Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-08
The FARMERS
JOB FOR 1918
BY J. M. JOHNSON, OFFICE OF FARM
MANACFMENT

mon with those of the entire Coun- n
try, are being asked to do certain -
things along the line of crop and y
livestock production this year. The 81
request is for an increase in the =
amount of corn, hay, wheat or other q
bread grains, vegetables and Eruits. o
dairy products. pork. poultry and !,
eggs, and several other articles of :,
home or local consumption. This =
increase is wanted for the purpose =,
Of winning the war;" The appeal
is made to our patriotism. Eack-
ing up the opportunity of serving
, humanity is one of making a good
profit from the years work.
r In attempting greater production,
: it may be we'll to size up the s;tua-
ton and see what is required tor our
$ own maintenance, what to support
t our non farming population, and
D what will be necessary to allow FIVE
! to ten per cent surplus for exp rt.
9 The next pOint is to take up the
s armor of the hoe and rahe, and !
e measure up to requirement and
s national expectations.
v Let us see some or the things we
y w~nt: Meat. including pork, oeef
,e and poultry, i wanted; eggs, butter
A. milk, potatoes, other vegetables,
y wheat, corn and hay, with these
At backed up with more. bears, yeas,
ed nome made molasses and other
h usual accessories will take care O.
ps the real needs.
Nv A study OF consumption of foods
l,k in 4o3 farm families, of which 55
we're in Nor.h Carolina and the
bv others in nine widely distributed
ire States, gives some definite data OF
;eJ Use liz G., .erniilins list what we
,m must do at this time it we are tC
he FEED ourselves. With this data as
On a guide, w may project our Wort
nd Ior the year wltn assurance O &C
by c3mplishing a good purpose with
out necessary Waste OF tine ali;
work.
On the 55 North Carolina farm
there was all average consumption
per person of 1872 pou IDS of porE
lilo two pounds of beef and 11.5 fowls
lnts weighing appiox imately Z J.
pounds piece, or ?61 pounds
and poultry consumed per person. III
~" butter consumption averaged A ID
rom per person, while there was 80
gallons of sweet milk used, 85.S ga
1ells Ions of butter milk, 27 dozen eee
OF 1.8 bushels of Irish potatoe4, J
'u'' bushels of sweet potatoes and )
nton pounds of flour used for each pc
here son in the family.
When those figures are giVeo
bster Statewide application. we may
lust what our farming job for q
year ls
Can In round numbers our prest
velyn population is 2,500,0O0. To g
each person the normal meat allt
ns a ance of 1872 pounds of pork,
londa pounds of beef and 26 pounus
eturn- poultry, or a total of $50 pound;
meat per person, the State m
Dills grow 375,OOO,000 pounds dur
lioliio @ this year. Likewise, she must b
49,. 1O2, 100000 pounds of butter.
Maat mist also produce 83,500,00O
Ds.os lois of sweet milk. Then, W
.;,o. tals is being produced and
-, slmed. we want and must !;
67,50O,OOO dozen eggs, l4,OOc
-, bushels Of sweet and Irish poEa
M, and 17,500,000 bushels of wheat
feed our stock and give US 6
meal, we want 100000 bn:
|lNGS. OF corn anu l'ooo'ooo ~ HoV>
tons of hay, besides the usual
fodder. TIE vegetables aid
son. oi fruits from some 100000 acres
Service = ~ - ~
"l
Il War ms . .iio l'oi :"
, And; er's job if he feeds our popul
as We nave ooon l1u o +
,ry man lo per ce1t SUI p'oo III oHp
Co,,n+, one-teath to these items all the
] Through. This is what the