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

committee for civic preparedness hell
o joint meeting in Columbia on the
10th inst, at which q day for inaugu >
rating in your county campaign
movement for civic preparedness
for war was designated and speakers
representing the State organization
were selected.
The farm demonstration depart
ment of the national government will
furnish an agricultural speaker in ad
dition. and it would be we'll for you
to secure the services of one or more
local speakers for short talks.
You will be expected to advertise
this meeting and secure the largest
possible attendance and contribute in
every way to it enthusiastic success.
After the county meeting the
speakers representing the State or
ganiaztion will meet with you for a
conference as to your plans for q
vigorous countrywide campaign.
You will be expected to hold, in
the shortest possible time, meetings
in every church and school house in
tho county. secure the best possible Q
speakers for arousing effective en-
thusiasm and cooperation at these
meetings; you will be expected to
secure the hearty cooperation OF
every available agency-churche
schools, boards Of trade, farmers, as
sociatiOns, benevolent associations.
labor unions, wOmen's clubs, ETC.
for your campaign. Your campaign
must bring to the whole people a
realization of the fact that the world
is facing a fanine--that the success
full prosecution of this war depend,
fully as much upon the production
adm conservation Of food in the United
States as it does upon any military
action which can be taken by this
country. The people must be made
to 'ealize that the duty of responding
' &c call Of our nation and stat
Ior the production and conservation
Of foodstuffs Is just as patriotic. and
under present circumstances viii
prove just as effective from mill
tary standpoint, as actual service with
arms.
The State omission for civic pro-
paredness suggests the following pro-
gramme. which may be modified by
the judgment of your committee TO
suit varying conditions IN the differ
cnt sections Of the State. "
First urge the immediate plantinc
OF such crops as will in the shorteNt
possible time furnish food for mfQl
and beast, and thus stop the drar
upon the depleted national food re-
serves which our State is now making
The duty Of every family to plant and
cultivate garden must be stressed.
The following vegetables are sug-
gested:
Sweet potatoes (plants can be Sc
cured at once at about 50 per 1000
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 ].
A single garden row each of olk,a
tomatoes. snap beans, pole beans
should be planted now and duplicated
a 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 will
supply the average family with an
abundance and great variety Of vege-
tables during the entire summer and
fall.
Land owners should urge thei,
crs to plant gardens and the see
should be furnished to those who ar
unable to buy.
Every farmer should be urged tc
plant at least One-quarter of an acrt
each Of sorghum and early yellow
dent corn cleaning variety suggest
cd) per horse or COW owned, and this
will furnish ample feed in July and
August. Every farmer should put i,
at least one acre Of sweet potatoes
per horse, and land owners should
construct potato houses, built accord
ing to government specifications. fo,
curing and storing this crop for Their
tenants.
Cow peas and soy beans should be
literally planted for human and ami