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FARM fROMT ROUNDUP 





DRAFT ORDER Orcdt boards 



Feb. 17 were ordered to review im- 

 mediately cases of deferred farm 

 workers to determine if they are still 

 eligible for deferment. Local boards 

 are expected to first go through the 

 list of registrants in 2-C, the classifi- 

 cation for men deferred solely be- 

 cause of farm work. Next to be re- 

 viewed by the boards is class 3-C 

 which consists of men deferred not 

 only for agriculture but also because 

 of having dependents. This classifi- 

 cation is being changed to 2-C be- 

 cause dependency is no longer a 

 ground for deferment. Those in 3-C 

 who can still qualify for a farm 

 deferment will be put in 2-C. 



USDA county war boards may re- 

 quest the deferment of registrants 

 whom the war board considers nec- 

 essary to and regularly engaged in 

 agricultural occupations or en- 

 deavors essential to the war effort. 

 Also, the war boards may appeal 

 from local board decisions denying 

 registrants classifications in Class 

 II-C in cases in which the war board 

 has filed a request for the deferment 

 of a registrant. Such appeals would 

 be made to the Selective Service ap- 

 peal boards. 



TRACTOR TIRES Farmers 



can no longer get tires to convert 

 tractors and other steel-tired farm 

 equipment to rubber, according to 

 an announcement by the OPA. 



TIRE ELI6IRILITY — Purpose 

 for which a person drives his auto- 

 mobile, rather than the mileage he 

 drives in a given month, will be the 

 determining factor used by ration 

 boards in issuing purchase certifi- 

 cates for passenger tires. Farmers 

 transporting farm products and sup- 

 plies are entitled to consideration by 

 ration boards for grade I tires even 

 if they drive less than 601 miles per 

 month, according to this new ruling. 

 The tire situation is tight and quotas 

 are extremely limited, OPA reports. 



TIRE EXCHANGE — Essential 

 truck operators in areas where tire 

 recoiling facilities are inadequate 



or unavailable may now obtain a 

 ration certificate permitting them to 

 exchange with dealers a tire which 

 needs recapping for a used tire or 

 a new "war" tire, OPA cnmoimces. 

 A "war" tire is one made from re- 

 claimed rubber. 



PORK SALES — WFA has ex- 

 tended until March 17 the period in 

 which farmers can slaughter hogs 

 without a permit or license and de- 

 liver any quantity of pork to per- 

 sons not living on the form. Farm- 

 ers still have to collect ration points 

 for the pork sold. Twelve red stamps 

 in War Ration Book Four with a 

 total value of 120 points can be used 

 by consumers to buy pork or other 

 meat from farmers. 



FEED GRAIN MAXIMURIS — 



OPA has established maximum 

 prices of oats, barley, and grain 

 sorghums at the levels of the prices 

 set by the temporary freeze order 

 which was in effect Dec. 6, 1943, to 

 Feb. 4, 1944. 



MACHINERY RATIONING — 



WFA has removed moldboard 

 plows, one way disc plows or tillers, 

 cultivators, stationary threshers, and 

 stationary pea and bean threshers 

 from the list of machinery items over 

 which the government maintcriris dis- 

 tribution control. The order leaves 

 the distribution of items named en- 

 tirely in the hands of manufacturers. 



CHEESE PROGRAM — Effective 

 Feb. 1, the WFA issued an order re- 

 stricting the toted production in 1944 

 of all types of cheese other than 

 Cheddar, cottage, pot, and bakers' 

 to the quantity produced in 1942. 

 So far as war use is concerned ched- 

 dar is the most valuable cheese 

 type, WFA officials explained. 



BUTTER PROGRAM —Produc- 

 tion of butter during 1944 is ex- 

 pected to be sufficient to allow each 

 U.S. civilian slightly more than a 

 pound of butter a month, the WFA 

 announces. Civilians will get about 

 76 out of every 100 pounds of form 



and creamery butter estimated as 

 available for use in 1944. U.S. mili- 

 tary and war services have been al- 

 located almost 18 out of every 100 

 pounds. Five pounds out of every 

 100 have been tentatively allocated 

 for lend-lease. 



CANNING SUGAR — House 

 wives who wish to can early fruit 

 may now obtain five pounds of 

 sugar from their retailers for this 

 purpose by using sugar stamp No. 

 40 in War Ration Book Four, the 

 OPA armounced. The stamp will be 

 valid from Feb. 1, 1944, through 

 Feb. 28, 1945. Additional amounts 

 will be made available later on ap- 

 plication to local boards. 



VEGETABLE PRICES — wfa 



has announced a price support pro- 

 gram for vegetables grown for can- 

 ning during the 1944 season to ap- 

 ply to growers who contract with 

 cqnners certified by state agricul- 

 tural committees. Price schedule 

 per ton follows: green peas, $71 to 

 $91 with Illinois and southeast Wis- 

 consin $85; tomatoes, $24 to $28, 

 with all central states $24; sweet 

 com, $17 to $28, with all central 

 states $17; beets, $19 in all states 

 except East and West Coast; lima 

 beans, $95 to $120, with all central 

 states $95; beans, $80 to $110, cen- 

 tral states $80. 



TRACTOR FUEL APPLICA- 



TIONS — Under a new plan this 

 year farmers are filing application 

 for their tractor fuel needs for 1944 

 with county AAA committees. These 

 applications are to be approved by 

 the county committees and turned 

 over to local ration boards for mak- 

 ing allotments. Maximum allot- 

 ments are 9 gallons per cultivated 

 acre for the year if the farmer has 

 a combine or com picker, and 6 

 gallons if he does not have these 

 machines, according to OPA. These 

 are the general rules subject to in- 

 terpretation and application by the 

 various district OPA offices in the 

 state. 



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