Show CALLS FOR DEFENSE FOOD secretary of agriculture claude R said recently that prospective export needs for dairy products i particularly cheese evaporated milk and dried skim milk plus in re rc sing consumer demand for d ry products in this country made it desi dc reable that milk pro I 1 du datuin tion in tho the united states lie in CE C e ged by 6 or 8 per centz cent I 1 mot of the increase lie said should bo be made in production areas i bah have ac aass ess to milk czapor at n ni ind choc c making plants the se sc eclar also pointed r out jut tibt of 0 the milk available for taj th manufacture of 01 dairy products 1 s barg r proportion than n 0 mal should be used cheese clinese and cap orated milk this lie he said c r h done through supporting pric s of those products at levels sonic some what wat higher than usual in relation to the price of butter the department of agriculture announced that changes in the 1941 agricultural conservation program of the AAA will be madeko made to allow tomato growers full speed ahead in expanding their production in response to the food for defense program AAA provisions will be amended so that farmers who contribute to the requested expansion w will ill riot not incur deductions from their farm program payments because of increases made this year in acreage of tomatoes grown for processing officials of the agricultural adjustment administration pointed out that changes in inthe the program are be being ing made particularly to assist farmers in increasing the prodoc tion or ol tomatoes for canning tor for which a 50 per cent increase has been asked lor bior 1941 the amendments will also apato a to corn peas aed and snap beans gro gryan for foi process ing ang since the food for the defense program calls for some increases of these crops utah farmers are favorably situated to take advantage of these calls made for defense food es cs we have canning crop facilities and evaporating and dried skim milk and cheese plants in our neigh torb horb oads utah farmer |