Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-06
SAFE FARMING AND
THE SOUTH'S PRODUCTION
Continued from Page Three)

worm, foreign war, or what not, we
cut out the risks and make our farm |
ing operations, safe and secure, if we
follow the fundamental principles j
have laid down.
Under boil weevil conditions in Ala
bama, Georgia. Florida and Mississippi |
the safety of the people demands that
farmers produce their living. The
system l have outlined S not only the
material but is the all-important pro-
gram to follow this year or any other
year under boil weevil conditions i'm
der such conditions the farmer must
lave some other crops. to sell. A. little
excess in the way of food and feed and
sn excess of animal products, suggest
ed in this outline, will give you the
necessary relief
Every banker, merchant, wholesale !
dealer, business man and professional
man in cotton territory is. interested in
this program. Their security depends Z
Upon the safety and security of the.
agriculture. II agriculture is to be
good security and safe security, it's |,
ability to live and prosper, no matter |
what the conditions may be is OF su-
IRENE Importance. Not only is this |
important but it is important, that +!
you should know that under stress of |
unforeseen circumstances this same |
agriculture shall be able to feed you.
A business man who lends his aid and |
encouragement to an unsafe system or |
farming may be imperiling the very |
existence of himself, of his people and
of the nation.
If the South this year can produce
more of her food and feed and draw |
less from the North and West, she will |
be in better and safer shape herself, |
and the entire nation will be better fit !
ted to defend herslf against her foreign
toes and assist her foreign friends in
case of war 1t is the very essence Of
our agricultural defense. 1t is almost
a patriotic duty. The one supreme i'm !
pcrtant problem this year in the worlc |
is food With a normal acreage and a |
good season the South can do this and |
still produce cotton enough. There is
40 necessity for an enormous increase
il. the cotton acreage. With the acre"
age of last year or the year before and
cotton. This is not matter of such |
decent season there will be plenty OF
supreme Importance as is this problem |
of enough food here-not in Iowa, in
Wisconsin OF Minnesota-bu in Geor-
gia. Alabama, in South Carolina, in the |
South, within reach, not dependent up !
on interrupted transportation facilities. /
l would advocate the same thing, If !
there were no war in sight, if we were !
at peace and everything was prosper |
Gus. for the simple reason that it is the
safe and successful system of agricul-
ture. 1t requires possibly greater eff
fort and greater diversity of know
ledge, and, therefore, better trained |
citizenship, better homes, better farms,
better fertility and better opportunity
Win the clouds brought on by the
devastation of the boil weevil, or the
black clouds of war bring distress up
on the people and things become un-
certain, at times when it behooves ev-
cry man to set his house in order and
be ready for the last supreme effort of
family, community, county, state and
ration, this problem Of producing the /
food supply under safe system OF
farming becomes at once the most inn
portant problem Of all. | can not too
strongly urge that every attention this
year be given to the garden, the corn,
hay, the conservation and breeding OF
poultry and hogs, mich cows beef cat
tie and other food products in the
South. In this is your greatest safety
for 1917?
emphasize it again, for | cannot
make it too strong-THE SOUTH
MUST FEED HERSELF