The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-22
SOUTH MUST FEED
. ITSELF AND HAVE
SURPLUS FOR SALE
J. A. EVANS BRINGS MESSAGE
FROM FOOD ADMINISTRATION
AT WASHINGTON.
HOG INCREASE IS WINNER
J. M. Dean Reports That Every
County In District Has Responded
With Quota and Some Have Elk.
ceeded-conference Ends.


ton, is not strictly true, but the lacl
OF food will lose the war, J. A. Evans
assistant to Bradford Knapp, directo
OF agricultural demonstrations in tn,
South, told large group Of count!
farm demonstration agents and coun
ty food administrators Thursda!
afternoon at food production con
ference held in this city.
Mr.. Evans came to Columbia from
Washington to bring message direc
from the department Of agriculture
and the food administration on the
necessity of Me South producing
enough food this year to supply
every town and rural home without
buying anything from other states
He said that the transportation sys
tenn of the country is inadequate to
handle the shipments Of war supplies
and at the asme time to carry the bur
den Of food supplies from one part OF
the country to another Consequently
each farm must feed itself and help
to feed the towns and cities cont
guous.
Ship tonnage for the transportation
of food to the soldiers and allies in
Europe also is inadequate, said Mr.
Evans, and at present the construc'
ton of ships has not caught up with
the lesses. He said that not until
September will the construction sur.
pass the losses, according to the ship
building program, but by that time
America must have coming from the
farms enough food products to supply
the European demands as we'll as
those at home. Upon the next har-
vest season, he predicted, would
largely depend the outcome of the
war.
Thursdays conference of farm
agents and food administrators was
the second session of meeting of
farm agents under ]. M. Dean for the
purpose of planning food production
program for the next ten weeks.
The first day was devoted to gen.
eral discussion Of conditions in each
Of the twenty-five counties in this
district and Thursday morning the
agents made an automobile tour over
the grounds Of the new Middle Ten
nessee Experiment station and the
phosphate mines and plants in the
vicinity of Mt. Pleasant. The agents
were impressed with the statement
that in many northern states raw
ground phosphate rock is being used
as fertilizer without chemical treat
ment.
A get together conference of farm
agents and food administrators was
held in the afternoon at the court
house with a number of impressive
talks by county food administrators.
e. l.. Doak, administrator for David
son county, sounded the keynote of
the sentiment of the body when he
declared that 1t is not too late to or
ganize for the production OF enough
food in Tennessee to feed the people
here and have some left for shipment
overseas. He said that every man
in the state must now realize that If
he is not making some sacrifice he
is not a patriot, and that the only
right a man has to live is to do some
thing for the betterment of his fell
bowman. Farm labor can be kept on
the farms, said Mr.. Doak, II the farm
ers will pay the wages that other in
dustries are paying, or what is better,
If the laborers are given living
chance to advance their condition in
life.
In a review Of what has been done
this year as compared with the work
of last year, w. A. Shoenfeld, assist
ant director of the state division OF
extension, declared that the organi-
cation is so much better this year
that the highest results are being OBJ
tanned.
District Agent ]. M. Dean made the
encouraging report that every county
in his district had exceeded the Is
per cent quota increase in hog pro-
duction that had been asked by the
food administration and that in some
counties the increase had been as
high as 20 per cent.
Ensign H. S. Ross, U. S. N. made a
plea to the agents and administra-
tors to assist in securing binoculars
or "eyes" for the navy.
Twenty counties were represented
by farm agents and seventeen by
food administrators or members OF
the councils Of defense. Four negro
farm agents also were present and
their reports were heard with much
interest showing that the negroes OF
the state fully realize that important
part they can take in the food pro-
duction campaign.