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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1943
Page
6
Beusiee County Farm Agent and assistants urge farmers to finish digging before frost, store excess sweet potatoes to prevent market glut, and plan for 1944 storage. Digging methods vary. crates, grading into Number 1 and 2, and proper storage conditions are detailed, including temperature control and preparation for future demand.
War Food Administration announces a surge in civilian soap production in Alabama. Increased fats and oils supply to manufacturers should raise per person soap consumption from 17 pounds to 1.22 pounds annually within a few weeks, with larger bars and packaged soaps reaching households.
Rural Electrification Administration reports show a 15 percent rise in farm electricity consumption in the first half of 1944 compared with 1942. Alabama farm families used seven more kilowatt hours per month, averaging 2.5 kWh in 1943 and 45 kWh overall, with REA systems serving about 23,000 farms. Farmers rely on electric milking machines, chick brooders, water pumps, and livestock labor-saving devices to boost milk production, while milk cows on U.S. farms are valued at about $2.68 billion.
USDA research by Dr. J I Hiardy enables preservation of wet chicken feathers with a chemical mix, preventing decomposition for over a month. The method uses anticylic and bermic acids in warm water, costing little and expanding feather utilization for poultry plants, camouflage, and textile uses.
Government beef purchases will favor boneless and frozen cuts for most orders, with 80 percent delivered boneless and frozen and the remaining 20 percent with bones. Federally inspected packing plants supply about one fifth of current government beef purchases, with the Army having briefly used boneless beef in recent months.
The article explains the journey of boneless beef from packing houses to ships and trains then to stores and finally into soldiers' rations. It highlights the supply chain's speed and the role of bone less cuts in supporting military needs.
The Food Distribution Administration devised a plan to provide the Army with more boneless beef in frozen forms. The aim is to fit beef more efficiently in storage and transport, allowing 2 ½ times as much boneless meat in the same space as bone in cuts.
A fragmentary note lists odd claims about giant dinomore eggs the size of footballs, parental teaching of baby scales, a French North Africa population around 14 million, light traversing 23 million miles in eight minutes, and wartime logistics including troopships, cargo ships, gasoline use, and anti aircraft munition consumption.
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