Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-29
DR.. SOuIe Outlines PJGn
To Make Every County IN
Georgia Self Supporting

write to the College of Agriculture for
special bulletins.
COMMITTEE ON MARKETS.
Organize committee on market, COM
posed of bankers, wholesale and retail
supply merchants, and best farmers.
/. Provide markets for all general
| farm crops, including cotton.
! .. Arrange for putting in feed mills,
community storage houses for potatoes,
curing rooms for meat, canning plants
for fruits and vegetables. Ask county
agent for plans and specification for
these. He knows how to get them free
from the state college of agriculture.
g. Build an abattolr. 1t will pay
| we'll under proper management 1t Will
| solve the local meat supply problem ana
| stimulate animal industries in your
community Aid in educating farmers
on how to market their products This
| can be accomplished by demonstrating
| the prices obtainable for a properly
| graded and packed article as compared
with that marketed just as it grew.
| L. 1t is proper that the merchant or
| business organization handling this en-
| terprise should make a legitimate profit
on the undertaking. The farmer wants
the market they alone can supply. He
should have fair and reasonable price
for his product. They can get it for
him.
5. Encourage production by letting
| II be known in time that market Will
be provided for all surplus crops. Ad-
| vertise the fact now.
| 6 Arrange storage for corn, hay,
oats and other crops so that money
may be procured on these as IT is on
| cotton.
T. Establish a company to buy and
sell general farm products in this and
| other states. The company should be
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the supplies purchased up in frst-class
marketable shape.
| COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY.
! Appoint a committee composed of
| newspaper men and others who are
| capable of writing articles on the va
> rious projects carried on by the other
committees.
| 1. Use the county and daily papers
to encourage what is being done. by
letting 1t be known what others are
| doing.
2. Aid In advertising meetings and
writing up the proceedings of these.
8. Secure articles on special sub
| Jects from those prepared to write or
| speak on the same with authority.
4. Report activities of the several
committees. The local community Is
often not we'll informed about home &C.
| tivities.
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good work in all the various fields OF
service and give it publicity.
COMMITTEE ON PRODUCTION.
Organize a committee for purpose of
production of food. appealing to the
/ farmers from a patriotic and finan-
clal standpoint. Let them know what
is needed and the percentage which is
| produced in the county. Assure grow
| ers of easonable prices according to
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| committee Increase yields by larger
paintings of food crops and fertilizing
more literally and intelligently. Make
| a careful study of the seed and ferti-
| lizers supply and so guard against a
| possible shortage as far as possible.
i Breeding stock should be saved and
| not sold. This is very important.
Banks should lend money on live stock
and liberalize and extend the basis OF
| credit to the farmer as much as pos
sible.
Get the committee to aid in making
an accurate survey of food and other
supplies needed for the civilian popula-
ton and the live stock. This survey
should include both town and rural
communities.
COMMITTEE ON HOME.
l. Stress the Importance Of home
gardens as a means of hedging against
lieve foods essential for feeding our
soldiers and those Of our allies. Pro-
duce all necessary vegetables at home
and can sufficient surplus for winter
use.
2 Get the children to emulate the
spirit of patriotism by planting gar
dens.
g. Insist on having gardens in con-
nection with all the schools so that gar
dening may be studied at first hand.
T. Reduce standard of living from
the elaborate menus now used to those
of a more moderate nature. The saw
ing and economy which may be effect
} ed in this direction is simply amazing
s. Make a study of food requirements
and so plan gardens to supply these.
g. Garden plans and outlines can be
had through county agents. giving dates
of planting, what to plant and how to
plant each crop.
J I. Get school children to grow gar
dens after school closes Start po-
tato club now for example.
s. Give prizes to stimulate interest.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
Appoint a committee on public meet
ings and education, composed of those
who will inform themselves of the
needs and carry the information to 9TH
ers.
l. Arrange meetings over the county
Immediately Send two three In a
party to different places. Some coun-
ties have been known to have twenty
meetings in one night. Others have had
as many as forty-fve meetings through
! the agency of the churches and the
ministers on one Sunday.
e. Insist on the aid of the pastors
! Get them to mention the necessity for
! action from time to time. Furnish
them with figures showing the needs.
3. Prepare letter to be read at all
Sunday schools on the situation. Ask
the county agents to get this informa-
, ton for you. They know where II can
: be had.
e. Keep up the agitation until the
> war is over, and Georgia Is feeding
herself with surplus to spare.
5 Get the boys and girls In town as
we'll as in the country to grow crops,
pigs, chickens, and calves. There is
work for all, young and old. Show them
the needs and how to meet them.
g. Make the work continuous by plan
I ming and disseminating fundamental In
formation each month on how and what
to do to meet the present emergency
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