Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
Town Men Called as Patriotic
Duty to Assist With
the Crops.
CAN'T WIN WITHOUT FOOD
Can't Produce Sufficient Food Unless
High School Boys and Town Vol.
unteers Are Used 70 Utmost
In Every Community.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricultural

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
II one part of the western front fails
to hold, no matter at what cost, when
the command has been issued that no
ground must be given, the freedom of
the world. your freedom, your family's
security. are imperiled.
II one state fails to hold its part of
the line back home-falls to produce
Its part OF the food crops needed for
war purposes-the strength Of the bat
tie front is weakened. And as IL Is
weakened your home becomes less Sc
cure. That is the personal meaning of
the situation.
The gravest period OF human history
may be described In terms Of a popu-
lar American expression-and prac-
uce. Civilization endures or declines,
freedom 1ourlshes or fails, Just as that
line on the western front delivers the
goods" just as the production line
back home delivers the goods" just
as you deliver the goods"
viii You DeliVer7
The western line is making delivery.
What about your state, your county,
your tOwn-yOul
1t IS necessary in every county and
community for emergency farm labor
needs this summer and fall to be sup
piled by emergency workers from the
towns Of that county and community
IS far as possible.
VubF.E $500 49, .o,, Na.v., ,
Of past farm experience-are called,
as a patriotic duty, to work IN nearby
farms this summer and fall at such
intervals and for such periods as local
conditions may require.
Which means that you-a farmer
must make the best of this emergency
help as a patriotic duty. We can't win
the war without food; we can't pro,
duce food without farm labor; we
can't have sufficient farm labor this
year unless high school boys and town
volunteers are used to the utmost in
every community, oilers forced to go
to work, every ~communlty's entire
energy turned to farm work during the
speaks" Of cultivation and harvest.
eDUlnG AOMh HEbIlf nave huu NAlo NJ
tltude: "Oh, It is hard work On farms,
and the pay is smaller than l earn in
town. Why should | lay Off from my
town Job even for a short time and do
farm work? why can't some one else
do It'll One person doesn't amount to
much. So what does it matter whether
{ do any farm work In this county or
not?'
OF course, If you were the only per
son In all the United States to have
a Observation-Disclosures viewpoint
It would make no difference. But sup
pose the other fellow feels the same
way. All It would amoun to, If that
sort Of thing continued, would merely
be-our losing the var That is the
Importance of your part.
Some farmers have had this att
tude: "Oh, 1t is hard to make crops
with ~haphazard help-boys and towr
volunteers. Why can't some other
farmers use that sort of help7 On,
farm doesn't amount to much. What
does II matter whether l keep up my
production by using this emergency Ia
Dor or not7"
AS In the case Of the town man, I
would be a trivial thing If you werI
the only one. But the other farme
may conclude he Is safe in "layinl
down on the job" since you are goinI
to do your part. A continuance of tina
would merely mean-our losing tn
war. That is the Importance Of you
part.
The only course that is safe and Gel
tain is for every town person Of farI
experience to go to work on farms I
his community, when and where he
needed during the heavy periods thl
summer and fall for every farmer t