Evening star., 1942-09-16

what they were a few years ago.
Well, well, so we haven't been
preserving our dogwoods Just for
their looks as Garden Club prop
aganda would have had us believe.
Dogwoods are going to do their bit
in this war, too.
Although record crops are moving
to market, war demands more than
offset the large supplies. No matter
how much larger food production is
than 1t has ever been-still it falls
short of filling the increased de-
mand. Sort of treadmill, isn't it?
~ X X
On September 4, 140 workers were
hustled aboard trains at Danville,
Va, to work on apple and peach
orchards and tomato and onion
fields in Western New York State.
This inaugurated program, jointly
administered by the U. S. Employ
ment Service and the Farm Secur-
lty Administration, to supply work.
ers to farmers who are short of
labor for the harvesting Of crops.
On the West Coast, and through
the big farming centers in the Mid
west, the same mass movement of
laborers has been undertaken by
different groups. Harvesters are
rushed by trains and buses to spots
where too-quickly 'ripened crops
threaten to spoil before picking.
Special arrangements are being
made for housing and feeding such
emergency crews.
Oh, where are the Okies of yes
| teryear?
The Dog Law Enforcement Di-
vision of the Bureau OF Animal In
| dustry OF the Department of Agri-
culture (whewD has reported that
in Pennsylvania, during the month
OF July, dogs cost that State damage
amounting to $1,914 That's an
awful lot Of money to be paid out
because people didn't control their
dogs. or report strays when they
encountered them. Just plain waste
| I calls it.
A record again. Supplies of
chickens this fall are expected to
be the largest ever. Effects on
prices of these larger supplies will
probably be more than offset by an
increased demand. (There's that
joker in the deck again) But there
is a bare possibility that the heavy
roasters may decline in price as
marketings increase this fall, be-
cause processing facilities in certain
sections may be overtaxed tenn
porarily, relative to the average for
the Nation.
All right, you figure it out. That's
what they tell me.
We're going to have a good cram
berry crop, they say. Indicated
production is larger in all States
than last year, except in Massachu-
setts. What's the matter with Cape
Cod?
Don't think you have to give ALL
your used fats to the fat salvage
campaign. Only give the ones you
can't possibly make further use of
Other fats, that you would normally
use In cooking, or that under the
new way Of living you find you can
use, should be utilized to the utmost
IN your own home. This lessons the
burden on commercial stocks. Just
turn in what's left and don't
forget it!
There's another release here about
meat rationing. But I can't explain
it to you. Maybe if I take it home
and put it under my pillow tonight
it'll come to me in a dream. It's
another of those there's more ol
1t than ever, but not enough to &c
around" jobs. And this time it's not
just the demand of the military anc
our Allies-it's the fact that lot
more people in the United States
are lot richer than they have evel
been and can afford to buy lots Of
meat now when they couldn't before
Set all that alongside the walls
about people going broke because
Of taxes, priorities. business condi.
tions, lack Of labor and 20 on-well
bow e2eA1 Axo YOU about ~