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BANNER HARVEST
Record-shattering Crops Boost
Farm Production to New Peak
WNU Features
While international crises and domestic diffi
culties have been dominating the news scene,
American farmers have been rolling up one of
the most impressive production records in his
tory during the current year.
Crop production for 1946 is setting an all-time
peak, 214 per cent above the record output of
1942, best previous year, and 28 per cent above
the average for the prewar years of 1935-39, a
summary compiled by department of agriculture
discloses. Wheat and corn production soared to
new high marks, followed by record-shattering
harvests of tobacco, peaches, pears, plums,
truck crops and potatoes. Other crops have come
through in good measure, with exception of cot
ton, rye, broomcorn, dry beans and pecans.
Livestock production continued high, despite
critical feed shortages in mid-year.
Taking agricultural production as a whole,
1946 may s^and for a long time as the farmer’s
biggest year, the agriculture department con
cludes.
The story of the farmer’s big year, as told in the pictures:
i FARM RECORDS are being
broken throughout the nation as
farmers wind up the biggest year
tn agriculture’s history. This scene
ot a farmer storing com in tem
porary cribs is being repeated
throughout the grain producing
areas as farmers gather in the
greatest feed crop ever grown in
this country.
2 FOOD NEEDS exceeded even
• heavy wartime demands and
farmers met the challenge with the
largest harvested wheat acreage
since 1938—940,000 acres over 1945.
The combination of improved wheat
varieties, good growing weather
and national yield of 17.8 bushels per
acre resulted in whopping 1,169,422,-
D00 bushel crop. Production of all
food grains set a new record—more
than 37 million tons.
During the harvest season, farm
ers worked night and day, fre
quently with multiple crews end
machines, as shown here, to save
the precious grain. The new crop
helped to relieve the bread short
age which resulted at mid-year
when the nation shared its slender
wheat stocks with hungry people
oversea-:. Exports of wheat in this
calendar year may reach 360 mil
lion bushels, highest since 1921.
2 READY FOR THE FUTURE.
With the help of this big year,
farmers are in better position to face
conditions ahead. Good feed crops
will help to maintain livestock pro
duction at high levels and savings
of nearly 20 billion dollars provide a
reserve for poor years or farm im
provement.
This West Virginia farm, with its
crops set in easy-to-work contoured
strips, offers a pattern for the fu
ture. With his farm’s soil enriched
by lime and green manure, and
slopes protected from costly ero
sion, the operator has the assurance
Df maximum efficiency and mini
mum production costs. As of July
l, 2,750,000 acres had been laid out in
contoured strip cropping, with plans
ready for an additional 2,250,000
acres. Two-thirds of all U. S. farms
are actively participating in 1,675
soil conservation districts.
4 GOOD WEATHER favored the
• farmer in his fight for big crops.
An early spring sent crops off to a
flying start. Ideal conditions, illus
trated in this summer scene on a
New England farm, often helped the
farmer at critical times, such as
haying and grain harvest.
Little wheat was lost because of
wet weather during harvest or aft
er, but sudden ripening of grain over
large areas produced more grain at
one time than elevators or rail
roads could handle. Drouth did
strike some areas, notably New Mex
ico and Arizona, and prolonged rain
interfered with planting of grain sor
ghums. The weather wasn’t per
fect, but it was generally better
than 1945 and proved a big factor
in a record crop.
BIG BUYERS. Record produc
tion and good prices have cre
ated the greatest farm purchasing
power of all time. From total cash
receipts of more than 23 billion
dollars this year, farmers will real
ize a net income of more than 14%
billion dollars, or more than three
times the net income of 1940.
Like city folks, farmers find goods
scarce and prices above prewar lev
els. As he shops for new shoes,
this farmer finds proof that the
average price of farm work shoes
rose from $2.53 for the 1935-39 period
to $4.49 on June 15. Prices received
by farmers for their goods had dou
bled meanwhile.
6 MORE HELP, provided by re
turning veterans and war plant
workers, made the job easier for
the farmer, but everyone had to
work hard, early and late, to handle
the bumper output.
Typical of the veteran’s return to
the land, this ex-army sergeant and
his wife, former army nurse, bought
5.
Man’s ‘Best Friend’ Causes Most Farm Accidents
Old Dobbin may be man’s best
friend—but he doesn’t act like it.
In fact, horses are involved in more
accidents on American farms than
any other animal, including the bull,
Dr. H. Herman Young of the Mayo
clinic, Rochester, Minn., told dele
gates to the farm safety section of
Ihe National Safety council’s 34th
national safety congress in Chicago.
Life on farms is full of peril. Dr.
young asserted, pointing to a nine-
gear survey of farm accidents,
made under joint auspices of Mayo
clinic and the safety council, which
disclosed that 38,700 farmers were
killed at work during the period.
About 133,200 farm residents were
killed accidentally and 100,125,000
non-fatal farm home and work ac
cidents also occurred in that time,
he reported.
“The farmer usually is his own
boss or employs only a few men,
probably carries no accident insur-
ance, and is not as conscious of the
need for safety measures as those
employed ia other industries,” Dr.
Young said.
Accidents take an enormous toll
every year, with victims not limit
ed to farmers, delegates to the safe
ty congress were told.
Statistics show that there’s an ac
cidental death every 5% minutes, a
traffic death every 18% minutes, an
occupational death every 33 min
utes and a home death every 15%
minutes.
National Safety council is a non
profit, non-commercial corporation
supported mainly by industrial con
cerns. It has 25 separate sections
to deal with safety in every field,
I'WNU SfrvicTill
Notes of a Not-So-Interested
Bystander:
The Press Box: The pro-and-con-
trast of the diplomatic news: The
same pages that recorded President
Truman’s optimistic speech before
United Nations delegates (and his
statement that fear of war is un
justified) also recorded Churchill’s
talk in which he accused Russia of
violating the Yalta agreement. He
also demanded to know why the So-
and-Soviets were massing 200 di- j
sions in Eastern Yurrop. . . . U. N.
headline: “Confusion Reigns on
First Day.” . . . Here we go again! j
It was diplomatic and polite for I
them all at Flushing to say they j
would get along this time. The next ,
daj they began slugging again. Just j
like fighters do in the ring (shake
hands) before they start throwing j
uppercuts.
New York’s official greeter
(Groven Whalen) was instructed
to get 90 tickets for every bit
show in town for the UN’ers. . . .
H. Hoover (ex-President of the
U. S.) sold his Washington,
D. C., home. Guess the old boy
gave up. ... At ManhattanviUe
college’s 100 ann’y when he took
his seat (between Republican
Dewey and Democratic party
chief Robert Hannegan) Cardi
nal Spellman got a Howl from
the distinguished audience by
ad-libbing: "Here I am—in the
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middle again!”
Amos ’n’
Andy don’t consider $2 bills un
lucky any more. That’s what you
need today to buy $1 worth of
anything.
1 an Alabama farm with the help of
an FSA loan. By mid-year 1,045,000
veterans were v orking on farms,
representing about three-fourths of
the number of farm workers who
entered military service before
July 1, 1945.
7 TWO ON ONE means good com
• and accounts for this North
Carolina grower’s pride in a prom
ising crop resulting from use of
hybrid seed com and contoured
field. In the nation as a whole,
two out of every three acres this
year were in high-yielding hybrids,
accounting for 20 per cent increase
in com yields by department of ag
riculture estimates.
In some sections of the com belt,
hybrids were planted on 100 per
cent of the acreage, boosting Iowa’s
com yield to a phenomenal 61 bush
els per acre. Better varieties of oth
er crops, developed by agricultural
scientists, helped push production to
new records. Improved fertilizers
and new cultural methods also
boosted yields.
8 NEW TOOLS also helped to
• swell 1946 production. Expan
sion by REA co-operatives brought
electricity to additional thousands of
farms and made daily chores like
milking (above) faster and easier.
On July 1, nearly 53 per cent of all
U. S. farms received central station
electric service and new customers
were being connected to REA lines
at the rate of 250,000 per year.
Farmers also found DDT and chem
ical weed killers potent weapons
against old enemies.
Production of new farm machin
ery during the first half of the
year fell below the war-limited pro
duction of a year earlier, forcing
most farmers to get along with old
machines. Tires, fuel and seed
were in fair supply, but containers,
steel products and lumber contin
ued scarce. Farmers used more
fertilizer in their drive for maxi
mum production.
Broadway Ballad (By Don
Wahn): There were two paths along
the road of youth. . . . And so I
ehose the twisted one for mine. . . .
And searched in vain for honor and
for truth. . . . But searched and
found the dreams that hide in wine.
. . . And so illusion had ‘its sunny
day. . . . And banners waved above
the castle wall. . . . And there were
girls to laugh the years away. . . .
And all my clan was arrogant and
tall. ... I did not know that castles
were so frail. . . . That girls can
fade like whispers in the night. . . .
I did not know that wine could grow
so stale. . . . That songs can lose
their measure of delight. . . . Thus
I have earned my heritage of wrath.
. . . As ghostly dreams stream down
a crooked path.
American Re-Action, Inc., let
terhead says: “To defend Our
Country Against Its Enemies at
Home.” . . . This is quite ap
propriate, since many of the big
names (among its directors)
were isolationists and Bund
cuddlers, who never did any
thing to defend our country
against its enemies abroad!
Lou Schmoitz revealed this New
York Novelette. ... He says it
actually happened. ... A lower
East Sider — the brother-in-law of
a gangster — was visited by the
latter, who demanded $10,000 in
cash at once. ... “I haven’t
10,000 nickels!” said the chap.
“Where will I get that kind of
dough?” ... “I don’t care where,”
barked the gangster. “Dig it up. I’ll
give you 48 hours.” . . . The frantic
one went to many intimates, telling
all he needed it to save his life;
that he was to be killed if he didn’t
produce it. . . . The most he could
get was $500. . . . The next day he
committed suicide. . . . Not know
ing his brother-in-law, the gangster,
died several hours before he did—
from a rival hood’s bullets.
Wyoming Homesteads Open to Veterans
WASHINGTON.—Want a home in
Wyoming or a ranch in Shoshone
valley near Yellowstone park?
If you’re a World War Il-veteran
with good character and good luck,
you might get one. First step is to
submit an application to the bureau
of reclamation project office at
Powell, Wyo., before November 25.
The bureau will throw open to
homestead entry 83 irrigated farm
units, a total of 7,720 acres, on the
Heart Mountain division of its old
est project, the Shoshone.
Applicants will be rated as to
character, industry, capital and
farm experience by a local exam
ining board, which will select the
top 166 candidates to participate
in the drawing for the 83 farms.
Three other land openings for
homesteading of 5,372 acres of irri
gated land in Wasiiington and Idaho
also are scheduled this winter.
Wave Takes Army Job,
Finally Gets on Ship
CINCINNATI.—After 26 months
of land-locked service with the
WAVES, Miss Edith Dunn finally
got aboard a ship—by taking a job
with the army. The Ohio river di
vision engineers, local army unit,
resorted to naval tactics to help
solve the housing problem of 22
women employees. They are housed
on two quarterboats moored here,
the girls paying $15 a month rent.
They tell you not to be too
amazed if Sec’y of State Byrnes
quits and his post goes to the
navy’s Mr. Forrestal. That job
carries with it the succession to
the presidency. Good man. . . .
Back to normalcy item: Four
immense new signs along Times
Square have sprouted, all fea
turing electricks. . . . Every
body’s economizing these days.
So is zillionaire Frederick
Prince, who has cut his house
hold staff down to a mere 20.
Manhattan Murals: The 5th Ave
nue Flower shop located at Madi
son and 60th. . . . The shop at 131
W. 42nd street selling white shirts
(all you want!) at belOPA fees. . . .
The Bob Olin’s doorman handing
hot coffee (gratis) to parked hack-
men on chilly eves. . . . The LaSalle
with the Connecticut license plate
reading CBS in front of NBC. . . .
The 70-year-old bootblack at 55th
and 6th who works on his play be
tween shines. . . . Sports promoter
D. G. Hertz and a barber named
Joe Gallo flattening a native Nazi
for bothering patrons at a bar.
Quotation Marksmanship: Alan
Gale: I’ve been looking for a house
so long I no longer believe in ghosts!
. . . Jack Smith: She’s an angel—
always harping on something. . . .
Jay Russell: Vets are pessimistic
because there’s nothing to make
them jobtimistic. . . . Thoreau (the
nature lover) when he saw the
woodman’s ax destroy the forest:
Thank God they cannot cut down
the clouds! . . . H. Martin: No
words of love can match the elo
quence of a silent kiss. ... I. Pan
in: A man is his wife’s first child.
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Start the Day Right With a Gcod Breakfast
(See Recipes Below)
Breakfast Breads
How’s breakfast interest at your
home these days? Does everyone
look forward to
sitting down for
breakfast b e -
cause mother is
sure to have
some fluffy hot
bread that .they
can smell baking
while they’re go
ing through the
finishing touches of bathing and
dressing? Or, is the family anxious
to scamper through breakfast with
out giving it so much as a sniff?
If the latter is the case, then sit
down right now and do something
drastic about it. You may have to
do without bacon and sausage,
those breakfast standbys, but the
ingredients required for breakfast
breads are available. Let them give
you a lift for that important first
meal of the day. Your family can’t
resist light, fluffy rolls with the
tangy smell of cinnamon and rais
ins, or light and hearty pancakes.
Bran is a good food item for any
day of the week, but it’s especially
good at breakfast when served in
these tasty muffins:
Bran-Molasses Muffins.
Hi cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 A teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1% cups sour milk or buttermilk
% cup molasses
1% cups bran
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons melted shortening
Sift flour once; measure; add
baking powder, soda and salt. Sift
again. Add milk, molasses *and
bran; let stand until most of the
liquid is absorbed by the bran. Add
egg and melted shortening which
has been slightly cooled. Add flour
mixture and stir just enough to
moisten the dry ingredients. Fill
greased muffin pans % full and
bake in a hot (400 degrees) oven for
20 to 25 minutes.
Peanut Butter Bread.
3 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
M cup sugar
1 cup dates or candied orange peel
114 cups orange juice or milk
14 cup peanut butter
Sift flour; measure; add baking
powder, salt and sugar. Sift again
and add dates or
orange peel. Add
milk or orange
juice slowly to
peanut butter,
blending thor
oughly. Pour into
flour mixture and
mix just until dry
ingredients are
moistened. Do not
beat. Turn into a greased loaf pan
and bake in a moderate (350 de
grees) oven for about 1 hour.
*Sally Lunn.
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon salt
% cup shortening
1 egg
% cup milk
Sift flour; measure and add bak
ing powder and salt; sift again.
Cream shortening, add sugar grad
ually; continue beating until light
and fluffy. Add sifted flour mixture
and stir just enough to moisten the
dry ingredients. Do not beat. Pour
batter into a greased square pan,
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How to Make Tastier Breads
When using flour or sugar for
bread making, make sure that they
are sifted or they will not measure
out properly. It is often necessary
to sift sugar to get lumps out of it.
Yeast breads are usually put in
hot ovens for 10 minutes to stop the
growth of the yeast, then lowered to
finish baking. Quick breads are
baked in a moderate oven, as a gen
eral rule.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENUS
Shrimp Creole with Rice
Green Beans with Celery
Perfection Salad
•Sally Lunn Beverage
Sliced Peaches Cookie
•Recipe Given
enmg, add un
beaten egg and
milk. Stir until
smooth. Turn into
a square or loaf
pan which has
been greased and
top with the fol
lowing mixture:
Streusel Topping.
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon butter
. 14 teaspoon mace
Mix all ingredients with a fork
until mixture crumbles. Scatter
over top of batter and bake in a
hot (400 degrees) oven for 25 min
utes.
Blitz Coffee Cake.
Bake Streusel coffee cake - in tin,
preferably a round one. Cover top,
before baking, with shaved almonds
and brown sugar. After cake has
baked and cooled, split ip half and
spread with whipped cream and
raspberry jam.
If you want to impart a buttery
flavor to baked goods without using
butter itself, then use sour cream.
It imparts richness and taste to
almost any baked food.
Sour Cream Waffles.
1 cup flour
3 A teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
a A cup rich sour cream
% cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten seaparately
Add well beaten yolks, sour
cream and buttermilk to melted
shortening and sifted dry ingredi
ents. Mix thoroughly. Fold in care
fully the stiffly beaten egg whites
and bake on a hot waffle iron.
Released by Western Newspaper Union,
LYNN SAYS:
Sponge cakes should never be
removed from the pan until they
are thoroughly cooled. The air
cells in these cakes, as in angel
food cakes, are so delicate that
they cannot hold the weight of
the cake unless the cake is thor
oughly cooled.
Bake muffins and cup cakes in
fluted cups to save fats and to
conserve on dishwashing. The
pan does not have tc be greased,
and neither does the cup.
sprinkle with topping and bake in a
hot (400 degrees) oven for about 20
minutes. Cut in squares and serve
hot.
Topping for Sally Lunn.
Vt cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon melted butter
Combine brown sugar and cinna
mon; blend with butter.
Corn cakes are a variation of pan
cakes and are especially good on
cold, hard-to-get-up mornings. Make
them nice and thin and serve with
honey or syrup.
Lacy Corn Cakes.
(Makes 40 cakes)
1% cups yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, well beaten
2 cups milk
4 tablespoons melted shortening
Combine cornmeal and salt. Com
bine eggs, milk and melted shorte - ■
ing. Pour in cornmeal and stir until
well combined. Bake on a hot grid
dle, stirring batter each time before
removing a spoonful. Serve while
hot.
Streusel Coffee Cake.
IVi cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
V2 teaspoon salt
*A teaspoon mace
6 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
V4 cup milk
Sift dry ingredients. Cut in short-
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