Milford chronicle., 1946-05-17
DELAWARE'S
FARM FRONT

have been announced by the De
partment of Agriculture. The goals
call for more than 296 million
acres in cultivated crops, approx
mately l million more than the
total of goals submitted to state
leaders in December for review.
The final goals reflect recommended
tions by each state, as Influenced
by local condition. Acreages for
such urgently needed crops as rice,
dry beans, sugar beets, and flax
seed show increases over the Origi-
nally suggested national goals
Small increases appear in final
goals for feed grains. An increase
of 1.3 million acres is indicated in
land planted to hay. Sugar goals
had previously been recommended
at estimated maximum production
on capacity. However, in recogni-
ton of the extreme shortage of su-
gar, farmers indicated they might
increase this acreage slightly. Com ,
bined state recommendation would
have tOtaled more than national
suggested goals for peanuts (for
edible purposes only, potatoes.
and hurley tobacco AS the national
suggestions for these crops were at
maximum levels in view of pros
pective demand and the most eff
cient use of land, states are being
asked to revise their recommends
tiOns, so that growers may plan
their operations in accordance with
the final national goals. Livestock
goals are set as high as is con-
Sistent with food resources, even
with the increased feed crops goals
for 1916. Final goals for chickens
and eggs are maintained close to
original national recommendations
State goals for spring pigs have
been recOnciled with breeding
intentions. States indicating breed
ing intentions below tentative goals
are being asked to adopt the inten
tiOns figure as their goal. The
spring pig goal is thus adjusted TO
81 .651 900 instead of the 81 million
head suggested earlier.
The number of prisoners of war
and foreign workers transported
by the Department of Agriculture
who We're at work on January |
was drastically reduced from num-
Der kept busy during the harvest
season. Foreign workers on Janu
airy l totaled about $4,000, compar-
ed with about $4,000 in August and
September. the peak months.
Farm and other rural women i'll
Delaware are urged to continue the
salvage of used kitchen fats. COL
lections of used fats from rural
areas are helping to meet the heavy
demand for inedible fats and oils
that are an important ingredient in
soaps and other industrial pro-
duets. According to information
from the u. s. Department of Agri-
culture, used fats enter into the
manufacture of many items besides
soap, including fabrics, paints
floor coverings, Insecticides, leath-
er and tires. Meat dealers pay 4
cents pound for used kitchen fats.
More than One-half of all farmers
IO pCl tlt IpulCu III bbC t1fD EtN1A
program have filed their perfOr-
nance reports and made applica-
tiOn for payment as of January Is,
it was stated by c. T., Ocheltree
State Director of the Production
and Marketing Administration at
Newark today. Several hundred yet
remain unrepOrted. and, unless
proper and acceptable reports are
filed before Febuay Is, a claim for
performance of practices and use
o. Conservation Materials must be
in the County Offices on or before
February Is. The filing of applica-
tiOns for payment should be made
at the same time, but should be in
before March 81, 1916, Mr.. Ochel-
tlee announced.
Prices to growers of commercial
truck crops in 1916 expected t.
average moderately lower than il
1915 but to continue conSiderabl,
above preWar levels, reports tn
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
The plentiful supply situation 70
commercial crops is continuing in
fresh market crops in the frs
quarter is indicated to be NOR
than 40 percent larger than aver
age. although percent below tn
first quarter of 1915. Ample stol
age of cabbage and carrots will b
available. Preliminary natiOns
GOALS for 1916 suggest about til
same total acreage as i'll 1915 fC
crops for fresh market, with som
shifts between crops and in seasO
and area of production.
Delaware farmers harvested
total OF 3S6,S00 acres of crops, il
Guiding truck crops, in 1915 con
pared with 1894 900 acres in 1874
and the 10-year O934-43) avera&
of 37l 200 acres, according to Il
Delaware Crop Reporting servic
Adverse weather conditions redu
ed the acreage and yield of near
all crops below early season e.
pectatiOnS but, despite unfaVOrab
factors. yields of most crops turnt
out better than average Wheat al
tomatoes probably suffered Il
greatest reductions due to the W
season. The late spring freezes +
Guced the fruit crops to less than
third of normal. The commerce
apple crop of 30S 900 bushels is Il
smallest on record The total far
value of Delaware crops harvest
i'll 1915, including truck crops.
estimated at $19 9.295,000 compar
with 1864 900 i'll 1914. The val
of truck crops was $5,147 600 con
pared with $5,223,000 in 1914.