The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-04

been many years since a crop of 50, 000,000 bushels was considered bounti ful. But Alabama is state of fertile fields, and the farmers must not be satisfied with anything less thar bumper harvests.
 Food shortage in many parts of the country will be felt this year. The south has never fed itself, but it will probably do so within this calendar year. Alabama is almost certain to find herself. It will be a great day ! for this state-worthy of big cele- i bration-when it is authoritatively announced that Alabama has grain to sell. If the states corn production amounts to 100,000,000 bushels there should be a spontaneous outburst of joy and resolve on the part of the farmers to increase the acreage and endeavor to make a 150,000,000- bushel crop in 1918. There will be a demand at top prices for all the corn surplus that may be raised in Ala bama this year. But leaving out the marketing problem, corn will pay. Raise more hogs and fatten them on corn. In that way corn can be made to pay $2 or $2.50 bushel.
 Just as soon as crop diversification becomes an assured thing in Alabama, the farmers will never go back to the old way-cotton, first, last and all the time, weevil or no weevil. There are some thrifty farmers who could cut out cotton altogether and make money year in and year out on live stock and food crops.
 u IS reported that the Wolf or Wall Street. was enjoying himself at Coney Island when he was supposed to be in the Tombs. The Wolf must be hard to hold
 Give the Kaiser healthy punch" advises the Philadelphia Inquirer From all reports, the Kaiser is taking pre- cious good care of his solar plexus.
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 If Russia doesn't pull herself together soon, Mexico will no longer take prece- dence as the most disorganized country on earth
 The Germans claim that the British and French offensive has accomplished practically nothing. There's optimism for you.
 Grand Duke Nicholas is a flrst-class fighting man. The Russians had better use him instead of putting him in prison. College boys are going to discover that agitation is far more serious offense than cutting" lecture Marconi had the misfortune to fall ill before sampling the innumerable Amer ican banquets scheduled in his honor. A woman doesn't have to wear one of those transparent skirts for Uncle Sam to see a stacker hiding behind it.
 ;s ;; * divine aid as if he had direct informa- ton from the Throne of Grace
 * < The captain of industry who tries to gouge the government gives poor exhi- bition of patriotism
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 At any rate, German agents are not re- sponsible for the havoc wrought by tor nadoes recently.
 Commanders of U-boats are now using the German equivalent of T regret to 
 The blackberry crop is rarely failure, but nobody ever speaks of King Black berry"
 Venezuela should see to it that her es- teemed neutrality is not tempered with. If you are unable to march June 5, you can at least wave an American flag.
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 First call for June brides. And my what a fine showing they make!
 
 GERMANY's STRENGTH From Lesie's
 Millions fail to recognize that this is not play war but a conflict of life and death, that unless we put forth our best efforts and do so immediately, there is a possibility of it's terminating disastrously to us
 We have not felt how extremely inn portant it is for us to act now, unitedly and periodically, if we wish to avoid bearing the brunt of a war against na- tion of trained soldiers. Unless we act quickly and resolutely the horrors of war