El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-09
ALREADY NECESSARY THINK OF
MODELLING OUR SOIL RESOURCES

AvING experienced short harvest year. the effects
n of which experiencing in almost unPrece-
denied high prices there IS no comfort N the news
that prospects the 1917 crops far from good David
Lubn American representative of the International sttute
Agriculture the report to be cabled from Rome by
ambassador that the worlds food supply Is
deficient and the situation alarming He urges the imper
alive necessity mobilization OF American agricultural
resources
Oklahoma dearth of rain Argentina have combined
10 wheat and outlook unfavorabe for the
Argentine republic tremendous producer and the states
above mentioned normally contribute greatly to the gram
totals the United States Add to that the fact that the
British contracted for the entire Canadian
wheat CROP which cuts on from the United States an I'M
portant of supply For though the United States
produces far wheat than consumes northern Touring
mills get much of their supply from the Canadian fields
Inc chamber of commerce Tucson believing in looking
ahead and taking action advance has urged governor
Campbell take steps bring food supplies and the produo
thereof Arizona under state control to the end that
supplies be conserved production increased and Ploe
speculation averted It little too early to say whether
step necessary The idea is at least worth talking
There is nothing alarming yet the food situation
United States But there good to think of 1t
of action. Every table and irgabe acre should
Be made produce crops this If there time
land must be made TO produce 1t is There
b danger of famine this country short Of colossal
crop failure If there other way, the government
could commander supplies shut on exports and ration the
nation Europe Tationed With the important difference
country whole would be better fed than it
tOdayha IS unless crop production was too lar below
normal
But we do OF exports leaving the people
of more than one country to stave United
helping feed large part of the world and there
that than dollars and 1t has its humanitarian
side.
All that is IS for every farmer TO plant
every possibly the most needed crops cultivate
those crops with the diligence and make his harvest
Just large possible If it necessary for the govern
assist the farmers by advancing furnishing
labor that should be done It is quite probable that before
progress very much further this the government
viii be greatly expanding the work of the department OF
agriculture bringing practical way far closer TO the
farm and the farmer than II has been before.
Every city dweler who has little back yard plot
help by raising many vegetables he If every
family of eliminating the apartment house delers
FL Paso and in lew Mexico and Arizona put work. thought
vegetables the aggregate effect would be
great
Here in Ell Paso there are yards where vege-
tables sending their tender green and fruit trees
making first preparations for the annual yield Things to eat
be grown here all spring and Give fair,
earnest trial and In back yards raise
enough supply ourselves but help We do
bit increasing the crop totals for the southwest and help
ing feed the country.
1t will out If this long that there patriot
ism in raising good crop well as IN firing gun.