The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-04-24

ton 70 the war effort. Last yea,
FSA borrowers produced $50 goo
600 gallons Of milk. this year they
plan to increase their production tc
l,ls3 $4,000 gallons.
They also expect TO boost their
pork production 10 l.l78 0OOO DOC
pounds. their chicken output to
224,350.000 pounds and their peanu,
crop to 574.OOO,O0O pounds. This
VIII help a lot toward assuring
full mess plates for our soldiers
and full lunch buckets for our war
workers.
Women's Land Army
A Women's Land Army of 10000
viii be recruited and placed as part
of the 100000 workers to be en-
rolled in the U. S. Crop Corps to
help meet the farm labor shortage,
the War Food Administration an
nounced last week. Dressed in es-
pecially esigned uniforms the
Land Army will make up part OF
the 100000 women who will be en-
rolled for farm work. About TO-
QUO members of the Land Army are
expected to enroll for year-round
work, the remaining $4,000 for sea-
sonal work of one moth or more.
The year-round workers will re-
celve from to weeks training in
one of the agricultural short-courses
offered by state agricultural coll
leges, similar institutions, or equiv
alent training on the farm. Women
of the Land Army may also work
in farm homes, relieving skilled
farm women for work in the fields.
The other 100000 women workers
who will be recruited along with
transported farm workers, business
men, and high school youths of
the Victory Farm Volunteers. will
be placed for short-time emergen-
cy jobs on farms.
Women who can spare week
ends, few days, or a few weeks
will enroll in this service to help
with the job of producing and har-
vesting vital war crops.
Recruiting will be done in rural
areas by County Extension agents.
and in cities by the U. S. Employ
ment Service with the aid of Coun-
ty Councils of Civilian Defense.
Supervision of the Women's Land
Army will be under Cooperative
Extension Service of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Enrollees in
the Land Army must have reached
their 18th birthday and must fur
nlsh a dlctor's certificate as to their
physical fitness to do farm work
Distribution Payment on Peanuts
Farmers who produced excess"
or oil peanuts last year and deliv-
cred them to designated growers
agencies under the 1912 peanut pro-
gram, will receive a distribution
payment of $40 ton for those ex-
ira peanuts, less outstanding in
debtedness to the Government for
1912 seed. An additional distribu-
non payment is expected to be
available upon completion of the
1912 Peanut Marketing Program.
Payments to farmers will be
made with the approval of Com
Credit COOPERATION by pea
nut growers cooperative associa-
tons designated as agencies of the
Secretary of Agriculture for pur-
chase and sale of peanuts. These
bama Peanut
agencies are Georgia. Florida Ala
bama Peanut Association. Cammil-
la, Ga; the Southwestern Peanut
Growers Association, German, Tex
as; and the Growers Peanut Coop
ertaive, Inc, Franklin, Va.
The Department has also an
nounced that there will be no
marketing cards and no quota" or
excess peanuts this year. Sup
port prices to farmers will average
not less than $40 per ton for Span
ish type peanuts, $40 ped ton for
Virginia types, and $13O per ton for
Runner type.
Steps have been taken by the De-
partment to make peanuts availa-
BILE to farmers needing additional
supplies for seeding the 1943 crop.
The designated agencies are selling
peanuts for seeding at cash prices
ranging from SIPS to $l55 per ton.
Briefs
Thomas Jefferson was the faith
er of scientific agriculture in the
United States /. If he lived today.
Jefferson would probably be the
country's most enthusiastic Victory
Gardener" declared Secretary of