Show FOOD kAh fa arta af WIN NEWS J draft determent deferment draft deferment for all essential farm workers was recommended this week by secretary of agriculture claude R when he appeared bedoc bafo o the senate military affairs committee he urged also that government contract war plants le be prevented from hiring these essential workers the Secretary seer said that upwards of workers have left farms during the past year sixty per cent of these have gon into war industries while 40 per cent either volunteered or were drafted into military service this recommendation follows the war manpower commissions program to stabilize employment on dairy livestock and poultry farms farm front broadcast victory on the farm front in 1912 1942 was waa largely the result of hard work and united efforts of farm families one of these families from wasatch county will be featured on a special broadcast broad east over radio station salt lake city saturday nov 14 at a m the program will feature mr and mrs nephi probst of at midway and their family farm machinery Dracht nery Rie pair at least classes to in farm machinery repair will eb organized to help farmers of utah prepare for the IMS 1943 food production campaign according ir in L R humpherys vocational agriculture director at the utah state agricultural college farmers will be urged to buy repair parts and attend short intensive courses under th the C direction of agricultural teachers at local high schools classes will be open to both youths ha and adults continued on last page A FOOD fa farm rm WAR NEWS N Contin continued red from pace one truck registration migratory farm workers using truck i will not have to return home to obtain applications or to receive certificates of war necessity such workers should consult their newest nearest office of defense transportation the utah office la is located in the atlas building in salt lake city farm exemptions listed certain types of farm equipment have been exempted from the order under which commercial motor vehicles will be required to carry certificates of wax war necessity after november these include planters broadcast seeders fertilizer distributors sp and other similar machines equipped with solid rubber tires or pneumatic tires and used in farming operations farm trailers and semi trailers regularly drawn or powered by private passenger automobiles automobiles to farmers thirteen per cent of the passenger automobiles rationed in September went to farmers others were allocated to lo persons engaged in moving farm products and supplies authority to ration milk cans and farm fencing materials is expected to be re delegated to the U S department of agriculture the OPA was recently given this authority from the utah state USDA war board will hold its next meeting in logan on monday nov orville L lee chairman of the board announced this week farmers should get on the scrap job now that most of the harvesting is completed farmers should have some time that could be given to that project snow may soon cover it up |