Show dhami farm WAR IWAR NEWS As a guide to farmers in planning them their production program lor for next year the announced sept ath that the price of good to chowe choice but cher pound hogs would be supported at 12 1250 50 per cwt cat chica go ban basis for the period october I 1 1944 to march 31 1945 this compares CO in with the support price in c ef feet until sept so 30 1944 of 1 13 I 1 75 1 per cwt cat chicago brens basis for hogs weighing 2 00 to pounds the antoune ment is being made at this time lime because farmers will be making plans shortly for the number numb of pigs to be farrowed furrowed far rowed next spring cpr g most itte of 0 an themos these pigs will be sold in the winter r of 1944 45 it does not appear now that feed supplies will be adequate to main tain ism hog production at the all time record levels of 1943 supplies in pr prospect appear sufficient to justify farrowing furrowing far rowing next spring bout about the same me as in the spring of 1942 for fr farm products product to which ceil ced ings apply arrangements arrangement have be been made on ade with OPA whereby OPAs district strat offices throughout the country will work out dollar and cent price ceilings for such products at th the c county level this list will be sent to county war board chairmen ahm on while ceiling prices may vary varv from county to county because of freight differentials and other factors the ceilings for some counties may be b the same in an effort to maintain P production r d c on of manufactured dairy dour products principally evaporated milk butter cherise cheese and dry milk at levels s sufficient of to supply essential wartime civilian needs the war food administration has authorized its director direct oc of food distribution to regulate ex banding fluid sales through a tem em of dealer quotas milk sales areas will be established and distributors will be assigned quotas which will represent the maximum sales or deliveries of fluid milk cream and fluid milk products 1 they may make this milk conservation and control program mist ishad under food distribution order 79 issued sept 8 1943 will go ito 0 effect first in the areas of heavy v y urb urban I 1 population Pt Io where miah supply problems are most critical and will be extended to other areas is as administrative facilities permit the W war r food administration re I 1 ports abs that it had delivered about 1 billion billion pounds of food and oth er agricultural commo commodities d aties to during july for export to al lied fighting fronts reflecting a steady improvement in shipping con cn editions dit ions july deliveries for shipment were the largest for an any month th since dylen the beginning of len lend lease ease opera eions ions in march 1941 deliveries D totaled C 6 billion ibs lb as d during 9 the first fast seven months 0 of f 1943 for the year ass as a whole it is expected that about 10 per cent ceat of our total food supply will be b a sent abroad under lend lease last ear we provided our allies w with ath about six per ce cent 0 of the supply A substantial increase in the qun qu n city ity of shotgun and rifle ammunition mainly for use by farmers and ranchers TA ill be made available this fall call the announced recently the prime purpose of increasing the e supply is to control predatory batory animals agals and game birds no now threatening crops and herds in some parts f the country in add addition it it is an tili paled that some quantities of ed ad ible lie meats will 1 1 th thus be added to uie the mo food cuppy huppy of the he t nation lion under the crovea provision n of the new order bona fide is farmers con ens and ranch ers who make application to them their dealers prior to october 1 1943 will be allowed rounds of 22 caliber run rim fire cartridges 20 rounds of center fire rifle ammunition and 25 rounds of shotgun shells of any gauge this is in addition to then heir regular quarterly quart eily tenly quota under the original quota reports from all sources indicate that farm land values are rapidly increasing in many areas if the present rate of increase continues we will have a full fledged land boom by next spring we can all renumber remember the disastrous after et ef facts of the I 1 land and be boom which developed after the other world war secretary of agriculture claude R has on several occasions issued warnings to Is farmers rao ers in regard to this matter this is the time for farmers to get their fin financial 1 I house I 1 in order and provide through the purchase of war bonds against rainy days in the future despite a late and unfavorable spring cold weather floods and drought in various parts of the cu country indications point to another mir com acle by the amerman american farmer in 1943 the september crop report forecasts near record crop yields ori on the larg largest ext in ten years the has asked the war boards to cooperate with them a ga gain in this year in a victory scrap campaign which will be lac launched riched october I 1 with national publicity the program will last for the rest of the year but fhe he drive is for six weeks a k a until november 15 while last years campaign was to meet incer an mediate immediate needs for scrap steel this years will be built around scrap banks a steel version of our or fare fam aliar ever normal granary object will be to establish a bank in every community to keep a continuous scrap supply moving to the ship builders airplane manufacturers manufacture and man b on makers as it is needed As the bank diminishes citizens will be asked to build it up again the 1943 victory garden program now reaching its national climax has been an outstanding success food grown in victory gardens will co minue continue to have an important pla place c e in the plans of I 1 the he war food ad ministration 1 in 1944 adain admin so ration intrator t r marvin L jones h has as called for smil in a goal of 2 22 million lion gardens for next year th this is a ten per cent increase over this years goal in the number of gardens gardam and considerable increase no in the size and yields of I 1 gardens ga is expected |