The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-05-04
Preparedness Train At
Pdnaca On Next Friday

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Details of the National Prepared
ness Train to be operated over the
lines of the Salt Lake Route through
the states of Utah, Nevada and Cali
fornia. are now complete. The train
will be under the direct control of
the agricultural colleges of the three
states and will carry out the wishes
Of the government in its system for
for distributing Information that
will aid in the nations preparedness.
While the train has been rushed
to its completion it will be thorough
ly exhaustive in it's work and will
represent a vast amount Of effort in
the perfection of its Quitting and
equipment.
1t required two thorough confer
ences at the University of California
to complete the trains plans and a
third conference at Salt Lake to per-
feet the schedule. By this schedule.
Panaca is booked for days stop on
Friday, May 18th.
The exhibits carried by the train
and the educational meetings to be
held all lead to one object; that of
inducing the farmers and owners
of land to use every effort possible
towards the increase of crops on
land now under cultivation and to
further urge upon them to materi-
ally increase their areas of cultivat-
ed soils. g..
Nor Is the owner or operator of
large acreage the only one to whom
the appeal will be addressed for the
owner or occupant of but one sim
gle city lot will be urged to raise at
least some portion Of the food stuffs
consumed in his household, thus re-
lieveing the great pressure that is
sure to come upon the market cen.
ters Of our country To the boys and
girls yet in their school days di-
rect appeal will be made to assist in
this increased production by plant
. every available square foot. o&> tilla
BILE ground. s.la.
The call Of the nation has come
and every, person capable Of direct
ing his or her endeavor toward do
ing something to meet the seriou.
emergency Of way must bend theil
energy toward this one object and
as President Wilson states, mus
become soldier Of the commissary
1t is directly along these line
OF emergency that this elaborat
preparedness train has been organic
ed and will be operated by the fore
most development educators in tn
western country.
One of the urgent necessities a
the present moment Is an increas
In the production of cerials and a.
entire car of the train will be devot
cd to the question of soils, irrigation
dry farming and the general mean
to be used in accomplishing this il
crease. S., .., .+..... .-
Another most necessary advanC
must be made In the supply of meat
as our production along this line ha
materially decreased in the last fe
years. 1t will take three years to IL
crease our, beef supply, but hog
sheep and poultry. can show an az
vance In quantity within fe
months. To accomplish this it
necessary to force the production
our forage crops while, at the san
time. we give especial attention (
beef. hogs and poultry. Covering tn
most important subject will be c,
devoted entirely to forage crops ar
car showing specimens Of the hig
est grade livestock and poultry wi
models for the economic storage
fodder and the housing OF birds al
animals. "5 tas
A car devoted wholly to bean CT
fure will tell the story OF anoth
crop that may be materially incres
ed and that this will spread G
ucationally information bearing I
rectly upon those types Of beans I
pecially adapted to arid and sen
arid lands. -" ts
- The culture Of the sugar beet a
the production of beet sugar will
exhaustively treated by car dew
cd to this most important sub1e
operated jointly by the Utah-Ida
Sugar company and the combi,
sugar companies Of California.
.a A most important feature OF
train will be car equipped by
nome economic department Of
t, Utah Agricultural college. which +,
thoroughly demonstrate the det'