Show U S so 42 farm output planned to fi fill 11 needs AAA authorities say two records broken this year farmers from maine to california will chalk up two history making achievements when their 1942 har k harvest like this of potatoes on 0 n the C A brown farm of dallam county texas have been planned in advance in order to insure the right amounts of the right products to fill anticipated needs of the U S and united nations vests are in according to the united states department of agriculture american farms this year will produce more than any nation in all time and for the first time the nations total farm output will be planned to fill needs determined ter mined in advance this double record will be the american farmers ringing answer to the challenge of war the great harvest will consist of the right amounts of the right products to fill anticipated needs of the united states and the united nations these goals have been broken broke n down into goals for states counties and individual farms for farmers to shoot at goals have been used for years by AAA for basic crops but this year ALL crops have goals to insure abundant food for freedom the food will make america strong feed her allies soldiers and civilians and create reserves of such easily stored concentrated products as cheese evaporated milk dried eggs and canned fruits and vegetables export commodities will be an important part of the output lend lease pork purchases excluding lard have already exceeded the equivalent of 11 million hogs egg drying capacity has been expanded from 50 million to million pounds annually exports alone tor for the current fiscal year are expected to require more than twice as much acreage as in 1941 when pearl harbor suddenly cut off all imports from the far east the 1942 production goals established as the original food for freedom goals were jacked up rea 4 e IQ n 1 43 r 6 IN N V ia c A A photo another view of the same brown farm showing still more potatoes oes which will soon be on the way to hungry yanks hard working armament workers and allies throughout the world goals call for one fifth more production than the average of the and per cent more than in the record year of 1941 last fall after war needs had been canvassed more than AAA farmer committeemen under the direction of USDA war boar boards ds began calling on farmers to see what they could do to meet heavy war demands virtually every farmer in the united states was given an opportunity port unity to pledge all out war effort on his farm by controlling production of products not urgently needed for or war and intensifying ing production of those in treat great demand |