The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-10
GOVERNMENT TO.
SPEED Up T GOD.
PRODUCING WORK
Bills Now Pending Would
Stimulate Live Stock
Farming Through West.

WASHINGTON May SWars ne
ccssitics and the Importance OF food
production in the United States for
the military and civil population of
the allied nations, has resulted In tho
department of Agriculture undertak'
ing the development Of farming and
live stock raising on a more extensive
plan than over before. A bill now be-
fore Congress places estimates Of the
department for increasing food pro.
duction next year at sl9,73O,S93, an in'
crease of nearly $S,OOO,000 over the
appropriation in the Lever food con-
troll act of 1917. ~
increasing the production of live
stock is one of the chief aims of the
department and il is proposed to cs,
tablish extensive instructive aScn-
ccs for farmers, particularly in tho
great plains region, AS n means of
stimulating production of cattle and
hogs. II is proposed to place beef
cattle specialists in different sections
cattlcmcn in conserving all good
breeding cows, in preparing pcrma
ncnt pastures and preserving all
available fecdstuffs.
The Department has estimated TO
the House committee ON agriculture
that there is sufficient feed I'm tho
southeast region to take care of from
400 900 10 100000 cattle in addition to
tho number normally provided for. aud
it is proposed greatly to extend the
work in that section.
URGE USE OF slEos
The committee has been informed
by the department that there is dc
sirability Of placing the agriculture in
the great plains region ON Il live stock
basis as far as possible.
''If the large crops of feed which
were produced there during the years
Of sufficient rainfall had been stored
in silOs, the drought which caused
such losses during 1917 probably could
have boon borne without serious diff
Guilty the departments report states
The building of siios is urged by the
department.
Increasing the production Of pork
sheep. and poultry, and supervising
war garden work on n large scale, al
SO is being undertaken by the dc
partmcnt. Employment of adlitiona
garden specialists in the bureau o
plant industry to take care of the con
stpntly increased requests for infOr
nation from the growers of war gar
dons, Is asked. Home gardens plant
cd last year increased from 200 to 30t
per cent, the department estimates.
SUPPLY COUNTY AGENTS t
A vast increase in tho extension
work of the Northern and Wosterl
states will be undertaken. An in
crease Of $139,O0O in the appropriation
for county agent work in those sec
tiOns is asked.
ut is expected the report says
that practically all of the 1GO6 agri
SOuutlCo III
Northern and Western states will b.
provided with agents before the clos
Of the present fiscal year, togcthc
with the requisite supervisory fore,
for effective conduct of the work"
Chairman Lever of the House agri
culture committee has announced tha
the bill will be hurried through tn
committee and that an effort will b.
made to pass 1t as quickly as possible
Hearings before the committee by rcl
rcscntativcs of the several bureau
and agencies of the department of ae
rieulturc. have occupied the attention
of the committee for several weeks
and the measure is now under fina
consideration.