| Show A farm plan for food production by county agriculture war board the mobilization of all agriculture was officially declared by president roosevelt last tuesday the president and the Sec secretary y of agriculture have stated that the need for essential food is of such importance that whatever is humanly possible to do will be done to help farmers and stock men produce this food this food production warrants the attention of olevery every person in the county re 55 5 aless 5 ll ess of whether he is a school t er a preacher vanadium corporation worker a business man or a farmer or stockman the farmers and akmen have been asked to do d the biggest job in history in the way of food production they have been asked to do this in the face of new and great obstacles lack of equipment and supplies lack of labor and surrounded by extensive government regulations As a citizen it is your patriotic duty to help the farrr farmers fers and stockmen stoc kmen in every way possible and as a county agricultural war bard baard it is our specific job to assist and give expedient and real help to the farmers and stockmen stoc kmen it is as necessary to secure an inventory bf food production as an inventory of plane production A program is now under way to inventory every farm and ranch for intended d food crap and meat production for needed fencing materials machinery and credit or loans and necessary labor to carry out this intended production each farmer and stockman in the county is being sent a farm plan work sheet on this sheet you are being asked to place data on the estimated 1942 crop land production and livestock numbers and the intend ned 1943 crop land production and livestock numbers on the necessary necess ary fencing materials machinery and ere credit lit and on the farm labor used in 1942 and the expected labor needed for 1943 you may have to secure this data from several different sources and you need a little time to make this data as accurate as possible that is the reason this work sheet is being sent to you now so that you will have that information available when you are contacted in the near future it is essential that this anven continued en cn page e four A FARM PLAN 0 continued from page 1 tory be completed as rapidly as possible so that the various needs needa may be summarized and action taken to secure necessary machinery or fencing materials ar or seed for planting or deferment of essential farm labor also if total for the county falls short of the county goals on the war crops namely beans and potatoes then you may be asked to increase your acreage to meet these county goals dont put this matter off because you feel that you cannot get help you can get help and you will be given help this food must be produced and in terms of what the president and the secretary of agriculture have said whatever is humanly possible will be done to help produce this food |
