Show COUNTY FARMERS ANSWER CALL FOR INCREASED ro FOOD production farmers of iron county along with ot at i r farmers in th the s state are am production answering 9 the call for greater food production to meet the needs of total war according to a report corn piled at the state USDA war board ohice office last w week e ek the re report from more than 60 per cent of the farmers in the state shows show that with the exception cp um oi 1 dry edible be beans and peitz peas for far canning all war crop goals will be exceeded on the acreage planted basis the 1943 goil goal for dry edible beans fo for r the state calls tor for an increase of per cent over last year but as indicated from babul tabulations tin anade ad of 1 farm plan sheets I 1 filled out by farmers in the mobilization mobilisation d drive rive the state will not reach the goal unless more acreage is a seeded in most at cou counties tati iron from county is not a regular bean growing county but in the past it has been demonstrated that tha I 1 dry ed d this beans of the short sets season date varieties or can be grown successfully here since beans be are of a high it gh protein food value and are aas easily ly stor star ed and kept without loss less we suggest that any farmer who can put in a few irowa or an acre or two do so as a means of helping to in the war effort canning peas for 1943 called for a 3 per cent increase but the report shows shown that only 90 per cent of last years goal will be planted indications on other war crops are that the goals will vill be exceed ed Puta potatoes toes which called for an were increase e of 25 per cent will be in td crease creased mors more than 80 per cent goals for processing to tomatoes matres assied assid d fr for 3 per cent increase farmers aortic indicate a te they will increase 14 per rent cent commercial vegetables as a group will be increased 34 per cent which is a more than the goal asked hay and posture pasture will remain about the same as last year but through better farming methods increased yields are expected on in many farms a reports show a slight decrease in ugar sugar beet acreage from last year the number of cows kept for the production of milk will be a 25 put pei cent increase over 1042 1942 all cattle will show an increase of 22 per cent in numbers sheep will remain at about the same in numbers as lt l t 4 71 year heris hens and pullets kept for laying will be increased 52 per cent the goal caled for an increase of 14 per cent meat chickens wil wid be increased 40 per cent and and turkeys 60 per cent sows bows kept for spring fu fai rowing have been increased 61 per cent state war board officials explain ed cd that while this thin report is not corn cont and the final report may show less increase for some commodities information from the farm plan sign up should be a very good indication of what farm banners and ranch ers em of utah intend to do in 1943 can peaches with skins on ever it try canning peach each on halves I 1 vs with the skins kmit on saves ton time and the diun slips off easily later when serving |