Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-08

OF the World IL is said by those who
have had a chance to study the situation
that the one thing most important 10
supply our allies with is an adequate
amount OF good wheat bread They
will suffer deprivations and live on re-
stricted rations of meat and other prod
ucts with far greater composure thah
when the ration of bread is restricted or
cut down below a certain amount. IL
is for this reason that the use OF a
universal loaf of bread throughout this
country and that of the allies with whom
we are associated has been provided for
through the activities of the inter-allied
food council BY this arrangement our
people are expected TO live on bread
made of so per cent OF wheat and ~
per- cent of other cereals. If barley
or corn meal be used i'm place of the 50
per cent of wheat normally consumed
a bread equal in color, volume and
wholesomeness, if the dough is properly
handled by the baker, will be obtained
the great world war now and desirous
OF carrying our full share Of the respon-
sibility, we are to eat the same bread
as our allies.
II is seIf-evident from the foregoing
that if the supply of wheat should be
restricted by reason of partial crop
failure in 1919 We would face the most
serious menace which the war has vet
brought home to US. Therefore, while
duties and responsibilities vary in de-
gree there is no more important matter
to which the attention OF the landowner
and producer can be pointed than that
of planting a sufficient amount of wheat
TO insure an abundance of this funda-
mental and essential bread food for our
own armies. our own civilian population
and the armies and civilian population
OF our allies. To accomplish this end
here in the south it will be necessary
for US to plant two to five acres of wheat
TO every pillow. Have you arranged 10
do your bit? Are you going to plant
rVrN rn
lecting an opportunity to serve your
country Just as effectively as If yoU
don the Khaki and occupy a front line
trench. In fact, il is more important
that every individual landowner in Geor-
gia produce his quota of wheat than
that he go to the front, for If the wheat
supply fails the men in khaki at the
front also fail because they have not
been properly sustained with essential
foods.
II is a habit and a custom of our
people to take out life insurance. our
government recognizes the Importance
for soldiers to insure themselves. This
was q wise and proper course for. the
government to pursue. BY this plan
they are attempting to provide support
for the friends Of the soldier who may
be killed in action, or for the individual
who may be wounded and crippled and
thus become a dependent In other
words, the government is attempting &c
arise in the future. Therefore the wise
and provident farmer will not confine
his acreage to Just the allotted quota
but will double il so that in case OF
disaster overtaking his wheat crop he
may still hope to harvest enough tC
supply the needs of his family and those
who are dependent upon him. Even If
we plant 100000 acres of wheat this
fall in Georgia and it makes as good ar
average as we have obtained in the
history or the state we would not pro-
duce more than about 100000 bushels
This would hardly supply more than 81
per cent OF the normal needs of our
present population. 1t is plain, there
fore, that the government has not asked
US to bear an unreasonable burden by
devoting the above area of land to the
cultivation of wheat. In any event, II
is self-evident that If we obtain a nor
NAL supply of wheat we will then be
depending on some other section of the
country to supply US with two-thirds OF
what we normally consume.
Investigations made at the college OF
agriculture and on various test areas
throughout the state indicate that under
wise management, proper fertilization
and the use of carefully selected varie-
ties Of wheat, it is possible to get from
twenty 10 forty bushels of this impor'
tant cereal per acre. If this be true il
is natural that the government should
expect us not only to grow not one
third Of the wheat that we need in the
south. but all that is required to abun.
dainty supply our present population.
Those who intend to plant whea