Show foot fa rill i WAR NEWS action to lo keep farms producing vigorous action is forthcoming ito to keep all good farms producing and to make the best use of au all available agricultural manpower according to caude R secretary of agriculture in a recent speech the secretary pointed out that the need of helping the nations two million under underemployed empl oyed farmers move from marginal lands to more productive farms which are arc being abandoned in some areas due to labor shortage and other war reasons labor supply inadequate for beets bebis the labor supply in prospect for the beet harvest looks inadequate in in the beet growing counties edward C paxton of the state USDA w war ar board announced this week but he went on to say that generally japanese labor has been requested and this with supplemental labor by students of above restricted strict itric ed ted age limits is expected to help meet the emergency the office of price administration announced this week tha school cars carrying four or more persons will get preferred mileage under gasoline regulations beginning october 5 farmers and workers are required to get rationing certificates to obtain heavy duty footwear make meat meal from wheat with alfalfa hay at 8 3 a ton and feed wheat at per hundred the the advantage of using more feed wheat in the production of milk beef and lamb were pointed out today by the chairman of the iron n county USDA war board while wheat is a different kind of feed than alfalfa falfa sl the amount of hay required to make a pound of gain can be reduced by using more wheat in the grain ration he said more lambs to meet the nations war needs can be produced through use of good spring pastures is the 1 opinion of J AT palmer chairman odthe of the iron county USDA war board he backs up his opinion with his own experience from 85 ewes lambed lambea in sheds last march he marketed 98 lambs weg weighing hing an rv of pounds 12 lam is s that thai weighed 92 pounds and I 1 11 lambs weighing 75 pounds mr palmer credits much of the gain to his spring pasture of crested wheat grass and winter rye the ewes and lambs were kept on this pasture from april 1 to june 10 when they were taken out ot of the pasture to be sent on the summer range the lambs averaged between 60 arid and 65 pounds aa under an amendment to the farm machinery ra rationing order farmers will not be re required to certify on use of machinery and equipment in class B if the retail value is less than 25 this will save farmers the of making certification to dealers on small items its ICS a choice of giving our men in the armed service of the coun country I 1 J the win equipment the war and and th they L y to mu must mus pr protect pro st hafl 11 i 1 lj 1 from the enemy my or allowing allow g ble metals to be be ti tied d up in rna ms 0 cry that may be used only f very short while during the s said orville L lee chairman utah state A U USDA war boardl board ing the week in ii explaining abl lai cassity of 0 rationing farm mac macl 10 he said he believed 60 0 the there re vicy W enough machinery to h andla hand lj crops but we certainly canev cann low any of this mater material ial to bel be v i I 1 ed cd every pound bv of iron in and di must be made to do all it ja 3 win the war he said y farm machinery and equi in either class A or B must W dually delivered to the pur burchak chaK or before midnight i 1942 to come within the pro of the rationing program that more stringent meas mea be taken 90 |