Show A farm WAR NEWS the V U S will need 34 billion board feet of lumber and 14 million cords d of pulpwood p 1 linverd this year ac m cording to 1 latest at elt estimates nearly half of the total hotel mount amount needed is 15 for bracing and crating shipments of ford food and d war mater bals Is As much aa 1 15 5 board fee feet A of lumber may be used I 1 in securing and ad protecting the cargo careo of a single liberty ship the crating tor for one con 40 mm antiaircraft anti aircraft gun takes all 1040 board bear feet cat vi of lumber all that can toe be contributed f from r farm woodlands is as needed last y year total lumber produced amounted to 4 billion board leet feet jes less than re quire ments and the sh shortage broge w wa made up from reserves ol III lumber nn hand this thia year there them are aire no leftover stocks according to turkey producers plan a 2 per cent ince increase esse I 1 in the holiday wide birds over ever 1943 production 33 turkeys just one per cent short of the record crop of 1940 however producers produce ris in the thirteen states of western rest region III plan it to decrease turkey numbers 2 p per er cent from last year latest BAE reports re ports indicate present are am that the national goal will be ex ceedee by 5 per cent and the west ern region goal by 2 per cent the thirteen W western tean region states produced of the 1 0 buds birds produced in 1943 famen who can harvest larger crops ol a legume and grass seeds in 1944 than in the past will serve the war effort well adequate production of these them seeds is a highly important par to the ithe notices nations food product production ure from rom the standpoint of future yields and forage crops and pasture th there re ars are also substantial lend lease de mands inand for in t these seeds that need to be ie met duping 1944 it is expected that ap pro proximately tely 52 mexican nation IM zt ve als will be needed to help relieve 1 e help the he shortage of farm fam labor I 1 or no in the united states of this number be r ap are now in the united states and a are m working chiefly in california and arizona alizona those now at work mine came here in 1943 and ad recently t renewed their confor contract for the 1944 season last tte year a about ut the e same number dunber were saze rought I 1 in for foi work in 14 states the cash income from beef animals last year ye at in I 1 the a U S was more or e aboor than into from all of I 1 our cotton and wh witheat aut combined and ad it is usually more men than the cash income from our hogs logs during the past three years we produced more beef and veal than in any other dilme years in a our history top previous production was 8 aa 32 billion pounds in 1918 and each year for the bhe last three it avelae averaged avei aged ne nearly arly 9 billion pounds eve even re more t than ban this year the US exported in 1918 about a billion pounds of beef four or five times what we wa exported under lend team lease last year prices tor for beef and pm soared and in august 1919 ft monthly av average crage steer price in aft I 1 cag cago was 16 45 in september year later it wax was 15 05 seve months later it was ss and b Dece december niber it was 7 production schedules schedule of adi tubes eard and batteries are regarded b to be sufficient to be meet fam and other needs eed during 1944 it ft industry can handle it ca without out 4 military ry production product piO Kni create ly combination AB pack farm radio die batteries will t produced ui in 1944 this is in ex ecca of 1943 production pion tube tub production rod f for civilion use will adl he be supple I 1 ed by military icett ice rejects ct blob benevi supplies will be ample to meet ne caspary replacement needs |