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"MONDAY, KOVLjISEE 22. 1943 THE JOURNAL, PLATTSKOUTE, NEEHASKA PAGE THE.EX Farmers Completing Record Harvest lULOv .X1 XXNX -V vV vW CViange from a year ago. SUp25 Up 12 Up 3 National to 40 to 24 to II V. Average Up 22 1 lALLf ElTTilON fNTVIBSmf I By G. ELLIOTT, President . La Salle Extension University j Harvesting of the second largest . crop is now under way on the . greatest number of acres in 10 years. Total production has been only about 7 per cent below the record breaking crop of last year . and far above the average of pre , ceding seasons. This achievement shows how successful the farmers 'have been in their efforts to fur ' nish foods needed for our military ; forces, civilians and lend-lease ship ments. It is a record of results that . should certainly entitle the farmers to a -vote of thanks from us all and by their extra accomplishment and : inspiration of the past year they . have in my opinion earned the -E" I as much as any factory which is . today producing war material for ; our armed forces. This record - breaking achieve ment has been made in the face of serious shortages in farm labor and farm equipment which has been "overworked" shortages in . repair parts and new farm ma chinery- However, the shortage of farm help has been cased, as agn culture is now reported officially to be employing 300,000 more men than it employed a year ago. Farmers' costs for hired labor, rents, taxes, etc., are running some what higher the increases, howev er, are less than the rise in income. Milk Production Down. The output of livestock and poul try products has been even more favorable than the field crops have been. It is 12 per cent above the peak output last year and 27 per cent greater tnan in any year be fore that. One major exception to this high record is the production of milk, which is slightly lower than it was last year. Egg production. however, is maco r.igner. Amer ican farmers are obtaining from hatcheries an increasing proportion of the chicks they raire rather than hatching bird? on tc'r own farms. The number c; layers on fi'.rrrs is greater t.nar. f r hr.ce ess proclirti t :- r '.. 'r.."'..r. and poultry cn . I-.rue, tr.e ; trend will continue. supply of feed will probably be I short of demand. More livestock J is cn hand than cr.n be fed at nor- rr.al rates, and some liquidation will be inevitable, bupp-cs or lugn pro tein by-products will be slightly bet- cr than last year, and much mere soybean meal will be used for hu- r.an food, so protein feed supplies are likely to be smaller than last year. Total farm income in 1943 will probably be well over S19.000.000.- 000 or S3. 000.000.000 more than 1942 and more than four times the in come of farmers in 1032. Farmers are already planning for still bigger production next year. They may put in over 3SO,GOO,000 acres of crops, and if they do the average increase over this year will be more than 5 per cent. To reach this goal will require careful plan ning and preparation. The winter months will be spent in trying to make the best use of the present supply of feed for livestock. Machinery to Be Repaired. Farmers will also spend much time in repairing farm machinery and equipment in order to have it ready for the coming season. Mil lions of dollars have been spent this year to keep old equipment op erating, and 1944 repair needs will be even greater. Old farm ma chinery faces longer hours in the field and much more use if 1944 is to be as successful as the past two years. It is encouraging to note that the government is releasing materials to manufacture farm machinery and this should help to ease the shortage which now exists. Merchants and other business men in small cities and in rural areas are reporting increased busi ness demands for goods of all kinds. Consumer lines, while curtailed somewhat by the switchover from civilian to war production, are still fairly complete. Reductions in some lines of goods that are no longer manufactured for civilians have been more than offset by in creases in other lines, and that Australians In "J"4TTr . .T- L fWfnl10'1 was rinKe1 with deep de" iUi?? lit L m'Ltv -4jvliK.1.!fenses. The veteran Australians were IH ground troops were in the area.) Blasting of the enemy from Satcl herg may take time. The Japanese held a high plateau where artillery was empku-ed. Tl e base of the tie- closing from the cast and south. Heavy Fishting at Attempts Kads ! The strongest force of Liberators .-, Tlnv Tons Tro-i TTr.M 4-, 1 ever sd:t asaiust the Dutch East Enoii Peninsula Inciit-s raich J the former Dutch naval :?e of Scerahaja on Java with 27 a record in a A.iied I tons of bombs ll. JU.it.... - -..'.).... .... if!. 0,- (fill mllnc itiviJ ti-in S JV. (1 Ausiraliait "Weather obscured results at Soerabaja ami subsidiary objectives. j including oil refineries at Tjepoe and the Den Pasar and Tandjoengperak airdromes on Bali, off Java's eastern tip. It was the first raid of the war cn Bali. The inlands lie at the extreme western end of MacArthur's zone of operations above Australia. Soera- jinan said the hifantryim-n who at- j 1;aja was hit twice before this tacked Satelberg from Fir.sohaft-n. 10 jm0nth. It was indicated the latent j mile romheast. on Tnosciay had ad-jraid8 were timed to coincide with Ivcnccd to witiiiti a mile of the town-jbig. jai,aIiese patriotic celebrations. iship by Tnursday.. whsu Mitchell and Marauder boinbers rt ruck the 'Japanese positions wit!; 4 1 lous of I r ;ih).'i vos in tour attacks. i voons attacked main Japanese do- I , Tenses at Satelberg in a diive to ! c rush th'- last major .r.-n,y pocket !on New Ginners lluoa peninsula i whibi allied planes re. rod new suc ' cesses along a fj.OOO-mile front from I from Java to the Solomons, it was i disclosed today. Gen. Douglas MacArth-.tr's rpokes- Nebr.: Number of high-income farms for each 100 set. miles of land area: fDoiiiei, Japanese i in a uispat; h broadcast by Tokyo j said 3.000 American troops made the I Sitt-lberg drive with tanl; support Ii.il! were ivpu!sed with TOO dead At Bougainville, invaded enemy - j northern Solomons strong hold. American marine Corsair fighters shot down 16 Japanese planes that agency, attacked a convoy unloading I. b. troops and supplies off Empress Augusta beachhead Wednesday. More than ;'5 enemy Medium bombers and fighters made the raid, j and four tarlcs destroyed after twoja dispatch from Admiral William F. days of severe fighting. Ti e enemy iKalsoy's south Pacific headquarters it! 'patch admitted oil!:- i:rlit Japan - said. One fell victim to ship's gun- ese dead and seven wov.uied in the I fire. Another crashed into a barraee i battle and said the American troops balloon cable. None of the ships were being swept back. Allied re-j v. ere damaged. Two Corsairs were Wule coukUos have t'se IiUrest t9n:enrtioa of higli-income farms, and half the farms in the state, according to an analysis by Successful Farming magazine : Special Notice A deputy collector of internal revenue, will be at the following lo cation at the time specified to assist Income Tax payers to tile their Dec laration of limine Tux Returns for the calendar year ending December ?1, 194J. due on or before Decem ber 15, li'J. If you have never filed a return before, see the deputy collector and j lie will supply you with the proper form, or write to the Collector of ports indicated only Australian l lost but one pilot was rescued. i f .r..a -- - '-i.-.- ........ ,.i ,,.;'r3.ML -j. Bf Internal Revenue, Omaha, for the proper form. Deputy Collector Hespe Dec. Town 1 Elmwood 2 Weeping Water 3 Avoca 4 Xehawka C Union 7 Murray 5 riattsmouth 3 Plattsniouth 3 0 Plattsniouth 21 Manley 13 Louisville 14 Louisville Xebr.. Cass county, with 162 high income farms per 100 square miles, ranks lfith in the concentrated farm buy ing power among all counties in Ne braska. Nebraska according to a re search study just released by Suc cessful Farming magazine. Based on the 1940 census and spe cial tabulations by the Bureau of the Census, the study shows that Cass county had S93 farms having a grors income of $1,500 or more out of a total of 10S3 farms. Gross income figures have, of course, in creased considerably since our en try into the war. Farm buildings in Cass county Place were valued at $5,064,000 accord- Bank hng to the study, and 2010 automo Post Off ice j inies ar,d 1135; tractors were owned Bank 1 i,v Cass county farmers. Of the Bank ; , ounty's farms, S3G had telephones Bank j and were lighted by electricitv. Bank Motel I ass county's 162 high income Hotel j farms per 1( 0 square miles compares Hotel 1 v,"itJl 1"e MIJwest average of 131 Bank i ari(1 tne y- average of GG. 15 Murdock Bank Bank ; Post Offi-e 1 2 3 Deputy Collector Baker Eagle Bank Alvo Post Office Greenwood Bank i Other averages for the nation's farms shown in the study include CS automobiles, 6 tractors, 33 dwellings lighted by electricity and 15 telephones for every 100 farms. j Total farm buildings valuation is set ! at ?10, 405,40-3,000 or an average of ' ? l,7t' 7 per farm. Shed is Burned I The fire department was called j this afternoon to the residence of Elmer E. Johnson, at 11th and Mar I bie street, where a small shed was j reported burning. The fire spread i rapidly and the shed was soon des troyed. The lire department confin ed the fire to the outbuildings and prevented its spread to the residence close by. Don't forget Lugseh Cleaners Wed nesday Cash and Carry Special. Two ; iadies' 2-pir0c mannish suits, mens' "-piece suits, spring coats, top coats or hats, for $1.00 (No dresres or j pastel shades on special). Mild but Cloudy Predicted Nebraska weather: A week end of continued mild but cloudy weath er was the prediction for Nebraska today with temperatures in the east ricing even higher thi afternoon. This morning's temperatures were fairly even over the state, dropping f.cmi North Piatte's high of 62 de grees yesterday to only 6 degrees be low fleering at Burwell. Ranges: Lincoln, 52,36; Omaha, 49-32; North Platte. 62-29, and Valentine. 60-29. Low at Grand Is land was 33. Chadron 2S. and Sid ney 24 degrees. GET IN THE SCRAP i LastyearonThanksgiving Day, five men offa torpedoed boat were adrift on a raft in the Atlantic. Here's their Story: "We talked about Thanksgiving in the States. Our water supply was gone again and we prayed at least that we get rain or something to eat. Thanksgiving Day itself, we couldn't keep our minds off of it ... talked about people in the States sitting down for turkey and some fruit. And then at about two ... about how now the people . . . have finished eating and are sitting around all full of food! "Then ... a big bird came flying around the raft. I grabbed for it and missed. The kid, Hoogendam ... threw himself for ward aad grabbed it ... It made a squawk. but he held on. It was about the size of a chicken ... a gray bird. We wrung its neck, pulled the feathers out, "and divided it up into five parts. The bird had dark meat, just like chicken, and it tasted wonderful. We felt a lot better after that." Frosn "83 Days" by Mark Murphy, published in The New Yorker Mtffrte f&W? 7&j4ji vf.sJ&&M& fMff TTTHAT are you having for VV Thanksgiving Dinner this year? Perhaps not exactly what you ate last year and the year be fore, but certainly a good whole some, appetizing meal, complete from soup to nuts. True, vre Americans have had to adjust some of our eating habits due to shortages of some foods, inevitable as the war goes for ward and the demands of our armed forces, our own people, Allies and liberated people .n-crc-. Let's face the fact that in spite of an all-time high in food pro duction ... in spite of the fact that the civilian population is getting three-fourihs of the total food supply ... there is net crrT"7 v 1 .ti,--- and there will not he enough total food to satisfy ALL the de mands at home and abroad. But we're being v.-cll-fed. And we'll continue to be well-fad. You and your family will have enough nourishing food to eat for the duration and through the post war period to follow, if you lend c helping hand. That's a solemn promise to you from our Govern ment. Cur food can lighten the task of our soldiers can help rehabilitate the people of liberated countries can win lands without a shot being fired can shorten the war and help write the peace. Will you help as FOOD FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM on many fronts? Here's what you are asked So do: !. PRODUCE FOOD, where and when you can. Farmers arc urged to meet farm goals. City families are urged to plan a bigger Victory Garden, to help out on a farm or in a food processing plant if possible. 2. CONSERVE FOOD. Can and pre serve food. Cut waste. Stretch your food supply by substituting plenti ful for scarce foods. Balance your meals for good nutrition. 3. SHARE FOOD. Put the war's food demands first. Share the supplies willingly with your armed forces, your Allies, your neighbors. 4. PLAY SQUARE WITH FOOD. Ac cept no rationed foods without giv ing up ration stamps. Pay no more than top legal prices under any circumstances. f: PRODUCE T SHARE f g AND AKD 1 jj C0KSERVS gPLAY SQUARE 1 ! ill In 1 m Mil 1 'I for freedom M 1543 NOVEMBER 1943 StOTUfcv TJfTHLij FRI SAT 1 "2TJ 4 5 6 .7. 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