The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17
Every Allied Nation Depends
on the States Crops.
Dean Jardine Urges Utilization
FOf All Land.
FARMERS MUST HAVE AID
They Need Assistance in Get:
ting Seed and Help.
Innes Says People Must Eat the
Prescribed Food.

RESPONSIBILITIES of the Kansas farm
err in winning the war were laid pc
fore the war council late this after
noon In a speech by Dean Jardine of
the state agricultural college, who
urged utilization OF every available
acre of soil and production of maxi
mum crops School children must be
used on the farm and every able
bodied man available for service must
be drafted for cultivation ana har-
vesting the crops. war boosters were
told.
Kansas farmers must be aided. he
said, in securing the best seed, plant
ing maximum acreage and gathering
crops. The town man and boy must
do his part. Dean jar dine urged gar
den plots even greater than those OF
last year. He urged canning fac
pound of food produced from the
soil
All Eyes on Kansas.
What Kansas does concerns all
other states in the Union. and the re-
hottest provinces of the allies" he
said. for Kansas is a leading state in
the production of wheat, the principal
bret.dstutf of the world, and is not far
e1ipd with corn. We must urre the
Planting of the maximum acreage of
spring CroI s. Our reserves of grain
are extremely low. The government
Is resolved to furnish the allied ar
mics anc peoples the necessary food
stUfts to enable them to hold the bat
tie lire until our army Is prepared
1t is up to the American farmers to
maintain and even increase produc-
ton.
Conservation of food was urged bv
Mrs Mary Pierce Van lille, dean of
nome ecQnomics, state agricultural
college.
we have already exported all of
our surplus wheat from the United
States since the last harvest" said
the speaker, ''reserving only enough
for normal consumption of seed and
flour until the next harvest What
we send to our allied soldiers is repre-
sented exactly by what we save The
Allies are asking a 25 per cent in
amount we can send, unless we con
sumo less.
Must Save More,
Let us organize an efficient Sc
cond line of defense to save whatever
may be necessary in order that we
may send what is needed to our BOYS.
This is a definite part of our service.
The sacrifice is not worth Mention
ing in comparison with that which
our soldiers are making"
kansans must eat less, Walter p.
lines, state food administrator told
liie men ana women VINO attended
the meeting. There is enough for
everyone, he said, but this is not the
day for hogs. He said in part:
There is plenty of food in the United
States il we eat the right sort. There are
0.0O0.O00 bushels of potatoes more than
the normal supply. There is a surplus of
1.5oOOOO pockets of rice.
Eat Corn Bread.
We should eat corn meal. One pound
of corn meal equals in nutritive value 81
cents worth of eggs at 80 cents a Dozen
cents worth of corn meal equals cent 5
worth of any kind of food. loaf of corn
bread equals two Ioaves of wheat bread
in value.
We should eat our surplus of rice. po-
tatoes, corn and vegetables. We should in
crease the consumption of persha bles 90
to 100 per cent Corn meal is high due to
difficulty of transportation but 1t Is still
an economical substitute for bread
In few weeks new home card will
be ready for distribution. They will help
explain how to assist the country and we
want one in every kitchen in Kansas To
that end we want every county organizati ton
to SO perfect itself that 1t can do its
part in placing these cards In the homes
Since conditions are constantly changing
l would urge all to watch the papers so
as to keep advised the food supply and
as to the best foods to use largely"