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Show Farm Botes ) c. Eating JV, the American people 'fjdinS i0b, according to Slhalnof theDu- ir-unty AAA committee, j an i the American peo-Shas peo-Shas alot to do with r'V' l farmers can find for iSncts Nutrition pro- ptfe Department of Ag-aimed Ag-aimed at better : nf diet which mean i-maud for arm Pr0" .Jemore money in the K 'pocket- !! rf,mmarv of programs ! iSSSSdby&SDA: 'Lunch-Aimed at pro- children with nu- 15 also helps form 1 habits. Federal aid lunches has continued v- IhS for 11 years. With f ,iSment of the National :-!f Lunch Act this spring, l - !ut the work on a per- :flTbasis All 48 states, the 'S ofColumbia, and the terras ter-ras have now signed school "agreements. t Distribution Through : fjogram the Department f ies fresh fruits and vege- i and other food purchased i Section with price-support fS Commodities arc ' iover to schools for use :; Sol lunches or sent to in- 3ns or welfare recipients. : 7a stabilizing effect on mar-:; mar-:; f prices at time of pcalj pro-i' pro-i' ;iion. r. flane Food Preservation ) ,1 Uian 6.000 community can- centers have been estab- U through this program. 1 -ough these centers, local sur-' sur-' foods are saved for family ) school lunch use. Program ? L4d to prevent food waste ml production seasons, and jvides means for canning comities com-ities bought by USDA under ,i Direct Purchase Program. ! j icdustrial Feeding Aimed ' racing nutritional level of "ijstrial workers. Program pro-;s pro-;s technical and information -.ices to industrial feeding Jities. At same time, an im-rfent im-rfent market is developed for ( plentiful and surplus food. National Nutrition Chiefly a coordinating program designed to extend the knowledge and practice of good nutrition. Machinery Ma-chinery is provided through which all agencies in the fild of nutrition can bring their educational edu-cational resources into line with a common objective. Farm Experts For Research The Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture has asked 250 national producer pro-ducer and commodity organizations organi-zations for their suggestions on the membership of advisory committees com-mittees to direct the administration adminis-tration of the new Marketing and Research Act. Nominations from other sources also will be' welcomed by the Deoartmont, which has the job of staffing 17 commodity committees and 4 functional committees with "broad-guage, public-spirited citizens ci-tizens thoroughly conversant with the operations and problems prob-lems of the industry each represents." rep-resents." The Committees covering livestock, dairy, poultry, and poultry products, citrus fruits, deciduous fruits, vegetables, potatoes, po-tatoes, nuts, grains, feeds and seeds, rice, dried beans and peas, cotton, wool, tobacco, peanuts, soybeans and flaxseed, transportation, transpor-tation, storage, packaging and foreign trade will direct the new program of research into basic laws and principles of agricultural ag-ricultural marketing, transportation transpor-tation and distribution, new uses and the improvement of marketing mar-keting facilities, A committee of all national agricultural leaders and the Secretary of Agriculture, Agricul-ture, who direct the research program as provided by law, have asked for the nominations. Dairy Income Dairy farmers can expect a decline in the demand for dairy products as consumers increase expenditures for so-called durable dur-able goods automobiles.wash-ing automobiles.wash-ing machines, etc and less for dairy products in 1947, according ac-cording to the Bureau of Agricultural Agri-cultural Economics. Although returns to dairy farmers will decrease, income will likely continue well above parity price levels unless a business busi-ness recession develops sooner and more seriously than now expected. The most notable decline de-cline is expected in consumption consump-tion of fluid milk and cream, leaving more milk and butterfat for production of butter. November Novem-ber creamery butler output was 15 percent above November, 1945. Wool Program Extended The USDA program to improve im-prove marketing practices for wool will be extended to Feb-ruaur Feb-ruaur 28, to cover an additional 500,000 pounds of wool. When graded, sorted, and packaged, the wool will be offered for sale to interested woolen mills. Originally Orig-inally the project called for the preparing of wool acquired under un-der Government purchases to make it a more acceptable pro duct tnan aomesuc wooi as u is ordinarily prepared. The program, pro-gram, announced last June, has been carried out cooperatively by the Texas A & M College and local growers associations, under the direction of USDA's Production Pro-duction and Marketing Administration. |