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Small reserve of com "beln^ accianulated . Last November the War Production 

 Board requested the War Food Administration to "build up a stockpile of 52 million 

 "bushels of corn "by July 1. This government com purchase program hasn't gotten under 

 vay yet, but the plans are being formulated to purchase this quantity of com for 

 storage. The delay has "been caused by the high moisture content of the com, the de- 

 sire to prevent disturbance to the commercial corn market at a time vhen supplies were 

 scarce, and the uncertainty concerning the extension of the life of the Commodity 

 Credit Corporation. Primary receipts of com at terminal markets are averaging only 

 about 9 million bushels of corn a week. It will take some time, therefore, to accumu- 

 late the 52 million bushel stockpile. 



March allocation of soybean meal . It is expected that the government will 

 supervise allocation of between 125 thousand and 150 thousand tons of protein oilmeal 

 for livestock and poultry feeding in March. The distribution of this oilmeal is han- 

 dled through the county and state AAA. conanlttees in such a way that it supplements 

 the quantities received through the regular channels of the trade in areas where it 

 is most needed. 



Farm mortgage moratorium extended . In 1953 the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage 

 moratorium law received lots of publicity. That law, which was to expire March l+,ha8 

 been extended for two years until March h, 19if6. With record farm incomes and con- 

 cern about farmland values rising too rapidly, the extension of this law is mentioned 

 only to remind us that "hard times" have existed in the past and>ery likely will 

 plague us in the future. 



Lend-lease shipments in 19^3 . According to the War Food Administration, 

 deliveries of food and other agricultural products for export under the lend-lease 

 act in I9U3 totaled almost llj billion pounds, about double the quantity delivered in 

 19^2. Russia received the bulk of these shipments. The total was divided about as 

 follows among the various commodities: 1.2 billion pounds of dairy and poultry prod- 

 ucts, including 79.8 million pounds of butter; I.9 billion pounds of meats; 1.1 bil- 

 lion pounds of fats and oils; 2U2 million pounds of fish; ^15 million pounds of 

 fruits and fruit products; 569 million pounds of vegetables; 1.3 billion pounds of 

 grain and cereal products; h^ million pounds of seeds; 250 million pounds of soya 

 products; 3.5 billion pounds of miscellaneous foods; 89O million pounds of nonfoods, 

 such as cotton and tobacco; and 588,305 pounds of vitamins. 



Mr. Lee Crowley, Foreign Economic Administrator,- said that only one out of 

 every one hundred ships carrying war goods to Eussia in 19^3 vas lost, ccmpared to 12 

 lost out of every 100 in 19if2. 



More onions coming . Housewiyes in many areas of the country have had diffi- 

 culty in buying onions. Relief from this scarcity of onions is indicated for about 

 five to six weeks hence, at which time a big crop of Texas onions is due. This will 

 be followed by onions from California, Louisiana, and Georgia. So we will be taken 

 care of pretty well until our victory gardens supply our needs. 



IlllnolB livestock on farms . The following statistics illustrate what took 

 place in Illinois with respect to livestock nuuibers between January 1, 19^2, eoid 

 January 1, 19^^. The numbers are in millions, with January 1, 19^2, figures in 

 parentheses: horses, kYJ (ii37); all cattle, "^,2^^ (3,lU9); milk cows and heifers 

 two years old and older, l,l80 (1,156); milk heifers one to two years old, 312 (280); 

 sheep, 807 (9^0); hogs, 7,750 (5,912); chickens, 28,128 (23,707); and turkeys, 1^^ 

 (110). 



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