Evening star., 1941-10-24
Nearby Farms
Asked TO Boost
Crop Output
Quotas Proposed
On Produce to Help
America Win War
BY q Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By q Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 24.-Ten-
tative increases in next years pro-
duction of virtually every farm COM
modify in Montgomery County so
| that America can help win the
war" were proposed yesterday at a
meeting sponsored by the county
branch of the Agriculture Depart
ment Defense Board in the court
| house here.
Aim of the gathering which was
! attended by farm leaders through
out the county. was to break down
national and State production goals
| into county quotas. BY carrying
out this plan, it was emphasized,
each farmer will contribute his share
/ toward the national production
/ detectives.
Largest increase was proposed in
the planting of barley for which a
20 per cent jump over the 194l
figure was decided upon. Farm
garden products came next with a
II per cent increase over 1941 while
16 per cent more hogs were urged in
1912 as compared with the previous
years total.
Increased Milk Output Asked.
Farmers we're asked to produce
20 per cent more milk in the WASH
ington area and 10 per cent in the
Baltimore area. At the same time,
it was requested that corn acreage
be reduced 18 per cent below the
1941 figure, and that the processing
Of sweet corn be reduced 10 per cent.
County Agent o. w. Anderson
/ pointed out, however, that 1t would
not be necessary for all farmers
in the county to reduce their present
/ corn acreage in order to obtain the
desired reduction.
What We would like to see is
/ the reduction by large farmers of
I their corn acreage to the figures
allotted them by the Department
/ Of Agriculture. If this is done,
/ believe we will be able to get the
/ reduction without having smaller
/ farmers cut down the amount OF
acreage they devote to the growing
/ Of corn"
Each year, he explained the Agri-
culture Department allots to each
/ farmer a certain number of acres
on which he is permitted to grow
corn. If a farmer exceeds his quota,
! he may still market his crop if he
pays a penalty to the Government.
Percentages Listed.
The percentage of increase over
1941's figure proposed for other
farm products included the follow
ing:
Eggs. per cent: cows, per cent:
chickens. 10 per cent; turkeys, II
per cent; marketings and farm
slaughter of cattle, per cent; oats,
4 per cent; rye, 5 per cent; hay, 10
per cent; tobacco. 5 per cent: Irish
potatoes, 8 per cent, and vegetables,
l per cent.
Emphasizing that these are mini
mum goals. c. E. Burkhead Of the
Agricultural Marketing Service of
the Agriculture Department, urged
| the group to utilize the services of
agricultural specialists in their i'm
mediate area in order to obtain the
best result from their land.
IF you raise IA more chickens per
100 next year than you did in 1941"
he explained, "or II turkeys as
compared with 10 this year, one
more quart of milk per COW and
one more pig per farm, you'll be
doing your part toward winning
/ the battle of production"
/ The next step in the program calls
/ for local farmer committeeman to
visit each farmer in his community
and help him in applying the plan
to his particular farm, Mr.. Burk-
/ head declared.