Show 41 town and farm in war time prepared for or publication by bur a ivess section office of lice of war information washington 1 I C annin jones crop report war food administrator ator marln vin jones said recently that on the average avei age farmers are aloe meeting this years production goals lor for field crops earlier reports leports indicated that thai livestock llie stock and livestock products also will reach production pi goals mr air jones said we will have enough food in this countie given at least average weather toi for the rest lest of the year to give ghe civilians adequate and healthful diets in addition to meeting military and other essential wartime requirements this does not mean ot 01 course couise that there Is any better chance than appeared earlier for having all the food that civilians would like to buy or that civilian supplies for some individual items will not be far below the demand for some important crops ci aps ops including rice oats flaxseed and potatoes estimated 1843 1943 acreage is well above the years goals acreage Acie age of corn hay barley grain sorghums sorg hums cotton and tobacco Is about at the goals acreage of sweet potatoes dry field beans peanuts and sugar beets Is below 1943 goal soldiers life insurance at home or abroad are aie reminded that less than three weeks remain in which they can get national service insurance without a physical examination until august 10 1943 19 13 every application will be accepted regardless regal adless ot of the individuals vi medical condition after august 10 a rigid physical examination will be required I 1 Pr to aped clothes stationing A program to make clothes rationing unnecessary recently lecent ly announced by donadd al nelson chairman chai iman of 0 contains these six points ll 11 1 increased inci eased production product duct lon 2 orderly and adequate distribution 3 more volume merchandise 4 allocation of materials to essential needs 5 increased inci eased imports of burlap and 6 proper care of clothing by consumers there Is an all adequate supply of textiles to meet civilian needs the has determined Fall faillers lers will get gasoline partners Fan neis are entitled to first call in receiving rec biving motor fuel when they present valid E E li or bulk coupons or ration checks which are aie issued pursuant to ration order 50 5 0 of 0 the office of 0 price administration dealers whether retail or wholesale must accord them this privilege this means that if necessary the flie dealer shall not dellyer deliver any motor fuel fo for any non agrical tural or 01 nonmilitary non military use until these preferred ened erred demands liale bae been sa state statement m ent by acting petroleum administrator titor for foi the war ralph K davies daues dairy dali products supplies supplee lie civilians will get echt ot of every e tell pounds ot of butter produced in ili the year which began july 1 the war rood food admires lias has announced the armed forces will vill get 11 1 t pounds and the russian army aimy will get pound civilians Chi lians will also get of every 10 pounds of cheese and four foul and one third case of 0 evaporated eap orated milk out of 0 every ten dry ii beans for cl lallar ls civilians will get more dry beans and peas this year than they consumed n 1912 1042 said the in announcing allocations of these foods more than half of the hundred bundled pound bags of 0 beans will go to civilians who will also get I 1 bags of 0 dry peas moie inore than were eaten in 1942 and bags more moie than the 1935 39 9 aie average rage civilian chilian consumption canned vegetables and ami faults I 1 ailts lilts nearly neaily 70 per cent of 0 the canned vegetables ege tables cind and 53 per cent of 0 the canned fruits and juices available in the next 12 months will go to feed civilians Chi lians those these quantities allocated by the wl A for the 12 months beginning july 1 constitute about four per cent more moie canned vegetables but about 40 per cent less canned fruit than were consumed on the average during the 1935 39 period egg supplies hold even about the same quantity of eggs will be available to civilians in the 12 months beginning july 1 aiwas aa was in the same period last as year the has indica ted of OE a total of five billion dozen eggs civilians will got get 3 billion dozen soldiers send zoney money ily hy radio american soldiers overseas except those thosa in alaska haw hawaii all panama canal zone and puerto rico may now send money home by radio in a recent week more than soldiers sent bent nearly in amounts ot of 10 or more with no maximum limit money may be transmitted to on an 0 continued on page pace live five I 1 town own and an farm F a rm in war time continued Continue a from page one individual payee or to a bank the process Is speedy pud and sure if a soldier desires to do so lie he may also purchase war by this method frozen food locker prices bew operators of frozen food lockers must charge prices in line with those charged by arms firms in fa busine businesses ses in march 1942 the OPA has ruled prices charged by now new frozen food locker plants will be investigated and adjusted by the OPA according to prevailing prices for similar services in the same locality in march 1942 no corn for liquor corn cannot be used for manufacture of distilled spirits and high wine a recent directive of the war production board says say the action was taken to conserve stocks of corn for essential burp purposes oses although the amount of corn saved Is likely to be small because distillers already had shifted largely to the use of wheat no io cotton quotas lor for 1043 1943 the war wai food administration on recommendation of the agri cultural cult uial adjustment agency lias bits announced that there will lie be no marketing quotas lor for the 1943 cotton crop and that no quotas will be in effect for the 1944 crop on july 1 farmers were cultivating about eight million aeres acres less cotton than the acreage permitted in 1943 and about a million and a halt half fewer acres than they were cultivating tiva hatling ting on july 1 1942 farin faini land values I 1 faun farin la land na values on march 1 1943 were higher than they were in fit 1942 the bureau of agricultural ri economics said in explaining pla ining that the index of average per acre acie values had risen to 99 1912 to 1914 equals JOO the index of average per acre values tallies in march 1942 was 81 91 A low point of 0 33 was reached in 1933 in the aftermath ot of inflation started during the last war one antt anti inflationary force at the present time Is the tha tact fact that many farmers have been using a considerable part ot of their cash cal income to pay off mortgage debts country shipper berry prices pi ices maximum prices of seven kinds of fresh flesh berries for table and home hoine canning use usa have been set by the OPA maximum prices per pound fo li country shipping points are ara set as follows red led raspberries rasp berries 18 cents black raspberries rasp berries 16 cents young berries boysen boysenberries berries ries 15 cents gooseberries goose berries 11 cents these PH pi ices e B re represent nt a afree sharp rollback at a t the t country shipper level ex expected pe acted to reduce prices pi ices of berries to consumers eight million lon pounds 0 of f ailsto wn sto fats american Ameil can housewives salvaged almost eight million pounds of waste kitchen tats fats in may mav highest total since the fats and grease salvage program iain was started stalled this result surprised government officials who said bald that a drop might have been expected because meats and fats have been rationed since march nevertheless the eight million pounds is only about BO 60 per cent of the needed quota of pounds per month rollback of vegetable price effective july 20 a rollback of about 26 25 pr cent in the pried of lettuce and go CO per cent in the price of cabbage was ordered by the OPA this wai wag the tha first step in ID a dogram to cut the excessive prices pi ices of fresh brilts and to Is keep the cost of bf living aaen |