Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-04
THE SAFETY 0f THE NATION.
Depends Upon Safe Farming For Food
Supplies.

Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
work.
For nearly three years have done
my best to warn you to prepare for
the present emergency. For years
we have to encourage diversified tion
10 the South as basis for greater
safety, o h agricultural an d
and economic. Since the war be-
gan 10 Europe we have urged safe
farming When prices were low
you did we'll and made great prog
ress. When cotton went to eigh teen
cents and over you made large prof
is because of your progress in safe
farming, but some were tempted to
go back to cotton. In common with
many other men. have tried TO
warn you of that danger. Cotton
has not been high but has only in
creased in somewhat less propQrtion
than food and feed.
Now THE CRISIS Is HERE This
great Nation must arouse herself tor
a mighty struggle for liberty. Peo-
pie without food and armies without
ratlons are conquered before they
can begin to fight. Our greatest
safety now lies in food production
and in saving the waste pro.
ducts.
If the South is to be strong she
must have food Ii this country is
to be strong she must be we'll fed
and nave an abundance to sustain
those friendly people who are even
now fighting our battles for liberty
and democracy.
Transportation may bc disturbed.
Your own defense requires you to
produce ana conserve your food sup
ply. DON fail now! 1t is a Nat
ional problem of defense as impor-
tan as men and guns, ships and can
non
BUSINESS MEN, ii seed is short can
vass The situation like patriots and
get the seed for farmers. Arrange
the credits. Furnish farmers seed
corn, soybeans, cowpeas. velvet beans
peanuts. sorghum, ETC., at cost.
See that all things necessary to
help farmers are done OF course,
we must produce cotton, but with a
moderate acreage and good sea-
son there will be enough. Do not
sacrifice acres of food to increase
your acreage IN cotton. Look ahead!
Get the warehouses, the feed mills,
shell ers, cleaning station, creameries
packing plants. etc. ready. Yon
must do 'your share and cooperate
with farmers.
They mast do their share and tend
the crops faithfully.
FARMERS, in your Unions. clubs
and other organic ltions, resolve to
use the best methods now. When
the Nation faces a crisis we must
have the best farming in it's history.
Labor is short, hence the best tools
and all labor saving devices must be
used to make it possible for every
farm aborer to cover as much. ground
as possible and do the most efficient
work, Farm women and girls have
important work to do in the garden,
the orchard, in raising poultry, and
especially in canning, preserving and
conserving our food supply.
Your County Agent and Home
Demonstration Agent become more
important officers now than ever be-
fore. Your State Extension Division
at the Agricultural College will have
still more important duties. Look
to these for counsel and advice in
this new burden of extra work. The
County Agent will. without doubt,
have new duties and responsibilities
IN the near future.
Farmers and business men, save
he breeding stock. Don t sell cows
h ifers, mares, sows, gifts, ewes or
hens. Keep them for breeding. II
the breeding stock is sold where will
you get the means to supply the
meat of this country?
Let us forget all past difficulties
and join in a mighty effort to feed
the ,uth. What can you do in tt Q
next sixty days?
Respectfully yours,
RRADFoRD KNAPP CHIEE