Connecticut western news., 1918-02-14
STATE COUNCIL
READY TO HELP
IN FARM WORK
Cooperating With Grange
Through Special Committee
Acting as a Medium.
ENDORSES PROGRAM OF
COUNTY WAR BUREAUS

man and Boy Labor Where Neces-
sary-Herbert Hoover Sends Letter
Urging Super-Efforts to Plant Vital
Food Crops.
Realizing that production of the
maximum amount of fOodstuff is the
basis for a successful prosecution of
the war, the Committee of Food Sup
ply of the Connecticut State Council
of Defense and the United States food
administration are bending every eff
fort toward making available to farm
ers the utmost assistance in the way
of labor, credit and supplies. Prac-
tically every organization in the state
in which the farmer is interested and
from which he is deriving aid and as
sistance is being supported actively
by these organizations. A committee
of the Grange has recently been ap-
pointed to work with the federal and
state organizations. This Grange COM
mittee, which consists of Sherman
Eddy of Avon, J. A. Sherwood of Long
Hill and Charles A. Wheeler of the
oOAAhCNLA(uL al SOIlCSCs dNtJ
as a medium between it's organization
and the Committee of Food Supply of
the State Council of Defense to guide
the efforts of the latter in the chan
nels productive of aid - farmers,
whom the Grange represents.
The State Council of Defense, ap-
preciating the Importance of the pro-
duction problem, has passed the fol-
lowing resolutions in order to support
the County Farm Bureaus, which in
their opinion are an important part of
the farm production system:
"Whereas, The County Farm Bu-
reaus are federal and state organiza-
lions and are the sole agents of the
United States department of agricul-
ture and of the Connecticut Agricul-
tural College in each county of the
state; and,
Whereas, The program of agricul-
tural production and food conserva-
ton Of the State Council of Defense,
Committee of Food Supply and all the
other organizations cooperating there
with depends upon the effectiveness
Of the Farm Bureaus and it's agents
In each county; and,
"Whereas, Each County Farm Blu
reau is receiving large federal emer-
gency appropriations for carrying on
food production and conservation
work, the receipt of which is condi-
toned upon the raising of funds to
maintain the organization within the
county; and,
Whereas, Their effectiveness de-
ponds upon a recognition of their lead
ership within the county by the State
Council of Defense and it's War Blu
reaus, the press and the public at
large Of their position and their re-
sponsibility;
"Be it resolved:
81. That the State Council of De-
Tense indorse the work of each Farm
Bureau as Indispensable to the pres
ent food production and conservation
program in the state.
"2. That they instruct the War Blu
reaus to interest themselves actively
in promoting the federal and state
programs being carried out by the
Farm Bureaus and to render every
possible aid to the Farm Bureaus in
carrying out their work and meeting
their financial needs"
That the farmers are responding ia
vorably to the action Of the state and
| federal organizations Is apparent In
the attitude expressed by 1873 farmers
who have replied to QUESTIONABLE as
to the labor they would be willing to
use next year. This QUESTIONABLE was
issued by I. G. Davis, state leader OF
county agents, on behalf of the Com
mittee on Woman Labor, Of which
Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of Avon is chair
man. Of the 1873 farmers 70 signifiet
their willingness to use both boy ant
woman labor in place of the men reg
ularly employed. Only IL were un
willing to use either woman or boy la
Dor and 4e signified their willingness
to use boy labor, though they coulC
, find no place for women in their agri
cultural work.
Herbert Hoover, in an appeal t.
} farmers Of Connecticut through tn
Hartford headquarters Of the stat
, and federal organizations, lays partiC
{ ular emphasis upon the need for In
creased production this year. His lei
ter Is, In part, as follows:
3 "While necessarily the determine
ton Of policy on production is In tn
p hands Of the department of agricul
Y ture and It's agencies. feel that it
q q prime duty of the food administre
r ton to inform the farmers as to tn
s national necessity. The particula
v crop that the farmer raises is of SCI
+ ondary Importance to the food admir-
: istrat1on as compared to prOductio
10 so long as it yields an increase in HI
I. man and animal food. Practically an
= crop of this character will assist in n
/. ducing the world shortage. The mai
n thing is to get planting and breedin
r. on larger scale than hitherto, Whs
d we want TO insfil into the farmer