Williams news., 1917-08-09
FARM MORE LAND
Cultivate for the Soldier at the
 Front.

This question of conservation ot food has become so agitated by those who have a knowledge of what 1t means in the preservation of life, who have made a study of the food condi- tions, and the requirements of the country, that it is beginning to arouse the entire nation. The economist whose duty 1t is to study the output and compare it with the consumption, sees a rapidly creeping up of one on the other, and, when the appetite of consumption gets a headway on the output, where will the nation be? It Is time the people were aroused, for there is danger ahead unless the in- telligence of the people is awakened to the facts. The crop of 1917 will be less than an average one, and see the work 1t has to perform. It has to feed the man producing it, and he is of less efficiency today than year ago. His strength has been reduced by the drawing away of the thousands from the farms, who are now in the ranks of the consumer instead of in that of the producer. There Is an inverse ratio here that can only be under stood when confronted with the ap- palling figures presented by those in charge of the conservation work. The army has to be fed, dependents cared for, the navy has to have provisions, and we cannot sit idly by and see the women and children of the countries | across the sea starve. There is such | a great call for active participation in the matter of providing food, that | those who are left at home in charge of this work have responsibility placed upon them fully as great as has the man at the front who has gone out to protect the homes, the sanctity and the honor of those who are left behind. | The producer should think only of this; there should be economy, not only of labor. Every acre of avail able land should be producing. Ad- vantage should be taken of every day light hour. It must not be a case of how much can we make. It must be a case of fight" with those who have gone overseas, but in our way, fight to win the war. Where that spirit per vades will be found the spirit of the | patriotic American. There Is no difh culty in securing land in any of the states. It may be rented on easy terms or purchased at low prices, and there should be little difficulty arranging with bankers to get the necessary funds to carry on operations. Should you not be able to get what you want in your own state, Western Canada offers an immense wide field for oper ations at the lowest possible cost, and Americans are welcomed with oper arms. Homesteads of 160 acres eacf may be had on easy conditions, anG other lands may be purchased at low prices on easy terms. The yields oI all kinds of small grains are heavy The prospects for 1917 crop are ex cellent, and it looks today as if there would be as good a return as at an! time in the past, and when 1t is real ized that there have been yields o1 forty and forty-five bushels of whea
 over large areas this should be en couraging. Now that the two coun tries are allies and the cause is a com mon one there should be no hesitation In accepting whatever offer seems t.
 be the best in order to increase tn, production so n >Ssary, and whtcl should 1t not be met, will prove a SC
 rious menace. Particulars as to Cana
 dian lands, whether for purchase O
 homestead, may be had on application to any Canadian Government Agent Advertisement.