Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-03-29
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planting of everything susceptible Oh
producing foodstuffs for the Unlteo
States and for the world at large IL
necessary none were more loyal, NONE
made greater efforts than the owners
of farms throughout the United States.
Many men who had previously piahteo
but small acreage did their utmost
to increase their fields, and as a result
our potato crop for 1917 exceeded Dy
more than 100000 bushels that OF
any other year.
'"Then labor on the farms was SUD-
stantially undisturbed, but later came
the call for volunteers for the army
and the navy and finally the military
draft. Agricultural workers began TO
leave the farms by reason of the lure
of the higher wages of the munltlon
factories and the patriotic bids OF the
fighting services.
1.-THE consequence of this tide OF
trained men moving away from the
farms told hurtfully before the close of
agricultural activity. Many farmers
who had planted crops with the eX-
pectatiOn of thoroughly cultivatlng
them, harvesting and storing what
might be necessary and selling the sur
plus found themselves towards the lat
ter part of the season without the
needful help to finish the cultivation
or, if this were done, they were after
ward without aid at the time Of har-
vest. 1t was only logical that large
quantities of foodstuffs were left I'M
gathered and spoiled where they
stood.
my own experience has been much
like that of many others in trying to
respond to the presidential appeal.
Last spring I decided to use every re-
source to produce as large a crop as
possible of fOodstuffs, both to feed a
big herd of milk producing cattle and
to raise young stock to sell in the mar
kets of the world
II need from 80 to 40 men all the
time, as I have nearly 400 head of
mich cows. young stock, etc, and the
growing of feed for these cattle as we'll
as the care of them demands a good
force of farm laborers. 1t was plain
to me last spring that I was likely to
run short of workers and accordingly
I secured a number of Brown univer-
sity students and some high school
boys, in all about twelve.
Most of these young men were with
Ia - Go
Some of the high school boys were
worse than useless; they were NUS
ance and had 70 be got rid of. The uni
versity men, being acquainted with one
another worked together and did very
WELL but even so they had to be under
the care and direction of experienced
men nearly all the time. "a
"a short while ago I seriously con-
sidered selling every head of cattle
that / owned and letting the land lie
idle until more help could be secured
Upon second thought decided not to
do this for economic reasons.
"In my establishment I expect to
produce this year 100000 pounds of
mix 1TOUl my UdlIy HeEu, large NUM-
Der of young stock, approximately 200,
and other products. 1t would be some
thing of a public calamity to dissipate
these resources. Let me make this
palmer.
1.-THE 100000 pounds of milk I
count upon getting is the equivalent in
food value of 100000 pounds of beef.
To obtain 100000 pounds of beef
would take 1000 head of cattle dress
ing 500 pounds apiece after a consider
able period of feeding and fattening.
"But when 1000 head of cattle have
been killed and turned into beef their
vital course comes to an end. The
dairy herd, on the other hand, even
while yielding 100000 pounds of
milk and giving birth to from 200 to
800 calves, still remains intact and
capable of further production and re-
production.
Bearing these facts in mind, / am
going to try to keep things running, but
the outlook is not encouraging.