Milford chronicle., 1945-03-30

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Delaware Farm News
All Delaware turkey growers are
invited to attend meeting on tur-
key production at the Midland
Grange Hall in Georgetown on
April . at $ o'clock in the evening.
chief speaker Will be II. H. Kauft-
man. pOultryman for the PcnnSyl-
Iania Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
Applications for dairy feed pay
mcntS for the production period OF
January, February, and March
should he made during April and
May. Rates are So cents per hun
drcdwcight for milk and II cents
per pound of huttcrtat Tcntativv
rates for the rest of the year are
- cents per hundrcdWciGht tog
milk and IL cents per pound for
- and IL cents tor July August
and September; and 80 and lG cents
for October. November and Dcccm-
her. payable during the following
two months.
Extra gasoline rations will he
issued to victory gardeners again
this year for travel necessary to
cultivate their gardens, OPA has
announced Applications will be
accepted by local War Price and
Ration Boards beginning March 2i.
Conditions the gardener must meet
to qualify for these extra ratiOnS
are virtually the same as for ihe
last two years. with the additional
limitation that gardens must not be
more than Is miles from the gar
dcner's home or place of work.
When more than one car will ho
used in a ridc-sharing arrange
ment, all applications for Spccia'
gasoline ratiOrs must he presented
to ration boards at the same tim,
and the total ration for all vehicles
in groups may not exceed the limi'
of 800 miles.
Effective March 10, the public
auctions of Reconstruction Financ,
Corporation or its subsidiaries con
Quoted under auspices of the Wa
Food Administration will be undcr
price control regardless of tn,
value of any item or group of item
land regardless of any partiCula
commodity exemption prCViOuSl.
applying, according to OPA.
To aid poultry professors, in
Guiding retail handlers scrvin!
civilians. WFA has relaxed re
strictiOns applicable to pOultr.
eviSceratOrS under WFO 125. Thru
amendments. effective March Is. or
der restrictions no longer appl
to eViSceratOrS processing 800
pounds or less of chicken and tur
keys each calendar week. cXcCp
that they may preserve such pOul
try only by refrigeration. EviSCer
atOrs processing between 5000 an
10000 pounds per week must cstah
liSh quotas based on average week
ly production in 1914. and are 9th
CrWiSe relieved from restrictions
, EYiSCeratOrS producing more tha
10000 pounds Il week can Withhold
10000 pounds exclusive of thei
set-aside, though it is now IL
, per cent.
WA has been authorized by s.
leCtive Service to certify request
: for deferment of limited pcrccntag
+. of men under 30 employed in mos
food industries who were claSSific
PA or 2-B on January |. Thcs
: industries include fruit and vegt
5 table processing, which include
! canning. preserving. freezing, dry
ing. and packing; meat packing an
poultry packing and dressing
+ grain products. including bakeries
2 dairy products and fats and oil
+ processing: fertilizer manufacture
and others.
1914 Victory Gardens in town
I and cities averaged about % by .
! et-Only about Il third of are
recommended as desirable to furl
ish fresh foods for the averae
o family. plus surplus for cannir
o and storing. If the 1945 garde
cannot be LARGER, it can he mae
extra good to produce more foe
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