The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-07
Food and More
Food to be Asked
OF Local Farmers
Increase spuds, mint,
carrots, beets; cut let
tuce, berries and melons

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Food and more food will be asked
Of Benton county farmers during
1943 in order to make their full
contribution to the war effort, &C
cording to Fred Wilson, chairman
of the Benton county AGA. Pro-
duction goals were released to the
county committee at a District AAA
conference held in Walla Walla on
Dec. 80 and 81 and call for an all
out effort on the part Of farmers
on certain essential crops. Largest
acreage increases are requested in
tomatoes, lima beans and green peas
for processing. Potato acreage allot-
ments are withdrawn for 1913 and
growers will need to put forth every
effort in order to produce the $500
acres which has been allotted to
Benton county. Increased acreage
is also being asked in corn, sugar
beets, peppermint, carrots, while de-
creases or maintenance of present
acreage is requested in lettuce, green
peas for market, strawberries and
watermelons. Increases are still be-
ing asked in milk production, live
stock and poultry, with the excep-
ton of sheep.
Price supports will be maintained
on all commodities for which the
secretary of agriculture has publicly
requested increased production until
June 80, 1914, and in the case of
hogs until Sept. 80, 1914.
r. NJ, Turner, extension economist,
pointed out the necessity for putting
our limited manpower, material and
machines to work where they are
going to count, for most in the war
effort, instead of letting every farm
err produce as he wishes. This is
being done by means of county goals
and every effort is being made to
produce the bulky foodstuffs as near
as possible to the place they will
be consumed in order to eliminate
unnecessary hauling. Therefore,
some counties are being asked to
produce large acreages of certain
commodities and the commodity
may be eliminated altogether from
the goals of another county.
According to Jack Graf of the N.
S. Employment Service, the labor
problem is not going to be easy but
it is hoped it can be handled more
smoothly than in 1912 because of
the fact the employment service,
selective service and manpower
commission have been combined and
will be in position to work to-
gether in furnishing manpower
where needed
John c. Kuhns of the Forest Serv-
ice reminded this group of farmers
from nine counties that farmers are
not only the only people who are
having to use inexperienced help.
Ship builders, lumber mills, the for
est service and everyone else who
employs a number of workers has
the same problem and it is largely
up to the ingenuity of the individual
employer to get the job done.
Mr.. King of the OPA and j. w.
Gambill of the ODT gave pointers
to county farm transportation COM
mittees and war boards as to their
part in the mileage rationing for
farm rucks.
Benton county was represented at
this conference by the AAA commit
tee composed of Fred Wilson, H. N.
Hampton and H. L. Copeland; r. K.
Stafford, alternate committeeman;
Emma Dahlin, secretary to the COM
mittee; Waldo w. Skuse and Miss
Dorothy Reaugh of the extension
service. Jay w. Thaanum of the
local Soil Conservation Service, a
member of the Benton county war
board was also in attendance.
More detailed information regard
ing goals and plans for meeting
them will be released at an early
date.