The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25
FARM MORE AND
Cultivate for the Solder at the
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This question of conservation Of
food has become so agitated by those
who have a knowledge of what it
means in the preservation Of life, who
have made study of the food condi-
lions, and the requirements of the.
country, that it is beginning to arouse
the entire nation. The economist
whose duty it is to study the output.
and compare it with the consumption,
sees rapidly creeping up of one ons
the other, and, when the appetite Of
consumption gets a Roadway on the.
output, where will the nation be? It.
is time the people were aroused, for
there is danger ahead unless the in.
telligence Of the people is awakened to-
the facts. The crop of 1917 will, be-
less than an average one, and see the.
work it has to perform. It has to.
feed the man producing it, and he is;
Of less efficiency today than a year
ago. His strength has been reduced:
by the drawing away of the thousands:
from the farms, who are now in"the-
ranks of the consumer instead of in that
of the producer. There is an inverse
ratio here that can only be UNDER
stood when confronted with the ap--
palling figures presented by those in
charge Of the conservation work. The:
army has to be fed, dependents cared:
for, the navy has to have provisions,
and we cannot sit idly by and see the.
women and children Of the countries
across the sea starve. There is such.
a great call for active participation in.
the matter of providing food, that
those who are left at home in charge
of this work have a responsibility.
placed upon them fully as great as has;
the man at the front who has gone out:
to protect the homes, the sanctity and
the honor of those who are left behind
The producer should think only of:
this; there should be economy, not
only of labor. Every acre Of avail
able land should be producing. Ad--
vantage should be taken of every day.
light hour. 1t must not be a case Of
how much can we make. It must be-
a case of fight" with those who have
gone overseas, but in our way, fight to-
win the war. Where that spirit per-
vades will be found the spirit of the
patriotic American. There is no diff
Guilty in securing land in any of the
states. It may be rented on easy terms
or purchased at low prices, and there
should be little difficulty arranging
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funds to carry on operations. Should
you not be able to get what you want
in your own state, Western Canada
offers an immense wide field for oper-
ations at the lowest possible cost, and
Americans are welcomed with Open
arms. Homesteads of 100 acres each.
may be had on easy conditions, and
other lands may be purchased at low
prices on easy terms. The yields Of
all kinds of small grains are heavy.
The prospects for 1917 crop are ex-
cellent, and it looks today as if there
would be as good a return as at any
time in the past, and when it is real
lied that there have been yields Of
forty and forty-five bushels Of wheat
over large areas this should be en-
couraging. Now that the two coun--
tries are allies and the cause is CON-
mon one there should be no hesitation:
in accepting whatever offer seems to
be the best in order to increase the,
production SO necessary, and which,
should it not be met, will prove a Sc.
rious menace. Particulars as to Cana+,
dian lands, whether for purchase or
homestead, may be had on application,
to any Canadian Government Agent
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