Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-06-08
FOOD EMERGENCY
PROBLEM FOR ALL
PEOPLE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH
OF SPIRIT LET GEORGE
DO IT."
SOME WORK FOR ALL TO Do
List Of Recommendation Made to
Farmers, Housewives, Gardeners
and Citizens Generally.

Raleigh John Paul Lucas. exeCu
tive secretary OF the North Carolina
Food Conservation Commission, In re-
viewing the food situation in this state
gave out lot Of good advice In his
suggestions Of ways every person can
help improve the food situation.
Mr.. Lucas wrote as follows
Too many OF our people are regard
ing the food emergency, which is real.
ly just in its incipiency, as a prob.
lem for the farmer, the trucker, their
neighbor or someone else more or less
remote from themselves. There is
something of the spirit OF Let George
do It," Fortunately, this spirit has
been rapidly disappearing and 1t is not
too much TO hope that all the people
OF North Carolina will quickly realize
that, while the farmers responsibility
and opportunity are greatest possibly,
each person has an individual duty
and responsibility
A large number OF people who real.
lie their individual responsibility have
asked themselves and others, What
can do" In answer to this question
and for the information of others who
may have given the matter no thought
am giving below a list OF recon-
mendations that are being made to
farmer. housewife. gardener and citi.
zen generally. can think of no one
IN any position or condition to whom
some of these suggestions are not ap.
pl.cable Here they are:
Cultivate and fertiize every avail.
able foot of tillable land that you can
possibly take care of. Cultivate more
carefully and feriilize more heavily
than under normal circumstances.
Put stubble land in corn, SOY beans,
peas, potatoes or sorghum as soon as
the grain is off Here lies one of our
greatest opportunities for increasing
the acreage in food and feed crops.
Where there is a poor stand OF cot.
ton replant with SOY beans or peas.
Also plant these crops in corn.
Save all the clover and vetch seed
possible Both are going TO be un.
usually scarce and high priced. Vetch
can be threshed with oats or by them.
selves. II you don't know how to har.
vest clover seed write the U. S De.
partment of Agriculture for Farmers
Bulletin No. $50.
Breed all sows and gifts for fall pigs
and be sure to raise sufficient feed
for them-in the form of pastures
principally. Raise meat not only for
your own demands but for the market.
Prices are sky-high
Raise all the chickens you can,
whether you live In the country or in
town. Shut up the cocks and cock.
erels and preserve your surplus eggs
in water glass solution.
Raise and eat all the fresh vegeta-
bles you can and can all the surplus
you can't eat. See that every glass
jar is filed with vegetables and fruits
and If you still have surplus buy more
jars or cans.
Don't throw away scraps OF meat
and fat. Use meat in soup, hash, GRO
quets, and fats for frying and short.
ening.
Cook potatos in the peel. Tests
have shown that 20 per cent is lost
when potatoes are peeled before
cooking
Don't waste bits OF bread. Use them
in buildings or in dressings for meat
Don't despise skim milk and butter.
milk. They have high food value
and are generally cheap. Use them
largely, especially for children.
See that all labor as well as food.
stuffs is properly used. The farmers
are handicapped for lack of labor. The
people of town and city must see that
available labor OF men and boys is Of
fered to the farmers. This service is
just as patriotic and effective as that
OF the boys who don their uniforms
and shoulder their rifles.