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Show Farm Notes . Grain Protein Restrictions Off Recent actions taken by the Department of Agriculture af-Ifectmg af-Ifectmg grain and keyed to the policy of lifting price and use controls as soon as possible: (1) Termination of controls over purchases and use of corn and other feed grains by feed manufacturers, feeders, food manufacturers, dry and wet processors. pro-cessors. (2) Removal of all restrictions on the selling of wheat by mixed feed manufacturers, on the use of "non-milling" quality wheat in the mixture of grains for sale as an ingredient in making mixed mix-ed feeds, and on the delivery of flour by a miller to owned or controlled subsidiaries within the 85-per cent restriction on the production of flour for domestic do-mestic distribution. (3) Increase of grain quotas of small brewers and of persons initiating or resuming brewing operation from 180,000 to 225-000 225-000 pounds for the 3-month quota period. Total grain usage by breweries now in operation is increased about 10,000 bushels a month. Termination of all restrictions on the distribution and use of nrotein meal and soybeans and he end of protein meal set-asides set-asides was ordered by USDA on October 17. Revived last January Jan-uary to obtain better distribution distribu-tion and prevent shortages in livestock feeding areas, the restrictions res-trictions have been removed as part of the Department of Agriculture's Agri-culture's program to end controls on farm products at the earliest possible date. Livestock Feeding Abundant rainfall in recent weeks has improved prospective pasturage throughout the Great Plains area to a point never before be-fore equalled and has created a keen demand for livestock, especially es-pecially lambs, to use the feed. As a result, movement of stock-er stock-er and feeder lambs into the Corn Belt States has picked up markedly and the prices for feeder feed-er lambs have advanced so sharply sharp-ly there is some danger ewe lambs originally intended for replacement re-placement stock will be diverted. This report by the Department of Agriculture includes information, informa-tion, however, that fecdlot activity ac-tivity in' Western States, particularly partic-ularly Colorado, may drop considerably con-siderably below last year's num? ber which was the smallest in nearly 20 years. California promises prom-ises to be the only bright spot in the Western feeding picture, with movement of sheep and lambs into the state during Aug-! ust and September at record volume. vol-ume. Considering the, number of animals farmers have to feed, this year's supplies are th,e largest larg-est per animal on record and will run about 10 per cent more than last season, the PMA Grain Branch reports. Producers have been warned to be sure they have a place for their livestock before shipping. "Contact your dealer or packer before sending livestock to market," is the advice ad-vice of PMA. Record Seed Harvest The 1946 harvest of alsike, alfalfa, and red clover seed will hit a near-record, Department of Agriculture forecasts now indicate. indi-cate. Practice payments under the Agricultural Conservation Program to encourage seed harvesting, har-vesting, higher prices received by growers, and yields equalling last year's combine to boost the total which will be available to plant needed forage and hay crops next year. Here is the picture pic-ture for individual crops: Alsike Clover seed production may be 9 per cent above last year's production 372,400 bushels (22,344,000 pounds), compared com-pared with 340,290 bushels last year. The increase is attributed mainly to this year's larger acreage, 166,800 acjes for harvest, har-vest, while small cleaning losses 19.4 per cent are a contributing contribut-ing factor to large supplies. The 1946 crop of Alfalfa Seed may set a new record, exceeding exceed-ing the goal by about 42,000 bushels. The crop is forecast at 1,674,000 bushels (100,452,000 pounds) from about 1,062,000 acres exceeding the 1939 record rec-ord acreage by 5 per cent and the 1945 total by 20 per cent. Production of Red Clover Seed this year may be the third largest larg-est ever harvested 2,007,200 bushels, compared with 1,744,000 bushels last year. In mid-September it appeared that 2,582,200 acres of red clover would be harvested for seed 154,800 acres above the 1944 record acreage. . Indicated supplies of clean seed (production plus carryover), carry-over), in pounds, with comparisons: compar-isons: Alsike-Clover Seed 1944, 13 494,000; 1945 17,343,000; 1946, 18,968,000. Alfalfa Seed 1944, 60,938,-000; 60,938,-000; 1945, 64,984,000; 1946 88 -544,000. Red Clover Seed 1944, 105 -240,000; 1945, 98,291,000; 1946, 104,733,000. ' Sugar Order Tightened Amendment of War Food Order Or-der 51 to provide approximately approximate-ly 100,000 tons more sugar from the 1946 sugajcane crop by controlling the diversion to unrationed syrups and molasses, was announced last week by the Department of Agriculture. Establishing Es-tablishing strict adherence to the USDA formula for recovery of sugar as a condition for producing produc-ing and distributing the unrationed unra-tioned products, the amendment is a further step in the Department's Depart-ment's program to provide U. S. consumers with as much sugar as possible under the" tight world supply situation. Mexican Cattle The border quarantine against Mexican cattle has been lifted after a joint Mexican-United States veterinary survey failed to uncover any signs of foQt-and-mouth, disease in Mexico. The quarantine had been imposed to prevent possible infection of U. S. herds by Mexican-imoorted cattle from Brazil, where 'herds are more, or less continuously exposed to the danger of the disease, di-sease, : : This will permit resumption of cattle importations from Mexico under the same requirements applicable ap-plicable before the special quarantine quar-antine on June 5. Mexico ordinarily ordin-arily ships to the U. S. between 300,000 and 500,000 head of light cattle each year, and these are put on pastures and in feed lots in western and middle western parts of the country. Workers. Wages Up The farm labor force on October Oc-tober 1 was 4 per cent larger than a year ago, USDA reports reveal, with 11,486,000 persons working on farms in the nation. Farm wage rates were at a record rec-ord high, averaging 10 per cent above October 1, 1945. Day rates without board average $4.94, compared with 1935-39 average for October 1 of $1.55. |