Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-11-20
DAVID F HOUSTON |
URGES FARMERS
TO ORGANIZE, e

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Its the Farmers Business to Keep the
Agriculture of the Nation On a Sound
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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT vi,
OFFERS SUGGESTIONS
Americans Should Not Fail to Adopt
Every Feasible Means of Economical
" Increasing Live Stock Production.
David f. Houston, secretary of agri
culture, in statement issued today,
urged that steps be taken to secure the
better organization Of the agricultural
forces of the country, especially Of the
local farm bureau, in preparation for
the execution of the necessary produc-
ton program for 1919. The fall plant
ing program is completed. Informal in
dications coming to the department are
that the farmers planted this fall con-
siderably larger acreage in winter
wheat than that Of year ago, which
was ~, no. 900, the second largest plant
ing in the history Of the nation. A
large acreage of rye also has been
planted. 1t is too early, the secretary
said, to forecast how these crops will
come through the winter and what sug
gestion should be made as to the spring
wheat planting. tits also too early to-
formulate and announce the details Of
the general spring planting program.
Conditions are changing very rapidly
and the requisite information is not
now at hand. After full conference,
suggestions will be made sufficiently in
advance Of the planting season..
The secretary, however, pointed out
especially the need for an increased
production of beef and fats. It seems
clear, he said, that for considerable
period the world will demand particu-
larly larger supply than normal of
live stock, and especially Of beef and
fats American farmers should not fail
to adopt every feasible means of eco
nomically increasing live stock pro-
ducts: To do this farmers should give
due thought to the securing of an ade
Quate supply Of fOOdstuffs and to the
animal disease. The department has
just issued circular which contains
suggestions regarding live stock pro-
ductiOn.
Further Cooperation of Agencies
Needed
Further organization of all agricul-
tural agencies to carry out a carefully
considered agricultural program for
1910 is necessary, the secretary said.
Not only should there be the best pos
sible organization and cooperation OF
the Federal Department of Agriculture,
the agricultural colleges, the state de-
partments of agriculture, and farmers
associations, but the local farm bureaus
and other organizations which support
the extension forces should be strength"
ened. The perfecting Of this organiza-
ti0n is highly desirable not only during
the continuance of the present ,abnOr-
NAL conditions but also for the future.
Agricultural Commission Returns.
An agricultural commission, headed
by DR.. w. o. Thompson, president of
the Ohio state university, and COM
prising trained agficulturists from
number Of the state agricultural col
leges and the United States department
of agriculture, has just returned from
Europe, where it made thorough in
vestigatiOn of the agricultural condi-
tons of the allied countries. The infor-
nation it brings will be considered. in
formulating the agricultural produc-
ton program for 1919.
The Secretary's statement, addressed
to "the farmers and the agricultural
forces of the United States" is as fol-
lows:
1--WE may depend upon our army and
navy, in cooperation with the armies
and navies Of the powers with which
we are cooperating, to do all that force
and strategy can do to make our vic
tory on the battlefields complete and
we may trust the President and the
heads of these other powers to secure
a just peace when the proper time
comes. Our part is to maintain the ag
riculture of the nation on sound basis,
to secure sufficient foods and feeds for
ourselves and to meet the demands Of
the foreign nations, and to strengthen
the foundations of agriculture for the.
future. u.s..
Farmers Have Responded Magni
i1cently.
During the period since we entered
the war, the farmers of the nation have
responded magnificently to the appeals
for increased production and all the
people have complied with the urgent
requests for fuller conservation. Dur.
ing this present fall season. our. farm
ers have planted an increased wheat
acreage and q large acreage in rye. It,
is too early now to make detailed sug-.
poStiOnS for tho Snrinp an1antinp 500 son Il