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Show GET IN THE SCRAP' USDA DEFENSE BOARD HEAD TELLS FARMERS Get in t'..e Scrap! Wkh that 'altt.r cuy the Sanpete county USDA deifen.e b'oari is oallinji or the cooperation of all farmers farm-ers in the county to support a thrive to ciean up all scrap iron on toe far.ns and make it available avail-able for war materials. The estimated million to a million-anua-half tons of scrap iron lying use'ss on American ifarms, if combined with- otlher necessary materials, would be ouJ.'icient .0 bmid 19 modern l-,uu0-ton ibattleship'o ior the ,.ni ted Stains Navyv accorliing o advice aan m.t.ei y uL). j,o toe D-.i-artment of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Through- its farmer-comlmiittee argar.iza.ion, the USDA Defense Boards' have taken the responsibility respon-sibility of collecting the scrap metal from tht naion's 6 million -arms. -crap iron is an essenial ingredient in-gredient in the production, of steel, Sidney J. Nebeker, chairman chair-man of the Utah USDA Defense" Aoard, points out. nihat lab pouinds or so of rusty scrap on youlr dlump pile," iaid iMr. Nebeker, "iwhen mixed with other materials is enough to make a 500-pound aerial ;bonr,lb; furthermore, 36,000 .pounds of it will make one 27-ton 27-ton medium tank." The total amount of scrap available on American (farms is estimated to make possible the mainuifactiure of 50 million ma chine guns of .50 calibre, ox 156,250 light tanks of the type which the British- have used so effectively in the Libyan- calm-paign. calm-paign. To the USDA Defense Board's goes the task of helping to move the metal oif toe farms into .melt'ers and blast furnaces in the greatest production drive in '.he nation's history. The immediate need, for -scrap iron is indicated by the fact that niany steel plants throughout l he country have been . slowed down or have -had to suspend operation for lacik of metal. |