Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11
Delaware Farm News

Farms, ranches, and other non
Institutional employers of seasonal
workers have been authorized by
/ the OPA to obtain allOtments Of
ratiOned foods for feeding tempary
workers hired for terms of en-
ployment ranging up to 90 days.
. Previously these allOtments could
be obtained only for workers en-
4 plOyed for 80 days or less. For
workers employed longer terms.
the employer must still collect
points from the worker in ex-
change for ratiOned foods served.
Allotments for seasonal workers
employed more than so days and
NOT exce@iing 60 days will he the
same rer meal as were provided
for the 30-day period previously.
The only change is in the extern
tion of the time-periOd on tenn
porary workers.
Farm prices for four of Della
wares important canning crops
all essential war foOds--will he
supported by the WFA until April
50. 1915, through a rev equal
ilatiOn payment program. These
crops are green peas, snap beans.
sweet corn. and tomatoes. The
equalization payments will he
made from Commodity Credit Cor
rOration funds to professors who
are certified by the Delaware Agri-
cultural Adjustment Agency as
having raid government support
prices to farmers who produce
t'ieir raw products. Payments will
I've ON a sales basis instead of TIE
raw products ba lis used last year.
E-2 and R-2 nOn-hichway gaso-
line coupons are now being issued
to farmer and other nOn-l ighw az
users and will he valid concurrent
lv with Ell and RI coupons now
in circulation. DOti E-2's and RPS
bear tie notation nOn-highway"
Neitter may he exchanged for
gasoline delivered into fuel tank
OF vehi lie.
Quotas limiting the sale of fluid
milk, cream. and milk by-prOduCts
are the same for August as they
were for July. except for reduction
in the cream quota. according tO
the WFA. They will permit milk
dealers TO sell 100 per cent as
much fluid milk as they sold in
June. 1943 1.-THE base periodD. 90
per cent as much milk by-products
chocolate milk, buttermilk, cot
taSe cheeseD, and rs Per cent as
much cream 1.-THE July quota was
90 per cent?.
The WAS two new live poultry
grades. u" and "2''. have replaced
its previous three grades of "a,
b.. and "C". All new Grade live
Oultry items will have as ceilings
the prices previously applied to
Grade A. All Grade poultry will
Lave old ceilings for Grade G
poultry.
New nationwide uniform mavi-
mum prices at all levels of distri-
button for all weights of turkeys
have been announced by the OPA,
and at the same time price in
rreases above the new maximum
base prices have been granted on
all turkeys marketed during the
months of July through October to
insure early marketing and pro-
cessing of birds needed by the us.
Army for domestic and overseas
The new schedule
slightly reduces base prices on
10th live and dressed lightweight
turkeys. but allows small in
creases on live medium and heavy
weight turkeys.
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Maximum price for Argentine
rorn to he imported by trade has
been fixed at SIPS per bushcl.
bulk, elf. port of discharge for
No. l and 2 corn. taking into ac-
count current prices in Argentina,
shipping rates, and insurance.
These ceilings are to 20 cents be-
low prices at port cities on domes-
tic corn from the Midwest and will
permit to be shipped inland some
distance at prices not higher than
for Midwest corn shipped to such
destinations.
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Edmund Hoffman,. assistant
research pOultryman for the Della
ware Agricultural Experiment Sta
lion. has been invited to give infor-
nation on broiler production at
Georgia's poultry short course this
month.