The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-11-26
State Farm Production Goals Are
Announced By Dept. Of Agriculture
Increases Noted In
Almost Every Field;
Foods Needed.

older people, and the boys and girls
who took the place of the mar who
went to war and to industry" Sec
rotary Wickard says, next year
| farmers will have to obtain even
more help from older men, from
women and boys and girls than they
did this year"
The critical farm machinery stu
alton is revealed in the War Produc-
ton Boards order limiting the pro-
duction Of new farm machinery in
1943 to only 20 per cent Of the av-
erage produced in 1910 and 1941.
| Production Of new farm machinery
and equipment in 1912 was only
about eighty-three per cent of the
1910 and 1941 average. Production
of repair parts for next year has
been set at 1870 per cent Of average
output in 1910 and 1941.
Bulk of the production of new
machinery has been allotted to the
smaller manufacturers and actual
delivery Of new machinery is ex-
pected to be delayed. This may still
further complicate the farmers ma
chinery problems in 1943.
The fertilizer situation
frightened somewhat during the
past week when agricultural officials
announced that $4,000 tons of cyan
imide would be made 9 sa1Iable to
the Mississippi delta for l943. Pro-
duction of mixed fretili 1ers will be
limited to two grades. 1t is expect
ed that there will be rearly enough
mixed fertilizers, pho sphate, an:
potash to meet farm reeds.
The seriousness of he farm labor
shortage on dairy farms was reveal
ed this week when a dairy commit
tee, who had just completed a study
Of the labor situation, announced a
sharp downward trend in milk pro-
duction in Mississippi which it as
serted is already twenty per cent
below last year output at this time
and which threatens to plunge on
downward to fifty per cent unless
something is done to halt the de-
cline.
With the nations milk supply
threatened Secretary Wickard this
week appealed to dairy farmers not
to sell dairy cows for slaughter, but
10 attempt to find other farmers
who could use ard would buy very
good milk COW available.
The War Board this week ex-
pressed the be- f that both hog and
poultry production can be increased
next year and recommended that the
1913 hog goal be raised from 100 to
40 per cent of the 1912 goal.
With a two year supply of short
| staple cotton on hand, the 1943
goal calls for a further shift from
production of short staple to the
production staples l Is inches and
longer in areas adapted to produc-
ton of long staple cotton. En-
| couragement and assistance are also
being given to the organization OF
additional one variety cotton COM
munities to produce longer staples
of better quality cotton.
T. M. Patterson, chairman of the
war board, said records of our best
farmers who give attention to soil
building and follow the best produc-
ton practices, point the way to 9TH
er farmers whose production is be
low the average.
Better feeding and management
of livestock, more attention to i'm
provement of permanent pastures
adoption of a year-round system OF
farming that will more nearly keel
land and available labor busy 36'
days in the ylar, ale some OF tn
ways farmers can increase produc
ton Mr.. Patterson said.