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Show Farm War News Utah county farmers who under-plant under-plant their 1943 wheat allotments in order to increase acreage of special war crops can be assured that they will suffer neither deductions deduc-tions in 1943 wheat payments nor reduction of future allotments, according ac-cording to W. R. Holman, chairman of the Utah county AAA committee. commit-tee. With special war crops being given the 'green light' on all farm programs, production of these sorely needed victory foods will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be high. But even then it is extremely unlikely that their production pro-duction can exceed the demand. Higher amounts are being asked each month for lend-lease and military mili-tary uses, and civilian requirements remain high. Turkey 'n stuffin' for Thanks-givng Thanks-givng are in line for American boys in overseas service, according to the department of agriculture. Arrangements Ar-rangements are being made to ship a supply of frozen birds to American Ameri-can forces now stationed in Australia. Aus-tralia. USD A officials in Washington are asking that the war production board release additional welding rod for use in farm repairs, Orville L. Lee, chairman of the Utah state USD A war board reports. ' But until the procedure has been put through, he states, cases of welding weld-ing rod shortage should be reported report-ed to the nearest WPB field office. of-fice. Through the use of emergency emer-gency "break-down" procedure, farm machinery in the state can probably be kept in operation. Utah's WPB field office is located in the David-Keith building, Salt Lake City. Using wood for fuel, Mr. Boswell explained, will release railroad cars for shipping vital materials in the war effort and the coal itself can go into war industry. A booklet, "Wood Fuel in Wartime," War-time," issued by the US DA gives instructions on fuel value of wood, how to cut it without damage to forest property, and how to operate ope-rate equipment when burning wood. Mr. Boswell reports that copies of the bulletin will be distributed to county agents and forestry specialists, spe-cialists, i |