The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-05-01

demand for 100000 this year. In
addition, 163,500 strollers, baby
walkers and sulkies are authorized
for manufacture by June 80.
No Limit On Recapping
After May l there will be no re-
strictions on the number of certif-
icates that may be issued for re-
Gaping truck tires. Because re-
Gaping takes only 10 as much
crude rubber as new tire, the
OPA has removed quota restrictions
SO that the tires will not be driven
beyond the recapping point.
Play Shoes To Be Rationed
PLAY shoes not ordinarily used
for street wear that are manufact-
ured, packaged or shipped after
April Is, 1943, go back on the ra-
toned list. Such shoes, if they left
factory before April Is, remain
non-rationed, even though they may
reach consumers months later.
News In Animal Feeds
Poultry nutrition specialists have
found that soybean meal properly
cooked is promising substitute for
meat scrap and other protein feeds
OF animal origin. Another discov-
cry is that good quality home
grown legumes hays formerly con-
sidered too bulky for hog feed,
may be used, to reduce the amount
of concentrates required in rations
for growing and fattening pigs. Of
three legumes tested, ground soy
bean hay gave the best results,
when used for five to ten per cent
of the total ration.
Rationing Program Changes
Farm fencing and peanut pickers
are no longer rationed. Quota con-
trolls on milking machines, grain
and forage flowers, portable and
stationary elevators. have been re-
moved, and pressure cookers have
been placed under rationing. Com
munity organizations composed of
several families who agree to use
a pressure cooker jointly will get
these first:
Still Making Bobby Pins
WPB says that even though bob
by pins are made of vital high car
bon steel, their production will be
continued.
Higher Requirements For
WAACS
Under new rules WAC candi-
dates must have completed at least
two years of education in an ac-
credited high school, and must score
at least so in the WAC mental
alertness test in order to be eligi-
BILE. Previously, there were no fix
ed educational requirements and
the minimum score in the mental
alertness test was so.
Hold The Line"
Farmers and others now employ
ed in an essential industry cannot
change to a job at higher wages
unless the change is in the interest
of the war program, according to
recent rulings of War Manpower
Commission. Men now in unessen-
tial work are encouraged to get in
to jobs contributing directly to the
war effort, even if an increase in
wages is involved.
Ration-Fre Rubber Boots
Over he-knee rubber boots--the
kind worn for hunting and fishing
can now be bought ration-free,
the OPA has announced. Below
the-knee boots are still under ra-
tioning control.
Coal Situation
Coal stocks may be low and trans
portation inadequate during the
winter of 1943. Coal producing ca
pacity is definitely limited, and the
user who has inadequate stocks on
hand may be caught short next
winter unless he buys now
CCC To Buy No. 2 Beans
The Commodity Credit Corpora
ton will purchase No. dry edible
beans as well as No. l from the
1943 crop. The price for No. 81
grade will be Is cents below the
prices for the No. / grade.