Show FOOD 11 A D fa farm bf r M WAR NEWS more weapons for the farm front harvesting problems on some of the nations farms will be eased in n 1944 through a supplemental hari vesting machinery program which has received final authorization and for which materials have been to manufacturers who indicated their ability to produce the items in in time for seasonal use items in the supplemental program are combines wind rowers grain binders corn pickers ensilage harvesters potato diggers potato pickers bean cutters and pullers bullers pul lers side delivery rakes combination st ackers and leaders pickup hay bai ers stationary hay baler potato sorters and graders grain blowers and forage blowers the number of these items authorized for production under the supplemental program range from side delivery rakes to bean cutters and pullers bullers pul lers all of these items are included un ded the farm machinery rationing program because production is not sufficient to ito provide a new machine for every farmer who would like to buy one the supplemental program will mean however that county farm machinery rationing committees will have a few more ma machines chines with which to meet county demands which is most instances will be considerably sider ably in in excess of the number available for the county goof baby chick output down commercial hatcheries reported output of baby chicks in december considerably below december of last year less favorable feeding ratios and difficulties encountered in obtaining feed in deficit areas were listed by the bureau of agricultural economics as the factors causing the decline national poultry goals for 1944 call for a 3 per cent reduction in turkeys a 16 per cent reduction in commercial broilers and a 4 percent reduction in farm flock poultry through proper culling the output of baby chicks in december was estimated at compared with during december 1942 a decrease of 26 per cent commercial hatcheries set an all time record in production of baby chicks in 1943 at grain from canada Trans transporting difficulties appear likely to limit grain supplies that the united states win will get from canada in 1944 to about bushels of this amount from 25 to 30 million bushels are expected to move by water down the west coast 75 to million across the great lakes and the remainder by ra rail make the patterns fit the cloth make our livestock patter fit ou make our livestock pattern fit our feed cloth war food administrator jones urges the nations livestock producers his appeal for drastic crasti e cuts but for top feeding efficiency first consideration jones points out should go to egg and milk production and then to the production of every pound of meat that the remain ing feed supply will permit while it is apparent that the remaining feed supply will not permit continuing the large yearly increases of the past few years in hogs the administrator points out that it will permit maintaining hog production at the high 1942 level which was nearly 52 per cent above the 1935 39 level he also points out that there is enough feed to care for about as many cattle as is were fed last year the is placing heavy emphasis on the job of conserving feed and securing the best possible results from feeding DID YOU KNOW that the value of the U S corn crop last year was more than our entire wheat crop plus our entire cotton seed including cotton crop plus lus all our sorghums sorg hums for grain and forage plus all of our barley and rye last year years after columbus discovered america a and nd indian corn farmers of america harvested 3 billion billio n bushel of corn if youre making plans for your first small home poultry hock flock a to raise part of the fam good way 9 ly food in 1944 USDA poultry specialists advise the purchase of started chickens or pullets rather than day old baby c hicks chicks for the first few days they sayo say the handling handing of baby chicks in a brooder is that calls for careful management a job better done by ex experienced perien ced commercial erceal binen or farm families who have had success in the past |