The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-05-17
PREPARE MORE LAND
GROW MORE FOOD
"seed and Feed the Slogan Of
the Year.

the Year.
The papers are flied with the appeal
for soldiers, sailors and farmers, and
NIL are timely, all are necessary. The
sailor is needed to man the ships that
rrotects.tlR shores, police the seas and
clear the ocean of %tormenting and
m~eddlesome masked buccaneers. to
give help to the allies, to make more
efficient the present fighting units that
are keeping free the sea lanes and
ocean routes. The soldier is required
To keep alive and intact the unity of
the nation and the freedom of the
zens from incursions without and raids
within, to guard the honor and pre-
serve the dignity of the great United
States, tossrender not only sentimental
bit practical assistance to those who
for two and q half years on the bat
tlefieldss Of Flanders and the steppes
of the East have been fighting for the
freedom OF the world against Il domi-
mlnt autocratic and militarist Prus-
sianisrn. which, were it to become sue
ceSsful, would mean autocratism, mil
itarisn and Prussianism, and a get
Professionalism" over the entire
world. The allies are proud to vel
come these e %accessions to the fight
Ing forces, which mean an earlier ter
minatfons of the war and the dawn of
an era that will be historic, one
tliat we VIII all be proud that we lived
In. Throughout all Canada, Great
britain, France, and all the allied colln-
tries. when the news was received that
the Enited States had entered the war,
q thrill went up and down the nations
sides, and the pulses throbbed with n
new life, lseenly %appreciative of the
practical sentiment that had brought
to their sides al ally of the strength
and vfrilfty Of the United States.
But the soldier and the sailor need
10 be fed, and therefore the cry for
agricultural enlistment. The strength
OF the fighting ma must be main
mined. n his absence from the field
there comes the necessity for provision
to take his place. The appeal for farm
help IS well timed, opportune and Inn
1oftart. There are vacant lands a.
1sleIsty in the United States that, given
4 lair opportunity under competent adj
and reasonable help, will pro-
,tllIce a~bundantly. Western Canada
ti!sy, provides m excellent field for the
prosecution OF work in growing wheat
and other grains, and while 1t is not
The desire of the Canadian Government
70 draw from the resources OF the
United States. believing that it is the
duty OF every patriotic citizen to do
all he possibly can to build up The
Stores of depleted foods and making
use Of every energy at home, the wish
Is 70 lay before the public the fact
that Canada has millions of acres of
excellent land capable of producing
Wonderful crops. II FOR any reason
siic realef, having patriotism and a
1--we Of his country in his henri. Il i
desire to forward the cause Of the al |
lies, c,nnOt avail himself or the oppor
tJnities afforded in the United Stptes. {
western Canada viii be clad to rem
Ger him my assistance II Gun IN Iocns-
him on It's vacant areas, where large
crops can be grewn at minimum az
Let Us grow the grain, raise the |
cattle, produce the food TO feed our
soldiers our sailors and provide food
for OIr allies, no matter whether Il ii
to the Northp to the South of
boundary line that lii tho object fn
view should not be known ms a boun-
let us keep up the spirit Of pa
tfiotfsm, whether II be growing grain
the United States or IN Cannda, but
f;sanada, fully alive TO the necessity,
3nlns N the appeal 81 Its nlfes-tl,e
tapited S~tates--for more Food md more
Observation-Disclosures