Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-25
FARM N EWS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
SERVICE

Special farm committees in all
counties are now being organized
under direction of farm advisors tc
give local farming information and
advice to returning war veterans
who want to farm, according to the
war food administration and the
department of agriculture.
The committees will work closely
with the farm advisers to advise
veterans as to the types of farm
ing suited to different areas, safe
margins of Indebtedness, sources of
credit, amount of capital required,
size of farm necessary to maintain
satisfactory living standards, good
local farming practices.
HARVEST CAMPS
Forty-two semi-permanent volun-
teer harvest camps, ranging from
two or three weeks to several
months duration, are tentatively
scheduled in the state headquar-
ters of the farm labor project at
Berkeley.
Twenty-three counties, from Te-
hama. in the north. to San Diego,
in the south have filed requests for
the camps which are expected to
house nearly 1000 girls. women and
high school boys as Socn as the
harvest seasons start in the va
rious counties.
A dozen or more camps will open
in June to harvest pruneS, apricots,
peaches, cherries. and other fruits
in Contra Costa, Kern, Placer. San
ia Cruz, San Diego, Solanc and
Sonoma counties. Twenty-siX more
camps are scheduled to open in July
and August, with the balance OPEN
ing during September and October.
Last year, county farm placement
offices helped arrange for Sd camps
in sixteen counties. An increase in
the 40 camps requested for this
year is expected as the fruit and
berry seasons approach.
BUTTER SUPPLY
In order fer civilians to receive a
fairly steady supply of butter
throughout the year, the war food
administration has announced the
armed forces and other government
war agencies will buy enough butter
during the heavy producing months
to meet most of their needs for
next winter
The VIA said 40 per cent CT
May butter production and so per
cent of June production will be
reserved for war uses. The peak
production of butter is normally
reached in June and is about double
the production of the lowest pro-
ducing winter month.
Eighty-five per cent of butter re-
served for government agencies in
1914 will go to the armed services,
and the balance will go to lend-lease,
territorial, and Red Cross alloca-
tionS.
PLENTIFUL THIS WEEK
Eggs, white potatoes, canned
peas. canend string beans, spinach,
beetS, carrots, oranges, peanut but
ter, raisins and dried pruneS were
reported among the plentiful foods
this week by the United States de-
partment of agriculture. Lettuce,
cabbage, celery, and snap beans
were plentiful in southern areas
early crop onions in principal mar
ket centerS.
FARM NEWS BRIEFS
Larger quantities of SOME Chemi-
cal nitrogen materials are available
this year than last year, and war
food administration has authorized
the use of increased quantities OF
chemical nitrogen on crops. Un-
der the new directive the
former may apply as much
chemical nitrogen as the agricul-
tural station recommends for each
particular crop in this area.
T. w. Reed of Los Angeles, rep
resenting a committee of ten major
oil companies surveyed Imperial
cou,ltyS farm gasoline requirements
this week with the farm tranSporta-
ton committee of the county wal
board 1t was concluded that l.
100000 gallons will be needed in
June, 100000 gallons in July until
the melon season closes by the fif-
teenth or twentieth. Reed assured
the committee that the oil COM
panies will supply the local farm
needs during this period.
Copper fungicides used in com
batting insect pests will be avail
able to agriculture in ample guam
titles in 1914, according to chemicals
bureau of the war production board
The war food administration has
figures to show an annual waste OF
225 pounds CT edible food per per
son. This food is wasted by every
one in homes, restaurants, inStltu-
tions, retailers. wholesalers, and In
transit from field to table.
When point values were fIrSt
reduced not long ago on canned
vegetables, many assumed that the
battle CT food was already won, and
that they could take things easy
this summer. The truth Is, OF course
that this is season to clear last
years canned goods to make room
for the new crop. This favorable
situation fer the consumer is only
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