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Show 90 Percent Of Utah Farmers Sign Agreements More than 90 percent of Utah , farmers have signed production agreements for 1942 to supply wartime food needs, Sidney J. i Nebeker, chairman of the U. S. ; department of Agriculture Defense De-fense board am.ouiictil oatuiday , after a month's campaign ' throughout the state. Mr. Nebeker Neb-eker is in receipt of a telegram from Secretary Claude R. Wick-ard. Wick-ard. It says in part: "In the face of present difficulties diffi-culties six and one-half million American farmers will have to aupply food although this country coun-try enters the war well supplied with reserve of food, feed and fiber. "County and state agricultural defense boards will continue to coordinate the public service and all farm agencies will be of aid in administering this work along the farm front. In the nation, as a whole, the 1942 production sign-ups are nearly near-ly completed. The national goals are being re-surveyed re-surveyed if any changes in the production, goals of the "Food for Freedom" program are necessary defense boards will be promptly informed. "In order that no hinderance will be felt through the inade- qracy or poor condition of farm implements, a farm machinery repair program has been instituted," insti-tuted," Mr. Nebeker explained "County agricultural defense boards are now launching a farm machinery repair campaign. All replacement parts should be ordered or-dered early," Mr. Nebeker stated. "The scarcity of metals may make it' mandatory that priorities be obtained on all orders for new parts. However, the United States department of Agriculture haa promised that everything possible will be done to obtain clearance if the orders are placed early. Also being instituted along with the farm machinery drive Is a program to accumulate all available avail-able scrap metals discarded on farm land. "Caution must be taken, ta-ken, however, that no useful part be discarded," Mr. Nebeker con-'luded. |