The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23
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BOURBON COUNTY TO RAISE
10 MORE WHEAT NEXT YEAR
Big Campaign to Start Wednesday
Night-Precinct Committees
Appointed


While Bourbon county was first in
the list of 80 counties in the State
in the production Of wheat this year
snd raised all that the Government
asked, it will be called on to do more
the coming year. The Government
has decreed that Bourbon county
MUST raise 10 more wheat the COM
ing year. In view of this fact prep
arations have already begun. At a
meeting on Wednesday at the court
house the preliminary arrangements
we're discussed.
Among those present were DR.. S.
H. HALEY, of Lexington, Chairman
of the Kentucky Agricultural Council
Of Defense; Prof. o. Kircher, of the
Extension Department of Kentucky
University; J. S. Robbins, Emergency
County Agricultural Agent; Judge
George Batterton, John T. Collins,
Lawrence Mitchell, Bourbon County
Food Administrator; John Willie
Jones. d. c. Lisle, ]. H. Thompson,
County Fuel Administrator; L. M.
yanHook, w. S. Meng, Clarence
Wright and w. d. Mcintyre.
The National Council of Defense
has taken the matter up and an i'm
portant meeting of farmers and land
owners has been arranged for Wed
nesday night at o'clock at the
Court House.
At preliminary meeting on
wednesday the problem of labor and
taking care Of the crop after it had
been harvested was fully discussed,
and the gentlemen in charge. while
they did not have the authority to
announce at this meeting, assured
those present that arrangements had
been made. or would be, for the Gov
eminent to take hand in straighten-
ing out the tangles in regard to the
labor. storage, handling, shipping
and provisions for realizing real
money when needed by the grower.
With Uncle Sam having from A.
100000 to 100000 or our boys at
the front fighting for us back home,
il is as little as we can do to feed
them, and it is going to take some
wheat crop" to do it. Let every
farmer attend this meeting and let's
get started and started right.
Speakers who will know what they
are talking about will be present to
tell us what is to be done and how
to do it. The Council Of National De-
tense assisted by the County Food
Administrator, will have the meet
ing in charge, and it is going to be
hummer.
The following committees from
the various precincts in the county
have been appointed to make house
to house canvass and get signatures
to the red, white and blue pledge
cards furnished by the Government,
as to how many acres each farmer
will agree to SOW in wheat. The
first named in the list in each pre-
cinct is to act as chairman and is
requested to notify the balance of his
committee to be present at the meet
ing on Wednesday night:
Little Rock-James Caldwell, s.
Ray Burris, r. H. Burris, Edsell
Clark, Finley Burns, Everett Hop
kins, ]. E. Boardman, Sam Clay,
Thos. Redmon, Thos. Buckner, w.
NJ. Rogers, Houston Crouch, W. I.
Parker, Frank Collins.
MiIlersburg-W. D. Mcintyre, Let
ton Vimont, John MARI, j. P. Red
mon, E. p. Wagner, c. r. Rankin,
Sanford Carpenter, John Leer, G. B.
Layson, Jos. Plummer, Talbot Bros.
T. w. Current, w. F. Sanders, j. L.
Jefferson, Alex. Miller.
Riddles Mills-Jack Cunningham,
Jas. Fisher, Amos Turney, Jr., Geo.
Current, Jas Connell, Geo. Wyatt,
Jr., Geo. K. Redmon. John Marston,
Dick Marsh.
Centerville-John Clay, Vol. Fer
guson, Stanhope Wiedemann, II. IL.
Chinn, Sam Houston, Squire Shrop-
shire, Joe Leach, A. P. Adair, Jonas
We'll, Hub. Clifford.
Hutchison-Jas. Thompson, John
Brennan, Robt Meter. Forrest Let
ton, VIM. Ardery, M. r. Jacoby, Mat.
Bedford, Hugh Ferguson, ID. G.
Taylor, John Virgins, Jas. Wilmott,
Frank Collier, w. K. Dudley.
Clintonville - Lee Stephenson,
Luther Rice. w. w. Haley, A. s..
Thompson, Jas. Woodford, Thos. H.
Clay, Jr., Brooks Clay, Warden Ship,
Letcher Weathers, John Woodford.
North Middletown-John T. Col
Inns, L. D. Mitchell, III. S. Caywood,
John W. Jones, L. H. Bryan, ]. w.
Young, Jr., W. H. McCray, Davis
Patrick, c. C. Clarke, w. A. Thom-
ason, Ben Buckner, Charlton Clay,
Ben Woodford, Clay Gaitskill.
The pledge below will be present.
ed to every farmer in the county for
his signature.
FOOD PRODUCTION CAMPAIGN
Extension Division, College of Agrl-
culture, University of Kentucky
and the
United States Department of Agrlcui-
ture Cooperating
In the performance Of my duty as
a patriotic citizen of the United
States Of America promise to SOW
............ acres of wheat
in 1918. ..---t e.. -
L sowed. ......-.. ....F. acres OIL
wheat in 1917.
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