The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-01
PRODUCE SOMETHING ON EVERY ACRE
THIS FALL AND WINTER.

PRODUCE SOMETHING ON EVERY ACRE
THIS FALL AND WINTER.
The United States is at war, but not really ye
engaged in war.
So far every effort made has been in prepare
ton for actual participation in the conflict.
Food supplies of the nation. are not more thai
required; every bushel of grain raised to dat
will be used and the demand will then hardly b.
filled.
Every can of vegetables and fruit put up dur
ing the summer and fall will be required for con
sumption during the winter and spring.
1t is necessary, therefore, that every acre and
every plot of ground in country and in the city be
put to work during the fall months for the needs
that are certain to follow next spring and summer
or until the new spring crop is harvested.
There should be a larger acreage planted tt
oats and wheat. The South greatly increased its
acreage to these two cereals last year. It should
do even better the coming season.
Fall gardens in country and city should be
planted to such vegetables as best can be raised
When the United States gets it's full quota OF
men across the water and at the front, there will
needs be a great quantity of food stuffs to send
across for their maintenance.
We must not forget either, that the United
States is being looked to for supplies Of food for
the Allies.
No matter how much food stuff is grown in
the United States, it will not be more than enough.
The city garden should be utilized to do it's
part in supplying the needs of the city; the coun-
to 60 to the city.
It is essential that this be done that not a foot
of ground be permitted to lie idle.
The American people are to be called upon
not only to feed themselves during the coming
winter and spring, but to feed a goodly part of
the world besides.
1t is not a pleasant outlook, but it is one that
cannot safely be disregraded.
Put every foot of ground in city and country
to producing something to eat.
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INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION.
Predictions that there will be yet three years
ton of foodstuffs, the solution of which America is
largely expected to supply, will be even more i'm
portant next year than it is this year.
One step toward increased food production is
to plant a larger acreage.
Bigger acreage, larger herds, farming on a
more extensive scale-this represents one phase
of more production.
There is, however, another phase. That
phase involves, not merely planting, but %cultiva-
tion-in other words, the handling of all varieties
of crop between seen-time and harvest.
Here, improved methods Of farming will make
each acre sown more productive. In this direc-
ton, a great increase in production is possible.
In countries more directly affected, countries
which have war right on their own soil or menac-
ing their borders, emergency has stimulated to a
marked degree inventive genius. New capacity
for organization has been developed by the pres
sure of extreme necessities.
Inventive genius and capacity for organization
are distinctly American qualities.
Applied to the problem of more food produc-
ton they should do more than merely solve the
immediate problem. They should leave their
mark, in the shape of permanently improved
methods upon American agriculture.
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THE WAR AND THE PHILIPPINES.
War interest is reported keen in our island pos
sessions on the other side of the world.
Where, ten years ago, revolution and discon-
tent were the order Of the day, today the average
Filipino is eager to show his loyalty by standing
shoulder to shoulder with Uncle Sam in the fight
for liberty and democracy.
Immediately the United States entered the
war, the Filipino Veterans Association, composed
of men who fought us in 1900, rendered it's servi-
ces to the governor-general to be used in any
capacity acceptable. Young Filipino students in
the United States are not merely volunteering,
but are proving active recruiters. There are FIJI.
ipinos in the medical corps who will bring to the
II ualuahla oxnorianca Of sotuico in Philinninn