The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-18
Increased Food Demand for the
World .Necessitates Greater
Production, Says Agricul-
tural Agent.
ORGANIZE SCHOOLS
TO HELP MOVEMENT
Statement from Hoover Indicates
Supply Needed; Work Starts
at Once; Junior Red Cross
Boys to Assist.

That the War Garden of 1918 will
be the Victory Garden of 1919, with
the exception that the new model is
to be enlarged in order to help meet
the requirements of a greatly increas-
ed food demand, is the statement OF
w. Owens, county farm agent, the
word being handed down to him from
Herbert C. Hoover, national food
administrator.
Plans that are intended to greatly
boost the garden acreage in Grady
county next spring, are already under
way and the details of promotion are
being worked out. The specifications
call for an organization complete in
every detail and if carried ut will
doubtless place a garden in every
back yard Of the towns in Grady as
well as literally acres of gardens in
the country districts.
D. G. Mooring, state garden spe.
cialist, will visit Chickasha on No
vember "a and win take the matter
OF Victory Gardens" up with the
county superintendent, county farm
agent, city superintendent, county
food administrator and home demon.
stration agent.
In speaking Of the garden work in
Grady county and outlining the need
of increased fooA production, Mr..
Owens said
1t Is time now to think about the
next job. Time to settle down to
steady work, changing our program
from the manufacture Of guns and
ammunition to that of producing
more food, repairing the damages
done, feeding and clothing starving
and naked world. Herbert C. Hoov-
or, in a statement says that to feed
the world next year America must
produce So per cent more bread
stuffs, save 21 per cent more sugar
81 per cent more fats and more
meats.
This does not mean that the Unit
ed States will be called upon to fur.
nish this TO the starving people
across the ocean free. This increas-
cd production really means that our
cash income will be increased in pro-
portion to our ability to produce the
stuff.
"The Victory Garden is now more
necessary than ever The back yard
garden saved the day for the Amerl-
can people this year but it will be
called upon stronger thar ever next
year in order to release this great
amount of food. 4 campaign will be.
gin Immediately in all the schools of
the county to prepare for the 'Victo.
ry Gardens of next year To this
end let it be understood that early
preparation will prevent great deal
of Inconvenience in getting the gar
dens out on time. Every garden in
Grady county should be broken i'm
mediately and the top dressed with
a good coat Of fertilizer. This not
only will increase the production Of
vegetables in 1919 but will produce
a better quality Of vegetables
There is a movement on foot now
to get the junior Red Cross units to
break these gardens in every town in
the county It will be a source of
revenue for the Red Cross and win
likewise give the needed preparation
at the right time The junior Red
Cross boys in each community are
supposed to hire team ana charge
so much for breaking these gardens
the proceeds TO so to the junior dc
partment of the Red Cross.
"All teachers and superintendent
OF schools in Grady county are ey
pected to cooperate with the junior
Red Cross and so far as possible or
ganize tetams for the carrying ou
Of this work.