Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-28
IOWA STATE COLLEGE MAKING
SUPREME EFFORT TO IN
~ AftsH
5 CREASE PRODUCTION.
PUSHING CAMPAIGN
t*@ FROM THREE ANGLES
College Men Urge Increased Crop Pro-
duction, Enlistment For Farm Labor
and More Canning and Preserving
Open Work With Gigantic Campaign
sof Publicity--Form Food Committees
Special to Timcs-Republican.


Ames, April 2s-If Iowa responds to
the call for Increased food production
with the same earnestness in which
Iowa State College has tackled and is
putting across its campaign toward
that end, there is no doubt that at
reckoning time she will go down as
having contributed in the largest way
toward the food supply in this war en-
ergeucy of any state in the Union.
Working day and night the agrIcul-
tural extension department experiment
station stats at Iowa State College
have set going the machinery on THE
biggest food campaign the state has
ever known" as R X. Bliss, head
the AGRICULTURAL extension department.
puts ii. we are pushing the campaign
from three angles he says. We arc
urging increased crop production en-
listment for farm labor and more can
ming and preserving.
Gigantic Publicity Campaign.
On the line of Increased crop produc-
ton, nearly half million bulletins en-
gardening and general crop production
and other emergency leaflets have been
distributed over the state. Already
&C. 900 home gardening bulletins have
been sent out and $4,000 more are on
the press Newspapers have furnishd
full information on gardening an"
other food production lines. Two IS
sues Of the college clipping sheet sent
TO newspapers have been entirely de-
voted to those problems. County agents
I'm twnty-seven organized counties are
devoting their full time to the problem
Thousands of additional boys and girls
have enlisted for club work this year
to raise baby beef. pigs and corn. En-
rollment is swelling rapidly In the
mems acre corn contest Nine
counties have already applied TO the
college students who Will go as field ad-
visers. One hundred Atty sets Of
charts have been prepared dealing
with increased food production to be
used by schools, churches and lectur-
ers over the state. The college experts
are overwhelmed with requests for IN
formation on gardening AMI for as
,sistanee in organizing city and town
garden movements. They are working
night and day to meet the demands.
The farm labor problem is being at
tackled with especial vigor Sixty thou
sand enlistment blanks have been sent
which are being answered by hundreds
of men, women and children who have
enlisted as volunteer food producers to
help solve the farm labor problem and
increase food supply. War emergency
food committees are under formation
IN every county in the state which VIII
farm labor bureaus in that
county In the state which will conduct
labor bureaus In that county and
otherwise boost for increased food pro-
.duction Commercial clubs and farm
sers' organizations are cooperating
spIendidly in this. Public school super
iiltendents have been interested and
thou sands OF boys and girls are en-
1isting to do their bit. County agents
sare turning their efforts to the labor
question.
s Canning Schools Are Planned.
A state wide canning campaign that
will reach every county and communi-
ty in iowa has been worked out. Ac-
cording 70 the present plan which Will
.probably be adopted, a series OF two
sCtay, canning schools for demonstrators
will be held in every county in the
state beginning May 10 From fifteen to
twenty demonstrators will be trained
ut each school who wall In turn con-
duct canning schools for housewives
in every community. Some $500 de-
mopstrators will thus be trained. Last
weekgin Black Hawk county 200 can
ming demonstrations We're neid
Moreover, the campaign has been
planned and Is being worked out with
4 out the aid Of any additional appro-
priations at the end Of the fiscal year
when extension funds are low.