Milford chronicle., 1943-04-30
DELAWARE'S
FARM FRONT
THIS WEEK

Farmers who participated in the
1912 agricultural conservation and
War-crop production program of
the Agricultural Adjustment Agen-
cy were given today an extension
of time until June 30 for making
application for their benefit pay
ments. Clarence f. Ocheltree, State
AAA chairman, announced.
The time for filling l943 AAA
farm plans expired on April 10.
The results of the sign-up are now
being tabulated by the County As
sociatiOns.
Pressure Cookers
Pressure cookers for canning are
rationed because the supply will
not meet the demand. In order to
get a pressure cooker, Clarence L.
Ocheltree, chairman of the State
USDA War Board, advises that ap-
plicatiOn must he made to the coun-
ty farm machinery rationing COM
mittee of the county in which you
live. These are located in Newark.
Dover and Georgetown. The neces-
sary procedure is as follows:
l. Write the committee for
Form MR-20a which is an appli-
cation for a Purchase Certificate.
=. Fill in the Form and return
it to the committee. In due time
you will receive a notice of ap-
proval or disapproval.
3. If approved. you must then
locate a dealer where you can buy
a cooker and notify the committee,
in writing. of this fact.
4. The committee will then issue
you Purchase Certificate.
This procedure is necessary so
that only as many purchase GER
tifcates will he issued as there are
pressure cookers for sale in local
ity.
The main objective of rationing
is TO place the pressure cookers
where the greatest possible pack
of home canned food will result +
Therefore, applications will be con-
sidercd favorably in the following
order % organizations such as
groups sponsoring canning centers
90 neighbOrhOOd pools, consisting
of several families who agrees to
share the same cooker t3D indiVid-
ual families. In the instance of
joint applications, (as ! or p, each
applicant is required to sign the
form.
Materials were allOcated for the
production of lj0.000 pressure
cooks for the whole country. The
manufacture Of them began about
April /. The first 12.0U0 are being
sent principally to the South and
West where the canning season be
gins earlier. Production will OK
tend through September.
Most of the new pressure cookers
will he of war model-enlmel steel
bottoms and tin-platcd steel tops.
Nearly all of those made now will
be the 7-quart family size Ch0ld-
ing : glass jars or IA No. > tin /
cansl. Several makers of Gamers
will be distributed under this plan
but il may not be possible for all
purchasers TO obtain the make pre-
ferrcd These cookers insure
against the spoilaec Of homc-can-
ned vegetables and reduce the haz-
ards involved in improper food pur-
chasing. They are not necessary
for the canning of fruits, tomatoes
and other acid products but are
recommended for canning nOn-acid
foods and meats.
Wheat Loans
The commodity Credit Corpora
tion through April 10 has made
I.0l1 loans on 49, bushels of
1912 Delaware grown wheat. On
that date the growers had liqui-
dated their loans on 325.099 bushels
Of this wheat.
Farm Machinery
County War Boards in Delaware
were given list today by Clarence
W. Ocheltree, State War Board
Hartman, of one hundred items of
farm machinery and equipment re-
moved from the rationed group.
Those listed are posted in county
war board offices.
They include several thousand
planters. plows. cultivatOrs. lifters.
drills. busters, mowers. rakes.
spreaders. mills. harvesters and
blowers. All are of special design
or classified by the manufacturers
as obsolete"
Essential Industry
Agriculture Gncluding CONNER
cial fishing) and food processing
are fifth. and sixth. respectively. in
list of thirty-five essential indus
tries and activities issued this week
by the War Manpower Commission
for labor priority purposes All
of workers from jobs not
On the list to jobs on the list will
be encouraged.
Farm Income
Farm income in Delaware in 1912
was thirty per cent greater than
hat of 1871. The farmers had
otal cash farm income of $50.31S.-
100 last year.