Show fa rm WAR NEWS F fann arin labor determined to do all that eau can be done to supply farm tanners US an and d ranchers with enough manpower to produce needed food and fibre fabre wayne darrow director of the newly created agricultural labor administration said this week that labor needs fall into two classes the first and the most acute is for or full time experienced perien ced farm laborers the second Is for seasonal and emergency workers mr air D darrow arrow said the second can be met through recruiting training and organizing school youth women and volunteer townspeople but the first requires holding experiences experienc eti laborers on the tann farm he said it la is expected that before t the he end of 1943 more than 3 million men will have been drafted tor for farm arm labor through selective se service r vice mr air darrow Is a former texas farmer and extension worker the edw new farm labor program under air darrows direction will be carried out in cooperation with t the lie extension service and other federal and state agencies it calls for or the recruiting of some voluntary workers by the peak harvest season the transportation of approximately seasonal workers including foreign workers the recruitment of several hundred thousand high school youths and women workers and the movement of year round workers from sub marginal aar ginal tanning farming areas for foi work on dairy daily and general purpose farms arms USDA box elder honored special recognition was given farmers and the tanu farm program in do box elder county on national farm day this week A W bishop chairman of the county USDA war wai board was one of three county chairmen to report to the nation over a nationwide nation wide radio hookup hook up on how the farmers of his lit a county c are mobilizing to produce food for the war effort th the e other two chairmen were from georgia and pennsylvania USDA priorities the war production office of salt lake city has been authorized iced to accept priority applications beginning march 16 15 arl arity applications PD las will be rated and acted upon in the salt lake office tills this will apply to the delivery of materials of or less thle the re leg g tonal lonal office at denver has now been authorized to assign priorities tor for essential construction costing less than however applications for foi materials in this classification are aie to be tiled filed with the district office in salt lake city USDA lil out production farmers should not only strive to meet the 1943 1043 production goals but see that every eiery acre acie of cropland ci that Is suitable tor for growing gloving crops Is planted this year that advise was sent to all county and community committeemen this week by orville L lee chairman chali mau of the utah state USDA war var board however mr air lee said farming practices should not be adopted which will destroy soll soil building practices or jeopardize production in future years or unduly increase wind or water erosion USDA Afes message sago to governors secretary has asked all state governors to provide tor for excusing youths 14 years and older from schools in areas where they fire are needed to help w with ith the cpr spring ing pIl planting the secretary points out that unless crops are planted no amount ot of labor later on will make it possible to harvest unplanted crops crop USDA farm labor deferment USDA war boards have been directed to initiate requests for debei determent ment of necessary farm workers not in 20 2 0 or 30 3 0 experienced perien perlen ced farm workers with insufficient war units will be referred to the war board and thirty days will be given to place the regi registrant trant in e essential a gentl a I 1 farm arm work USDA IF peed ced wheat the following wire message has beeri been tent sent to county USDA war boards offices revised figures on sales of w wheat heat tor for feed indicate further limited amounts available any sales including redemption loan wheat must be to meet emergency situations and only on recommendation ommen dation of state or county committees USDA food in europe total food supplies in conti mental europe exclusive of russia for 1943 are estimated to be from 2 to 3 per cen cent t below the 1941 42 average aud and about 5 per cent below the prewar pre war average this information Is based on a roundup round up of all available sources jon on the 1842 1942 crops USDA awards for farmers Fox foxiness iners enlisting in the 1943 food production program will be awarded a certificate of farm service signed by the secretary of agriculture these certificates which are 11 by 14 inches are to be presented by the county t U USDA S DA war board awards award s will lie be made just as soon as p possible after completion of farm mobilization iza tion the farm plan which the farmer has filled out in the mobilization drive will serve as a guide for making awards USDA crop insurance extended federal wheat crop insurance has been extended to cover wheat planted in excess of the 1943 acreage allotments or permitted acreage approximately 64 54 thousand acres of the estimated acres of wheat Is insured for 1943 this insurance also covers crops in 1944 and 1945 around bushels are guaranteed this year under the crop insurance program turn in your surplus fat to shoot at some jap |