Show FAD no aimed directly at controlling black market activities in meat handling the rich county USDA war board was instructed ted meat d this week to set up a county war meat committee to work with both producers and consumers committee members will be selected from livestock producers meat handlers health officials and community leaders leo mckinnon chairman of the war board declared they will work word as a subcommittee of the war board to review and pass on slaughtering permits ernits and quotas and will carry on education work with the public and with livestock and meat handlers to make sure that black markets do not interfere with the nations war effort this action follows the selection last I 1 friday at the state USDA war board meeting of J worth gutke st state te supervisor of food distribution administration as state meat marketing market irig supervisor mr air gutke under the administrative direction of the state war board wil hii be responsible for the meat program in the state shovels nails for farmers A new program designed to provide farmers with 50 hard to get item most urgently required for food production was outlined by the new nev office of civilian requirements the army navy and lend lease have agreed to relinquish a part of current production originally assigned to them to make possible temporary diversion of small quantities of materials and finished articles to the farm program among the items to be made available under the program are wrenches forks bale ties barbed wire fence staples poultry netting hoes batteries flashlight radio and telephone nails scoops and as of different types grease gun guis s and farm machinery oil er ers chains of various types for farm use harness hardware and poultry netting the program will provide a simple means for farmers to make purchases we want the farmer to be able to buy what he needs when he be needs it government spokesmen said but we are confident that ahe the farmer will realize the scarcity of thee items and will not buy what he does not have to have the program is a continua cont continuing inui ng one it was pointed out and there is is ap no necessity for buying more than immediate diate needs women ration kation pressure sure cookers to the ladies goes the job of rationing steam pressure cookers leo McLin mckinnon rion chairman of the rich county USDA war board announced today that leonard H mainwaring Mann waring extension service miss bliss jennie duke mrs ruby huby rex home economics teacher will aid in the tair fair distribution of the 8 pressure cookers allotted to rich county these women representing different aspects of homemaking in the county will decide who among those applying can make best possible use of the tha steam cookers based on recommendations n from this committee the county USDA war board will issue the purchase certificates of the cookers authorized by for manufacture this year utah is receiving 1583 for the entire state gr ft back to farm movement the back to the farm movement in the past month was evidenced by the report as of may 1 1943 showing an increase of persons employed on farms over the number of farms april 1st ast the total number of persons on farms on may was which is a decrease 04 0 or about 3 percent since the same date last year but an a very lovely visit with their parents come again soon increase over the previous month test tor for black Make heres some sound advice addic 1 e for every farmer chos anxious to keep his livestock in the white market and away from the black if the prospective buyer a regular customer for the farmer before the war the farmer should ask to see his hig dealer permit it if he cant show one hes a lawbreaker and that I 1 eess and more eggs more than 5 billion dozen eggs eggs will be produced in 1943 if present production rates are any basis egg producers are meeting the wartime demand it at a much faster rate than called for continued on last page 0 0 far I 1 WN VA 11 NEW S continued from page age one bonef the 1943 goal calls for ao 00 do doz rack back to farm movement cloven erit the back to the farm faran rno movement the in iii past month was wag evidenced report as of may 1 1943 by the th v increase of showing aa persons on farms over the number employed on oil farms farm april ms the total number of persons on farms fanna on may 1 was waa which is a decrease d e of or abo about U t 3 per ent cent e since the same date last year b but ut an all increase over the previous month sugar outlook sugar consumption can be maintain of prospective supplies A an estimated total ot of tons will j ha available for 1943 of this amount 1 tons will be allocated to the armed arme d forces lend lease and for other exports of the balance tons would be for household use and home canning and for industrial and i institutional users farmers get gasoline suppliers have been ordered to give preference 0 anyone using gasoline fol non highway purposes through an amendment to petroleum administrative order no 1 made recently by harold L ickes petroleum administrator for war may use oil stoves households may use oil cool cooking cing stoves this summer regardless of the availability of coal or wood fired stoves according to a recent OPA announcement many rural families shift to oil stoves in summer to avoid the heat ot of other stoves and this order perin permits its them to make the shift |