The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-04-21
FOOD CONSERVATION
Problems are being studied
and Analized as Never
before.

New Orleans, La, April 10
Advices received here from all
parts Of the South indicate that
the food conservation movement
inaugurated by the Federal gov
eminent at the beginning of the
war will result in the construction
Of a tremendous number of silos
during the approaching summer
and eaEly fall months.
1t is being impressed on farmers
as never before that the conserva
ton Of stock food means the con-
servatlon of food for the people.
If other foods can be substituted
for stock, it IS pointed out, more
grain will be left for use in feed
ing the people. Land can be hast
lily prepared for raising silage and
other forage crops at small ex
pense.
"The South must feed itself or
60 hungry"
These stirring words uttered
last week by Hon. Carl Vrooman,
of the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, at the Cut.Over
Land Conference of the South, in
this city, have aroused determin
ed spirit everywhere to get away
from the old one-crop idea, and in
formation in the hands of state
agricultural bureaus shows plans
on foot for the growing of great
excess of food crops in the South
this year over what has been the
case before.
In this connection the Practical
Farmer, published at Phlladel.
phia, carries ID Its current Issue q
highly interesting editorial show
ing that sllos, always beneficial,
are especially 80 at the present
time, and that the grower owes 1t
to not only himself but to his
neighb0r and the country at large
to "give the silO u chance
After pointing out that feeds
and farm labor are both very like,
ly to be more scarce and higher in
price during the coming year than
for many years past, the Practical
Farmer says:
"The experience Of thousands of
dairymen throughout the country
has shown beyond question that
the silo is one of the most impor
tant factors IN the economic feed
ing Of cattle to-day, but while 81
lsge has generally been looked
upon IS primarily feed for dairy
cows 1t is being increasingly used
with excellent results for other
farm stock-as testified to in a re.
cent "ExperieLc Pool" in this pa.
per on that subject. The experl.
eDces of brother farmers and the
results OF experiments Of various
state experiment stations should
convince any, Doubling Thomas"
among us that the sllo is practical
and profitable on any farm where
live stock is kept IN any quantity.
Ii the sllo has proved profitable IN
the past it should prove doubly
profitable under present condi
tions and no farmer should regard
as an expense the building of one
or more silos this season to meet
the feeding needs Of bis live stock;
rather should he regard it as an
Investment which for a long mum
Der Of years will return substan.
tlal dividends with the largest
dividends right at the beginning.
Fortunate Is the farmer who stiIl
has on hand plenty of silage to
last until this years corn crop Is
ready for the cutter; this lie the
position which each farmer should
strive to attend when planning his
silage equipment"
The Southern Pine Association
10 now distributing, free of charge,
to all who ask for IL, an illustr ated
booklet on elbow to Choose and
How to Use Silo." The booklet
contains vast amount of informa.
ton Of value to the farmer.