Show A 0 farm fa r WAR NEWS national farin day march maich 8 marks maiks the tenth an niver Bary of the national farm program on this day in 1933 arnidis farmers arn icis and farm leaders met in washington D 0 C to do something for agriculture which was in the of bankruptcy foreclosure poverty and waste from recommendations made at this conference the farm program was vas born national farni lay day 1913 will be observed in utah by public meetings sponsored by state and county USDA war vai boards E T lefevre Le Fevie chaliman of the gal gai field county war board said that while plans for foi the observance are aie not complete the war board will lead out in activities to commemorate the day USDA better pastures moio afore milk when elmer L aadsen of draper started stalled to improve his pasture he little realized ed that lie he was contributing to the downfall of and tojo but the increased inci eased production of milk from the improved pasture now means more moie food to beat the axis mr mi Mad madson sens s farm la Is located just south and west of draper on oil his farm lie ho plans to teed feed head of dally dairy cattle this year one reason he can keep that many is 13 that about two years ago he began through cooperation with the fhe soil conservation service to build up his pasture land now when the milk Is needed most the pasture Is ready to give the extra forage needed to reach leach food goals USDA instructions the county USDA war board lius has been informed that instructions will arrive arrhe soon eoon tor for getting tabulations on the farm manpower inventory section of 0 the 1943 worksheet sheet officials had previously planned to leave these inventories in the county but it Is now thought best to make a national nit ional tabulation USDA incentive payments sect secretary detary IV Ickard d appealed to farmers not to reduce food production goals of special war wai crops ciopa although the house ap privations pilat lons sub subcommittee committee has rejected appropriation tor for incentive payments ile he promised to do all lie could to get the farmers the badly needed labor laboi machinery fertilizers and other materials required in the pi production 0 of these crops USDA joel mccrea joel mccrea well known movie actor and a n d not so well known ranch operator of 0 ventura county california has offered his bis assistance si to agriculture in bating wart bartline line production definite plans of just what mr air mccree will do to help out are ar 0 not complete but they are being dei developed eloped by the U S department of agriculture and bythe by the way ft ay the mccrea ranch lanch consists 0 of some acres USDA aneil services ben ices ration nation johnny doughboy la is sharing sugar coffee and meat shortages with the folks back home when a certain item nears the rationing point for civilians the army g goei ea to work on its waster menu too the garrison gair lson ration allowance of sugar has been reduced since may 1941 from five ounces to throe ounces per man per day three non meat meals are ara being served each week usra repair I 1 while the allocations of 0 steel for the seco second n d qua quarter r ter of 1943 makes possible in effect the manufacture of now new farm machinery at 40 per cent of the 1940 production farmers are still faced with the necessity of repairing their old machinery it if they have anywhere near enough for use this year through the cooperation of the vocational agriculture aeri culture instructors tors and local high schools classes are being taught in farm machinery repair these theae schools are being held at the high school from P m to p m USDA welding red hod ranchers lian chers and farmers are now able to get high individual preference ratings from the war production board on welding rods and electrodes but the value of the material must not be in excess of 26 25 USDA supplies of wheat supplies of oe wheat in the united states total about abou bushels consisting ot of a carryover of million bushels and a 1942 crop of million bushels it Is that the commodity credit corporation owns or has loans on bushels of this 7 USDA packers have been directed to reserve 60 50 per cent of their weekly lard production for or purchase by the food distribution to be used in the war effort USDA the U S department ment of agriculture ell iture announced this week that a sharp increase in the nations dehydrated vegetable production may be expected by july 1 in less than a year additional vegetable ege table 0 dehydration plants with an estimated two million pounds annual capacity have been approved USDA ban lifted on wheat under an order issued this week by secretary farmers will be allowed to plant moro more w wheat heat acreage than their original allotment it if they do not plant less than 90 per cent of theli their AAA goals tor for so caller calle war crops the order also released wheat held under marketing quotas from the 1942 crop |