The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-10-09
PREPARE FOR FooosTuFFs NOW
Urgent Plea From An Expert Interest
ed in the Farmers.

J. H. Stewart, agricultural agent the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co, Nor
gantown, w. Va, writes to the Manu-
facturers Record
Twenty years ago the farms of
Kansas were practically all under
| mortgage, they were being operated at
a loss and the State was spoken of de-
| risively as the land Of grasshoppers,
drouths and typhoOns. william Allen
White, then editor Of a paper in that
State, about that time wrote an edi-
| torial headed Whats the Matter with
| Kansas" and the influence Of that
editorial probably more than anything
else aroused the people Of that State
to Its agricultural possibilities 50 much
| that in less than a quarter of CEN
| fury the State has become enormously
| rich and is among the foremost leaders
in the production Of wealth and food
products from their soils, This year
| Kansas produced one sixth of all the
| wheat Of the United States. -.
| Already the food products to our
people have been advanced very con-
siderably as result Of the anticipated
| increased demands in the great worlds
war zone All the Indications seem to
| be that this war will be much prolong-
| ed and even more disastrous than
many now think, In any event. taking
the most hopeful view of II, the har-
vesting and maturing of food crops in
that region has already been enOr-
mOusly. neglected and damaged and
for the coming year we may rest as
sured that the production of foods will
be greatly diminished, and. so far as
| we know. this may be true of the sue
ceedng year. Therefore. it devOlves
upon that part of the world which is
not directly involved in these wars 10
make strenuous efforts to supply this
greatly increased demand, But re-
| Gently we have read over and over OF
the expectation of gold from this coun-
try IN great quantities, which has call
ed for extraordinary legislation and
| Intervention by our Government tC
maintain the stability of finances II
the United States II seems to me
that here is an opportunity to impress
upon the landowners and farmers o.
the United States the duty which VII
fall upon them to supply foods for thu
markets of the world and to direc
their attention to the great opportun
ity which they have, first to suppl!
these markets and to secure the grea
reward, and second to demonstrate L
/; ourselves our ability to produce NOR
7 food than we have ever done,
, II goes without saying that an in
! crease of 10 or 8 per cent of ever,
! sort of food which we produce can b
, made without going beyond what /
!, reasonable and practicable. The ag
7 gregate of this increase would amour
To almost or quite lJOO00OOOO, anc
/ should still higher prices prevail eve
more than that II this is done II wi
. greatly increase the balance of trad
- for the United States, bringing bac
n to this. country many millions of gol'
!, the beneficial influence OF which ca
! hardly he foretold In addition to thi
e il our people are melted to create
i production it will have strong ten
n dency To hold down exaggerated price
-. 10 our own people for their food nee
e essities, which will in no way work a
+ injury to the farmer Since the specu
II lative increases usually do not reac
n him.
- Taking the States traversed by Il
l. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad system, "
find that they produce one third of a
o the corn in the Union; one third I
the oats: one-seventh of the whea
=, one half OF the buCkwheat; one quM
X ter of the hay about one third OF Il
meats and about so per cent. of Il
n Iapples for the whole country. ii tn
n matter is pressed upon the attentic
n Of all the forces and organizations an
upon the press, much can be done
the way of preparing to meet the grei
: demand for foods throughout II
world which | have mentioned Thel
q is vet time to SOW n large increase
= wheat and winter oat acreage, Add
y tiona corn land can be sown in whei
D i'm the corn belt to bring a Is per cen
II increase without materially interterir
= with other crops. and II fall plowir
. and winter blowing are set about az
Il lively and abundant good seed col
. and seed potatoes are laid by for Il
Q coming spring, it will be easy for Il
y States traversed by the Baltimore
. Ohio system to increase the actu
q wealth of the country at least on
II third of a billion dollars in the WI
3 suggested
9 we learn from the papers That
y has been proposed by the CBnadit
D Government that 100000 acres mo
q Of the food grains be sown this yes
y and from this press il appears tn
3 active steps are being taken in C
2 operation between the Government al
: its people TO bring about this gre
. result, but even II this is done, the Il
9 creased production will be a bagate
y To the increased demand And VIII
. is true of the soil crops is true of I
= fisheries of our country which W
- Hnd m. uDusuul ffpmnnl for all the