The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
MOVE TO WARD OFF
PER|L!OF HUNGERIN
STATE|SL LAUNCHED
WORK OF ORGANIZING MINNIE
sofa TO SPEED UP PRoDUc-
TON AND PREVENT WASTE
is GIVEN LIFT.
STATE COMMITTEE MEETS
Chairman Considers Organizing Body
In Every Trade Center-Labor, Crop
Production, Livestock, Finance,
Marketing and Home Economics
Discussed.

StSSbSSC0s
st. Paul.-The business of organic
ing the state to speed up crop pro-
duction and to prevent food waste in
order to ward off the grave peril of
hunger for the coming winter has
been given lift at the meeting of the
State Committee of Food Production
and Conservation at University Farm,
st. Paul
A. d. Wilson, chairman of the COM
mittee, which was appointed by Gov
ernor ]. A. A. Burnquist to look after
the states food production during the
war, suggested a plan for fostering
the organizing of local war commit
tees in every trade center and COM
munity of the state, such local COM
mittees to have subcommittee which
would cooperate with the sub-commit-
tees Of the state committee. The plan
was adopted. Already in many parts
of the state, war committees are being
organized. These will be encouraged
in every community and the state COM
mittee will cooperate with ALL
Programs Drafted.
AS suggestions for such committees,
the several subcommittee of the
state committee have drafted pro-
grams that will help to attain the end
for which all of the committees have
come into being. These are in brief
as follows:
Labor.-The organization of local
labor subcommittee to register all la
Dor in the community available for the
farms surrounding, and to make a sur
vey of the labor needed through the
cropping season. In case the supply
as registered does not equal the de-
mand for any period the local sub-com-
mittee will report to w. F. Houk, state
labor commissioner, who will supply
the deficiency from transient labor.
To Increase Acreage.
Crop production.-A local subcom.
mittee on crop production will encour-
age the planting of larger wheat and
corn acreages at the expense of oats
and barley, of which there will be an
unusual production in the winter
wheat states. 1t will also urge the
seeding of fax, beans, buckwheat and
millets. Old pastures, timothy sod,
and so on can be plowed up to increase
the wheat and corn areas, it is said.
Livestock.-To prevent the sacrifice
oe good breeding stock, to encourage
careful breeding, to urge the growing
of forage crops will be the chief duties
of the livestock subcommittee.
Financial Aid to Farmers.
Finance and credits.-The financial
needs of farmers who are willing to
undertake to do the things suggested
by the various committees but have
not the means to buy seed and abso-
lutely necessary equipment will re-
ceive assistance from a subcommittee
on finance and credits.
interchangeable the crops are
growing, a local marketing committee
will gather information as to the prob
able crops and make arrangements for
handling them at a minimum of eX-
pense and without delay. This COM
mittee's duty will be to see that out
of the summers activities the farm
ers get the largest patriotic return
Saving Encouraged.
Home economies keep all fami-
lies from habits of waste, home econ
omies committee will encourage every
possible saving. This same commit
tee will also take upon itself the bust
ness of organizing groups of town
girls and women to assist in farm
homes during harvest and other peri
DDS of special stress
All local committees, or sub-commit-
tees, of this kind will keep in touch
with similar subcommittee of the
state committee, of which the follow
ing men are the chairmen: Labor, w.
F. Houk, Old Capitol, st. Paul; crop
production, D. A. Wallace, editor The
Farmer, st. Paul; livestock, l.. E. Pot
ter, Springfield, Mimi; finance, E. G..
Quamme, Federal Land bank, st. Paul;
marketing, Hugh j. Hughes, editor
Farm, Stock and Home, Minneapolis;
home economies, Mrs. w. T. Coe, Mary
land hotel, Minneapolis.
With the central organization and
local organizations, which may be or
ganized later into county groups, it is
believed that the state will be able to
do its full share in feeding the nation
and helping to win the war for a per-
manent peace and for free institutions
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