The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
INACCURATE Campaign
TO ENLARGE 1918 CROP
Apriculturists of Western
Montana in Conference
in Missoula.
SOUND WARNING NOTE
Professor Cooley Of Bozeman
Sees Serious Shortage in
Food Ahead.

In making the world safe for
democracy the pillow is going to
play a mighter part than the
eating gun.
The world is going to be near
er starvation next winter than il
has ever BEEN before. and the
fight Of tie United States and
her allies against German au.
tocracy IS gong to ps raue d.
tiev,t by food shortage.
II democracy is to win the
present terrific test Of strength,
every available effort must be
made to increase Americas 1917
crop and plans must be made
Immediately for a tremendous
agricultural extension in 1918.
Professor r. :. Cooley of Montana
State college, director of Montana's
wartime agricultural preparations
presented the above facts and others
Of similar import yesterday morning
to eight county agricultural agents OF
western Montana. Professor Cooley.
Professor Q. b. Whipple, the man di
rectly in charge of this section, and
Miss Bess NJ. Rowe, home economics
expert from Bozeman, held Il con-
ference in the Florence hotel yester-
day morning with the lieutenants di-
rectly charged with agricultural eX-
tension in Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders,
F1athead, Lincoln, Powell and Gran
lite counties.
Farmer AIl-Important.
We cannot realize the tremendous
Importance of the American farmer in
this war" said Professor Cooley. III
this nation and its allies are to win
the food production of the United
States must be greatly increased. And
never have prospects of an increase
been less encouraging. With 60 pei
cent of the fall wheat crop in France
spring killed and conditions in Eng
land scarcely any better, reports from
American farming districts indicate
much winter killing and generally late
and diseourasing season.
Big Crop in 1918.
Now the war came so quickly ana
so late that the time for preparation
Tor heavy 1917 crop was limited. The
lieve, all that could be expected OF
them. Their time Tor REIMBURSEMENT was
short, but they have responded well
This, then, is not the time for camor-
ing for larger acreage. 1t is bad psy-
chology to ask a man who is already
periodically doing all he can, to in
crease his burden. What we must dc
now is prepare for a huge crop-the
biggest crop possible-in 1918 while
giving all the aid and encouragement
we can to those now at work.
Next year must see a great in
crease. This summer the plans for that
increase must be made. We must make
Montana realize that the hope of de-
mocracy lies largely on the farm
Picnics Are Planned.
Plans for this propaganda for a 1915
crop occupied most of the attention OF
the conference. Great patriotic pic
MICS to be held in the farming com
munities throughout the state will be
organized by the county agents as oc-
casions for farm preparedness meet
ings
Eight picnics will be held in Mis-
soula county. The seven counties rep
resented at the conference here veSter-
day will have 43 of the 400 picnics
which will be held in the state.
a farm expert, a domestic science
worker and a public man will deliver
addresses at each of these picnics. set
ing forth the nature of the emergency
inc ways of meeting it and the reasons
why II should be met. Men from Mon
taha State coll"S" Will make the ex-
pert speeches. Prominent Montana
clll%ens Will explain Americas purpos,
IN the war. Or. l. {. Elliott, chancellor
OF the University of Montana, probabl,
viii be one of these
The ptcnics Will all 10 held during
midsummer.
Experts in Conference.
Al the conference yesterday were
the following farm experts:
state cOilegc-Profcssur r. :, Cooley.
Professor o. y. Whipplc, Miss Bess
Rowe and =. L. Potter, director OF tn.
boys and girls clubs.
MISSOURI county,. r. Campbell and
Miss Clara \. Bush.
fiHthcah County--C. \, Bush.
Sanders tounty-f'. NJ. Hillman.
Powell county-F. e. Ostrander
hANalll county Roy W. Fisher.
Granite "ounty-H. Miller.
Lincoln county-C. ". Mur~uu.
rive OF these county AGENTS arc be-
Ing supported by the stat" college. be.
cause Of III" emergency Missouri
county, flath"ad county and Sanders
county share the expense of their
agents, Til" others anu Miss Clara