Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-25

illef ol the pHitGd states can be too
great this year. There is every rea-
on to believe that generous price
will be paid for the harvest OF their
fields.
Emergency Appropriation of
$25, 100000.
TO meet the extraordinary needs Of
agriculture in this emergency we
recommend that an appropriation OF
$25, 900, or so much as may be
necessary, be appropriated for agri-
cultural purposes
Increasing the Food Supply.
Increase the acreage in spring
wheat in the Northern States.
Increase the corn area east OF the
Tooth meridian.
In districts where wheat has been
winter-killed, replant with oats, corn
or sorghum, as climatic conditions
may determine.
Plant barley and oats, wherever
they are proved and reliable crops,
to the maximum that can be ham
died.
Buckwheat acreage in the North
ern and Eastern States, where the
season is too short for the great sta
pie crops, may we'll be increased.
The area planted to navy beans in
the North and West and to Mexican
and Tepary beans in the Southwest
should be enlarged.
The planting of potatoes, especial
ly for local use, should be stimulated
in every reasonable way.
Sweet potatoes in the South
should be produced in larger quanti-
ty than usual for use in their fresh
state, and for storing, canning or
desiccating for winter use.
Production of peanuts should be
enlarged.
Care should be taken to avoid un-
due encroachment on areas used for
pasturage and hay required for live
stock production.
Authority should be granted to the
Secretary Of Agriculture to advance
to farmers under proper safeguards
seed required to insure the produc-
| tion Of crops necessary for the well
fare Of the nation.
Keeping Up the Meat Supply.
An early increase in animal Dro-
duets of the country should be made
rs live stock holdings already are
too low and should not be decreased
further. Increase must come
through cnlarging the supply Of
feed, by more efficient methods OF
Feeding, and through more complete
control Of contagious diseases. These
diseases take a toll Of more than
one-Quarter billion dollars annually,
more than half Of which is due to
controllable diseases, such as hog
cholera, black leg and tick fever.
The Federal government, co-oDerat-
ing with the States, could prof1tably
expand it's intensive regulatory SER
vices so rs to embrace every import
ant live stock district
Pork production could be increas-
ed substantially through the more
extensive use OF fall litters, better
care and feeding.
Milk production could be increased
fully one-fourth by more liberal and
intelligent feeding.
The poultry products of the Uni.
ted States can and should be dou-
bled within a year.
The Harvest Emergency.
The husbanGing OF matured crop
promptly is often the most vital and
crucial point in production and is
the point of the heaviest labor de-
mand on the farm. The Federal De-
partmcnt Of Agriculture, co-operat-
ing with the State Departments of
Agriculture and other agencies,
should take steps to mobilize suff-
cicnt farm labor to meet all cmer-
Gcncics which may arise.
MobiliZing Men and Boys Unfit for
Military Service to Produce Food
Supplies and Other Necessities.
One OF the principal limiting ele-
mcnts Of food production is the labor
supply on the farm. Indiscriminatc
enlistment from the farms with no
plan for labor replacement will re-
duce food production below its pres
ent low level.
The plan for public defense should
include as definite a provision for ell
listment for food supply as for SER