Show A farm WAR NEWS payments for dairy production january february and march will be made together the cou county nty office reason for the advises producers c hange change from the two month payment period to a quarterly payment is a shortage of administrative funds with which to do the w work ork involved in making these payments to farmers to aid them in maintaining maximum production of milk and at the same time hold the line on prices of dairy products to consumers dairy producers are also advised AAA office to circle by the county february 28 in red on their calendars as the final day for filing applications for dairy production payment on milk and butterfat produced during november and december producers are urged to furnish evidence of their november december sa sales ES E S as early aly as possible and not run the risk of losing the payment by failure to file an application before the feb 28 deadline from november abr 1 1943 to december 1 1944 dairy production payments of nearly were made to U S dairymen importance of early hatched chicks in connection with the upward revision of its egg goal is emphasized pha sized by the these chicks give better results to poultry men furnish more eggs in the fall and early winter when egg production is seasonably low and help minimize surpluses during the normal heavy spring production period although about 60 per cent of the scheduled 1945 output of light trucks is earmarked for agricultural farmers should not overestimate the effect of this potential supply on the tight transportation problems facile them in 1945 county AAA committees will receive farmer application for purchase priorities which will be submitted to the for final approval the light truck production pegram is the first one approved since 1942 and is i only a small percentage of national needs so the balance of worthy applicants cants for these trucks is certain to be far in excess of the number gumbei available although 1945 hog slaughter may fall nearly 25 per cent below 1944 pork supplies will not be reduced that much if farmers follow USDA expectations and market their hogs tat at heavier weights slaughter weights in 1944 were lower than in the previous two years although above average the recent 75 cents per cwt cat increase in price ceilings on barrows and gilts weighing over pounds and more abundant supplies es of feed are expected to encourage marketing of heavier hogs set potato growers have a record supply of certified seed for 1945 plantings since nearly one out of every 12 bushels of 1944 potatoes produced in the US v was ras certified for seed compared with an average of only one out 26 bushels of certified certified seed in 1941 11 per cent above the 1943 record however production of war approved seed potatoes estimated at bushels is only 36 per cent of 1943 production since production of late potatoes in 1944 was a bit short of maximum requirements potato supplies are becoming pinched in some areas particularly in the west where the arni army is taking about half the offerings in heavy producing areas in idaho oregon and california the bulk of the remaining 1944 potatoes are in the eastern states efforts are now centered on the normal marketing of the remaining supply so that it will be properly distributed all relief distribution of potatoes by the government has been discontinued and all po potatoes tatos purchased by the government in liquidating q qui ui loans will be resold to the trade to be turned into civilian consumption channels with farm real estate values still rising although volume of sales declined somewhat in the past year USDA economists W warn MM that danger of a disastrous land boom is by no means past in most areas land values value irreas id ed from 16 to 21 per cent during the 12 months ending nov 1 1944 the largest increases were in the pacific coast and mountain states where buying of farm land by war work ers and other city people has influenced the rise in values buyers have been influenced by high crop price during the war and in the mountain states favorable cattle prices have been an influence th there ere has been considerable speculative etive buy ing and about 20 per cen cent t of recent 0 sales in the far west have been sales of properties acquired within the past two years for the states as a whole farm land values on nov 1 1944 were 44 per cent higher than the 1935 39 average the greatest increases more than 70 per cent were in C colorado ol orado kentucky and south carolina with increases between 60 and 70 per ont cent in tennessee indiana michigan wyoming and montana more afore than half the lann lam purchases now being made are for cash and the farm m mortgage debt is still declining as farmers f use increased income to pay off old debts |