The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-04-21

and beast. and thus stop the drain
upon the depleted national food re-
serves which our States is now maxi
Ing. The duty of every family to
plant and cultivate a garden must 10
stressed. The following vegeta bles
are suggested:
Sweet potatoes (plants can be se-
cured at once at about 50 per 1,O0o).
TWO hundred plants. planted Is
inches apart in four foot rows on
good soil. should produce six to ten
bushels by July Is or August 1.
A single garden row each of okra
tomatoes. snap beans. pole beans
should be planted now and duplicated
d month later.
Garden corn. squashes and the va
rious green's are all easy to grow and
should be planted In succession in
Quantity according to the size OF the
garden. properly worked and fer
tilized. One-eighth Of an acre vii,
supply the average family with an
abundance and great variety OF vege.
tables during the entire summer arf
fall.
Land owners should urge thci,
croppers and merchants their custom
ers to plant gardens and the seed,
should be furnished to those who are
unable to buy.
Every farmer should be urged 70
plant at least one-quarter of an acre
each OF sorghum and early yellow
dent corn Cleaning variety suggest
ed) per horse or COW owned, and this
Will furnish ample feed in July and
August. Every farmer should put In
at least one acre Of sweet potatoes
per horse. and land owners should
construct potato houses. built accord
ing to government specifications, 70,
curing and storing this crop for tneir
tenants
Cow peas and soy beans should be-
literally planted for human and ami
NAL food. Early varieties Of COW peas
planted at once will furnish delicious
green peas in eight or ten weeks.
Every farmer should be induced to
increase his acreage of feld corn and
early velvet beans should be planted
not later than May 1 in every acre Of
corn. They will not reduce the corr
yield and may be expected to produce
Is to 80 bushels per acre Of q spler-
did nitrogenous food.
Bulletins on velvet beaus, potato o
houses, etc., will be furnished by the
farm demonstration agents in each
county.
The merchants Of your county must
De made to realize that their coopera
tion IL absolutely necessary for the
success Of this campaign. Unless sup
plies Of the necessary seed and OF
cans and jars for canning are avail
able. much of the effect of our work
will be neutralized. wholeheartef
cooperation from all the people, In
fact. is vital II the State is to do the
necessary and patriotic work which
the national and State authorities
have called on US for.
There Is q great shortage of SOM
kinds Of seeds. and the merchan, s.
may be unable to secure q full as
sortment OF those recommended.
substitutions. however. can usually be
made without seriously affecting the
programme.
The two most effective agencies
which may be used for our campaign
are the churches and the schools.
Gov. Manning has asked all the
ministers In South Carolina to take
up and advocate In their sermons.
food production and conservation. It
would be we'll to hold a meeting OF
the county teachers association
(both white and colored) and urge the
teachers to enter intellectually Into
tho work. Patriotic songa should I've
frequently sung by the schools, shor,
talks on the war and the national
situation should be given and the pa.
triotism Of the children should ~
stimulated In every possible way
II must be made plain to each chilli
that he has a part In the programme
for national preparedness for war.
We suggest that society be formol
In each school called the "volunteer
Service league" into which shall he
enrolled all children who will volun
teer for the production and conserya.
ton of foodstuffs. Each member OF
this society should pledge himself o.,
herself to cultivate u small garden o,
corn match Or IN holy, (oO N, , pu bo,,c