WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS_
U. S. Forces Clean Up Hollandia Area;
WFA Announces Dairy Subsidy Rates;
Heavy Hog Shipments Glut Markets;
Aerial Attacks Weaken Nazi Defenses
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EUROPE:
Invasion Awaited
With huge concentrations of ship
ping reportedly massed in British
ports and the Allied aerial attacks
continuing in unprecedented force,
Nazi Europe nervously awaited the
hiHoric and heralded invasion.
While the U. S. and British pre
pared for hostilities in the west, the
Russians were reportedly organizing
strength for a new drive into east
ern Poland, presumably to synchro
nize with the invasion. As the Rus
sians gathered their new forces, the
Axis armies in southeastern Ruma
nia stiffened resistance and parried
Red thrusts along the Dniester river
front.
Western Europe found no rest by
day or night as British and Ameri
can heavy, medium and light bomb
ers smashed at the Germans’ vaunt
ed concrete and steel Atlantic wall,
French and Belgian rail lines over
which the enemy could be expected
to shuttle troops to meet invasion
forces, and German industries sup
plying the wehrmacht.
AGRICULTURE:
Hog Glut
In the wake of the government’s
move to buy all corn in 125 mid
western counties for sorely pressed
processing industries, heavy hog
shipments clogged slaughtering cen
ters, resulting in embargoes in some
centers, notably St. Louis, Mo., and
Peoria, 111.
The large shipments were believed
also influenced by short feed sup
plies after two years of extensive
use of grain for fattening record
numbers of stock, and the govern
ment’s plan for a minimum price of
$12.50 per hundredweight for this
faM.
Taking note of the dwindling feed
stocks, OPA announced that effec
tive May 15, the ceiling price on
hogs over 240 pounds would be cut
to $14 per hundredweight, to discour
age heavy finishing off.
Dairy Subsidy
To encourage conservation of
grains during the pasture season to
provide for heavier feed during the
fall and winter months, the War
Food administration announced sub
sidy payment rates for dairy produc
tion for the next 11 months.
Although rates during the next
four months will range from 35 to
65 cents a hundred pounds for whole
milk and 6 cents a pound for butter
fat, beginning September 1 and end
ing next March 31, rates will range
between 60 to 90 cents for whole
milk and 10 cents for butterfat.
Estimated to cost between $300,
000,000 and $400,000,000 annually, the
• whole program is dependent upon
congressional appropriations for ad
ministrative expenses, WFA said.
RATIONING:
More Blitter
Because of record stocks in ware
houses and freezers, 35,000,000
pounds of country butter will be
available for civilian use in May at
8 red points per pound, along with
112,000,000 pounds of creamery but
ter at 12 points.
, At the same time, OPA announced
that more and better ice cream will
be produced in May and June, fol
lowing permission to manufacturers
to increase output to 75 per cent of
1941 figures, and to use a mix 1 to
3 per cent richer in butterfat con
tent.
In addition, reductions in point val
ues are scheduled for flank beef
steak, lamb and mutton, variety cuts
of pork and veal, dried beef, potted
and dried meats, and sausages.
FLOODS:
Field Work Halted
Floods and heavy rain sweeping
the country retarded field work and
rail shipments alike, in addition to
causing extensive property damage
and loss of life. „ _
In the middlewest, form work was
as much as three weeks behind
schedule, with only half the oats
sown in Iowa, and much of that
acreage planned fo be diverted to
corn and soybeans in Illinois. Warm,
sunny weather was needed In the
winter wheat belt in the southern
great plains area. Because of blight
and excessive moisture, the south
east feared for its potato crop.
Vegetable and fruit produce en
route to northern markets from the
west and south was held up by flood
conditions through the Mississippi
river basin. A stimulus to the black
market was feared through the pos
sible diversion of crops to trucks.
PACIFIC:
Nearer Philippines
Heavy U. S. bombers were within
1,400 miles of the Philippines with the
Doughboys' capture of three airfields
around Hollandia in northern New
Guinea following a whirlwind Inva
sion, which Gen. Douglas MacArthur
claimed sealed off 140,000 Japs.
Reinforced by additional troops,
British and native units in eastern
India braced for a showdown strug
gle with invading Japs, aiming for
the Bengal-Assam railroad supply
ing Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell’s Al
lied forces, clearing a path for a
new communication line to China
through northern Burma.
Encountering light resistance. U.
S. forces cleaned up Hollandia in
record time, extending Allied air
and naval control far up the New
Guinea coast and threatening the
enemy’s supply lines feeding bottled
troops all the way down to the Solo
mons to the east. Hollandia’s fall
also placed General MacArthur one
step closer to realization of his vow
to return to the Philippines.
SURPLUS GOODS:
Disposal Planned
With government sale of surplus
war materials already running at a
rate of $12,000,000 a month, federal
officials were reported to have
agreed upon a plan for entrusting
future large scale disposal of such
goods to five agencies and 12 busi
ness experts.
Under the plan, the War Food ad
ministration would handle food; the
treasury buyers, textiles; the Re
construction Finance corporation,
land and factories; the Maritime
commission, ships and related ma
terials; and the war department,
munitions.
The business advisors would coun
sel on how the various surplus goods
should be distributed, but each agen
cy would be asked to formulate its
own policy of sale through negotia
tion, auction or advertising.
HIGHLIGHTS • • • in ih« u>9ek*t newt
KNOX DIES: Secretary of Navy
since 1940 during which time the fleet
became the greatest in the world
with a strength of over 4,000 ships
and 25,000 planes, Frank Knox suc
cumbed to a heart attack in Wash
ington, D. C„ at 70. Knox served
with the 153rd artillery during last
war. Noted as a newspaper pub
lisher, Knox was the Republican vice
presidential candidate in 1936.
BASEBALL VETERAN: Tony
Mullane, oldest major league base
ball star, died in Chicago at 85. He
first played with the St. Louis
Browns and later went to the Cin
cinnati Reds as their star pitcher.
He ended his career in 1897 with
the St. Paul club. Another claim to
fame was that he was said to be the
only pitcher who could throw with
either hand.
DUCKS:
Population Up
With mallards most numerous, the
duck population now approximates
125.000,000, according to figures of
Frederick C. Lincoln, chief of migra
tory birds investigation of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife service.
Mallards now make up 35,000,000
to 40,000,000 of the duck population,
Lincoln said, with pintails second
with 20,000,000, and bluebills third
with 15,000,000. Marked increases
also were noted for redheaded
ducks and coots and mudhens.
Because of the continuing de
crease of woodcocks, however, it has
been indicated that the season may
be closed on them next fall, along
with the Jacksnipes.
BUSINESS:
Oil Supply
Because a tremendous area of
prospective oil territory remains to
be tested and petroleum could be
produced from enormous reserves of
coal and shale, the U. S. need have
no undue concern over future oil
supplies, Edward G. Seubert. presi
dent of Standard Oil company of
Indiana, told stockholders in the
course of a report on the firm’s busi
ness in 1943, showing profit ot
$50,591,371.
At the same time, President Ralph
W. Gallagher of Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey, in announcing
profits of $121,327,773 for 1943, told
shareholders that although the U. S.
was assured of sufficient oil in the
future, two principal problems
existed, namely, discovery of more
oil, and insitution of sound, world
wide conservation policies to pre
vent wastage in production.
MAILORDER:
Legal Battle ■
Ground was laid for one of the
U. S.’s most historic legal battles
Sewell Avery
wnen tne govern
ment forcibly took
over Montgomery
Ward and compa
ny’s big* Chicago
plant following its
refusal to accept a
presidential order
to obey a War La
bor board’s direc
tive to extend a con
tract with the CIO’s
Mail Order, Ware
house and Retail employees Local 20
until the union’s bargaining rights
could be determined.
Claiming that the WLB had no su
pervision over Ward's because it
cannot be classed
as a war plant.
Ward’s 69-year-old
President Sewell
Avery stuck to his
guns to the last,
finally being carried
from the plant by
U. S. troops when
refusing to recog
nize the govern
ment’s occupancy.
As both sides
W. C. Tay lor
squared for a court battle. Undersec
retary of Commerce Wayne Chatfield
Taylor took over operation of the
plant, lacking cooperation from
some Ward officials standing loyally
beside Avery.
CIVILIAN GOODS:
Increase Opposed
While congressional leaders
pressed for an increase in output of
civilian goods in view of a surplus of
certain materials and cancellation of
some war contracts, government of
ficials cautioned against any consid
erable boost in production over
present levels.
War Production Czar Donald Nel
son said military output must be in
creased in the Immediate future and
maintained at high peaks until ac
tual needs for operations in western
Europe are established.
Undersecretary of War Robert
Patterson opposed any notable
switch to civilian production on the
grounds that it would create un
founded optimism and lead to a rush
from war plants to obtain jobs in
consumer goods industries.
QUEBEC:
Overseas Service
Paced by Nationalist Member
Rene Chalout who declared that
any fighting forces should be fur
nished by the U. S., Britain. China
and Russia because only they stand
to gain anything from the war, the
Quebec provincial legislature cast a
55 to 4 vote expressing disapproval
of any move to send Canadian con
scripts overseas.
Said Chalout: “Conscription for
military service in Canada was insti
tuted because there was supposed to
be danger of invasion. If federal
authorities were sincere at the time,
they should abolish it now since
there is no more danger of an inva
sion of Canada.”
The legislature acted after the Ca
nadian national defense minister de
clared draftees could be used over
seas if appropriate measures were
taken by the government.
•IRON RATIONS’
American and British troops In
India will eat a new and perhaps
tastier meal when in tight spots.
These emergency meals, packed in
large cans, are informally known
as “iron” rations.
The condensed food is packed in
a can sufficient for eight men for
one day, and consists of corned mut
ton, "vitamized” crackers, tea, jam.
chocolate, chewing gum, salt, sugar,
grapefruit juice (for Americans) and
lemonade powder (for British
troops). Cigarettes are included.
Swine Industry Develops
Feed Conservation Plan
C. D. Carpenter Helps Hog Growers Solve
Problems; Program Tailored by Coopera
tive Business Men of Agriculture.
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C.
When I learned that a former feed
man had been the moving spirit in
drawing up the present swine pro
gram which you’ll be hearing about
shortly, I recalled an adage I once
heard in London:
“The profit in the mustard busi
ness is in the mustard you leave on
your plate."
That was the statement once
made by a famous British mustard
manufacturer. In other words, the
consumer’s waste is the producer’s
gain.
The proposition seems logical
enough and nobody could blame the
mustard-maker for hoping that you
and I would be as profligate with
our condiment as possible. On that
basis, I was recently surprised to
learn that the government had
called in a man in the feed business
and paid him a dollar a year to help
solve the feed problem. I wondered
It wasn't just possible that maybe
the consumer was going to suffer.
I had a talk with some members
of the department of agriculture
after I learned that this gentleman
had done so much for the poultry
raisers that they picked him to help
on the swine program which is as
closely connected with the feed
problem as the fly is with the fly
paper.
“Why" should you pick a man
whose interest it is to have the
farmer consume as much feed as
possible, when there isn’t enough
feed to go around now?" I asked.
“This whole program,” the gov
ernment official told me, "is worked
out by the swine industry itself; the
men who produce the hogs, the men
\ who process them, help feed them,
distribute them. That’s the point.
The government merely cooperates.
You had better talk to Mr. Car
penter.”
. I did.
Dollar a Year
Clifford D. Carpenter carries the
title of "special assistant to the chief
of the feed and livestock branch of
the food production administration
of the War Food administration."
For that long title, he gets the short
fee of a dollar a year. He has no
desire to remain a public servant.
He wants to get back to his busi
ness. But he is enthusiastic over the
present swine program which he
and his colleagues of the industry
have worked out, a part of which is
the conservation, not the waste, of
feed.
I asked why, when his business
was to sell the farmer as much feed
as he could?
"Because,” he said, “the success
of the feed business lies in having
efficient customers, not careless
wasters. One of the ways we
helped to increase the poultry out
put was to teach the farmer to stop
waste. For instance, you have no
idea how much was saved by hav
ing the farmer put a rim on the
edge of his feed troughs so the
chicks would not spill almost as
much as they ate, and what saved
even more than that was something
much simpler—we got the farmer to
fill the feed receptacles three-fourths
full instead of brimming."
He went on at some length on
this subject, especially emphasizing
that the interests of the consumer
and the producer are the same in
the end and each profits by the
other’s efficiency—that, he pointed
out, is the benefit derived from busi
ness in government, one of the good
results which many persons feel will
come by having businessmen in the
many government agencies.
Profitable Patriotism
The whole swine program has
been tailored by the "businessmen"
of the swine industry and that in
cludes the farmer who raises the
hogs, for he is a businessman, too—
has to be if he succeeds.
Last month, in Chicago, a group
of these men got together, repre
sentatives of hog farmers, the breed
ers, the veterinarians, the packers,
the feed men, the equipment manu
facturers — everybody interested in
the whole cycle from the shoat’s
first squeal to the dining table.
"It’s patriotic to make your herd
provable” was the slogan this
group worked out which was a sen
tence with a two-way kick—you can
turn it around and it is just as
true—"it’s profitable to make a pa
triotic herd."
These experts decided that there
was plenty of feed obtainable in
America to meet the war goals, pro
vided that certain conditions are
carried out. They agreed on four
principles, all of which lead to mak
ing efficient producers which they
all decided is both patriotic and
profitable. These principles are:
Specific Measures
(1) better breeding to improve the
size and quality of litters
(2) conservation of available feed
stock
(3) reduction of loss through dis
ease and parasites
(4) improved management for [
greater efficiency and production.
More specifically, the five things
necessary to produce the feed which
is necessary to reach the animal
food stuff goals are these:
(1) to feed no more than 14 pounds
of feedstuff for one animal unit
(2) to achieve the maximum use
of pasture and grazing land
(3) to sell the animal for meat,
before it becomes an inefficient con
verter of feed into food
(4) to stop the loss caused by rats
or spoilage or wastage in other ways
(5) to bring about a higher stand
ard in health in animals.
True Cooperation
Those who are directly concerned
in the production of swine are about
to have the information that this
meeting developed placed before
them emphatically in the farm trade
papers, over the radio, in lectures,
from the county agents, and through
their own organizations, so I won't
go into it in detail. But the point
that many will not realize is that
here has been a real achievement
brought about by the cooperation of
industry and government.
These hardhearded businessmen
have produced a program which
their action committee is going to do
its best to put into effect through the
various means of publicity and edu
cation which I mentioned. It was
unanimously agreed that the pro
ducers should plan to finish hogs at
200 to 240 pounds in order to make
more efficient use of the feed and
for the production of ftiore meat
and less lard per unit of feed. They
also emphasize the need of taking
full advantage of clean pastures and
they point out that the saving of
from 5 per cent to 10 per cent of
the grain, and from 30 per cent to
40 per cent of the protein supple
ments can thus be made for grow
ing and fattening hogs. There are
recommendations for the control of
diseases, parasites and various other
detailed instructions that are gping
to be available in attractive printed
form and distributed to the hog pro
ducers in all parts of the country.
And it Isn't Uncle Sam who is
“telling ’em."
They are telling each other tor
each other’s benefit.
• • •
Manpower Needs
While everybody is talking about
demobilization, it seems strange
that mobilization in many fields is
still far from being complete. There
are crying needs for man and wom
an power in two phases of the war
effort causing serious trouble.
The National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics, which is the federal
government’s experimental and sci
entific research organization, needs
1,500 men. Without this comple
ment, the NACA director of per
sonnel says “the development and
production of new and improved
aircraft is being hampered."
The need is localized—in labora
tories at Langley Field, Va., Moffett
Field, Calif., and Cleveland, Ohio.
Engineers, physicists, chemists, ma
chinists, toolmakers, sheet metal
workers, instrument makers, dngine
mechanics, electricians, pattern
makers and other skilled tradesmen
are needed.
At the same time, the National
Women's Advisory committee of the
War Manpower commission reports
that the women's corps of the vari
ous armed services are falling far
short of their enlistment quotas tend
many thousands of women also are
needed in areas of labor shortage.
The committee is urging women’s
organizations throughout the country
to undertake the recruitment Job as
a major war effort.
B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage
When RCAF searching aircraft lo
cate stranded airmen but cannot get
to them, a trained pigeon is dropped
in a metal waterproof container
hitched to a small parachute. The
stranded men then send the para
trooper bird back with a message of
their needs and condition, according
to the Canadian information bulletin.
Weekly Editor Looks at Ottawa.
The U. S. army will need 75,000
to 100.000 men monthly to maintain
its peak strength of 7,700,000 per
sons, according to the war depart
ment. The navy will need 400,000
additional personnel by September
1 to get the navy, marine corps and
coast guard up to peak strength of
3,500,000.
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Hybrid Corn Yields
95 Bushels to Acre
—————————— n.-^i
By Planting Thicker,
104 Bushels Resulted
Hybrid corn’s ability to produce
more bushels per acre than open
pollinated varieties was compared
to the “superiority of a well-bred
dairy cow over a scrub animal” by
Prof. D. F. Beard, extension agron
omist of the agricultural extension
service of Ohio State university.
"In hybrid corn, we have a better
bred strain of plants capable of
converting raw materials such as ni
trogen, phosphorus, potash, water,
carbon dioxide and other elements
into corn at more efficient rates
than the old scrub open-pollinated
varieties. On the same land and
with the same ‘feed’ provided, good
hybrids will yield 10 to 12 bushels
more corn per acre than open-pol
linated varieties. Moreover, the hy
brid plants are sturdier and show
less tendency to lodge.”
In the case of both hybrid com j
and pedigreed dairy stock, the mat
ter of ample feed and a well-bal
anced ration are essential if maxi
mum production is to be achieved.
With hybrid com, this means pro
viding the soil with sufficient plant
foods in the proper balance, via the
fertilizer bag.
' ‘ Four Plants Per Hill.
!
Professor Beard emphasized that
in addition to the use of more ferti- j
lizer, farmers could profitably adopt
the practice of planting hybrid corn
thicker to obtain greater yields.
“At the Ohio agricultural experi- '
ment station,” he said, “good corn I
hybrids yielded 95 bushels to the
acre as a two-year average, and open- i
pollinated corn 80 bushels, when ■
both were thinned to three plants
per hill. With four plants per hill,
however, the hybrids yielded 104.3
bushels per acre and the open-polli- 1
nated varieties 84.1.”
The difference in favor of hybrids
increased from 15 bushels to 20.2
bushels per acre for the extra plant
per hill. This principle was borne
out last summer, in a southern Ohio
location, with later maturing hy
brids, where stands of three plants
per hill produced average yields of
92,8 bushels per acre and stands
averaging 3% plants per hill gave
yields of 101.9 bushels per acre.
“Unless heavier fertilization and
thicker planting go along with good
com hybrids, users of hybrid seed
fail to cash in on all the advantages
of hybrids.”
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Hens With Paralysis
Should Be Culled Out
When culling hens, look them in
the eye, says Dr. W. C. Thompson
of Rutgers university.
One of the telltale signs of fowl
paralysis—it has several forms—is
a gray eye with an irregular pupil.
That is, the iris, the colored part of
a normal eye, is gray, and the pupil
is irregular in outline when a bird
is diseased, instead of being evenly
oval or well rounded. In addition,
the eye may be “fishy” or bulging.
Any bird with this eye condition
should be removed from the flock.
Lame birds that show no foot in
juries to account for the lameness
should be removed too as suspected
carriers of fowl paralysis. The dis
eased birds may lay for a while,
but eventually they lose weight and
go out of production. If left in the
flock, they endanger the other birds.
The majority of fowl paralysis
cases occur in birds from 4 to 12
months old, the poultry specialist
says, although older birds frequently
contract the disease. Since the dis
ease effects many birds just as
they begin to lay and repay the ex
pense of their raising, fowl paralysis
is costly to the poultrymen.
Hatching Eggs Should
Be Carefully Selected
Best results in hatching are ob
tained from eggs that run about 24
ounces per dozen. Eggs should be
well formed of good shell texture,
and of the color which is proper for
the breed you are growing. Eggs
wl^ich are small, round, short or
thin-shelled should not be saved for
hatching. During the cold weather
they should be carefully stored to
prevent chilling and other dangers
which may make them infertile.
The clothesline can be cleaned
by wrapping it around the wash
board and scrubbing it with •
brush and soapsuds.
• • •
To avoid needle marks when
shortening a raincoat, use adhe
sive tape as a hem binder instead
of sewing. To lengthen it later,
just remove the adhesive tape.
* * *
Dip your measuring cup or
spoon in scalding hot water just
before measuring molasses. You’ll
find the molasses will run out eas
ily.
• • •
A piece of velvet or corduroy
placed in the heel of your shoe
will make your stockings wear
longer.
• • •
If you get tired running up and
down stairs, think of the poor stair
carpet having the whole family
running up and down over it. Buy
stair carpet a foot or so longer
than necessary, so it can be shift
ed when it begins to show signs
of wear.
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I spent 75c to inoculate half
I of 30 acres of red clover with
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I worth of seed extra from the
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With clover seed at 25fi and alfalfa
50^ or more per pound, you can’t af
ford not to inoculate every pound of
seed you plant with NITRAGIN. For
a few cents an acre, NITRAGIN
makes up to 50% bigger yields of
richer feed and helps build fertility.
Tests show it pays to inoculate all
legumes regardless of previous crop
ping. NITRAGIN is the oldest, most
widely used inoculation. It costs only
a few cents an acre ... produced in
the most modern laboratory of its
kind. Be sure you get NITRAGIN
for soybeans, alfalfa, clover—Mother
legumes. Get it where you buy seed.
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