Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-06
INTERESTING BITS OF FACT
FROM MANY LANDS

Every available acre in the United
States should be planted with food
stuffs, the Department of Agricul-
ture urges. and large business in
situations are equally insistent on the
Importance of such action. In it's
March bulletin the National City
Bank of New York says:
1t is just rs important under
present conditions to have reserves
OF food as reserves Of cartridges.
When so much is dependent upon a
good crop it is the part of prudence
for the entire community to concern
itself about the situation from the
beginning of the season.
There are certain common vegc-
tables which make up large part of
the food supply, such as potatoes,
Deans, onions, etc, which do we'll in
all parts of the country and can be
grown IN small way without ma
cchinery. whose production this year
IN ample quantities should be assured
beyond chance or doubt. This garden
production can be greatly increased
II popular interest is awakened and
systematic efforts are made to place
idie town lots and nearby tracts at
the disposal of people who IRE will
The grain crops can also be in
creased materially if all the business
interests are aroused to an apprecin-
ton of the fact that the country con-
fronts an emergency. The time to
deal with next Winters food riots.
next Winters proposals for an en-
barge and other wild Legislation, and
next Winters demands for higher
wages is now.
1t ID popular idea of late TO havo
Survey" made of any situation of
public concern, and it would be. we'll
II one were made this Spring of crop
prospects in every agricultural county
OF the country. The question of ia
cIlltating production comes down ut
last TO the situation of each farmer:
Does he need anything required for
MS work--seed, II horse, an imple-
ment, Temporary assistance, or even
advice-whlch u community organ
l2ation might provide? There is much
work, well enough ut another time,
which may be subordinated this year
to the production of a big crop.
The South should continue and OK
tend inc policy of growing more
foodstuffs. If chambers of commerce.
bankers sociations, and other local
organizations of business men will
tai;c the situation in hand in a forma-
tive Way they can Go more to safe
gui.!t! the prosperity OF the country
than can be done at this time by anv
other effort. With reserves exhausted
and the world situation what it is
there is no danger OF OVERRIDING pro-
duction, for the largest possible crop
IN TINS country Is certain to bring
rchlunerativc prices. 1t must be re-
mcmbcred that if the wal. ends ut
any time before the crop Of 1918 is
harvested there will he great de-
mand from Contra! Europe on the
crop Of 1917.
The worlds production of tea in
l9l5-10l6 exceeded the figures of all
other years recorded. India, Ceylon.
and Java produced 100000, 600 pounds
more than in the previous year, the
Indian harvest alone surprising that
of 1914-1915 by 55.50O,9OU pounds.
Shipments from Java reached Sc, O00-
600 an increase of 100000 pounds
over the previous year.
Shipments from China showed n
steady diminution, dropping from
6,500,O0O pounds in 19I1-l915, to
3,3O0O,O00 last year Though the
worlds consumption of tea has .riplcd
in the last thirty years, the produc
ton of tea in China has remained
almost stationary.
The Government of Peru has
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