The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-17
BEDDING TILLERS
 TO PLANT MORE BY 50 PER CENT.
However, They See Small Hope of Gain In Labor
 Supply

Il6QL1n6v UdAy e1l"fEI1lInS ndN6 I been made by about fifty farmers of the town on the blanks provided to l s1n0w the acreage of staple crops they are planting this year in comparison with IRgt year. The figures indicate an tnrE&hse ofsapputs half, mainly in referenre tDN corn % and potatoes LAst Friday evening the local com uft1ee on food supply met at the of fec of Town Clerk Sanford, the chairman, and dfsruEsed the situation, particularly as regards the defcient K labor suppay- Mr. Ea1Dn of inc state farm at GeDTgetDwn, expressed the beief that the movement to enlist the nervices of high school bpyY as farm hn1f,ersaa1M 1n45tt pfon1fss iznportant re- Saltz. beealse they lacked training fer that surt of labor Thief would
 rzDhab1y not be generally Available except i'm localities near the cdties nm laHs fhnre wag adopted the plan to dtstribm1e t7aem ab0rt inc county in eamrG- If that were done they might unAer the direction of ccmpeteut 1pRe- men remderl crnzadecaaae azsastance The 1alhpr qresta0m also fcrne1 the tcpfe for dfzclaezd0n at the monthly
 meeting of the Mens c1a1b held Last evening at the h0ane of Phd1o T. P1att- t2n the talk ernwaa&6D was Laid on the fact that many faiaed to realize that farming wsas a trads fn the sense that it reqn1aed a certain degree of sle1M to
 make am eMAcdent worker. Muscle and H1aafmxness were essential. but to paow or syem wfe1d a hoe property couad bse learned only by practical idea OG trams4ear4ng city deraaicts to inc farms wou1d probably accom- p1txh Httae towards fhe so9ztaou of thsl problem ewem if the dere1icts wereI willing to change their present zdr- rounAan8s for the 1a;udat1e purpose of bAcom&ng production recruits With six members absent, some of
 fhem for causes they had made
 known. the Home Guard held their
 first company drill last Sunday after noon on the Ridge ball ground under the command of Capt. H. G. Barnes. 1 The field was fringed with a cenadd- Arable number of spectators who watched the movements with interest during the hosfr and a half they were in progress. For a first effort the drill was quite satisfactory. only a [ few baenaishes- being apparent. Next Sundays drill will be held at West
 Hedd4nz, The men are hopeful of catazning their uniforms in time for the proposed battazion drill on Me- mor1al Day. In future members who
 are S1ssent from drills without being previously excused by the company coEanaandant will be subject to fine
 of S1. The quota this town win be called upon to furnish under the com- ing draft has not been determined 5Nt aa HnoAicda1 estimate places the
 number at about 8 dozen.
 The funeral of James Gregory,
 whose death occurred last Friday
 from pneumonia, was held on Tues
 day afternoon. Rev. MT. Cunning ham conducted the services at the late home of the deceased in the Center and interment was in Umfa-
 waug cemetery, The choir of the
 Episcopal church sang My Faith LoegS Up to Thee" and Abide With
 Me,'' fayorite hymns of the deceased.
 The bearers were D. g; Sanford, A. e, BaFHettx.:W c, Sanford and E. r, saAfsFd 61i members of Christ chHfeh Festfy. MT. Gregory was the
 last survivor of family of two
 brothers and three sisters.
 While George P. Williams, accom- panied by his young sen, was de- scsndiHgG GeaiDdt Hill on his way from IDzsbzFy te JpBAtsWa last Friday eve IHiRg fhe breaking of the wishbone caused his Ford car ta gigrats and 0Raily execute .e soRsFsault. The peespsats escaRS& being pinned down end were pa5y sllxhtiy huEt A. G. IBeynstt went t9 Williams aid and Hle eaF, sEteF heiag F4gAted, was left