The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

IIlE DlhAllNU U LIAM A ized movement to "plant something to eat" The Age Herald was insisting on greatly increased acreage in corn. It pointed out that Alabama should not be satisfied With less than 100,- 000,000 bushels of corn. Georgia is considered a good corn state, but it has been keeping only little ahead of Alabama. If we do not gather 100000 900 bushels of corn next fall the farmers must keep on trying un- til they pass that mark. The Age-Herald is in receipt of a letter from F. w. Gist, field agent of the United States department of agri- cultures bureau of crop estimates, stationed at Auburn, in which he en- closes clipping" from the Opelika News, credited to this newspaper, as follows:
 "President Wilson appeals especial ly to the farmers of the south to plant large acreage in corn and potatoes. Alabama should respond with 10,- 900, ,O00-bushel corn crop. It is not too late to try for it." MT. Gist, in calling attention to that paragraph, says: T hope this is misprint and that you really ad- vised Alabama to respond with a 1000, ,000-bushel corn crop. The latter is what Alabama needs to feed herself and in view of the fact that her crop of last year, the shortest corn yield in many years, was 47,- 900 900 bushels, advice to grow 10000, 900 bushels is not very encour- aging"
 Of course the "ten' was misprint. Everybody who has followed The Age Herald's crop suggestions will readily recall the 100, 1000, ,000- -bushel corn crop slogan.
 'The lord mayor is setting good ex- ample to citizens in the matter of food economy" says the Liverpool Post Tn view of the shortage of potato supplies, his lordship is doing his best to get along without them. Just what is meant by doing his best?" If the confirmed optimists who predict find out some of the things told to Pres ident Wilson by the French and English commissioners, they might become pro- foundly depressed. w <, * | Using pretty college girls and stage bea uties to get recruits may work, but it isn't a good plan. The boy who merely enlists because he is afraid he will be laughed at by a girl is not apt to make a good soldier.
 l In the old days men talked about the kind of whisky that would make rabbit spit in bulldogs face, but they never expected to drink any of thatssort. Pro hibition has caused them to change their minds
 According to clever cartoonist, every body wants to get into the aviation corps. Maybe that's because so many young fellows have constitutional ob- iection to digging trenches. With all due respect to M Viviani, he is rot in the same class with Mr. Balfour when it comes to addressing the Amer ican people through representatives of the press.
 
 With s50000o, 900 a month from Uncle sam's coffers, the allies ought to be able to pay enough war bills to keep their credit good.
 Nothing flatters the vanity of the man who owns a second hand automobile like being haled to court for exceeding the speed limit
 Charles Dana Gibson has done his bit by drawing recruiting poster that ought to inspire thousands of young mer to enlist.
 If the Teutons don't have any better luck in reaching Petrograd than they did in getting to Paris the allies shoulc
 worry
 It requires strong win power these days
 to resist the temptation to devour 8 bunch of spring onions.
 The Germanys are still in position te retaliate on the French by shelling tht
 Rheims cathedral.
 It certainly is ging to see how
 American sportsmen frown on pugiisti, slackers
 There's nothing in name. The Mag