The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-28
rrIr FUTURE or FARMING.

equations.
The dependence ~ our country up-
on agriculture has perhaps never heer
so koenly felt as TODAY. he declared
recently. "AS q result 81 the pre-
vnnlnr food scarcity u new crn ~
prosperity Is opening Tor farmers al
over America. The president and the
governor of New York state. in their
recent proclamations. have shown very
clearly that the production ~ crops
Is lust as much q patriotic duty as -
military service. When properly done
! am inclined To regard 1t as tho
greatest service that can he rendered
20 one country. Tor in the last analy-
sis successful wars are fought mor"
with biscuits than with bullets.
personally . DO not believe We ar"
%cnlties for two or three years. our
crops are short now. n]otoriously So To-
some cases. II ~ too late TO add much
to our wheat supply this ~. son In tho
south il may be possible To plant some.
but tho south must he depended ON for
n large supply Of corn. The south. with
Is splendid productive areas. must be
Hooked To for the most help in supply
ing food his year. M advice to the
| farmers IN the north. who wish 20
contribute something To- the grain SUP
ply would be 90 plant barley and buck
wheat. ] ann surprised that 90 few
farmers In this neiehborhood or New
England raise barley II can be grown
with little trouble and with excellent
results. Buckwhoat can he planted
IN June and July. II Is a reliable
crop and entails no great difficulty.
corn has always been one 81 the
staple northern crops, and our farm
crs can doubtless plant more acres
OF Il very successfully. More potatoes
lwill surely be planted this year than
ever before. for farmers are assured
of good prices FOR another yca az
beast. That is q crop that requires grcat
care. u I would not advise II Tor
the small farmer with only "a few
acres.
"Onc excellent feature OF the pop
ular cry To- make land productive.
addcd Mr.. ~Coliingwood. "is the impet-
~ IL is giving To- the small landowner
To get a food supply from his httle
plot. whether IL be- half an acre of
less. or half Is dozen acres such laad-
Owners. and there are thousands II
them within this committing distance
IRON Ncw YORK city. viii he most sue
lonersies to raising green vegetables.
Peas. an kinds ~ beans tomatoes,
bccts. carrots and salads can be-
raised with q little serious labor a-'
care. They arc an good producers
and from a few acres q family ought
To- raise nearly AN that rs absolutci,
required for the next few months
laying flour and meat a. the ncees-i
ties To- be pure hascd The surplus sup
lplv ~ beans. peas and tomatoes ear
be canned for winter use hy the frugu.
housewife aud % might hc wise Thu
lycsr TO put dp less fruit and pa, mot
%attcnton to p%reseryirg certain ycgo.
tables. Thos will ramc boo handy mex
winter and prices are not going to "
slowcs
Mr. Cormgwood also urge Tia
wherever possible hens should 1'
Praised.
every surhurhauite wh" Keep.
.hickons shuuld see that every scttu,
hen matches nut ; 90 largest possible
number Of eegs this var, no said, %
- man has 90 few acres the cost %
raising the broods Will mo-, be- heavy
o~ they viii pick up % large amour
OF thoir food in the land Chickens ar
always in dcmaud ,t sood prices at,
~ not required for home consumption
san easily Dee sold Dur hundreds a.
small landowner VIII be able Dos NOR,
%iutensive chicken raising 60 ada mate
/, rally 10 INC supply ~ meat and hell
themselye- b. mot actually hclpin.
lothers.
Mr. ColliuEwood said he believed m.
rcvt important step to he taken by th.
gov ornmout in Us efforts tn speed uI
crop production would bc to lssur
the farmer NJ q certain minimum pric.
for some of his %prohu,ts.
The farmers OF our .uuutry #rr %
patriotic as any Do elise 'VpIainoI
Mr C~oIlingwod. hut they cannot b
asked 20 cultivate larger acreage AN.
pay out more money for iabor II TIE
feel they are doing the work ON
I gamble There must he some rca
sonable assurance that In return o.
the Increased expenditure thor, will Do
n satisfactory profit England h"