Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-09
MAY ASSIST MATERIALLY IN
INCREASING lowA's CROP
PRODUCTION.
OPPORTUNITY TO AID
IN NATIONAL CRISIS
Bliss, Of owa State Asricul-
turs Extension Department, Outlines
Work Young America Can Do-Iowa
Needs 10000 Additional Helpers
Production Matter Of Labor.
Special to Times Republican.


better crops in Iowa in this year Of
special need is not matter of willing
ness nor of capability, says the agri-
cultural extension department at Iowa
State College 1t Is a matter of labor.
Director r. X. Bliss Of the extension
department. says that farmers are pa
triotic and will do their duty, and the
land has in it enough fertility to give
big yields But" he adds, "our great
est immediate need at this time Is Ia
Dor. In order to make effective pro-
gram for larger production, Iowa needs
60, 900 additional helpers"
1t is the thought of Mr.. Bliss that
this need can be supplied very largely
by Iowa boys and girls. Consequently
the agricultural extension department
hopes to make one of it's contributions
to the larger agricultural production
movement the organization and direc-
ton OF boys and girls to enable them
to render the largest service. This or
ganization will be extended into every
county Of the state, perhaps largely
thru the schools.
What Young America Can Do.
AS one step in such plan, Director
Bliss placed in the hands Of every stu
dent in the college, just as they Went
home for their Easter vacation, an APP
peal to help organize the boys and
girls Of their community for this
movement. Director Bliss suggested
these things that the boys and girls
can do:
The boys and girls OF Iowa can fur
nish all Of the help needed to double
the output Of our gardens.
They can test every bushel Of seed
corn that is needed.
They can treat all of the seed po-
tatoes and do the necessary spraying.
They can spray and take care VI
all Of our orchards.
They can furnish the $4,000 hands
that are needed this season to help on
our Iowa farms.
Further steps in this plan will be
announced later. as they are agreed
upon and approved by the war agri-
cultural commission of which Presi-
dent r. A. Pearson Is chairman.
Woman's Part in War.
IF the war does nothing more for
the English women than to make them
useful, It will not have been in vain,
declared Miss Alice Ravenhill, Of Lon
don, England. famous authority in
home economics, who addressed the
women Of Iowa State College in
series Of lectures, * sss-yss
with the United, States entering the
war, its women will have to go thru
tho same experiences, as our English
women, who are now driving motor
trucks and street cars, farming, I'M
loading ships, working on railroads, in
the mines, making munitions ana"feeo-
ing thousands Of soldiers daily besides
keeping up their home duties" said
Miss Ravenhill. They do not know an
eight-hour day: twelve to fourteen
hours constitutes the general working
day. After regular work Is done the
women work in shifts, including the
queen herself, distributing food and
hot drinks to soldiers from the food
'canteens,' as they pass thru on trains.
Work Under Government Regulation.
"All the sewing the women are do
ing, including bandage making and the
knitting Of socks, IL carried on UNI
der strictest government regulations.
Women munition workers must
wear trousers to prevent accidents and
these full trousers are coming into
general use. They are quite becom-
ing, too" she added. Miss Ravenhill
'exhorted the women OF this country to
pay more attention to domestic econ
omy. III America enters the war you
will be forced to these things just as
our women in England have" she said.
She urged the saving Of all food scraps
to be prepared into palatable dishes.
the keeping Of an annual household
budget, the training Of children to the
intelligent use Of money and the con-
servation Of our health thru proper
exercise. sleep and ventilation. Talk
less and do more" she concluded as
the final item in her thrift program.