The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-18
FOOD TRAINING CAMP
AT STATE FAIR URGED
J. t. lItnlghi lenders Use sI Grounds is
6ssrrnsni During ihs War;

The sDlte Fair Of Texas, to be held
Oct. l2-2s, has rendered its services
to lresident Wilson as a food train
ing camp, TO assist the Government In
~ efforts 20 increase crop production
and reduce the waste Of food, which il
known 70 be enormous.
"Our directors offer the services n
eur fair as a food training camn .
+ wrote President r +. l.. KNIGHT az the
9lAte falr oi Ie1as, .z part, 10 Presi-
aenl wilson. Military training
camps are bein gestablished every.
where IN the country, where men in
lncremenis Of half a miuion each
are 70 ee taught the principles Of mili-
tary tactics. However, as you have
painted out many times, there is Just
g. much responsibility for the success
Z ful prosecution Of the war resting
upon the shoulders Of the 100 900 600
persons in private life as there is upon
the men who are called TO the colors.
for it is essential that working Ameri-
ca labors hard to furnish our allies
with food and clothing.
The men whom you are calling into
service are being concentrated in CEN
tral military training camps, because
II is found to be much more efficient
to train them in that way than bv es-
tablishng camps in every little town
or village II appeals to the directors
Of our fair that there is lust as much
necessity for calling the great rank
and file Of food producers and food
users into central food training camps
for a short course in the more effic-
lent methods Of food production and
food conservation. 1t could hardly be
done now, for the Nation is working
hard to care FOR the crop already
planted, but II we could hold such a
1000 training camp during the lull
following the harvest season wonder
fully efficient instruction in food pro-
ouction and conservation could be
given
To Raise More Live Stock.
ITO make this food training camp
unusually instructive, an effort is be-
ing made to induce breeders Of pure.
bred live stock to exhibit in larger
numbers Of such type and breeds az
VIII assist the Nation in meeting the
demand for more meat, milk, butter,
cheese, leather, wool and horse power.
manufacturers Of farm machinery are
being urged 60 exhibit all Of their
latest models and improvements, that
fefmvfs may learn how to produce a
maximum crop at a minimum effort
All the territory tributary 10 our fair
IS being secured to find superior speci.
mems Of the varieties Of grain, yege-
tables, fruits, forage crops and corn
best suited to our soil and climate,
that encouragement may be given to
the production of as much Of these
crops as possible.
Since the economical use Of food Is
OF sust as much Importance as the
production Of food, our womans de-
partment is to offer series Of dem
bnstrations and lecturers By food
specialists Of national and local repu-
tation, TO instruct wives and mothers
how 70 prepare and conserve food,
and check the extravagent waste Of
food, for which our country is con-
demned in every other country in the
world. In an effort to enlist the chill
dren in the cause Of food production,
the work Of children in the schools
and fields is to be exhibited, an dem
onstrations Of interest to children are
to bs conducted
sour board Of directors sincerely
trusts that the National Government,
mindful of the good which can be done
at such food training school, will
operate to the fullest extent in fur
nishing lecturers, demonstration and
exhibits, to assist the fair in accom-
plishing the mission it has under
taken. There could be no better way
of reaching the people in this terri
tory with Government propaganda
for the increased production and con-
servation Of food"