| Show farm machinery shortage looms twenty percent more repair parts than farms received in 19 49 will be needed to meet this years year Is high cr crop 0 goals clement johnson othe of the san juan jua n county committee warned today he urged that all farmers make a special effort to maintain in in 9 good repair and running order the equipment they now have he appealed too that the farm scrap collection effort be kept up if the million ton goal is reached he said it will contribute more than ya of the scrap required to produce the stell stel I 1 that goes into 1 years output of farm machinery new farm equipment has been declining since mid 1951 allotments of raw materials to defense industries for the first three months of 1952 will further restrict pr production of larm machinery be below low the needed I 1 rate we are now in the process of setting in motion the agricultural culter al mobilization committee to organize a widespread drive to point up the vital importance of the maintenance of machinery now on the farms of san juan county every farmer sees the sense of this practice becaj because ise he said when his farm machinery is ione gone it will be difficult to get more and if he does it will be a long pull war warned ned chairman johnson all this situation comes about he explained because nationwide several million acres would be needed to fill our count rys food and fibre fabre needs these acres are not available we have to make up for them by better cultivation of the land we have this means far farm M machinery in good repair |
