The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-10
Sheep Productions.

As result of the State Sheep Meet
ing held in Nashville on April 80. the
Food Administrator was asked to de.
termine the possibility Of retaining with
In the State every female sheep. old
eve and eve lamb. that is available.
To do this it will be necessary to put
on Sheep Campaign that shall In
volve the following;
1st. That each county Food Ad-
ministrator appoint at once the best
man for the position of Chairman Of
this Sheep Campign in his county, He
in turn will appoint one or more sheep
representatives in each community of
the county and this shall constitute.
together with the Food Administrator
and the County Agent, the Sheep Cam
paign Committee Of the County.
2nd. Through community meetings
the Sheep Campaign should be presented
to the people and a complete list made
Of the sheep raiser who will have sheep
and lambs for sale at market price as
we'll as farmers who will agree from
patriotic standpoint to raise few sheep
for meat and wool purposes, together
with the number they will undertake to
handle.
3rd. IL you have dealers in sheep In
your county who have already made
contracts for the purchase of sheep and
lambs these dealers should be seen at
once and determine if they will not
give up their purchases of ..ewe lambs
and ewes at market prices for breeding
purposes.
4th. Mr.. A. D. Knox has agreed to
act as voluntary representative of the
Food Administration to handle this
campaign in conjunction with the Divi-
sion of Extension of the College of Ag-
riculture. University of Tennessee.
Our Government is appealing to the
people of the United States to increase
their crop of sheep for both meat and
wool purposes. Each soldier demands
in the neighborhood of 65 pounds Of
wool per annum, and because of the
shortage of transport the wool supply
of sheep growing countries is not av-
ailable to our armies and our Allies and
the obligation rests upon the United
States to increase the wool and meat
supply for immediate purposes. This
request of our Government should ap-
peal to our people in manner sim
liar to any other war enterprise or any
other war necessity, and l hope that
you will regard this in the same light
as you have all the other war requests
that have come from the war orgsniza-
tions.
An attempt will be made through the
Food Administration land Division Of
Extension to locate sheep outside of the
state if the supply within the State
is not sufficient, and rams will also be
secured if the supply is not within the
reach of the sheep raisers. Since the
marketing of lambs of Tennessee US
ually takes place from the goth sof May
to the 18th of June il is necessary for
this campaign to be put on in your coun-
ty at the earliest possible moment In
order to secure these sheep before they
are contracted or shipped to market.
In order to conserve transportation,
any sheep available for sale in your
county at market prices should be dis
.ributed first to farmers within the
county who have agreed to purchase
'heep to asst in this war measure.
In order to make this campaign eff
'ective every agency at your command
hould be utilized 10 create strong
public sentiment for increased sheep and
WOOL production. You should avail
Iourself of all patriotic meeting to pres.
me this matter. The cooperation OF
he patriotic press should be secured
md the widest possible publirity given
o the campaign. Ask your newspaper
o print this letter and follow 1t with
trong editorial endorsement, urging
heir farmer readers to become sheep
,rodueers. Faithfully yours.
n. A. MORGAN,