Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-14
THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY
PLACE OF THE FARM
IN THE WORLD WAR
Food Conservation in All Its AS
poets the Theme at Conference
of Agricultural Extension
Staff and Farm Bureau Presi.
dents-Critical Days Ahead.

Food Conservation in All Its Aspects"
was the leading thought at the morning
session of the conference of the agri-
cultural extension staff and farm bureau
presidents held in Morrill, hall Friday.
Dean j. l.. Hills welcomed the members Of
the conference and then talked on the CO.
operation which should exist between the
federal department of agriculture, the
State College of Agriculture and the farm
bureaus.
Miss Bertha NJ. Terril, who has recently
returned from conference in Washington
on food conservation, told what she had
learned there. emphasizing the seriousness
Of the situation. Miss Terril said: There
are two groups into which you may divide
the food problem. The first is that Of
production. the other is conservation. At
present the latter is more important as we
must save the food we have until the new
crops are ready. Hoover says the next
sixty days are the most critical days of
the food crisis i'm the history of the
war.
There are three problems into which the
food question can be divided: actual food
supply, shipping and transportation and
industrial production" The shortage, Miss
Terrill explained, is in the direction Of
fats and calories and it really is more
serious than 1t seems, for not all the food
in the country Is available for consump-
ton, and the figures which have been
compiled have to do with food that Is at
present in the country irrespective Of the
location Miss Terrill spoke of the wheat
situation and said If we did not save
more wheat in the next four months the
following two months would be absolutely
wheatless.
She spoke of the importance of trans
portation. emphasizing the need of saving
coal, and said that not enough engines
and freight cars could be manufactured in
less than a year to really relieve the situa-
ton.
In speaking of the problem of industrial
production Miss Terril said: I'VE must
help to raise the wages and to feed the
working classes" She spoke of the women
who were unwilling to use wheat SUBJ
stitutes because they cost more in time
and money, saying we had much more
money than France and England, and Ger.
! tainly more time.
Now Is the time" said Miss Terrill, Ito
test our true character and see how we
measure up with other nations
| Mrs. Salisbury of the home demonstra.
ton department in Washington, gave .
short history of that branch of the work.
She described it from the beginning. when
it was introduced at the farmers in.
stitutes. to its present state. telling Of the
Improvement in methods and the better
organization which exists to-day She
told how out in Iowa, where they were
doing away with the fourth meal they
went through the list of things they might
give gathering of people at lunch in
the evening and decided the only thing
they could conscientiously use was apples,
Men," said Mrs. Salisbury. ARE more
eXtravagant in eating than women You
can prove this by visiting any home when
the men are away and see how much more
simply the meal is prepared"
w. A. Lloyd, who was scheduled ia
speak on the farm bureau, was unable
to be present because his train was so
late.
The remainder of the morning was spent
in discussing methods of conservation and
the forming of federation of farm
bureaus. 1t was voted to have Director
Bradlee appoint a committee to talk over
the ACCESSIBILITY of forming such fedora.
ton and Mr.. Bradlee appointed e. B
cornwall, president of the Addison County
Farm Bureau; e. H. Hallett, secretary OF
the Caledonia Farm Bureau; G. A. Badger
president Of the Washington County Farm
Bureau; F. c. Shaw. county agent In Ben
nington, and j. Il. Carrigan, assistant
county agent leader.
Miss Terrill introduced the subject of s
farm land army and told how successful,
women had carried on farm work durin5
the past summer.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon the conference adjourn
ed to the William Science hall, where the,
and the teachers attending the secondar,
school conference were addressed by JohI
T. Gushing, on the food administration
Mr.. Gushing tried especially to impress
his hearers with the gravity Of the SIT
uation here and abroad. He said that w,
were not doing all we might do here. an,
that each. person should do his or he
duty regardless of everyone else.
Members of the agricultural extension
staff and the farm bureau presidents thel
returned to Morrill, hall where w. A
= Lloyd of Washington gave n talk on 9TH
!, Farm Bureau Method of Extension
u Work." He said this was the most signifi
cant idea in so years. as it has built up
wonderful institution of service. But it |
not the organization of any one person
|
try to do the things they want to hav
=. done. He defined the farm bureau as
- voluntary association Of farmers and thei
families for the promotion Of educationa
: work among rural people. to the end G
n establishing the most permanently profit
i able type Of farming and the best possibl
J. home and community life for man. woma
f and child "Our Job for this year" sal
e Mr. Lloyd, "is to produce food, produc
n more food and then produce more food"
|. L. H. Goddard of Washington then spok
), on 1.-THE Value Of Farm Managemer
IS Demonstrations in War Time" He advt
n Gated that farming be put on buines
70 basis He said to train the county agent
y to help and also ask help of the farl
&c demonstration workers.
l. A general discussion followed his tall
10 the underlying thought being that this
# an unusual age and so for the time bein
s. unusual things must be done.
lie WOMEN'S CLUBS.