The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-17
WHAT FOOD PRODUCTION BILL PROVIDES.

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thousand four hundred dollars to be used in slim
ulating production, for protecting and conserving
foods, and for a survey of the %country's food re-
sources.
Staff of county agents to be increased until at
least one agent will be stationed in practically ev-
cry agricultural county in the United States that
will cooperate with the department and the State
Agricultural College.
Women county agents for demonstration work
in home economics to be increased in rural counties
and similar agents to be placed in towns and cities
for the first tine.
Farm-help service to be extended in coopera-
ton with the United States Department of Labor
to assist in bringing farmers and farm laborers
together.
Countrywide survey to be made of food on
farms, in storage, in shops and in homes. Esti-
mates of family consumption of food to be made.
Extension of crop estimating to crops not
hitherto reported and to include special inquiries
to gather information on extraordinary farm con-
ditions.
Hog and poultry production to be stimulated as
far as practicable.
foods to be encouraged.
Animal diseases to be combated on larger
scale.
Increased efforts to be made to combat insect
pests of plants and animals.
Further steps to be taken to destroy animal
pests and predatory animals which injure crops
and kill live stock.
Work for the control of plant diseases to be
extended.
Survey of seed supplies and needs to be made
and results published so that farmers will be as
sited in obtaining a sufficient supply of good seed.
Seed to be purchased and sold to farmers by the
department if necessary in restricted areas.
Demonstration to be carried out in the proper
handling, packing, shipping, and marketing of
perishable fruits and vegetables to decrease spoil
age.
News service for various farm products to be
extended so that producers and consumers can be
better informed as to the supply and demand and
can sell and buy with less expense, less spoilage,
and less lost motion.
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FLOATING BOMB-LADEN NET TO FOIL
SUBMARINES.
Drifting, explosive snare nets, stretched &C.
ross the entrances to the North Sea or forming
protected lanes across the Atlantic, have been
proposed as a means of defeating the German
submarines, says the September Popular Mechan-
les in an illustrated article. This comprehensive
scheme has been worked out in considerable de-
tail and calls for careful consideration because all
of the materials with which these nets would be
made can he had at once in great quantities. .
The nets would be made of single-strand telephone
wire, with Is or 20-ft. meshes, and to them bombs
would be attached which would explode on being
struck by a submarine. These bombs would be
similar to hand grenades but more powerful. The
nets would hang to a depth of about 200 feet, or
below depth which submarines 60. Oil barrels
would serve as buoys. 1t is apparent that it would
be a sorry day for the U-boat that tried to cut
it's way through one Of these nets with any
of the cutting devices which the Germans are re-
ported to have devised and placed on the exterior
of their submarines.
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JUNGLE SANS THRIFT THOUGHT FOR TODAY
A Way to Utilize Stale Bread. Here is a way
suggested by the United States Department OF
Agriculture to utilize stale bread and leftover
milk:
French Toast. Beat up together 1 egg, l cu1
of skim or whole milk, and salt to taste. Place
a small quantity OF butter, bacon fat or other suit
able fat in a broad-bottom frying pan. Dip slice'
of stale bread into egg and milk mixture until the,
are thoroughly moist and fry on both sides unit
a golden brown. Serve hot with or without strip
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Fred Sullens has applied to Gov. Bilbo for
commission in the army, and the governor ha
promised to grant his request. But how Bib
could ever hope to be elected to office with Sullen
in France would be a problem for his campaign
managers to solve.-The Issue.
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Inasmuch as nobody outside of the admins
/ tration knows what our naval war plans are, thos
who knock Secretary Daniels because they are no
more aggressive merely make themselves ridicu
llous.
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