Show IRON COUNTY BE BECOMES OMES VEGETABLE PRODUCER in addition t to ira iron n countes coun tys major maj j contribution to to feed fo for freedom d con which is 15 0 of ic course li livestock bestock and livestock pro products d acts the county produces two vegetable crops on an is a substantial batan commercial basis innis two crops ore are potatoes and carrots this year the countes coun tys acreage 5 seeded eded to potatoes is a one hundred aundre it acres larger th than an it was last year acres this year as c compared I 1 in oil to P I 1 approximately acres a 1 last at year 1 besides 3 having 19 a larger larg a r acreage baze t this 1 is year the total lot al turning tonnage v or per acre yield elcee exceeds ds by at least fitly I 1 bags the normal average yield that is the yield this year will average a 1 bags per acre as against 1 a normal inor nual yield of 1 bags the total tonnage taming c of potatoes in commercial fields this year equals bags of pounds pound each e ach or approximately railroad cars the unusually large lar a yield yie 1 d this rig year was m as due to a number nober of fac tors to chief ot of which perhaps was waa the favorable favo rabe growing season improved cultural methods and the use of liberal mounts amounts of cou commercial jacw fertilizer on a rather large acreage since not more than bags of these commercial potatoes are am required to satisfy the local county market for potatoes this will leave an exportable surplus of 8 85 5 bags of potatoes in for T abom shipment ent to southern california our main outside I 1 market bags of potatoes at the rate of 2 one hundred pound bags per person per year would supply 42 civilians or car soldiers with potatoes for one on year in 1 addition to this quantity of surplus potatoes shipped from iron IT county for we use by civilians our armed forces or lend lease requirements a large quantity of bunched cutouts have been produced and shipped chipped also id the ct carrot c t project pra t m iron county this year was the larg est we have ever had from the standpoint of total acres pro prodded dued approximately acres of carrots were planted but about 75 acres was abandoned early in the season te due to poor ge germination and d excessive weeds thus slightly more than acres were produced and matured 01 this amount all but 75 acres acre were harvested and shipped by means of refrigeration cars can to the larke metropolitan tro markets throughout the country the remaining 75 acres are not yet harva harvested ted however wave P plans are under way whereby some ol at these carrots may be shipped to gov v cut controlled vegetable dehydrating deh drahn g plants in california estimating est m a ting conservatively that the carrot crop will average twelve tons of fine quality quo ity marketable topped lioi carrots lion county will have produced this year at least tons to this th amount would supply I 1 people with an average of fifty pounds of carrots pf af person per P year y potatoes and carrots are two ve ge tables that are used extensively for lend lease shipments to our allies and also for shipment to our a armed m e d forces in all parts of the world these two vegetables are among the best standard vegetables for this the diets of civilians our armed far forces and our allies iron county though small in total population and though greatly restricted in agricultural production because of a limited supply of irrigation water never the me less us has aid aid ed the food for freedom program in a very impressive and substantial manner me our farmers who produce these two highly important vegetables on is a commercial scale are willing and i anxious an to not only maintain tm the present high production but even increase it providing cute acute farm labor problems coon can be solved satisfactorily facto rily next year farmers themselves do not and will not hesitate to spend ten twelve or even fifteen hours he a day when necessary to make possible the prod production u ebion of necessary c ry food for our victory vetry program rap r 10 I 1 bews |