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Show c Role Of Small Farmer - The small farmer can play an important part in America's effort ef-fort to step up food' production !jka part at tie defense program, Uays E. H. Anderson, chairman 1 of uhe Sanpete County USDA War Board. Most important way tfor tlhe small farmer to !,hep is by growing most df the fjfood necessary for his own fam-ily, fam-ily, he asserts. Many producers whose farms either are too small or are lo-oaj.d lo-oaj.d loo far from marketing and processing centers ifor commercial com-mercial production have been asking what they can do to increase in-crease tLie flow of tfood to Britain, Bri-tain, Mr. Anderson points out. The anjAier, Lie asserts, is: 'Iner.ase your own food stup-jjXy stup-jjXy uo lihat you will not inave .to iuu(y commercial products that are so urgently needed in the uaienLe program." "For example, small farmers car.' breed anoil.uLT sow this fall, plan, a garden when conditions permit, raise a (few more chickens, chick-ens, ani improve :their pastures, iv' even t'armer increasas- his own irbodi supply, it 'will relieve J.;e demands upon- 'prodiuiCcirs in other areas, the (food processing p-ant3, transportation! facilities, i..'a,:'iduirs, and storage Iwarelhous-es. Iwarelhous-es. If the small farmer raises im-re ithon l.'.is liamijy can use im'mLldliately, .the surplus jnay .je. preserved for home -use or s sold." f Mr. Andirson' declares that (farmers can actually save money uy producing tfood at home, and can get a much' higher quality of bood besides. No one diouibts J...e nu .ri'lional value of home-rot!..c.d home-rot!..c.d meat, milk, and vegie1-tialbles, vegie1-tialbles, he adds. |