Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1942 — Page 4

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i ★ * TThis ’’WTnr is "In the lost war/' the War Production Board says, "seven men were needed behind the lines to sup- | port one soldier. Today, the ratio is "EIGHTEEN TO ONE." k. > k-' k I Livestock feeds, fats and oils are, in effect, vital war materials. ' Ji That's why every man who is helping to produce these supplies is one of the 18 MEN BEHIND THE F r r B MAN BEHIND THE GUN! 1 THE NAVY IS I COUNTING ON YOU ... I THE SECRETARY 0P THE NAVY I Washington I f May 21,1942 I fW This is y° ur war * everyone’s war.. but you m ust bear in mind that this war is like no other I war.. it is a war everywhere and the weapons are not only planes, guns, men, and ships. I Po °d is an important part of the supplies needed by our fleets - and fats and oils are no I * small portion of this food. The men processing soybeans are all J working in and are an important part of this war effort. The Navy 7- ± | I is counting on you men. | I Secretary the K i EBHHi SURE THEY NEED I our guns but .. . SEEBMEEii I One of the problems that suddenly hit farmers this year was the need for producing more fats and i idle to make up for imports that usually come from the Orient. Even in normal times we produce S', per cent of our requirement* but the Far East has been the usual source of most of the 15 per I cent we do import. Fortunateh. ue hate large stocks on hand, and farmers arc doing their best this "JIIh I to make up for the loss in imports. The goals crops like soybeans . . . . . . the than the for I . . . "But. here's the point .Js.ut the fats and oils: many of them also have industrial uses V that have Io Is- considered along with food values. Some of the | imports of our Allies hate been cut off along with ours: they Claude R. Wickard 1 may have to have some of our stocks. This year we probably J./,,,’ h J Hmhl 'rroht" i will use more fats and oils than we will produce.” I A J e Hutson. Pret.d-nt Com modity Credit Corporation ' ER FATS AND OILS PLAY HHMIHH I Ja|an important roll .. . •t Agriculture I i “As a part of the Food-for Freedom Program, soybean producers of this country have been asked to increase their | i* . production 51 per cent in 1912. as compared with production in 1911. This call for increased production of soybeans | iw the result of the cutting off of imports of oil-bearing materials, and the need for larger exports of edible oil and oil products to Great Britain. Russia, and other countries with which we are joined in the fight for freedom. rhc ® n, * in « of •*- of course, onh the first -lep in the production of the fats and oik which are so vitaiy needed in the war effort. The next step in the production chain is the crushing of the soybeans and the resuiting production of crude soybean oil and soybean oil meal. Both of these products play an important role in the * ar eWort ' T *’ e oil ’ afler ur,her refininx and processing, will be used for food, and the meal will be used for feeding livestock in the production of pork. milk. eggs, and beef, which are important to the health and morale of both the j civilian personnel “Those who are engaged in the processing of soybeans, there- j j/ / fore, should recognize that they are playing a definite part in the /y y IEHK E war effort and that their industry is essentially a war industry." TT'Lil X commodhy Credit Corp. I U. 8 Department of Agricwiture. I ■ wllvl 3*l MS ill’■ a The statements presented here are reproduced from a brochure, copies of which ore bemfl 1 yous n «’<)hbor, who works at the Mei SsjjP CENTRAL SOYA COMPANY INC.J b e c a t u iq

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