Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-01
PRCCLaAlNfA TloN
BY Governor Holconib Of Connecticut
Naming Committee of Food Supply.

At the present time no other factor
| IN the national situation Is Of greater
| Importance than intelligent, precau-
| tionary preparation TO secure the
! largest possible supply Of foods, The
shortage Of grains last year, With an
apparent shortage Of wheat the coming
year, makes the situation serious IN
the extreme, The declaration OF war
and the withdra wing of workers from
their accustomed en1ploynents will IN
crease the difficulties of labor condi-
tons. This year we will be called upon
to feed other nations now at war II
the conflict comes to an end soon. The
demands upon US viii be greater If 1t
should drag on through a. longer Pc
Rod.
Not more than one fifth Of the food
we consume IS produced within the
limits of Connecticut, and we must
rely upon the surplus Of other states
The smaller that surplus, the greater
the threat Of scarcity for US. Commno
sense, therefore, demands tina We
should produce the largest crops posi-
Bile and utilize our lands to the Ut
most. We alone will be to blame II
want should come upon us because We
have not employed TO the utmost our
natural resources
I, therefore, under the power vested
in my by chapter ~ OF the public acts
of 1917 hereby appoint the following:
Joseph w Alsop OF Avon, Clifford I.
Stoddard Of Woodbridge, Charles T.
Il. r
Eins Of Norwich Wilson H. Lee Of
Orange, Robert ScoviIe CT Salisbury,
William 9 Cheney Of Manchester,
John ?. Elton of Waterbury and
George n. Eanders of New Britain, all
resi- aIlts- Of Connecticut, to be known
as the Connecticut committee of food
supply, with power to act under my
direction, with the view to increase and
conserve the agricultural resources of
the state, and with power to CO. operate
W wit
government. and to do all acts neces-
ssry to carry into effect the purposes
for which this committee Is estab-
l1shed-
NJ H aoLcoNTB. Governor.
After careful study Of the states
conditions and needs, the Connecticut
committee Of food supply has an
pal part of its drive for Increased pro
ductiou Of food crops this summer
will be made.
The individual towns and cities are
the units by which the work will be
undertaken. The town clerks Of the
towns will be the local agents Of the
committee in their several comn1uni
ties In the citels, the chambers Of
divi6ua7s designated, by the mayors
viii direct the campaign.
In every town in Connecticut where
there IS 4 city government the town
er1,or Marcus H. Ho1con1b appointing
him the local agent in the food pro
ductaon work and calling upon him for
the fullest co-opera ton. The mayors
Of cities have received letters inform
ing them OF details Of the campaign.
asking for their CO operation and re
questtnE them 10 designate local
agents.
The Organization of a junior zgri-
cultural arnq, through the co-opers-
tAon of the school principals. has been
undertaken and is expected to provide
hun dreds CT competent sc11ooIbovs to
work III the fields Of Connecticut farm
ers this summer.
Important Service to Nation.
It is being pointed out by the com
ncittee Of food supply that service in
the production Of food is as important
70 the nation in the war as service in
the munitions factories or on the bat
tfefe1d. It is emphasized, however.
that men not eligible for military duty
are the ones wanted for the agr1cuI-
tural army. The movement is not to
Interfere with the armed forces of the
nation. The man not eligible for mill
tary or naval service, or in the making
Of Munitions or any other essential oc-
cupafion aiding the successful conduct
Of the war, wifi be expected to do his