Show low fa rm WAR NEWS i farm machinery cut wars demand for more steel for ships and guns had made necessary another knothe cut in materials allocated for the manufacture of f farm arm machine y the war production board in an order this week reduced production quotas allowed under previous orders by a approximately P 50 per cent the new order 1170 L places th 3 manufacture of farm machinery under stricter Ct ater controls reduces thel the alloca tion of materials and transfers practically all production from large companies to small and intermediate manufacturers rs this order restricts the manufacture ol of all farm machinery equipment and repairs for the period november 1st ast 1942 to october 1913 1943 however materials mate rals allowed for repair parts will be per cent of the amount used in in 1940 national hog goal set hog producers of the country have hay been called upon to increase s spring pring far by 10 per cent and to market hogs jo 10 pounds heavier in 1943 in calling for this increase which is one of the first national goals for farm production in 1943 the secretary of agriculture pointed to the ever increase ing demands for meat and meat products liro in the war wair effort to direct marketing secretary of agriculture claude R has been given authority by the war production board to difert and bring about an orderly max marketing of cattle calves sheep and hogs this authority is to be used to prevent avoidable transportation jam and uneven marketing distribution hogs from feed wheat feed wheat will give farmers a real opportunity to produce the extra hogs called for in the 1943 food for freedom production goals says leo mckinnon chairman of the county USDA war board he called attention to the decord record feed grain supplies in the country and urged hog producers to con eider using more feed wheat wheat is at its best as a hog feed he said bushel for bushel wheat is worth about 10 per cent more than corn in the hog ration idle tire purchase plan the railway express agency has b leen een named to collect tire from those who wish to sell them under the idle tire purchase plan farmers who have idle tires to sell or turn in on tilis program should communicate with the nearest railway express agency office european grain crops poor the 1942 harvest of bread grains in continental europe probably will be considerably below average and below the subnormal sub normal crop of last year |