Arizona republican., 1917-04-29
Report of the Food Conservation Con
 farenca Tucsnn Anril 20-21

fTOI. OfDeS lOlu lne story or lNe conference of the seven states held at Berkeley He said the task before us is to increase production, cut down waste and regulate prices. He recom- mended organization of farmers.
 Prof. Taylor, superintendent of the AgricultuSaI Extension, told of the work of the county agents and men tioned the methods by which they could be of great assistance to the state at this time in increasing the food crop production. We must mold the bread bullet first said Prof Taylor.
 Dr. J. C. Norton. president of the State Farm Improvement association. said that there were in the state about fifty farmers organizations which would help in carrying out the plans of the conference. Many of the mem- bers of these organizations will also help by setting an example of better methods. He said that the thing to do was for every farmer to plant some thing which could be eaten or which could be fed to some animal which would furnish food. He suggested raising more hogs as being one of the quickets meats produced. He advised building more silos and planting corn to fill them. He advised a larger use of whole wheat for bread, thus mak- ing the wheat crop go further
 Hon. Andrew Kimball. chairman state commission of horticulture. said that he believed in paying the soldiers at least half the wages they are earning in civil occupations. He recommended planting every plot of ground and con- serving seed and food to the fullest possible extent. He said that the farm CTS in Grah2m county are now well or ganized and are buying such supplies as fencing wire, binder twine and ce- ment for silos co-operatively He said they would build warehouses this year so that grain and other crops could be stored cO-operatively. The farmers in that county will grade their pro- ducts and get the benefit of selling standardized crops He advised the farmers of the state to organize.
 He expressed himself with regard to the labor situation. by saying that at this time when help is so much needed, no man or boy who is able to work should be permitted to be idle.
 pr. von KleinSmid, president of the University of Arizona, said: The |. $. reclamation service has extended it's usefulness and will so far as possi-
  lands that can be reached by any pro- ject. The usual rules have been tenn porarily suspended. There is more land that can be watered than can be put in use, and the thing to do is to get machinery in motion so as to dou l. ble. treble or even increase the crop five times the usual amount. He said the people in the east were planting parings of potatoes, so as to conserve both seed and food. He said every one owning land who could not make use of it should turn it over to a commit = tee who could have a crop planted on it. He recommended planting every available foot of ground, and suggested as an example that court house yards and city hall parks be planted to vege- ! tables, as an inspiration and example He suggested mother daughter can ] ming clubs and father son stock grow ing contests. He said, ''plOw up the back yards in the city homes: you cant keep men at the front with roses but you can with beans, therefore lets raise beans instead of roses He said that nireons Do~ltrv and ral bits in the back yards will help out the fam fly supply of meat and that will re- lease little more meat to go to the boys at the front Every meal that can be conserved in the homes helps just that much to feed the rest of the world. Dr von klenSmid quoted Dean Hunt of California as saying: "You cant starve the American nation" but said he we have now not only the American nation to feed but the whole fighting world It has been found i if takes five people behind the IT. ! ha tp 11a ficient so it becomes our duty to raisl as many squads as possible of six mer and women, one man of each squad fl go to the front. and said he. the side that can raise the most squads of siN men and women will win this War He believes that with the proper lea dership and earnest hard work on the part of every man, woman and child l that we shall raise many fold more than we have ever raised before
 Alr. A. l.. Paschall, county agent oi Cochise county, said: There are ir Cochise county about 60,000 people The farmers raise just about enough tC feed themselves and they represent 1 just about 9 per cent of the total popu. lation." He urged the use of pur, seed and recommended testing seed tC i insure the planting of seed that vii | germinate thus producing a stand i Beans are raised quite largly in hi. section but this year it is becoming ! increasingly difficult to get seed Tn, problem is partly a matter of distri- button as well as production. Farmer, he said should plan ten years ahead 1 build silos and practice rotation O crops.
 L. L. Bates. of the Prescott Dr, E'l rro E'NnpriTr1aot station told of faaJ
 ing some very thin cows on silag, and he was very enthusiastic in regart to saving feed by putting it in silo and feeding to range stock. He sait that many range cattle might be car
 ried through the winter in good shap
 now are not able to pull through and that silage could be put up at small expense. He advised the con ference that Yavapai county woul plant as large an acreage as possible
 The Hassayampa Farms company vii plant 400 acres of beans in addition t the acreage planned before the wa
 was declared.
 MT. McDeavitt of the Southwest Cot ton company, said that his compan,
 would have many tons of cottonsee, products this fall which would b available for feeding stock. Some on stated that one pound per day of cot
 tonseed meal would carry range stocl
 nicely when range feed was not avail
 able
 r. C. McNabb, Phoenil seed mar
 told of the seed situation. Europe il
 the past has produced most of tn
 seed. This has been partly becaus
 that in order to rogue out undesirabl
 plants requires q great deal of han
 labor and this can he had cheaper i
 Europe than in this country, conse
 quently American seed has cost nor 1O Drpdlca and Sae6 man I,ax-a hoo,