The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-18

That because we have little food to spare and can
only produce surplus above our own necesses ~ ne
agricultural army the firing line OF the farms
II we had time to spare that would not Pc SO nara
But time is short-dangerousy. almost desperately
the allies stocked up with food inside OF
nine months and Germany hold out as.ns her food
shortage that long, the may go against the aes
sv Of World OIL HUNGER Will EXIST
There will be no for the returning soldiers to
this cropsand upon this years crops the
world must live all next year until harvest time in the
Fan The only in which the most dreadful famine
ever krown-a famine that will cost more lives Inan n,s
oUADaUPLE OUR PRODUCTION OF FOODS THAT
CAN BE PRODUCED QUICKLY.
It il too late to do with the cereal They
can but they cannot be increased
ne-half. let alone doubled
There neither time acreage, fertilizer seed nor
enough double the of wheat OATS rye and
corn But there crops that be quadrupled and
quintupled and sextupled.
First Of ALL potatoes sweet potatoes. beans
peas hees turnips and pumpknshese last for cattle
feed as well as human food
Then there is form OF production that can be
increased farm and carried in every yard
That is the production Of chickens, geese ducks and
their eggs.
To these there should be added the production of
Belgian rabbitsor hares. they commonly called
They prolific breeders. to good weight
rapidly. and far superior to chickens for table
1t takes two years from breeding time to produce
animal rabbits for the table be
produced in four months from mating time.
1t makes difference about the comparative cost Of
1000 pounds Of the rabbit meat and LOCO pounds OF beef
Chickens. ducks and geese not only hatch and come
good weight very early. but those held in reserve
maintain steady supply of eggsthe best ALL AMI
nal food there IS.
There should be countrywide organization. under
Government supervision and ENCOURAGEMENT. for the in
of poultry and eggs.
Government ncubating stations should be established
in every city, town and village, and young live chicks
ducklings and goslings given to families to raise
There is common notion that ducks and geese re-
qure water They just fast and lay
if they water.
With proper organization millions of pounds Of
waste such in yards, Of food and bones
thrown in garbage pals leaves tops and skins of veget
bes and all that kind Of stuff be converted into pou
try focdurned into meat and instead of thrown
away. Then all the horses and mules that die and all
the old WORKOUT animals that ought to die be used
as poultry food.
There enough dead horses and mules buried or
dragged to outoheway spot each day to feed mil
lions Of chickensand cooked horse meat mixed with
cereal mash is the best chicken food
These may sound like minor matters amid the clat
ter of military preparations But the truth Is that
these minor matters attended the military prepare
tons will not get anywhere.
An army is just as strong as its FOOD SUPPLY, and
not one bit stronger
Men who have not plenty to eat cannot march, dig
and fight
heads again .,,.-.""
And we will not win this if food be-
fore the last battle is fought.