Milford chronicle., 1946-11-22

mittee chairman.
Action At Potato Meeting
The group attending the potato
meeting Friday favored O check
payments in 1947 to make up the
difference between market ana
support prices to those who coop
Grated with the departments acre
age reduction plan, and (2) estab-
lishment of a floor at so to 500 OF
parity for all growers both coop
! orators and nOn-cOOperatOrS.
Dairy
Dairy production payments are
/ being urged for all producers VINO
did mot receive a higher price for
milk during the July l to 20 per-
iod while Congress was making up
it's mind about price control eX-
tension.
1947 Goals
L. S. ID. A. is suggesting a pro-
duction goal of 120 billion pounds
milk on farms. The suggested goal
is a slight reduction from the goal
established for 1916. On the other
hand. it represents an increase over
the anticipated production OF ll9
billion pounds for 1916.
ScS
There is still time to send i'll en-
tries for the Delaware Food Preser-
vation Contest, says Miss NJ. Ger
trude Holloway, State home demon
stration leader and nutrition
specialist for the Delaware Agri-
cultural Extension Service. This
contest, to determine the 1916 fooo
: preservation champion in the state
t will close on October 81. ANY
= woman who has canned, frozen OF
r stored food for home use in 1946 Is
f eligible to enter Entry blanks ma!
be obtained from County Extension
- offices, Delaware Power and Llgh
Company offices, canning center'
at Lord Baltimore and Caesar Rod
ney high schools, local Farm
Bureaus and Oranges, and must b'
mailed to the State Board OF Agrl
culture in Dover. A silver lovln;
T Gun will be awarded the winner
This contest is sponsored, and
trophy awarded in each particlpat
IL ing state, by the National Gardei
Institute.
The Department of Agricultur
- reminds honey producers that tn
honey-use limitation order (WF'
AZ and AID is still in force, eve
though honey price ceilings wer
removed at all levels, effective Sci
tember 27, 1916. Beekeepers, as we
as buyers and users of honey, ca
now sell or purchase honey withol
n being restricted by governments
price regulations.
- The purpose of WFO AZ is to a
in keeping open the normal mark
outlets for the sale of honey, and
lessen the possibility of honey s,
ing into channels which will n
provide a permanent market. AT Il
rt present time it would be easy
sell honey crop several times Il
10 size of that produced this year, d
partment officials said. This stu
ne ton is not expected to last. hoy
~ ever.
Dairy Herd Improvement Assoc
go alton records show that Delawa
IN is favOrably located for prOfitat
nd milk production.
do According to the L. S. Depal
ell ment of Agricltures Bureau
r. Dairy Industry. eight states in 19
ne, reported margins of more tn
I'm liffnrnnnn no Ntrl
- feed cost and the value of prOdu
~ Delaware was among the top stat
,at in the Northeast
Throughout the country. dai
herd improvement associations {
W a new high in average product
'n ,, in 1945. The 1945 averages were
'ill 592 pounds of milk and SAG pour
IL of butterfat to the COW. TweI
len years ago the average product
Tue was less than $500 pounds of m
and 290 of butterfat.
The Bureau says that aside fr,
ee- planning and personal attenti
led the rising level of production
IN fleets: The culling of low prOd1
ers from herds; feeding the
rt- naming cows according to their
fo,. pacity to produce: and the contil
no. ing selection of the best animals
I,iII breeding stock
VII VII sos
r+s Details of the 1946-crop sOybe
,I;o loan and purchase program h;
o,,t been announced by Clarence
Ocheltree, state director of
af Production and Marketing Adm
H. iStratiOn.
tnd This years program calls 70
eeu .oo support price to all farmers of s.
&C per bushel for yellow beans ;
$184 for black and mixed. be-
grading U. S. No. or better on d
per cent moisture basis. PremiU
and discounts for sOybeans will
ing the same as in 1945.
,ul- Loans will be made by the c.
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