Show P FOOD WA R vu 4 can you fight a little It harder arder war requirements place a voluntary call on the nations farmers to take stock of their resources and courage to see whether hether they ean can make advances beyond the ordinary call of duty cluty that will close gaps on the food front indicated by preliminary reports of prospective plantings members of the utah state AAA committee stated today reports show that the total of individual farmers intentions to plant would leave the nation short of crit leal oil and food crop the oil crops crop among the top farm fighters lagging far behind coeds with intentions eions deported ported le ie as about 74 percent of the goal for flaxseed and 81 percent for soybeans other sectors of the farm front in aluch the nations farmers need to move up are dry be beans beani ani at 83 percent of the goal dry peas at sa percent irish potatoes at SO 90 percent sugar beets bees at 65 percent and tame hay at 95 percent in utah particular emphasis must be given to increasing intentions intent ins on dry beans sugar beets potatoes and vegetable ble crops if goals are to be attained AAA officials report na io nally wheat and corn intentions were right at the goals while oats and sorghums sorg hums were well weli above the goals to more than offset short barley intentions total feed grains corn oats and so chums were about 10 percent of the goal while tho the report showed that farmers plan to push production close to the limits of their resources it also showed that unless farmers can raise their sights on what they currently consider their production liets and adjust plans plan more closely to v war ar needs production needed from the nations farms will be the necessity for doing just a little more than seems pos possible sibe under war conditions cc is emphasis emp hasi ed by tile the announcement that even complete fulfillment of the present program will vill not satish athe ever mount ing needs for food deadline for support on heavy hogs april 15 hazbet set as the date 0 on n the temporary emergency support program for hogs weighing Neigh ing from to 30 pounds lourid 4 will terminate after that date support prices or on live hogs will again only to 10 good and choice barrows and gilts wei ihms from to pounds the utah state committee announced today the support program was extended in lite late decem ier to cover log hog weighing fron to pounds to tac t outage orderly marketing and aid to farmers from prevailing heavy discounts 1 for the heaver hogs the same factors resulted in the support being extended to hogs from 00 to 0 30 in late january at the time it was as stated that the extensions were temporary and would be terminated when the emergency was over your kirev must last rubber director bradley do dewey ey emphasizes pha plia sizes that in order to avoid a serious m r situation and necessity for drastic action the public must make their tires last while a steady flow of goods is manta maintained ined to the armed forces and to keep essential transportation rolling war demands are insatiable and immediate he points out and advises that some military items are now short up to 25 percent pir cent forceful evidence that relief on tires in sight is the fact tha still far exceed the supply although we are n now w pro producing d uc in g synthetic rubber at a rate greater than the rate at which crude rubber was consumed in this country in any year prior to 1911 old hags bags must be used supplies of textile and paper bagging fabrics are not large enough for 1944 requirements according to but the conservation and reuse re use of old bags can avert a crises total supply of new bags is br expected to be about the same as 1913 but packaging needs will oe de greater the following program has been recommended om to farmers by whai 1 handle bags carefully pull the stitches instead of cutting the bags clean and repair bags immediately after using 2 store bags well they should be kept in a dry place preferably hanging over a wire away from wall elling keep surplus bags in circulation used bags in excess of a farmers needs should be sold |