The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-06-14
FOOD CONSERVATION

mount interest to every woman IN the
state, urging as it does, concerted ef-
fort for the greatest possible produc-
ton, not only to serve our own needs
but those of our country and the en-
tire world. 1t is not too late in the
season to plant gardens and obtain
very satisfactory results. Many farm
ers are just beginning to prepare the
ground for their garden patches. Seed
which lie dormant for weeks when
planted early in the spring germinate
in a few days when the ground is
warm.
The North Dakota Conservation De-
partment add their plea to Mrs. Sher-
mans for general planting of gard
ems thruout the state, they will serve
our self interest by reducing the high
cost of living, as well as contributing
to the good of many by reducing our
demands on the regular production.
General Federation of Woman's
Clubs Conservation Department.
Fannie D. Hunter, Chairman.
Never before have the people of
America been confronted with the ab-
solute necessity of handling on life
and death basis the vast and suppos-
edly inexhausitble natural resources
of their country.
+! First and foremost among these
natural resources, as they directly
affect the people, is the food supply.
Never before has America faced the
responsibility Of supplying food for
it's own people and fighting men and
also for the nations by whose side We
are fighting. We must share with
our allies to the last crust.
The responsibility does not depend
upon peace or war. If peace were
declared tomorrow the conditions
would be the same. Famine threat
ems a large part of the world.
Americas responsibility iss just the
same. We must feed ourselves and
our allies till normal conditions re-
turn.
Food conservation is therefore a
duty which every citizen owes to the
country, "a dictate of patriotism
which,, in the words of the Presi-
dent, mo one can now expect ever
to be excused or forgiven for ignor-
ing
Half of this responsibility lies with
the women of the nation. We can help
] to increase production. We can dry
can and conserve food products. We
can largely control household waste
! We can set the example of intelligent
|! economy. We can adjust our lives to
the General Federation pledge
II will use only those amounts OF
food required for adequate nourish-
ment. will endeavor to control the
waste in all kinds of material in the
household and to live simply. will
begin now"
The work that confronts us women
i is no mere pastime of the summer
months. 1t will be long and hard
1 struggle. Haphazard methods and
i spasmodic efforts will not do. The
work must be intelligent and persist
i ent. 1t must be done both thru indi-
] vidual effort and thru cooperation
] with established agencies.
And this work must be done in ad-
I dition to good works to which we are
7 already pledged, not at their expense
1t is an added service at the expense
of our ease and leisure time and lux
uries. Local interests, home charities
and regular duties we owe to society
must not suffer. To neglect these is
to defeat the whole plan of patriotic
y service.
The General Federation of Womens
!; Clubs through it's eleven departments
!: of work will now in this national
4 crisis concentrate ON the conserva
tion of human efficiency. Each OF
I these departments has a direct point
! of contact.
Human efficiency depends upon
! physical and mental efficiency and
these depend fundamentally upon
: adequate food production and the
right use of the food supply.
The immediate work of the Con.
servation Department is food conser.
vation. This is a matter that affects
every man, woman and child in the
\ land.
Food Conservation has to do with
the production, storage, transporta.
tion distribution and use. More food
must be produced and the supply
conserved by proper handling. Every
product must be put to its best and
fullest use.
Food production in general is the
special problem of the Conservation
Department. AS considered by the
Department this problem includes al
the phases of food production and all
kinds of food products of al
kinds, meat and dairy products, poul
try and fish.
It also includes the proper handl
ing of the soil, of the water supply, o.
irrigation and drainage, the preserva
tion of forests on watersheds. The
transportation and distribution O.
food production has to do with road:
every road, the byways in ever!
little community as we'll as the mai1
highways and railroads. Time, en-
ergy and products are wasted with
out adequate railroad and highwa!
transportation facilities.
Il Cooperation with existing state ant
federal machinery as we'll as indi
vidual initiative must be a feature o
this work. Under the Cooperative
Agricultural extension Act, Stat
| Agricultural Colleges in connection
| with the Federal Department of Agri