Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-04-12
Governors Proclamation
Urging Greater Crops.
Shows Need For Incaeased FL
forts By Farmers To Pre-
vent Shortage of Foods.

Following is the proclamation regard
ing agricultural preparedness which was
issued by Governor Harrington.
WHEREAS. the assembling of large
army for our country's service and the
help we will be privileged to give in sup
plying the peoples of Europe, with whom
we are making common cause. will great
ly increase the demand for agricultural
and food supplies in this State and through
out the land, which, in connection with
the present shortage. makes the food
problem matter of grave concern. to be
met and solved only through helpful,
systematic and efficient effort and coop
Grafton; and
WHEREAS, food preparedness is es-
sential to military preparedness, and
each together form the basis which will
insure American success in the days
which are ahead:
NOW, THEREFORE, l, EMERSON
C. HARRINGTON, Governor of Mary
land, do hereby recomend and urge:
/. That the farmers of Maryland make
every effort to place under cultivation
the largest acreage possible commensur-
ate with the labor obtainable for proper
cultivation and harvesting, and that in
tensive cultural methods be followed as
far as possible, as this practice will give
the best returns for the labor expended.
2. That farmers consult and closely CO.
operate with the Extension Service, an
organization of the Maryland State Col
iege of Agriculture and United States
Department of Agriculture cooperating,
whose specialists and county agents are
trained to utilize every facility of the
State and Federal Governments to insure
better and larger crops.
3. That merchants, bankers, business
and professional men organize, in each
county of the state, in order to assist in
obtaining and properly distributing labor
for the farms; in purchasing and trans
porting seed, fertilizer, farming imple-
ments and other supplies, in and gener-
ally in aiding and encouraging farmers in
the production of large crops. The bene-
fits of the National Farm Loan Bank of
Baltimore should be understood and avail
ed of by the farmers.
4. That farmers devote themselves
chiefly to the production of staples which
can be stored and disposed of during the
winter months. Such staples will be in
steady demand, at good prices, through
out the year, and their production, there
fore, is most important, both to the pro-
Queer and to the consumer, and should
be given preference over perishable pro-
ducts.
S. That groups of boys, and of women
and girls, of the villages, towns and coun-
try be organized for the growing, canning
and preserving of food products. The
Extension Service of the Maryland State
College of Agriculture has air eady form
ed boys and girls intoa number ofgroups
and who will advise and cooperate with
all who organize for this purpose.
6. That vacant lot and back yard gar
dening and cultivation be encouraged and
developed in Baltimore city and in other
cities throughout the State. This can
readily be made an important source of
supply, as well as of profit, to those en-
gagged in such work.
Z. The more earnestly and faithfully
the people of Maryland cooperate in the
development of our agricultural resources
along the lines thus broadly suggested
the more prepared will be our country to
meet successfully the conditions which
confront US; the more efficient will be the
aid we give in restoring peace in the
world, and the greater will be the indivi-
dual's personal contribution to that result.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF l have
hereunto set my hand and cause to be af-
fixed the Great Seal of the State of Mary
land, at the Capitol, in the city of Anna
polls, on the 9th day of April, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and seventeen.
By the Governor,
EMERSON G. HARRINGTON.