The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-13
FOOD TRAINING CAMP
AT STATE FAIR URGED
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TIE State Fair of Texas. 70 be held
Oet 1873. has rendered its zerviees
q President Wilsca as a feed train
ilg camp. 70 assist The Government 10
iis efforts 10 increase crop production
and reduce he waste % f1o1, which is
known 81 b enormous.
Z Our directors offer the services q
sur fair a. a food training camp.
T wrote President r r. L. knight u the
. State Fair of Texas. IN part, % Presi-
dent Wilson Military training
camps are bein gestablishsd every
+ where lE the country. where men il
{ increnents of half a miEion each
are 70 5e taught the principles q mill
tary tactics However, as you have
pointed out many times. there is just
a. much responsibility for the success
ful prosecution Of the war resting
upon the shoulders Of the 100 900 900
persons in private life as there is upon
the men who are called To the colors.
for it is essential that working Ameri-
ca labors hard to furnish our allies
with food and clothing.
The men whom you are calling into
service are being concentrated IA cen
tral military training camps, because
u - found % Be much more efficient
% train them in that way than BY es-
taDlishn2 camps IN every little town
or village. IL appeals 10 the directors
of our fair that there ia just as much
necessity FOR calling the great rank
and file of food producers and food
users into central food training camps
for a short course In the more effic- Z
lent methods Of food production and (
food conservation. II could hardly bs 4
done now. for the Nation is working 4
hard 70 care for the crop already 4
planted. but IL We could hold such a
food training camp during the iull .
following the harvest season wonder I
fully efficient instruction IN food pro-
dqcuon and conservation could be
given.
To Raise More Live Stock.
ITO make this food training camp
unusually instructive, an effort is be-
ing made 70 induce breeders Of pure
bred live stock to exhibit in larger
numbers Of such type and breeds as
viii assist the Nation in meeting the
demand for more meat, milk, butter,
cheese, leather, wool and horse power
Manufacturers Of farm machinery are
being urged to exhibit all Of their
latest models and Improvements, that
farmers may learn how to produce a
maximum crop at a minimum effort.
All the territory tributary to our fair
IS being secured to find superior speci-
mems Of the varieties Of grain, vege-
tables, fruits, forage crops and corn1
best suited to our soil and climate,
that encouragement may be given to
the production Of as much Of these
crops as possible.
Since the economical use Of food is ,
OF just as much Importance as the
production Of food. our w0mans de-
partment is 70 offer a series Of dem
and lecturers By food
specialists Of national and local repu- j
tation, TO instruct wives and mothers
how to prepare and conserve food,
and check the extravagent waste Of J
food, for which our country is con-
demned In every other country in the
world. In an effort to enlist the chill
dren IN the cause Of food production,
the work Of children in the schools !
and fields is to be exhibited, an DEM
Of interest to children are {
to be conducted q
Our BOARD OF directors sincerely
trusts that the National Government,
mindful Of the good which can be done
at such a food training school, viii
operate to the fullest extent in fur
nishing lecturers, demonstration and
to assist the fair in accom- \
plishing the mission it has under I
taken. There could be no better way Z
of reaching the people in this terri c
tory with Government propaganda T.
Tor the increased production and con
Of food /" b
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