The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28
FOOD TRAINING CAMP
AT STATE FAIR URGED
lie. l. Knight lenders uss'I Grounds 10
eIsnmsRi Dudug las War;

The state Fair Of Texas, to be held
Oct. 1928, has rendered its services
10 President Wilson as a food tram
ing camp to assist the Government M
is efforts To increase crop production
and reduce the waste Of food, which -
known 10 be enormous.
"Our directors offer the services Of
sur fair as a food training camp,
wrote President r. \. L. Knight Of the
State Fair Of Texas. in part, 70 Presi-
dent Wilson. military training
camps are hein gestablished every
where in the country, where men IN
increments Of half a minion each
are to be taught the principles Of mill
tary tactics However, as you have
pointed out many times, there is just
as much responsibility for the success
ful prosecution of the war resting
upon the shoulders Of the l00,0O0,000
persons IN private life as there is upon
the men who are called to the coiors,
for it is essential that working Amerl-
ca abors hard to furnish our allies
with food and clothing
"The men whom you are calling into
service are being concentrated IN cen
trail military training camps, because
1t is found to be much more efficiens
to train them in that way than by es-
tablishng camps in every little town
or village At appeals to the directors
Of our fair that there is just as much
necessity for calling the great rank
and file of food producers and food
users into central food training camps
for q short course in the more effic-
lent methods Of food production and
food conservation It could hardly be
done now, for tho Nation is working
hard to care for the crop already
planted, but il We could hold such a
food training camp during the lull
following the harvest season wonder
fully efficient instruction IN food pro-
duction and conservation could be
given
TO Raise More Live Stock.
ITO make this food training camp
unusually instructive. an effort is be-
ing made to induce breeders Of pure
bred live stock to exhibit in larger
numbers Of such type and breeds as
will assist the Nation in meeting the
demand for more meat. milk, butter,
cheese, leather, wool and horse power
Manufacturers Of farm machinery IRE
being urged to exhibit all Of their
latest models and improvements, that
farmers may learn how to produce a
maximum crop at minimum effort.
All the territory tributary to our fait
is being secured to find superior speci-
mems of the varieties of grain, vege-
tables, fruits, forage crops and corn
best suited to our soil and climate,
a hn a
the production of as much OF these
crops as possible
"Since the economical use of food is
Of just as much Importance as the
production Of food. our woman's de-
partment is to offer series Of dem-
onstrations and lecturers by food
specialists Of national and local repu-
tation, to instruct wives and mothers
how to prepare and conserve food,
and check the extravagent waste Of
food, for which our country is cons
demned in every other country in the
world In an effort to enlist the chill
dren in the cause Of food production,
the work Of children in the schools
and fields is to be exhibited an dem1
onstrations Of interest to children are
to be conducted
aOur board Of directors sincerely
trusts that the National Government,
mindful Of the good which can be done
at such food training school, will
operate to the fullest extent in fur
nishing lecturers, demonstration and
exhibits, to assist the fair in accom-
plishing the mission it has under
taken. There could be no better way
of reaching the people in this terri
tory with Government propaganda
for the increased production and con-
servation Of food"