The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19

sources for the war is now in full
swing.
In a proclamation he called upon
county commissioners to appoint i'm
nediately county food agent" to
have direction of the campaign for
bumper crops and increased food sup
ply.
Also he said that all seniors in
Ohio colleges be graduated at once to
free them to do farm work, and that
colleges and high schools start their
vacations a month earlier than usual
to add to the farm and gardening
force.
To each farm agent Cox announced
he will issue war commission"
At the same time, the governor di-
rected Attorney General McGhee to
start probe to determine whether
there is not already a conspiracy in
restraint of trade to affect prices Of
food supplies in Ohio"
Determined that Ohio shall blaze
the trail for the nation in farm and
food production, Cox set in motion the
machinery to get results.
These steps have been definitely de-
cided on, the governor said:
l. Complete organization for in
creased farm and food production in
every county, starting with the
county food agent" and extending to
a sub-agent in every township.
2. Establishment of 10 to Is addi-
tional employment bureaus, to be
clearing houses for mobilization of
labor" through cooperation of indus
trial employers, farmers and organized
laborers---so every worker who can be
spared may be sent to farm.
3. Enlistment of grange organ
ization to spur farmers to plant acre
age and to farm more intensively.
4. A call to Ohio colleges to gradu-
ate seniors at once, so that they may
be drafted" for farm work.
B. A plea that colleges and high
schools start their summer vacation a
month early SO students may turn to
farm work and gardening.
6. Inauguration, a little later, of a
state wide housewives canning cam
paign," directed by Miss Edna Noble
White of Ohio State university.
Cox also said he will ask Arch
Klumpf, Cleveland, head of Ohio Ro-
tarians, to have Rotary clubs donate
garden seeds in every city.
I'VE shall carry the appeal to every
farmer, every city man, every house
wife, and even school children" said
Cox.
ut is an appeal to their patriotism.
Every plowshare and garden row is IA
war trench. Every one who helps is
a soldier"
Closing his official proclamation TO
county commissioners, the governor
said:
ohio with her vast acreage and
splendid citiZenships can render dis
tinct service, but it must begin at once.
The planting season is here, and delay
is dangerous"
Issues Warning to Housewives.
Samuel Lindsey, chief Sealer of
weights and measures of the state
department Of agriculture, has issued
warning to housewives and others
buying food supplies to beware of
dealers who sell butter, lard and sim
liar produce in wooden dishes.
Dealers have no right to weigh in
heavy paper burlap or wooden dishes
in the sale of commodities" says the
sealer, land when they do the law
has been violated"
Pray for Divine Guidance.
Religious and patriotic fervor were
intermingled in prayers for Divine
guidance in hundreds of churches over
Ohio, where people had assembled in
response to the proclamation of Gov.
James M. Cox. There was state wide
response to the request of the gov.
ernor that people assemble in their
places of worship and seek guidance
from above that right course may be
chosen in the days when the peril OF
war is on the people of the land. In nc
request that Gov Cox has ever made
to the people of the state has there
been a more general response. The
cathedrals in the large cities, the
small city and village churches and
the country places of worship all over
the state were lighted. Patriotic mu
sic was sung, special programs be
ing prepared in many places, volun
teer singers and musicians rendering
their services. Flags draped the pull
| pits and hung in festoons about the
chancel, while crossed flags above
the doorways gave ample indication
of the nature of the service within.
Sheep Shearing Contest
wool will go to rs cents or 81 q
pound next year because of the war,
predicted George NJ. Wilbur, Marys
vile sheep breeder, ut the ninth an
nual sheep shearing contest, helt
under the auspices of the college Oi
agriculture, Ohio State university
here. G. A. Shaw, Delaware, won frs
prize by the character of his work il
shearing. James A. Parthemore, Ma
rengo, took second prize. Forty sheer
breeders among the hundred farmers
present we're entered in the contest
Shaws best work was the shearing O
sheep with hand shears in 9lAm.
PLEADS for War Potatoes.
Speaking to a gathering Of thou
sands Of Masons from many parts o
Ohio he"e, Gov. James M. Cox made
an appeal to the people of the state t.
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