Show farm war news notes prom AAA war board war unit plan dropped selective service officials have announced that the system of placing farm workers in deferred classifications on an the basis of the number of farm war units ther they produce has haa been abandoned hereafter local boards will use the tydings amendment to tile the selective service act for determining ter mining agricultural deferments the tydings amendment directs local boards to defer any registrant found to be necessary to and regularly engaged in ag r il cultural occupation or endeavor essential to the war effort un until til replacement can be found final decision on granting any deferment la is the responsibility 0 of f the local board cooperation between county USDA war boards and local selective service boards will conti contenul nuL in the matter of deterring deferring farm workers county agents will continue to collect information concerning activities of individual registrants for the tha war board US USDA DA eases rules for egg buying with lack of storage space blamed for much of the tha recent slump in egg prices Is urging greater consumption of eggs egg by V U civilians and at the same time attempting to speed up its own purchases prices received by farmers have dipped to below 20 cents a dozen in some areas government buying Is expected t to 0 be speeded up by 1 permitting t the loading of three grades I 1 instead of one in a car providing there are cases of each grade 2 accepting otters dally daily instead of weekly and 3 permitting ears cars to ie be loaded with hot both fiber and wood cases egg production this year la Is the largest on record exceed exceeding log prewar pre war level by 80 per cent USDA storage is major problem with cold storage facilities throughout the country packed to near capacity the war food administration and a n d cooperating agencies or are taking steps whenever possible to ease the space scarcity heavy slaughtering of hogs during the winter and current flush ot of eggs plus a reduction in shipments overseas are reported chiefly responsible tor for the storage les lea holdings in told bold storage on march 1 were substantially heavier than a year ago with biggest increases in lard and rendered pork tat fat poultry frozen vegetables frozen eggs and meat USDA utah 1044 1944 production goals incomplete reports from county AA committees in utah indicate that farmers intentions tor for this year are below the suggested goals for sugar beets dry beans and potatoes also the reduction in livestock and turkey numbers is not being made production goals on all other items will be attained according acco iding to present indications war re place a voluntary ea un t ary ca call I 1 on utah farmers to take stork of their resources and ana courage to see whether they can make advances beyond the ordinary call 0 duty that will close these gaps in the food front indicated by preliminary reports of of prospective plantings the utah state AAA committee reported this week this Is particularly imp important 0 in view of the tact fact that even complete fulfillment ot of the present program will not satisfy the ever mounting needs tor for food it Is tile the responsibility of every farmer to acquaint himself with the national food requirements and do just a little more than seems possible po isible under war conditions dit ions AAA officials said farmers farmere in every county are now dow being contacted ly by AAA representatives who will assist in formulating plans plan s w whereby hereby each lam farm can make the maximum contribution to production maximum production alone fa not sufficient su A balanced production whereby we produce the amounts of the various commodities needed Is necessary farmers are urged to consult with local county AAA committees to see where they can assist more in reaching the production goals established rot foi the state USDA commercial corn supplies ies nun hun low the supply situation tor for commercial corn has reached the acute boute stage with three corn re lin cries closing down by the end of march tor for the lack of supplies movement of cash corn in the west during the week ending april I 1 was reported the smallest since last tall fall the corn industries foundation stated that several other plants were operating on sharply reduced schedules and that all of 0 them with possibly one exception will ie be completely closed within a short time unless sufficient supplies of corn are made available in recent weeks the nations dozen or more refineries fin eries have been unable to obtain the comparatively small quantity of corn about ay 2 million lion bushels per week ne essary for full time operation in an effort to forestall close downs the war food administration has increased specifications in its corn set aside order from 35 to 60 per cent til abo order now requires country and terminal grain elevators in counties in five mid states to offer to designated purchasers 60 per cent of present stocks and of future recipes of yellow and mixed corn during each lay 15 day period appeals are being made to farmers to send enough corn to elevators to meet the industrial war demands industrial uses ot of corn says affa are limited to about five per cent of the crop but the uses are vitally import important tt to civilian and military economy corn used as a mold tor for engines produces tine fine castings stings ea that save machining metal and labor cornstarch Is a tiller filler tor for textiles a cleaning agent in airplanes and an adhesive in the manufacture of plywood corn had medicinal uses too in the preparation of vitamin C and in the production of the high potency erm killer Peril penicillin cillin corn supplies the dextrose used tor for the intravenous feeding of hospital patients and as a supplement in baby feeding USDA the pigs went to market it long ago that the nation was swamped with a 1943 19 4 3 spring pig crop of more than 74 million head compared with 1932 41 average tor for both spring and tall fall pig crops ot of only 73 million the total 1943 pig crop ot of million head was 21 per cent above 1942 a asi six per cent more than the recommended goal marketing this record pork supply was a major problem but as usual cooperation solved it cooperative action by farmers packers commission firms truckers railroads and government continued on last page farm war news continued from page one wh which ich norma normally ay make up the twine come from territory within the pacific war zone the agencies helped to lick tile the record numbers rs farmers I 1 arnidis arni eis spread over a longer period than usual and marketed komu hogs at lighter weights they contacted regular mark marketing margetin mai etIn g agencies in advance in order to be sure suie their animals could be handled permission to mar it e t plans helped farmers were given leeway in regard to fresh pork which they could sell at cell cel ing prices or give away USDA feu ni land boom warning noting that farm real leal estate values jumped 15 per cent during the 12 months ending march 1 the tha bureau of agricultural economics warns that many farm buyers are 0 overemphasizing current high prices for farm products and resultant high incomes it was just such overcapitalization of temporarily high returns that was back of the land boom and subsequent subs quent collapse DAE BAE states farm land values in most areas are already above levels likely to it e sustained in ease case of 0 D a fairly substantial recession fa farm commodity prices sometime following the close of the war the biggest boom in farm land prices over 1935 39 levels has taken place in kentucky 70 per cent south carolina carolin 65 6 per cent indiana 64 p per e r c ent cent tennessee 62 per cent colorado 60 per cent and ohio illinois michigan arkansas georgia north carolina wyo wyoming in and montana all more than 50 per cent USDA fewer horses and mules the number of colts under one year old on farms on january 1 was seven per cent less than a year earlier and smallest in 26 25 years total number of horses and colts on farms was down from last year some states report tile the smallest number of horses in a century the number of mules in the country dropped tour four per cent last year from to the drop in mule colts was 12 per cent mule prices have risen sharply however lio wever particularly la in the south the value of horses on the other hand declined slightly last year |