Show FARMS TO BE ENLISTED IN IM NATIONAL DEFENSE every farmer in the united states will be contacted by local farmer committeemen under th tho of the united states department of agriculture defense boards and will be assisted with in farm plans to determine the extent to which each farm can contribute to agricultures agri cultures task in national defense with this statement by claude JR R secretary of agriculture J AT palmer chairman of the iron county USDA defense commit tee announced a production program which will be carried out in the county beginning with a canvas of every farm and ranch I 1 in the county production goals for 1942 and the part agriculture will be called to play in defense were set up in a series of four regional conferences conducted by the secretary of agriculture ri the first of these conferences feren ces was held at salt lake C city last monday and tuesday at this meeting plans for ca carrying rry out an intensive campaign on food for defense were drafted these plans will soon be in the hands of local agricultural defense committees mr palmer pointed out that while farmers and ranchers will be encouraged do cou raged to increase production of such items as milk eggs pork and other protective foods that there will be no slackening up on wheat acreage allotments and allotments of other crops which are being produced as surpluses he advised all farmers and ranch ers in iron county to begin now to 40 take stock of their production machinery for food needed to fill nutritional requirements of the nation and to send to the nations which are now fighting for democracy and freedom |