New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Bv THEODORE M. KNAPPEN

BY THEODORE NJ kNAPPEN
/ ~ANHATTAN, KAN, July 1o-"That's real farmer
IM acting the part OF farmer the deans explanation
WI when he motion picture setup in the
N. state agricultural colleges experimental plots "A
, 70 do is TO be natural and he can't help being that
,sS. and all
M, NJ F. Blain substantial farmer would, perhaps, have
Ge more comfortable with fewer spectators but he
HE hest in the necess glare of the July Kansas to
. oar OF conservative hardheaded farmer who thinks
acquired about all the farming information that worth
-. and is thoroughly resistant to ideas.
whats all this about" asked Dr. Waters, college pres-
| =, and president OF the State Council OF Defence.
.Vby, that's Winning the War with Wheat.
| whats the big dea?'
DTS moving picture ambuscadc for the farmers OF Kansas
m w we've talked early poughng and seedbed preparation
farmers so long and perseny that they run Tor cover
80 ,b.v sec us coming We've got trap them Somebody
was Herbert Hoover?-that the last 100000 bushels
.t would win the Kansas going to try to have that
nm bushels and spare One OF the sures ways to get
N oersuade farmers follow the harvester with the
b and get their fields ready by September 1t means from
ten perhaps fifteen, bushels to the acre Call 1t hve
take l0OOOOOO acres Tor the mui'Ph0ahu rlouuO'' '
H-bushels'
G. with the cooperation of OF the big film exchanges and
The moving picture theatre propretor OF the state the
OF Defence has arranged for the free presentation IN every
~ Of the state OF the thrilling drama of great heart IN
.s ~Ninnine the War with Wheat DR.. Waters pleads
-fvt0t
!, extension the scenario The best war pictures OBJ
M will be shown at the same entertainment and there will
ryev practical talk by representative OF the Council OF
|nc. Profit love- parotismbe good to yourself stand by
sg and back the boys in the trenches-a by raising more
H., BY better methods is the theme OF the play.
The Council OF Defence is contentng itself with good
m and hvpodermics of enthusiasm 1t is in deadly earnest
81 100000 acres Of wheat planted in Kansas this TALL Ii
H. t.rav secured the with twenty agents travelling IN
cars to locate the farmers who have good seed wheat 10
L. is arranging with them sell it, the elevator and mill
agreed to receive and load in separate cars and con-
rto elevators in the districts that are without seed "hed OH
Ixmsa Of the loss OF this years crop.
The seedes farmers being notihed or Where they can
good seed and the railways cooperating to provide
| IL transport. =,
Finally the council is providing for the financing Most Oh
who need seed are financially able to meet the sltua
but there are many and poor farmers who cannot
Ia Tor their seed until they realize next years crop
Several million dollars will be required to take care OF the
| concl is meeting this problem in two ways Patronc
s are being persuaded to make crop loans at reasonable
rates and seed pool being created to which the busi
men Of the state are expected subscribe as good specu
investment This pool, or it may be pools VIII supply ''
@Izner with seed wheat and receive in return onet OF e
Ill., OF course government guarantee OF 8 wheat VIII MAKE
financing easv but the council will through anyway
Kansas the greatest wheat producing political SUBDIVISION
BIZ II. world under normal conditions and this iact the conc
lfzres places particular responsibility on the state.
II the war is to be won with food the report OF the
Iyeulua production committee OF the council Kansas mas
iy responsibility AS the leading wheat state her oOisa
great to produce breadus in the largest possible quah
The first essential to this is large acreage sown on inc
HIS seed bed that can be made ready we shouid so" at i
10000 acres which is little than was sown last fal
Business as usual does apply to the agricultural auS
Ii this emergency Unusual must be employed 70
psh the end sought and these measures must DC ldNe a.
s we are to succeed in rendering the services 10 no''
the nation and our allies have the right to expect .
Kansas feels that its special job is winning the Wal WIN
II at and purposes to do it.
" Men