The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-08-30

ment and the states who come into
most direct contact with farmers.
With the addition of the new county
agents an agent will be situated in
practically every agricultural county
in the United States that will cooper
ate to advise and assist farmers in
every way possible on matters of pro-
duction, conservation, and marketing.
The number of women county agents
in rural counties will be considerably
increased, and other women agents
will be placed in a number of the larg
er towns and cities. These women
will stimulate the production of gar
den truck, poultry, and other products
by women and children and will ad
wise and instruct in regard to the most
efficient methods of food utilization
and conservation.
To Attack Labor and Food Problems.
Under the food production act the
Office Of Farm Management of the de-
partment, in cooperation with the
United States Department of Labor,
will extend the farm help activities
through which farm laborers and the
farmers who most need them have
been brought together during the pre-
sent season.
The third of the more important of
the emergency projects to be carried
out by the Department of Agriculture
is quick survey of the food situat-
ion. This activity will be for the pur-
pose of ascertaining as accurately as
possible the condition of the country's S
food stores and the normal consump-
tion in order that such action as may
be necessary to insure a sufficient
supply may be taken intelligently
Farm stocks and supplies in retail
stores and in the hands of consumers
will be estimated, and stocks held by
wholesale, jobbing. storing, manufact-
uring, and other commercial estab-
lishments will be enumerated. 1t is
contemplated that the survey will be
followed by monthly reports on sever
al Of the most important commodities
and, if the emergency requires it, by
another survey after an interval of
perhaps six months.
Production Will Be Stimulated
In addition to the activities under
the three projects mentioned, special
work will be undertaken by the many
bureaus and offices of the Department
of Agriculture in the interests of in
creased production, and for the con-
servation, protection, and improved
handling and marketing of crops and
live stock. The Bureau of Animal
Industry will seek to bring about in
creased production of hogs and poul-
try, the two live stock products cap
able of most rapid increase The ag-
ents of this bureau also will locate
surpluses of hogs in heavy producing
areas and farmers in other sections of
the country with good facilities for
hog raising, in the effort to bring
about more economical distribution
of hogs. Efforts also will be made
indirectly to increase animal product
ion by combating animal diseases and
pests. especially hog cholera, tuber-
culosls, and the cattle tick, which
'"use losseS dSSTeSatlnS mllllOnS OF
dollars annually The bureau also
will endeavor to stimulate the increase
production and utilization of dairy
food; and vii! carry on campaign for
the more geperal production of infer
tile eggs.
TIE Bureau of Entomology will ex-
tend its activities in the field to pro-
tect crops and live stock. 1t will as
slst in organizing communities for
combating insects pests, both of crops
and live stock
Marketing Assistance to Be Extended
Producers will be given advice by
the Bureau of Markets regarding i'm
proved methods of packing and hand
ling food products. The bureau also
will extend it's market-nws services to
include grain, hay, and seeds, dairy
and poultry products, and cover more
1ully vegetables and fruits and meats
and meat products, and will assist in
solving local truck-gardening prob
lens. These services will make pub
lie facts as to supply, demand and
movement of food products, intended
to help in the elimination Of the lost
motion and economic waste existing in