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Show Farm Notes Spud Price Support Buying Continues Up to Thursday night some 1100 tons of Utah potatoes had been shipped to California to be made into alcohol under the program pro-gram to support prices to producers. pro-ducers. According to Adrian Fife, purchase representative for the Production and Marketing Administration, Ad-ministration, about 6 cars a day are being loaded. The potatoes are being purchased from farmers farm-ers and certified dealers at $1.45 per 100 pounds for U. S. No. 1 grade with not to exceed 2 per cent soft-rot. This price is loaded on the car, bulk. The price for No. 2's and 1 B's is 60 cents. William O. Larsen, chairman of the Duchesne county AAA committee, pointed out that consumers con-sumers could help by using more potatoes during this period of abundance. "It is economical to use more potatoes and less of other starchy foods during this period and at the same time more foods which can be shipped to hungry people in Europe and Asia would be made available," he said. Ban On Whipping Cream Reminder There has been no termination or relaxing of the ban on whipping whip-ping cream, the county AAA committee reminded dairymen and distributors of dairy products pro-ducts this week. Under the provisions pro-visions of War Food Order 13, the delivery to consumers of whipping cream with a butterfat content in excess of 19 per cent is banned. This action was taken to increase butter production. Rules Change On Excess Wheat Grain dealers no longer are required to offer "excess wheat" to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Corpor-ation. The Department of Agriculture Agri-culture has discontinued a provision pro-vision requiring country shippers ship-pers and merchandisers to offer to CCC for a two-day period after af-ter the close of the week's market mar-ket all wheat on hand not allocated allo-cated for export or sold for do-, do-, mestic use. Lamb Crop Down The nation's lamb crop in 1946 totalled 26.110,000 head, nearly 2 million or 7 per cent smaller than in 1945. This crop was more than 4 million head or 14 percent below the 1935-44 average and the small J ;t lamb crop since 1297. Farmers' Prices Up That farmers will feel immediate immed-iate effects from the slackening of price controls under the new OPA law became apparent last week when increases averaging 6 per cent were granted at retail levels for all farm equipment and replacement parts. OPA explains ex-plains the increase as necessary under the new law which specifies speci-fies discounts and mark-ups at percentages which applied before be-fore the war. It passes on to farmers the full amount of the 10 per cent increase granted to manufacturers on May 10, originally orig-inally intended to be shared 50-50 50-50 by dealers and purchasers. The new delivered prices are ef fective as of Julv 31. At the same time, OPA increased in-creased producers' maximum prices for superphosphate an average av-erage of $1 per ton, to be added to ceilings at all levels and reflected re-flected in retail prices of "super" and mixed fertilizers. Labor cost increases and higher freight rates are reasons given for the rise in prices. In 1945, the average U. S. farm was about 195 acres, 20 acres larger than the 1940 average aver-age size. Feed Situation Brighter Here's a new USDA round-up of feed prospects for the 1946-47 season: Feed-grains: Ample supplies sup-plies ahead, on basis of mid-July mid-July conditions. Production of 4 principal feed grains, corn, barley bar-ley oats and sorghum grains, expected ex-pected to total nearly 130 million mil-lion tons, largest on record. Total To-tal in 1945 was 118.2 million. Smaller carry-overs of corn and barley partly offset larger production. pro-duction. By-product feeds Smallest supply in 5 years. Less livestock on farms, however, may result in supplies per animal ani-mal unit being about as large as this year. Most of the reduction will be in supplies of wheat mill-feeds, mill-feeds, and in oilseed cake and meal. High-protein feeds Output may be about 5 per cent less than in 1945-46. Small increase in cotton acreage this year, but reductions in acreages of peanuts, pea-nuts, soybeans, flaxseed. Produc-I Produc-I tion of alfalfa meal probably will be near record. Wheat and rye Less will be fed to livestock, although use of wheat on farms where produced probably will be fairly large. Hay Supplies fairly large, though smaller than a year ago. Record carry-over partly offset smaller production this year. Probably ample for livestock requirement!. re-quirement!. .tAjUS. Extraction Rate Upped On Sugar To increase needed supplies of crystalline sugar by 24 million pounds annually, the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture has amended amend-ed War Food Order No. 7 to increase in-crease the extraction rate of refined re-fined sugar from raw sugar. At the same time, this action will decrease the production of non-rationed non-rationed refiners., sirups to about 14 million gallons for the year which began July 1 compared com-pared with 22 million in 1945. Farm Flocks Decreasing Young chickeus raised on farms in the United States totaled to-taled 677,166,000 as of June 1, the smallest number since 1940, according to preliminary estimates esti-mates by the Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. This is 18 per cent less than in 1945, and 5 per cent below the 1935-44 average. Commercial Com-mercial hatchings declined 19 per cent below 1945 levels during dur-ing the first 6 months of 1946, and this downward trend is expected ex-pected to continue. Layers on farms were the lowest since 1942 4 per cent less than a year earlier. ear-lier. The percentage seasonal decrease de-crease from January to June, was the largest in 16 years of record. Livestock Slaughter Up Meat production under federal inspection for the week ended July 27, soared to 384 million pounds 2 per cent below the preceding week, and 41 per cent above the 271 million for the same week last year. Slaughterings: Slaughter-ings: Cattle 354,000 head, 2 per cent above a week earlier and 40 per cent above last year. Calves 166,000 head, 3 per cent above last week, and 43 per cent above 1945 Sheep and Lambs 520,000 head, 25 per cent above last week, and 27 per cent above last year. j Hogs 1,034,000 head, 1 per cent below a week earlier, but 61 per cent above last year. U. S. World Wheat Situation U. S. wheat supplies for the coming year arp now estimated at 1,230 million bushels, consisting consist-ing of a prospective crop of 1,-132 1,-132 million bushels the largest on record, and a carry over of 101 million bushels the second smallest in 20 years. Recent increases in-creases in the size of the prospective pros-pective U. S. crop wilLallow larger larg-er quantities for export and carry over under tentative estimates esti-mates of distribution announced announc-ed last May. In million bushels, these estimates are: Food, 450; feed, 150; seed, 85; exports upwards up-wards of 250; carry over 250 to 300 on July 1, 1947. Present prospects are for a world wheat production of 8 to 10 per cent above production in 1943, perhaps not far from the 1935-39 average. Larger supplies of other grains are expected to1 be available for food. Here are wheat prospects for the other three principal wheat exporting countries: Canada, 25.2 million acres seeded in the Prairie provinces, pro-vinces, an increase of 12 per cent; 445,000 acres in winter wheat, a third less than in 1945. Australia, Over 13 million acres seeded, about average and well above the 11.5 million seeded last year. Argentina, Substantially Substantial-ly more acreage seeded than a year ago; conditions more favorable. favor-able. "Be Sure Insure" Federal Crop Insurance on winter wheat is now on sale at the county AAA office or through authorized agents, the Duchesne county AAA announ ced today. Wider choice in the amount of Insurance he buys is offered the winter wheat grower this year. The buyer can choose from among several different amounts of coverage, pay a corresponding premium, and collect a corresponding corres-ponding indemnity in case of loss. "Drought .flood, hail, insects or plant diseases can ruin your wheat crop, but they won't mean financial ruin for you if you have crop insurance," Mr, Larsen Lar-sen said. "No matter what happens, hap-pens, you will still protect the money you invested in your crop." Applications for ' insurance must be filed before planting but not later than August 31. The crop is protected against all unavoidable un-avoidable natural risks from planting time through harvest. American farmers grew $2.38 worth of products in 1944 for every dollar's worth produced in 1939, the Census Bureau reports. Average income for the 5,900,-000 5,900,-000 American farms was $3,100 sold or used in the farm home, compared with $1,300 in 1939. Farmers face another short year in world supplies of fertilizer ferti-lizer despite increased production produc-tion in many countries. |
