Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-15


\ advantage. Let us not overlook any of
/ these sources Of supply under exist
/ ing circumstances.
/ Then. the county and the community
should be organized with the idea of
getting every one interested In the cam
paiGn for food production. Provision
should be more to encourage the boys 10
/ raise corn and hogs and the girls. gar
den truck and poultry. IL Will not take
much OF an investment on the part OF
the fathers 10 enable their boys and
girls to perform a great service TO the
community in the manner indicated. The
counties should he organized by the bust
ness men and farmers working on CO.
operation. They should hold a series of
meetings during the spring and
summer in which the problems of food
production and disposition could be dis
Cussed TO advantage. Arrangements
should be made by the county to aid in
the canning OF all the surplus foodstuffs
which may be available. The interest
of the ministers should be enlisted in
such an undertaking and the school au-
thorities should also be brought into
I line The womens clubs and other or
Plantations can aid the cause materially.
Every one should be induced to take part
I'm organizing the county and community
and developing their productive posi-
bilities along the most efficient and con-
structive lines.
Then. we should discourage the sale Of
any breeding stock of whatever kind or
description. Milk cows are frequently
sold because the milk flow has fallen of
somewhat Laying hens are also fire.
quently sent to market The same is
probably true OF the brood SOW. Keep
all the animals which are capable OF re-
producing their kind. Feed and nourish
them TO the best advantage and take
especially good care of the young. BY
this method we can increase the num-
bers Of beef and dairy cattle and swine,
and supply ourselves with larger pro-
portion of food in the form of eggs and
chickens. IL is a mistake to kill frying
chickens this year. Let them grow for
MONTH or two longer and they Will
yield up twice as much food as COM
pared with that obtained at the frying
stage. There should be no veal found on
Georgia markets this year Every ami
NAL which is capable of being developed
into a larger animal as a source of milk
or meat should be kept and fed with
that definite purpose in view.
We must institute a homecoming
campaign. In other words. induce
every one TO put up any surplus avail
able. whether fruit or vegetables. There
arc thousands of gardens i'm the state
which produce enough surplus food to
provide the family with all The canned
goods needed during the winter. AS
rule. most Of this surplus supply has
been thrown away or wasted We have
frequently been guilty of going TO the
store and purchasing canned goods be-
cause IL was easy and convenient TO do
so. rather than to take care of the home
grown product. All this must be
changed. and il is surprising how much
we can do in this direction if we set
about the task in a systematic man
ner and with proper patriotic spirit.
There is r likelihood that containers
for canned goods will be difficult or
impossible TO secure i'm many instances.
In that event great quantities of food
may be dried. II is only a matter of
protecting the food while drying from
dust. flies and other communicating in
flUenCes. If this is done and it is put
up in sanitary manner. it can be kept
satisfactorily.
Every town should hasten 10 take an
inventory OF its needs. finding out how
much meat fruit. vegetables and gen.
eral food crops IL requires. Then am
effort should be made to induce the
farmers in the surrounding territory
to produce what is needed because ii
will be very difficult to secure IL over
the railroads next fall. as there is like
" TO be a further dislocation of traffic
by reason of the demands the war will
make upon our transportation facilities
We should encourage the boys and
girls. as already pointed out. to be of
service by cuItivating backyard gar
dens in towns and cities. and they can
also do much in this direction on the
/ farms as well. The fathers and moth
ers should see that the boys and girls
are rewarded for the effort by giving
them something in the way of a none
| tary return for their labor If they
I develop a good garden. or raise a pig.
/ or hatch and grow out some chickens
we should never forget that they are
performing a most worthy service and
their efforts should he recognized in
the community.
We can do much 10 increase our
sources of animal food if we inaugu-
/ rate a systematic campaign against
/ disease. such as blackleg i'm cattle.
/ cholera i'm hogs and fowls and other
/ diseases which are common can be pre-
vented by taking forethought. our
/ losses in this direction run up into the
millionss of dollars every year. and we
have never thought il worth while to
. fight diseases as vigorously as we
d a
l by which farmers can obtain serum for
/ the incubation of their hogs at a res-
sOnable cost. The government will sup
I ply blackleg vaccine, and then we
| should enforce proper sanitary regula
tiOns and look after the health Of our
\ animals and in this way can re-
\ duCe the losses in this direction very
n materially. Ii is important TO remem-
Der that every animal which dies from
n disease lessons the available supply of
milk or meat products as the case may
be. Therefore. if we are careless about
such matters we will encourage the arr
I rival Of the time when the food strin-
/ gency will pinch us as q people i'm a
[ manner that viii arouse us 10 the Sc
. rious nature OF the situa ton.
I WHAT To PLANT IN NORTH GEOR-
GA GARDENS.
l.. r NJ. Gainesville Ca. writes. We
generally plant only vegetables for our ia
bio iu sumner and little corn and miIlet
for the StorE. hut this wear we have put IN
all q nm mo MIA UFa