ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ON 



LOCKER MEAT REGULATIONS 



1. Q. Do all farmers have to register and secure permits, even though they 



transfer or sell no meats whatever? 

 A. Resident farmers who slaughter only for consumption in their own 

 household do not have to register and secure a permit. 



2. Q. Can a resident farmer give meat to his son or daughter living in town, 



without that being classified as a "transfer?" 

 A. If a farmer gives meat to a son or daughter living in town, that 

 would be classified as a transfer. Furthermore, in order to do so he 

 would have to register and secure a quota permit. Any such transfer 

 would be subject to the provisions of Revised Ration Order 16 

 (meat regulation), requiring the surrender of points and the filing 

 of reports. 



3. Q. Can a resident farmer give meat to his own hired man as part of his 



wages wi'hout that being classified as a "transfer?" 

 A. A resident farmer can give meat to his own hired man without that 

 requiring a quota and collection of points, providing the meat will 

 be consumed on the premises operated by the farmer. Otherwise 

 the answer will be the same here as that given to question No. 2. 



4. Q. Can a group of farmers exchange meats as usual in butchering rings 



without that being classified as a transfer? 

 A. Resident farmers can exchange meats as usual in butchering rings 

 without requiring them to register and qualify for a quota. 



5. Q. What is the final date for Class 3 slaughterers to register, May I4th or 



fune 50th? 

 A. The final date for registering for Class 3 slaughterers is June 30, 

 1945. This must be done with the board for the place where the 

 slaughtering establishment is located. 



6. Q. Does a Class 3 slaughterer who intends to sell or transfer meat have to 



register, on what form and where? 

 A. Yes, he is required to register on O.P.A. Form R-315 and file same 

 with the Local War Price and Rationing Board. If permitted to 

 slaughter, sell or transfer meat, then he is issued a permit O.P.A. 

 Form MC-1 and is assigned quotas for such sales or transfer of 

 meat for each quota period beginning on or after May 15, 1945. 



its weight was increased by at least 

 35% of its weight when acquired, 

 b. The Non-residence Farm Operator, 

 But Has Farm Interests: 

 (1) Actually supiervised the raising 

 of such livestodc and was on the 

 premises on which the livestock was 

 raised at least one-third of the days 

 during the applicable period speci- 

 fied above or (2) Operates the farm 

 on which he resides more than six 

 months of the year. 

 Those who qualify under the various 

 classifications listed under "a" and "b" 

 above may put any amount of rationed 

 meat into their rented lockers for the pur- 

 pose of home consumption only. 



If any farm residence or non-residence 

 farm operator coming under the above 

 classifications "a" and "b" intends to sell 

 or give away any of the meat produced 

 under the conditions indicated, then fur- 

 ther rules and regulations should be un- 

 derstood as follows: 



a. Ration points must be exchanged for 

 all rationed food sold or given 

 away. 



b. If any beef, veal or mutton is to be 

 sold either before being placed into 

 the individual's locker or after hav- 

 ing been placed into the locker, then 

 all such beef, veal and mutton must 

 be graded before the meat is bro- 

 ken down, that is, while still in the 

 carcass or quarter forms. This be- 

 comes necessary in order that no 

 grade of meat is sold above ceiling 

 prices. 



Since a meat shortage has developed 

 and black markets have sprung up 

 throughout the country, much pressure 

 has been put on OPA Washington offi- 

 cials by Congress. The Senate and House 

 Committees on food shortage investiga- 

 tions, have been particularly effective. 

 Hence, one can readily conclude the rea- 

 son for extra activities by OPA through 

 the district offices and in the field, with 



particular attention by them on the lock- 

 er industry, since this is an easy group to 

 single out. 



Most conflicting statements are a result 

 of O.E.S. Order No. 1, effective August, 

 1943, but dormant as far as locker plants 

 are concerned until now. OPA picked it 

 up recently and has been charged with 

 its enforcement. A technical interpreta- 

 tion has been placed on the grading of 

 meat, even to the point that producer's 

 meat for his own consumption must be 

 graded. 



National, district and local OPA offi- 

 cials have not been in agreement in the 

 interpretation of this ruling. Some have 

 said that the farmer who places beef, 

 veal, mutton or lamb in his locker, in ac- 

 cordance with OPA regulations and even 

 though the meat is point free, it must be 

 graded by an official grader or some- 

 one so designated, even though none 

 is to be sold. Other regulatory officials 

 have stated that such meat does not have 

 to be graded. 



It is these various interpretations that 

 have confused producers, locker patrons, 

 managers and operators. It has even re- 

 sulted in filing of mass injunction com- 

 plaints on the part of the state OPA 

 office against 28 Illinois locker companies 

 including five cooperative plants, and 

 every day new ones are included. 



Everything possible is being done to 

 clarify this situation and when it is 

 straightened out, all cooperative locker 

 plant managers will be notified. 



LIST SCHEDULE OF 

 FARM LAND CLINICS 



Schedule of farm land clinics to be 

 held in a number of counties during 

 June and July has been outlined by J. 

 B. Cunningham, associate professor of 

 farm management, U. of I. 



Farmers and others interested in 

 agriculture will have an opjjortunity to 

 work out in groups the steps that must 

 be taken in arriving at what farm land 

 is worth. A farm typical of the county 

 in which the clinic is held will be used 

 for demonstration purposes. 



Clinics were held in Champaign, 

 Knox, Adams and Macoupin counties 

 prior to June 14. Other clinics to be 

 held include: Watseka, Iroquois county, 

 June 19; Eureka, Woodford county, 

 June 20; Yorkville, Kendall county, 

 June 26; Morrison, Whiteside county, 

 June 27; Freeport, Stephenson county, 

 June 28; Nashville, Washington coun- 

 ty, July 17, and Newton, Jasper county, 

 July 18. 



Flies will soon be here, lliis is the time 



of the year to save your religion and think 

 clear on the fly nuisance control. Clean 

 stables, using phosphate in the gutters, lime 

 on the floors; clean yards and use reliable 

 fly sprays. 



lUNE. 1945 



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