an enormous shift took place from small to larger family farms. This shift enabled the larger family farms to .take advan-tage of gains for mechanization. There is doubt, however, that large farm efficiencies continue beyond the point at which the farm gains full advantage of mechaniza-tion. Beyond the size of the fuEy mechanized and family farm the problem of hired labor intervene. The future of agriculture depends on increasing production on larger family farms. I ' ; ' V :) ' k ';. '! I : M - Hr . - w.i --yi h " r ' x. V i . ; . A---- - 4f!Av ' ;,;, ! 4 LEADER IN MIG KILLS . . . Capt. Milton E. Nelson, Tarrant City, Ala., shown entering his plane, is the present acc among jet fighters in Korea. Capt. Nelson has destroyed four MIG-1- 5 jet fighters since he arrived for service in the Korean war with the Fifth Air Force's fourth fighter wing. Nelson stepped into the lead after "Ace" Capt. Jim Jabara was rotated to the United States on the armed services' regular plan for sending troops home after certain amount of combat. LOVE STORY . . . Luciano unfrocked and excommuni-cated missionary priest, and the American girl he is reported ready to marry, Claire Young, are pic-tured during a visit with his folks in Milan. She is daughter of Loyola University professor. Handy Tool Hangers I "Bou fic& at Atari- Here is an idea for the gar- - i dener who never has a place to hang up his tools. Bore holes, at a slant, in a piece of 1 by 4 board. Drive old clothes pins in holes and saw off portruding ends at back. Nail the board on a wall where -- tools are kept and hang, up your tools. It's con-venient and practical. I fx FLUSTERED . . . Duncan 18, prep school star, fid-gets and clasps and unclasps his hands at press conference in Flint, Mich., as he refuses to answer questions on charges on "an easy appointment to West Point." ARMED COMMUNIST TROOPS IN KAESONG . . . Geneial Matthew B. Ridgway broke off the Korean peace conference because of the violation of the neutral zone in Kaesong by armed Red troops. The five mile demilitarized zone was violated by about a company of armed Chinese troops who marched near the conference house. These troops are pictured here as they marched down a road, near the conference house in the armistice city, carrying machine guns and rifles. PRICE LAW VIOLATIONS $10,000,000 Involved in Fifty Cases The government is investigating " major cases of alleged price-euin- g violations that could result the return of $10,000,000 to the sovernment and consumers. r'ce Enforcement Director Ed- -' w P' MorSan hinted that the ses involve some of the largest swess concerns in the country. said one case "has possible ta-xational ramifications and in volves about $5,000,000 in Illegal profits." In many cases the price agencies are forcing firms found guilty of violations to make restitution to customers. In others, where there is no clear method for repayment to customers, money from settle-ments is paid to the United States treasury. Dyed Mulches Suggested As Aid to Garden Beauty Mrs. Phil Patterson of Colorado came up with a new idea in the current issue of The Farm Journal. She suggested dying garden mulch to harmonize with the colors in your flower plot. A package of vegetable dye, mixed with water, would dye a great amount. Mulches , have been recommended for years as the home gardener's best friend. Now, it will add to the beauty oX your garden. Public School Baseballers Have Royal Water Boy NEWTON, Mass. The baseball team of a local public school really takes pride in their water boy. He's a Romanian prince. His royal ancestry, however, Is ni.t the chief reason for his success. Players think that Dom-inic (Nicki) Hapsburg, grandson of King Ferdinand, is a good water boy. He takes the job seriously and is careful not to spill any water on the field. |