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Show Farm News I Lughl Emphasises Need 'l Crop Insurance i 'The widespread losses . of Erheat crops from drought points the need of Federal Crop In-Wnce In-Wnce .according to Wm. O. jrsen, chairman of the Du-!t"sne' Du-!t"sne' county committee. More ittn 300 farmers have applied inspections in line with in-iVainity in-iVainity provisions of the crop durance program in Utah. So 32 farmers of Duchesne iunty have reported losses. Federal crop insurance contacts con-tacts covering the next three eduction years can be signed ' the Duchesne county AAA of-be of-be now, Mr. Larsen said. Farm-ftt Farm-ftt who have unexpired consols con-sols may find it to their advance advan-ce to renew contracts this year another three-year term bemuse be-muse of favorable changes in Bvfcmium rates. in ? kt More Potatoes" r campaign to get housewives, ffiiel and restaurant managers ij'serve more potatoes has been Inched in Utah. Because of the dtindant harvest of new pota-5iclassed pota-5iclassed as "Intermediate" !ow being harvested in Utah it ji been necessary for the U. Department of Agriculture to lyichase potatoes to support J: Ices. The potatoes being purged pur-ged by the USD A are being pped to California to be made itb alcohol. If the people of T!;ph would eat more potatoes , S less bread and other cereals, hvould make more wheat and Mall grains available for fam-le fam-le relief. Because . these early ijtatoes do not keep well, it is tEjt practicable to ship them irjerseas. u proved Farming Offers ,omite of Plenty ' ' ... KjThe nation s farmers can pro- -ice all the food a prosperous ftperica wants, declares Chester t Davis, chairman of the President's Presi-dent's Famine Emergency Com-Istittee Com-Istittee and a former Agricultur- Adjustment Administrator. 3 "We haven't yet begun to use "it soil resources to their best (vantage in the United States," avis stated in a recent New brk Times article listing con-frvation con-frvation objectives which are Fomoted by the Triple-A agri-Jltural agri-Jltural conservation program, he objectives: Grass produc-on produc-on on hills and slopes now be-ig be-ig row-cropped although they re too steep for safe cultiva-lon; cultiva-lon; Full use of legumes to re-bra re-bra nitrogen to the soil; Appli-ation Appli-ation of badly-needed lime to filmland from the limestone de- 1 posits to be found nearly everywhere every-where in the country; Use of the enormous deposits of phosphate phos-phate rock in the Northwest on pasture and cropland starving for phosphates. "We have enough idle capital and potential labor in this country coun-try to build a revolution in farming methods, and bring new vitality and vigor, to our soil and the people who live on it," Davis says. "Across the middle and southern belts, all-year-around pasture systems capable cap-able of feeding vastly increased numbers of livestock can be maintained. New capital invested invest-ed in complete programs of soil and water management pays rich returns in increased production produc-tion and lower unit costs." Lumber Output Climbs Gradually climbing lumber production since the first of the year has enabled the Civilian Production Administration to forecast lumber production for' this year of 32 billion board feet, two billion above the estimates esti-mates made last January. However, the 32 billion figure ! is five billion feet below the 1946 requirements and unpredictable events might force a downward revision of the forecast. Lumber production for May was estimated estimat-ed at 3,075,575,000 board feet, the first time since August 1944, that the monthly total had ex- ceeded the three billion foot level. lev-el. May production was 6.4 per cent greater than that of April and 10.4 per cent above May, 1945. Wheat Mixed Feed Manufacturers of mixed feeds may now base the use of wheat in their products on a quarterly rather than monthly period, the Department of Agriculture has announced in Amendment No. 13 to War Food Order 144. The amendment is effective as of July 1. In California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Washington and parts of Montana, the base period per-iod is now the corresponding quarter of 1945. In this area, only enough wheat may be used to bring a manufacturer's total use of grain during any calendar quarter up to 80 per cent of the amount used during the base period. In all other states, the use of wheat is restricted in each calendar cal-endar quarter to an average of 60 per cent for each month of the quarter based on the average monthly quantity used in the period December 1, 1945, to January Jan-uary 31, 1946. While no increase in the total ! quantity of wheat used for mix-s mix-s cd feed manufacture is allowed by the amendment, it gives man-i man-i ufacturers a longer period in I which to manage their wheat al- lowance. I Poultry Products i At least as many eggs will be f available for U. S. consumers ; during the last half of this year f as in the second half of 1945. There will be about as much tur- key and slightly less chicken. J Civilian supplies will hold up f. despite poultry and egg market- ings smaller than a year ago, be-! be-! cause Army buying has been re-1 re-1 duced and cold storage holdings : are large, according to the Bur-! Bur-! eau of Agricultural Economics. Holdings of shell eggs on July : 1 were the largest in 15 years. except for 1944 and were 3.6 million cases above July 1. 1945. '. - |