Show farm 0 0 slightly inconvenient are aie you all burned up because you t get that drill for foi spring planting Is your blood pressure pre ssuie up tip because the county USDA Y war board t keep your son out of tile the army are aie you sure that the country Is going to the dogs because you ou had to fill out a PD and you heard from it yet war wai is just what Sheri ulan said it was but dont go to the british farmei for foi sympathy heres a few things he has haa to put up tip with he has to do all his after dark daik chores without a light blackout ile he has to tolerate an antl anti air craft battery down in the turnip pitch and every few nights this flames into action with the combined fuss of an old fashioned fourth of july till fall roundup round up and auction sale ile he has to plow around and between bomb craters as many as BO 50 in a field then thea sometimes after lie he gets the crop planted some careless cai eless nazi comes along and blows it all to smithereens prices pi ices tor for all his hi commod commodities ties are fixed and it if he should happen to make a profit above the taxes get him he has to pay a heavy income tax and it hla his profits for the year are above abote a fixed level leel he must give up for the duration of the war exactly per cent of the surplus it under the excess profit tax ile he has to use stamps or coupons to obtain feed for his livestock on ration too so little sympathy can be expected from the british farmer lies too busy dodging bombs USDA livestock reed feed supply national concern Is being felt over the livestock feed supply although feed grain supplies are now large it if farmers carry out their current intentions to increase hog production and meet the goals tor for other livestock present indications are aie that existing reserves of feed will have hae to be drawn dhawn upon during the feeding year beginning this tall fall in case of any drouth or shortage ot of teed feed grains might develop during the feeding year despite the present large supplies of feed grains corn has not recently moved freely continued on last page FARM WAR NEWS continued from page one through normal trade channels and shortages have developed la in many cases the situation Is even more serious in ih utah with the widespread winterkill of alfalfa some small grains and corn will wil 1 have to be planted to supplement the expected limited supply of oc hay but prompt action has done much to lessen the ill effects of this disaster farmers are being urged to plant more corn for silage more field pens peas small grains and sugar beets to give added feed for livestock products byproducts by from sugar beets can be used to take the place of considerable supplies of hay bay USDA war board members say USDA loans aid food regional cultural credit corporation loans made the county USDA war board are helping many county farmers produce more food tor for freedom USDA why nation farm machinery rationing Is a product of war although the united states Is producing its greatest volume of steel the total demands of the war program require all that is produced and more wars are gluttons for steel A ton battleship consumes 81 million pounds of rough stock steel the pounds of rough stock steel which go into a destroyer are enough to make more than 2000 tractors the steel going into a heavy tank is enough for about plows the war production board has the responsibility of deciding tor for what purpose the available sup I 1 P ply ay of critical materials shall be used it must bo be remembered that we have rationing because there Is a shortage we do not have a shortage because there is rationing USDA no a 2 and no 3 bean prices the county USDA war board announced this week that the ahe prices for U S no 2 grade beans will bo be 16 15 cents less than the tha price lor for no 1 beans beana and for or no as 3 s it will be 40 cents less than tor for no Is as the support price pi ice for 1943 crop U S no 1 beans la is per hundred bundled cleaned and bagged in carlots f 0 b county shipping points for pinto beans great northern small white flat small white pea pink and cranberry cran beny and 7 50 per pel hundred for U S no 1 grade of lima baby lima light red kidney dark daik red kidney and western red led kidney USDA report on war vai crops farmers of this county are aie cooperating by growing dry beans and potatoes these crops are being esele lally fally pushed at this time but because they are aie being Is no indication that other essential crops ci aps ops should be neglected USDA new inch for fiu fi U A new form L ll 41 construction applications form fonn PD c has been prepared pie pared to simplify procedure proc eduie this form orm will now be used toi for on farm fann construction where the cost Is less than I 1 USDA recommendations for 1044 1944 4 Pr the call Is out for recommend allons tor for production practices which me are to be included in the 1944 farm program pi in making i recommendations the utah state USDA war wai board advises that continued high production pi of vital war foods should be back of all suggestions for change and it should be kept in mind that a sick farm or ranch cannot fight and every acre should be fighting by producing the food needed to defeat hitler and toja USDA situation supplies short on fungicides and insecticides where it has to be imported ample supplies of nicotine and other home prodie ed d materials but victory and vital war crops get first chance on what there Is USDA first guns of grasshoppers grasshopper control has begun in utah the first guns in the battle being fired filed in sevier devler county reports leports dr G r F knowlton state leader for the federal state county grasshopper control program grasshoppers are now hatching generally the highest grass hopper populations found to date being observed in certain alfalfa fields near green river states dr knowlton kno early baiting of such infested areas will most easily and economically control the pests delaying control operations until injury occurs and ae the hoppers become larger will require more work by the farmers greater quantities of bait and the results will not always be as the government la Is now shipping bran bian and sodium into many utah counties to permit crop protection through grasshopper control such material aids farmers and home gardeners to control grasshoppers at ittle personal cost ost USDA horne home rood food supply the large percentage of the family food supply which can be produced at home Is show by mrs airs perry L stanfill of penrose box elder county mrs airs stanfill states in accounting tor for the years income for income tax we estimated that our cash expenditures tor for things bought from the store to eat did not average more moie than per permon month tn you can see why when she explains that they pitted celery potatoes rutabagas turnips beets and cabbage and canned or froze an adequate amount of peas corn corny bebis beets tomatoes and meat the stall fills also raise and preserve all the small fruits they need USDA salt lake county farally family ups production fie R A naylor family of south jordan in salt lake coun ty Is answering the call to produce more sugar beets and potatoes in spite of handicaps the three naylor bys boys are in war production plants and the twin daughters melva and marva 16 and mr air and mrs naylor are left to do the work on this farm which contains acres of 0 ir rl gated land and acres of dry farm the naylors taylors are increasing sugar beets from seven acres last year to 10 acres this and p potatoes ota t oes f from rom A nothing 0 thing last year to five acres this besides this they milk 14 cows care tor for laying hens and raise 16 hogs they expect the farm to produce 70 tons of barley 60 tons ot of alfalfa hay and 2000 bushels of wheat they expect to be busy USDA sevier county farm machinery along with organizing a G man corps to see that no idle acres are helping the axis the sevier county USDA war board has worked out a way to make all the machinery in the county do its share too A list of all machinery that Is tor for sale or rent or borrow has been published the name of the owner the type of mchane cachine and whether it Is to be sold rented or borrowed wed Is given |