Show Not Wheat but Milk and Eggs 1 In 1918 wheat headed the list of farm products needed for national defense In the emphasis is on foods such as milk and There ia plenty of wheat on hand in nearly a two year's supply is stored in the nation's The U. S. Department of Agriculture urges that in planning for this hold down production of surplus crops such as wheat and a the production i needed Food For Freedom Goals Pledged By Duchesne County Farmers Duchesne county farmers pledged a noteworthy contribution in the 1942 Food for Freedom A total of approximately 95 per cent of all farmers in the have signed farm plan sheets indicating that this year they intend to substantially increase production of and as well as corn and home says J. Edgar chairman of the county USDA war The signup shows that local farmers will do a good job of meeting the Duchesne county farm production goals which have been set up for the Recently these goals were revised by the secretary of but it is the opinion of the county war board chairman that farmers of this county can reach the revised goals which call for increases of eggs canning tomatoes and and feed grain over the goals established in By producing more of these highly nutritious foods in local farmers will greatly aid the national war the chairman pointed Hugo quantities of food are needed to supply a threefold plenty of good food for every abundant food to ship overseas to nations who are defending their stockpiles of food to help feed a hungry people when the war is and to help gel agreement on a just and lasting In November all farmers in Duchesne county were visited by AAA committeemen in a nation- wide farm to farm The sign-up was entirely By filling out the plan-sheet farm 1 ers showed how much they expected to increase Since then Pearl Harbor has made the reaching of these production goals even more The present food program campaign is distinctly different from the great food drive conducted during the first World according to the In both an unusual need for food Back in 1914 to farmers were urged to plant every available acre and especially to increase wheat The response to this request resulted in plowing up of thousands of acres better adapted to the expansion is del a planned There is no need to plow up the Efficient production on about the same total acreage for the whole country as was planted to crops this year should make it possible to meet 1942 While farmers are stepping up the production of foods they will be well protected on the the chairman pointed out The secretary of agriculture has announced price supporting programs for evaporated dry skim tomatoes and peas at an average of not less than 85 per cent of And on some crops such as tomatoes and increases in over 1941 levels have been This assurance of prices means that farmers are able to expand production on a businesslike basis since they have a green light for a full year |