Milford chronicle., 1945-07-06
AAA NEWS LETTER
Hay-PaSture Seed Program

ne IH10 lOdn program IOG nay
and pasture seeds is just about like
last years That means farmers
VIII again have price support pro-
lection for their seed at about the
same rates az in 1914.
Triple-A Committees will take
care of the program.
The need for hay and pasture
seed has gone up both here and
abroad. particularly for red clover
and alfalfa seed.
Postwar Plans Oi Soldiers
Include Farming
approximately 500,000 men now
in the Army expect to farm after
the war, according to Il survey by
the Army Service Forces. A con
siderable majority of these men
have had farming experience, and
more than one-fOurth say they
operated farms before the war.
Civilians Eating More Eggs
Civilian consumption OF eggs so
tar this year is running IL To 10
percent above the same weeks last
year. If the increased rate CON
tinues consumption for 1913 will be
400 eggs a person compared with
349 a person in 1914.
Handling on the 1913 Wheat trOp
Present conditions Indicate that
We are headed for another good
wheat crop in 1915 About the only
things that could prevent good
crop would be widespread los.
~
usually dry weather. Under normal
conditions we would feel that we
have very little to worry about in
harvesting marketing, and storing
the crop. However, conditions are
not normal and difficulties at har-
vest time are almost certain to uc-
cur
Our transportation system has
done an outstanding piece of work
iii moving civilian and military
personnel and the immense tOnn-
age of freight needed in both civil
l!an and military operations NJ
. effort has been spared to keep rail
road cars and needs repair. Boy
. cars for movement of grain are
. very scarce and are liable to con
tinue to be scarce through III,
| wheat harvest season. There is
. severe shortage Of labor through
out the transportation and process
, ing industries. and it is difficult L
= secure labor to unload cars at ter
5 minal elevators and mills and t
provide labor for drying facilities
: In addition We are faced with al
= extreme shortage Of lumber and
j will be very difficult to secure sup
= plies to build additional shortag
e either on the farm or at the termi
: ral points.
$ Although present indications ar
r that storage space Will be aVailahI
this year. the things We have men
Il TONED above add up to a lot of un
II Ctrtanties as to what the stora2
d situation will be at harvest tim,
conditions may change and sci
o situation develop. Elevator opera
e tors and Warehousemen are. there
e tore. unable to give any definit
assurance at this time of bein
able to handle all the grain at han
vest
Since ii may develop that tn
crop will have to be stored on II,
farm. producers should be encoul
e a&ed to start now to get facilitit
tor farm storage in shape.
d The County Committees HAY
d quotas of lumber allotted to |
: used 10y farmers for minor repa
n and construction work, this
o available for just this purpose. St
II your County Committeeman.
z Farm Plans
Delaware farmers are remindt
that the time to till out AAA far
in llanS is running short Farmer
who have not filled out the 49,
production farm plan are urged
e 0C so Immediately by contactir
+. the county AAA office. Farmers e.
Of pectihS To receive 1945 AAA pa,
III rentS for erosion control practic,
= and for establishing permaneI
rs pasture must indicate their desi
H. for such payments ON farm pl;
timely filed.
;h Prior approval of the coun
to .AAA committee is necessary f,