The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-05-03
EMERGENCY FOOD PRO-
DUCTION CAMPAIGN

aim of every family TO produce
: plentiful supply of vegetables, meat
fruit, ETC., so as 10 make the family a
near self-sustaining as possible
throughout the year.
This may be brought about b!
means of public meetings, persona
visits, circular letters, newspaper pub
licity, etc. The county agents know
ledge of each community and its
people should be of great aid in de-
termining the best method of proceed,
ure for that community. Everybody
should be ready to assist in locating
seed and fertilizer. AS guide In this
work the committee offers the follow
ing suggestions:
A. Garden Products
/. Adopt the slogan, "A garden for
every family"
2. Urge women and children in the
home to assist in the planting and
care of gardens so as to free the men
for other work.
3. Urge the growth of surplus
vegetables for canning and storing
for winter needs.
4. Make efforts to have boards OF
trade or individuals provide land for
those who have no garden plots.
S. Urge that each garden be care
fully planned and that it include the
following vegetables in suitable
amounts: lettuce, radishes, peas, car
rots, parsnips, potatoes, onions,
string and she'll beans, cucumbers,
pumpkins, summer and winter squash
es, tomatoes, sweet corn, cabbage,
turnips, etc.
B. Field Crops for Home Consumption
/. Corn. Urge an abundance OF
sweet corn for summer use and for
canning and drying, as well as a sup
ply of yellow corn that may be utiliz-
cd for food in the form of hulled corn,
hominy and corn meal.
g Field beans. Urge every FAM
lily with available land to plant
enough beans for their own use. We
suggest that bean seed be carried
by agents and sold to farmers in
back towns at cost. In communities
where field beans have not been
grown, information on the growing
of the crop should be made available.
8. Potatoes. Each family with
available land should raise its own
supply of potatoes.
4. Wheat. Encourage the growth
of spring wheat for home use where
available.
C. Meats
/. Pork. Cooperate in the organ
ization of boys and girls pig clubs.
Encourage breeding of more sows
than ever before. Furnish detailed in
formation on the utilization of pas
ture and forage crops for the eco
nomical production of pork; and sup
ply information concerning the pres
ervation Of meats.
2. Poultry and poultry products.
Encourage the Matching of chickens
as late as June Is. Encourage better
feeding and care through cooperation
with the Extension Service Encour-
age boys and girls work along this
line.
3. Urge every farmer to raise at
least two beef animals annually for
home consumption. Revive the old
custom of neighbors' killing beef at
different times and exchanging meat.
Save the heifer calves.
d. Fruit
Urge the gathering and utilization
of all wild and cultivated berries suit
able for food. Urge the saving of
and Gull apples by evapora-
ton and canning.
Urge each family, either in village
or country to adopt every possible
means to make itself self sustaining
in the matter of food supply.
ii. Production for Market
A. Produce perishable products for
home markets:
/. Where canning factories are
available.
2. Where there is local demand.
B. Potatoes. Efficiency in handling
the crop is more important than
large increase of acreage.
{. Beans. Where conditions arc
favorable, farmers VINO have expert
ence should raise all the beans pos
sible for market.
}. Spring wheat Should be grown
where the practice seems justified.
:. Pork. Raise all the pork possible
for home consumption and sell the
surplus in the markets
,. Dairy products and beef.
/. Encourage increased milk pro
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