The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-04-14
Home Demonstration Work
MARY LENNON, Demonstrator.
MINNIE JONES, Assistant
To Girls and Women in the City and

AS Sumter county Home Demon
stratlon agents, we wish to render
to our county in this emergency the
best services Of which we are capable.
We feel that this is not only our duty
but our graf privilege as we'll. We
are glad to render our services in such
valuable cause as that of consery-
ing the surplus fruits and vegetables
OF the garden and orchard, during the
gfeat crisis confronting the Southern
States, at time assistant secretary
of agriculture, Carl Voorman. says:
Nv. must plant food, plant it now,
and plant 1t on larger scale"
We have just received from Mr..
Bradford Knapp, chief. Office of ex.
tension work, South, a letter in which
he says: Now the crisis is Here!
This great nation must arouse herself
for mighty struggle for liberty. Peo-
pie without food and armies without
rations are conquered before they be-
gin to fight. Our greatest safety now
lies in food production and in saving
the waste products"
IF South is to be strong she must
be we'll fed and have an abundance to
sustain those friendly people who are
even now fighting our battles for lib
erty and democracy.
Transportation may be disturbed.
Your own defense requires you to pro-
duce and conserve your food supply.
Don't fail now! 1t is a national prob
lem of defens as important as men
and guns. ships and cannon.
Business men, If seed is short can
vass the situation like patriots and get
the seed for farmers. Arrange the
credits. Furnish fa, seed corn,
soy beans. COW peas velvet beans,
peanuts. sorghum. etc.. at cost.
"See that all things necessary to help
farmers are done. Look ahead! Get
the warehouses. the feed mills, shell
lers. cleaning stations, creameries,
packing plants. etc. ready. You must
DO your share and cooperate with
farmers. They must do their share
and tend the crops faithfully.
Farmers. in your unions. clubs and
other organizations. resolve to use the
best methods now. When the nation
faces a crisis we must have the best
farming In Its history. Labor is
short hence the best tools and all la
Dor sewing devices must ,be used to
make u possiBl for every farm labor
er to cover as much ground as pos
sible and do the most efficient work
Farm women and girls have importan.
work to do in the garden, the orchard.
In raising poultry. and especially in
canning, preserving and conserving
our food supply.
Let us forget all past difficulties
and join in right effort to feed the
South. What can you do in the next
Sixty days!
We can grow in this section four
crops Of string beans. Plant them e,-
cry two weeks. They are especially
important for they furnish the most
expensive element of foodstuffs (pro-
tein). and will largely take the place
Of meat. They are one of the most
easily canned Of our vegetables. Two
crops Of tomatoes can be grown
Plants for the late crop should be set
in June. Okra, tomatoes and butte.
beans can be used in making soup
mixture. Asparagus, string beans.
lima beans. beets, carrots. corn, okra
peas. sweet potatoes, rhubarb, soup
mixture, egg plant and tomato may be
easily canned according to the new
methods. Among the fruits that may
be canned are apples. berries, cher
ries, figs, peaches, plums and pears.
Let us grow and conserve an abund-
ance of vegetables.
Respectively yours,
Mary Lennon.
Kotia pitts Acc;ctoot