The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-04

ceived tho proper amount and qual' lty of food for simple reason that they have always lacked the money to pay for 1t.
 Now with that background, let's first sec how much food was pros dIced last year .. our first year at war.
 Short on Equipment
 In l042, hundreds of thousand Of farm boys entered either military service or industrial plants, Tn i042 wo experienced G growing shortage of farm equipment. But in spite of these difficulties, our farmers ac- tuGlly produced 20 per cent moro food than ln i030.
 Thero were two reasons for thla magnificent showing, First Of all, our farmers, aware of tho huge importance of their job in win- ming of the war, worked longer and harder thNn under peacetIme con- uitionS. Second, climatic condi- tons Of rainfall and sunshine were nearly perfect; l942 was ono Of the best growing seasons in tho last 2s years.
 Now what con We lock forward to in tho way of food production dur Ing 1887? There are several rather disoouraging factors, Our farmers will continue to have e tough time getting labor. One out of every four Connecticut hired farm work CTS, for instance, hos already Gn- tered industry or the armed forces, It may be difficult to got first quail fly fertilizer. Until later in the year, 1t will Do harder to get new farm machinery, There will De de- lays in getting some parts. It's un- likely that the Ideal weather condi- tons of i042 will ho repeated.
 However, the outlook is not who'll ly dark, Tho War Manpower Coni- mission has recognized the import- ance Of farm labor to the whining of tho war. From now on, every thing possible will Do done to keep experienced farmers and farm help from leaving tho farms for jobs in factories or for service in tho Army or Navy.
 To supplement our farm labor supply, high school boys between the ages Of fourteen and eighteen will soon be recruited for farm work. As 0 further guarantee that our crops will Do harvested, the President has indicated that he will detail mem. bcrs of our armed services to assist farmers In meeting any emergency.
 Now, let's 500 how much food will Do required for our armed forces and those Of our Allies. Here are the most reliable figures that have been able to get.
 For The Armed Forces
 The Army and Navy will take slS- ty per cent of oil our canned fruits and fifty DOT cent of oil our canned vegetables -, Twenty-Five DOT cent of oil our beef, forty DOT cont of OUT pork, twenty-five per cent of our eggs, fifteen per cent of our butter, forty per cent of our cheese, forty fivo per cent Of our condensed milk, and seventy per cent Of our canned fish.
 Those figures will give you some idea of what lot of hungry boys can eat =. although w0 must 70. member that part of those food sup plies go to our Allies, and part Of the ShiploadS that go overseas arc bound to Do sunk by submarines.
 Now. we can begin to estimate where we civilians stand. What foods will Do most readily available for usP What foods will we lack?
 The outlook for milk during the coming year iS reasonably good here in Connecticut ct least for the spring, summer and early fall paS. turo seasons. However, nine quarts of milk gre required to make Q pound Of butter, or Q quart Of cream. So on those products we arc going to suffer rather sharp cuts. There will be ct least 20 per cent less buts ter available: 3B per cent less Ice cream; and no heavy cream what. soever.
 We should have about the same supply Of eggs as we had last year, with perhaps Q slightly larger sup. ply Of chicken, cGpon, turkey and duck. About the saine amount of cirrus fruits |. oranges, grapes fruit and lemons and perhaps few more apples. About four fifths of our last years supply of fresh vegetables, and seventy five per cent of our last yeAF'g supply Of cheese. About twenty-fve Der cent less sugar. Also, slightly less coffee, less cocoa and much less tea.
 Fish and Meat Scarce
 The meat supply will Do further reduced probably about ten or fifteen per eent On fish, how- ever, the cut viii De much greater. Ti10 Navy has taken over more than he1 oE cur eea-going tgaWleTa,