Show ah CO 0 07 farm a rm J WAR MR NEWS NEW E WS sell range banfe cattle early the U B S deportment DOP ament at agriculture and leading ranchers ore fire urging stock men to sell their range cattle early this will provide urgently needed best be f supplies cuppl 1 e g save range forage and teed feed for breeding bree di n herds and will protect future range production by avoiding damage from too heavy grazing peak numbers of livestock continue to threaten future range production johnny gets the turkey A food distribution order effective august A agust 2 prohibits the sale saje purchase or lar processing of live or dressed turkeys except as authorized by designated governmental agencies the order will be lifted as soon as U S military overseas requirements calling for about IDS of 1943 crop turkeys are met but until our boys who are fighting overseas get their thanksgiving christmas and new years turkey its second table for civilians war meat program responsibility for administrating the th wax war meat program has been transferred to the food distribution administration with th exception of farm slaughter shearling pelts rich county sheep men were told this week that the army air corps will need only about one dourth as many shearling pelts in 1943 44 as originally announced growers should shear 10 lo ao more sheep for shear lings with expectation pec tation of continued support of army purchases feed situation the supply of feed grains in prospect for 1943 41 based on july 1 crop prospects is million tons 11 per cent smaller than for 1912 1942 43 but 11 14 per cent above the 1937 41 average but n relation to the number of livestock to 0 o be fed tb the supply is 20 percent smaller than last year and 11 14 per cent below the 1937 41 average while utah a hay crop is not as bad as predicted last spring it will still be short of needs but above average hay production is indicated for 1913 1943 in most sections of the country revised rates bates revised payments to be made to farmers under the 1943 agricultural conservation program were announced today by leo mckinnon chairman chair maD modification of the program to meet changing wartime conditions has increased C the number of farmers eligible tor conservation payments and has thus decreased the amount which may go to each individual farmer the revised payments for wheat are 85 cents per bushel as compared with the 92 cents announced at the beginning of the program pr year advice on priorities tell the whole story that is the advice of dr james H hance analyst war production board who has been meeting with USDA war boards this week to clear up difficulties in obtaining priorities for materials needed in the production of food too often says dr hance farmers dont give a complete picture of what the material will be used for and how it will aid in greater production of food the question is not a matter of convenience veni ence he said to go without may be very inconvenient but the real question is will it help win the war some Ala machinery chinery quotas cancelled most items of farm machinery are still rationed but all except the following items have been taken off the county quota list in utah potato diggers tractors field ensil ensilage dge harvesters hay loaders pickup pick up balers combines corn binders and corn pickers state quotas will continue but the county designation will be ornit omitted ted how j ever items of machinery released from county quotas will continue to be rationed by the county farm machinery rationing committee also manufacturers manufacture ra may distribute distri but up to 40 per cent of the machinery they make through the normal channels if A trade without quotas peach shipments restricted interstate shipment of elberta peaches from oregon and washington is being restricted by the warford war food administration to help assure canners adequate supplies to meet military and |