Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-26
BEEF ONLY MEAT PLENTIFUL
Elk. Governor Gates and Others
Address Rally at City Hall.
Less Pork, Lamb, Eggs and Lar In
Storage. says Prof. story-Deans .
Hills n Tinkham ana J. w.
Dana Also speak.

An audience Of upwards Of 10000 people
heard Ex-Governor Charles w. Gates,
Prof. O.. r. T.. Story and Dean Hills Of
the college Of agriculture, Dean H.. c.
of the medical college, County
Agent j. w. Dana Of Chittenden and 9TH
ers at last nights rally in the city hall.
Of the 10000 about 1895 were present by
proxy Of the Free Press.
The meeting. which was urdcr the aus
pieces Of the County Farm Bureau asso-
citation in the interest of the food pro-
duction and conservation campaign,
brought some clinching facts con-
corning food resources in the country
at large and In New England and Yer
mont. Professor Story quoted the follow
ing figures of food supplies as Of April 1:
Frozen beef in storage. 1s9, So, 215 pounds.
an increase of 81 per cent over 1915: cured
beef. ao,6ss,lG7 pounds, lie per cent. more:
frozen pork, s., ~. 46s pounds. 3.1 per cent.
less; dry salt pork. 49, 6l us. one per cent.
more; sweet picked pork, 326, 81, 500
pounds, u per cent. less: lard, 6O,6s1, OF
pounds, AS per cent. less; frozen lambs
and mutton. 4,as1, 131, "a per cent less;
creamery butter, 6,23s.06s pounds. 30 per
cent. more; cheese, s.76s.1S pounds. 49,
per cent. less; eggs 1884 cases, or 36.s
per cent. less. There are 80 per cent. fewer
breeding sows.
3,0oo ACRES OF WHEAT.
Mr.. Dana said that in 1880 Vermont cul-
tivated more than 10000 acres of wheat: in
1910. Gas acres. The State now bought, he
declared, $247 600 worth Of feed and raised
only 81, 900 worth. The question Of raising
beef cattle in the State was seriously talk
ed over, he said. by the county agents at
t1,ai~ rooont cnnfAponca hut a. uvoo AaCidod
that such a large proportion of the farm
ers had cattle more suitable for beef than
as milk-makers-''guest cows'-thst cattle
raising in Vermont was unnecessary. Test
your seeds and treat them to prevent dis
ease: save $4,000 in Chittenden alone by
| sowing grains carefully; use a three
horse hitch instead Of three persons to
one horse ahead Of the plow: These were
a few bits of advice which Mr.. Dana dis
pensed. Milking machines were selling
fast in the State, he said. and also other
labor-saving machines.
Dean Hills said 1t did not matter II the
war ended tomorrow: a surplus of food
was out of the question. Australia Is the
only country in the world which doe'
not face a possible o shortage. "Breat
bullets and not lead bullets" neces'
sarily would win the war.
| Dean Ilnknam tOlO now tne MARY Ict
! cher hospital could not get fresh eggs
for its patients. according to its steward
own statement. Eggs 1t did get wer'
selling far above last years prices. HI
described the constitution and functions
of the State public safety committee. A
card index of all the physicians in thu
State had been prepared. he asserted.
Ex-Governor Gates happened to be II
the city, and was obtained to speak b!
accident. The allies lacked. he said. no
so much men as food and munitions a n
the money to pay for them. He advises
caution in the planting Of new or add
tional crops. Don't plan h you cam
cultivate thoroughly or a crop you don
understand. he warned farmers present
Farmers should raise enough food t
maintain themselves and their cattle an,
thus relieve to some degree the drain upol
the country's supplies. He was not sur
what would happen If two or three time
the usual crop of potatoes was raised
The potato market changed quickly. Blu
field crops would hold over. In Frank
lin county wheat. buckwheat and crop
for stock of all kinds were to be increased
he said. Silage corn would save buyinI
grains. He described the work which tn
pupils in the schools were doing and tn
Green Mountain Guard.
J. 7. Ramsey of Charlotte. the secon,
speaker. told how a month ago it wa
impossible to buy corn at Ogdensbure
n. Y. Burlington, Charlotte, Vergenne
or Rutland. The Rutland railroad di
not have a car Of corn for home consumr
!tion.