Show farm WAR NEWS with pr prospects aspects of an all time tc tec ord ard wheat crop increasing almost it oily daily the harvest ot of bumper yields has been progressing smoothly in most areas and appears certain to be completed with fewer problems than was considered possible under w war daa conditions T two ol 01 tk the row most joil lo 10 Lather critical ban harvest raptors weather I 1 and adequate harvesting equipment haw have been on an the fa farmers raters side so I 1 far A As the harvest has moved it north from texas and oklahoma through an kansas the murn estimate on the a 1944 crop has been u upped pl d to th the tee record level of bushels million bushels above the previous record of 1915 from a considerably I 1 larger acreage the estimated harvested acreage of 60 froni from a planted acreage oi of about 67 mill million aart has las been exceeded in only nine other years since 1866 prospective demand for wheat for far war is indicated through the request to farmers armors tor for a 1945 1045 acreage t that h at would exe exceed d the 1944 planted ac j creage by 3 million acres with an average equal to 1944 urged as a 0 minimum requirement qu led j Iner increased emed harvesting of legume and grass gram seeds is extremely woi important I this season bemuse because a great er c need ad tor for these seeds has develop ed ad than can be met the congress ot of the united states state nas has provided an additional li financial ancial incentive to Is farmers rans a to push the harvest of these seeds just as high i as possible in the form of a 12 appropriation earmarked for acreage and poundage payment under the agricultural conservation program for far harvesting legume ana grass gram seeds the AAA practice has wen been broadened to pro provide payment of 3 50 per acre for the entire acreage harvested by a farrier farmer instead stead of the 25 acre limit originally nally specified in this practice special g payments yel per pound will be made on a alfalfa red clover and alsike alseike clover 10 under the AAA practice in addition to the acreage payment alfalfa and dover clover seed production in recent years has limit been less lemi than domestic use me imports have decreased and demand pais has deve developed lopea for larger quantities for use abroad between 1941 and 1943 the supply of 0 alfalfa seed e d deer decreased eased 13 ri million allion pounds red clover seed more mom than 34 million allum ri alsiee alsike clr clover cl r 8 6 million pounds and sweet meet cover 17 million P pounds the shortage of these seeds I 1 woud ad be ever a more a cuts acute it if eap exp n j sion of crops had not decreased dof def cresis ed the acreage a of f legume and grasses however the cultivation citi ti f for war production is developing ve oam g a need for more widespread use of soil building and soil conserving legumes legua ries to counteract the draw drain on an soil resources P prospective aa meat requirements of the unaided na nations laws made as estimates for pasture pastime and cattle conditions in the four important exporting countries of south Amis america ric os of more than usual at interest this year compared with june 1 a year ago when pastures were just beginning g to r rr recover r aiom a 6 m montha th drought conditions of south american pastures are me markedly adly f improve ped pad i slaughter of cattle in 19 1943 43 wasl nasf h leavy c avy but at reduced weights this year smaller slaughter is expected but ut average wai weights 9 his will be heavier argentina a s 1944 beef ex exports peart are expected to increase materially y over dust dast year effects of last yeata years serious drought probably will reduce beef exports ex posts from uruguay a and n it paraguay garagu a although pasture and feed eed conditions in uruguay have improved substantially reduced cattle numbers and increased beef consumption combined with other factors are expected to lower beef exports from brazil brant when the 1945 farm machinery ra tang loang program went into effect on july 20 a dozen items te went ant off the z tatum rationing ing list 0 of t farm equipment corn and cotton planters row type 1 potato graders stationary balers field ensilage harvesters P portable table elevators grain and forage blowers milking machines field hay choppers and harast harvesters windmills listers and listers with planting attachments t tach lament ments farmers farans no longer need to secure purchase certificates for these machines from the county farm rationing countr committee ittes this reduction from 31 to 19 of the types of at farm implements re ra honed was possible due to overall farm machinery production at lewla levels a better than average year and the fact that most of the needed war food production shifts have been made it iss is in line with dolcy to remove any restrictions necessitated by war conditions just as soon as possible purchase certificates will be required in 1945 on all 19 of the rationed items but there will be no county quotas on ma gram grain drills potato planters potato diggers silo ilo fillers I 1 irrigation pumps power spray are garden tractors deep and shallow we well 11 water atsy systems stairs power pumps and farm milk coolers court county quotas will be established on combines corn li binders in ders corn com pick ers era manure spires spreaders d am mowers side delivery takes rakes hay loaders pickup balers baler and it tractors |