The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-10-07
Farm News
MILK PAYMENTS

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Payments will be offered tt
dairy farmers for the quarter
beginning october l, 1913, anc
ending December 81, 1913, in ar
effort to maintain and increase
the production of whole milk
md butterfat. The payments
are intended to partially offset
increases IN the cost of dairy
feeds purchased by farmers.
Payments will be based upon
the quantity of whole milk or
b%uttecfat produced and sold by
farmers during the quarter, and
rates of payment will vary by
areas. However, with the pos
sible exception of areas where
milk or hay subsidies are in eff
feet, the rate for whole milk
will not be less than Is cents or
more than SO cents per hun
dredweight. and the rate for
butterfat will not be less than
3 cents or more than 6 cents
per pound
Areas and rates of payment
applicable in such areas will be
determined and announced at
! a Later date presumably on the
basis of % increase in the
price of milk over the 1938-4U
| average price, (2) changes in
the price of dairy feed since
September 1912, and 60 aver
age proportion of dairyfeed
purchased.
Payment will be made by the
county AAA committee by means
of non-interest- bearing draft,
signed by an authorized men,
Der of the county committee,
and drawn on the Commodity
Credit Corporation.
VIA officials advise dairymen
to keep accurate records of their
sales of milk and butterfat and
of their purchases of dairy
feeds, including hay, beginning
October l, 1913. Where payments
are made directly to the pro-
ducer, this record of sales and
! purchases and the supporting
evidence will be filed with the
county AAA office.
1914 FOOD PRODUCTION MEET
A state meeting for the devel-
opment of the 1914 state food
production program will be held
on October 81, % and % at
Bozeman. This meeting will be
attended by Montana represen-
tatives of Agriculture and by
representatives of the War Food
Administration from Washing
ton, D. C. State War Production
! Goal Committees have been
working on 1914 goals and it is
expected that soon after this
state conference these goals will
be finally established and releas-
ed to the counties.
Nationally, the 1914 war food
production program calls for
planting a record-breaking $50
million acres in crops and the
maintenance of high production
levels for meat dairv products
and eggs. The committee will
draw up a state program on the
basis of estimated production
capacity balanced against war
time needs. Problems relating to
labor, machinery, supplies, con-
s%ervation practices, price, and
other production factors will be
considered at this meeting.
CRAWLER-TYPE TRACTORS
New procedure for rationing of
CraWler-Type tractors has been
issued by the War Food Admins
tration. AS Montana has received
a quota of only seven crawler
tractors for the fourth calendar
quarter, County War Boards
have been instructed to consider
applications carefully, approving
only those which show an ur-
gent need. Farmers needing Cat
erpillar tractors are advised to
contact County War Boards for
Instructions, information and
forms.
LUMBER
The lumber situation in Mon
tana is critical. Dealer stocks are
at an all-time low. Farmers who
need lumber for agricultural use
may make application to County
War Boards and obtain GA-2O1
certificates authorizing an AA-2
preference rating on the lumber
purchased. Dealers may then ex-
tend this rating to the mill for
replacement of stocks. The ex-
piration date for third quarter
quotas has been extended TIC
December 81 so that counties
still having lumber remaining In
the county quota may continue
to accept applications.
COPPER WIRE
Montana received a fourth
calendar quarter quota of 4,5Ot
pounds of copper wire which is
to be distributed to the farmers
through the County War Boards
GIMP regulation 9 now pro-
videS additional copper wire fol-