The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
SLOGAN is MORE
WHEAT AND HOGS
Every Farmer in South Carolina VIII
Be Asked to Sign a Pledge Gard
to Raise More of Both

to Raise More OF Both
The statewide drive to increase the
wheat acreage by at least 40 per cent.
and to arouse active interest IN the
growing OF hogs will be launched
Monday at noon in Columbia at a
conference between X ". Lo:,S,
state agent for the United States
farm demonstration work and direc-
tor of the Clemson College extension
division, with % of the county farm
demonstration agents. The meeting
will be held at the Jefferson hotel.
DR.. Long has called twenty-five OF
his best farm demonstration men 10
meet him for the purpose of outlln-
ing the campaign which will be cor
Quoted in every county in the state.
Every farmer in South Carolina Will
be asked to sign a pledge card to pro-
duce more wheat and to rasie as manT
hogs as possible: The census OF
the state will be taken through the
school children. Every school chic
in South Carolina will be asked to
carry a card home to be signed Dy
the parent. The following letter
Viii be sent to every country house
in the state:
"I am sending you a card ASKING
for your cooperation with your gov
ernment in a service that is equally
necessary with that Of serving in the
frenches and that is to assist in IN
creasing the food supply of the worio
in the growing of at least two acres
of wheat to the plow and the raising
Of at least one additional litter of
pigs more than you have been doing
in the past few years. II you eApect
10 have your usual quantity of -four
bread for the use of your family ana
plantation you must grow 1t. Tne
government will not permit you to
draw anon the surplus supply of the
west. This is going to feed our army
and those Of our allies.
.aThere are fewer hogs in SoufA
Carolina than there was in 1915. \ The
meat supply of the United States and
the world is less than at any time IN
the history of the world, so far as IN
formation is recorded. A 20O-pouna
hog will bring you as much as you
0sed to receive for 5O0-pound pale
of cotton Remember we are asking
Won only to increase your pork py
raising the pigs from one addltlona.
SOW. IF every farmer will comply
with this modest request the meat
situation will be solved and the re-
nuirements of our government met,
Could we ask you to do less?
"These cards do not need to De
stamped Fill them out. sign them
and mail and they will be delivered
without postage. Yours very truly
w. w. Long, Director
The slogan of the campaign Will
be: s'Waging war against Germany
not in trenches but on the farms OF
South Carolina" Those who have
been called t. Columbia to assist IN
tho campaign are the following farm
demonstration agents:
J. O Williams, Clemson College.
" W. Lewis, Clemson College.
L. w. Summers. Orangeburg.
z. E Hall, Clemson College.
J R Clark. Columbia.
James Shealy. Ballentine.
J. F. Williams, Sumter.
C. w Baker, Kingstree.
w. H. Barton. SimpsOnville.
C. a McFaddin, Manning.
w. P. Stewart. Simpsonville.
W. P. Elliott. Winnsboro.
A. A. McKeown. Rock Hill.
, A H Chapman, Greenville,
H. G.. Boylstor. Blackville.
s 2. Evans, Rennettsville.
] F. Ezell, Spartanburg.
c. B Faris, Greenwood.
T. VI. Mills. Prosperity
c. S. Patrick, Saluda.
p. H. Sem, Manning.
n J. Thomas Mccormick.
Colin McLaurin, Marion.
r. E. Grabel, Gaffney.