Show I fa Farni rm WAR NEWS the latest of the play play reports atom the nations fields and him bins reveals that a few weeks of favorable weather could give the arg argest t aggregate vl volume of a crops this country has ever produced however unless mother nature con can finues to beam rather broadly and ad hold oft off frosts till the large acreage of late ite panted crops can mature lure crop production will be the second best in history buttery runners gium up to the record set act in 1942 s outstanding favorable season latest changes reported from the crop coop front indicate million bush bedah els more mom corn than previously estimated t and more mom tobacco sweet meet p po ti toes cotton peanuts soybeans and sorghums sorg hums prospects f for or dried dred beans have declined 10 per par ren cent t and a current t t ancs for far potatoes teca dry peas apples sugar beets tice rice and buckwheat arm are do down wn I 1 to 4 per cent the net effect of 0 august changes improved national crop prospects about 2 per cent 4 per cent above last year 9 percent above any year prior to 1942 and 22 per cent above the 1923 1921 32 in pre drought aught average 91 the surplus war property ad ministration reports that between may 15 and august 15 te ly 38 worth of war property L had been sold with machine tools too construction materials and aircraft making up the bulk balk of sales more marc than 23 trucks truck have be been declared surplus to date and 30 00 nordis more are a expected in the near future fuld most meet of the trucks so sold ld h have ave been purchased by farmers prices for fed I 1 cattle it now a at near me record tit highs are likely to cent conom ue ile at high levels throughout the remainder of the y year I 1 USDA officials predict recently spreads plead between prices of fed cattle and ad feeder have been creart greater than average ei rage results of the recent test auction sale of surplus war property to farmers and others are being studied by officials connected with the disposal pro programs greens to determine the part pan that such auctions will play in moving the huge surplus oll of war property the auction sate sale was arranged by the through the ashland county oho AAA commit we tee buyers appeared well satisfied satis fieo firc A with the sales arrangement supplies put on the block black consisted of tools and equipment no longer needed by the defense plants corp oration for construction work over farmers and it others turned oui cut to bid for some 6 pieces of a sur plus war property funding bidding was brisk and the farmers obtained me ma ny items difficult to obtain through regular trade channels some same scene scarce ite items ends such as hickory axe handles and post past hole diggers inird sold for far slightly ailigh aly more than retail prices tools wheelbarrows hand tools wheelbarrows shovels wrecking ki king baand baad bare similar item readily a dd use aible on con farms sold quick 11 ly bidding id dang was also brisk bresk for far aws ata ita ithma such as chain hoists is cross c cut saws tarpo gasoline pumps and even boxes and barrels to arrela used t to package auctioned it cited items item all apples applas below utility dmd grades when have be been en culled from hover fra lots is which were sorted I 1 for market t in fresh forrd form or for processing may now be used for far the manufacture of alcoholic products containing 7 per cent or roure more alcohol by volume valuate county AAA committees may also issue special authorizations on apples and some other fruits when there them is no market available for hu man consumption of them except when used in the production of go an alcoholic lech 11 product many farmers can now buy c copper wom wire without the necessity c rf obtaining copper w wire all allotment bred cee certificates tift from the their county A AA office because there them is a relatively Is large amount t of copper wire we dealers hands which may be sold without allotment although there has been a marked d decrease daa I 1 in the number ot of copper WIT wire all allotment traced certificates used their issuance will be can continued t inked for the present to assist 1 farmers who without the aid of the certificates are unable to needed copper wire mue so suppliers a are required to give preference to orders dem supported by these a certificates over ever orders not accompanied compa P nied led by preference ratings it it hoped that in the near mar future probably shortly after the european war ends end it will be unnecessary to continue n burte the cotier copper program those these turkeys that are ready for or market are needed for far front line duty thanksgiving christmas and add new mew years dinners for far the have bova and girls over overseas sess they wont want be home ago again this year to eat cat with you yen but you can send theor their tra tm dit did ional urial repast to them by marketing your ter turkeys now new turkey pro pm mg and procurement for americas lea a armed forces needs to be speed ed up immediately the order requiring the set act wide aside of per cent of the turkeys marketed and processed in the maor jor producing areas will be con continued tand until the required quantity of turkeys is a obtained for the armed forces more than a month of operation under the order netted less im than 3 million pounds which with the 8 million pounds purchased under the hen turkey order terminated in june still is far short of needs need for the am armed ed forces after military requirements are am obtained front brorn the indicated recall supply of nuli mili hon ion pounds th there ere would I 1 still I 1 be at t least 3 pounds per capita for civilians compared to po pounds u ads last year and only 2 6 pounds per capito capita in the 1935 39 period |