Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-06-13
.tIIDILE TENNESSEE
FARMERS TO MEET
CONVENE FOR ANNUAL CoNvEN
TON AT AUDITORIUM OF
COLUMBIA AcAogMY.
SESSIONS BEGIN JULY "a

joining the Middle Tennessee Expert
ment Station at Columbia, on Tues
Gay, July %, for a session Of thrss
days. The call for the meeting on the
dates named has been made by COL
II. Knox Bryson, commissioner Of az
riCulture of Tennessee, who In conaso-
ton with Prof. Charles A. Keffer, II
the University of Tennessee, director
OF the division of extension, IL basy
preparing the program.
On the first d. Of the convention
there will also be meeting Of the
federal food administrators of the Mid
die Tennessee counties. all OF them
beng urged to attend by Dr. H. A.
Morgan federal food administrator of
Tennessee. In addition to those from
Middle Tennessee any other food adj
ministrstors of the state who desire to
attend are invited to do so, DR.. J.
W. Hallowell, Of the United States
Food Administration at Washington.
and the right-hand man of Hebert
Hoover, United States food admins
traitor, has promised to attend.
On the second day of the convention
appropriate exercises will mark the
former delivery by Maury county OF
the deed to the experiment station
property Judge j T. Mcknight, of
tho county court OF Maury county, will
formally tender the deed, and 1t W.T.
be accepted on behalf Of the state by
no less a distinguished parsonage
than the governor Hon. Thomas C.
Rye, These exercises will be attend
ed BY the following specially invited
guests, the board Of trustees Of the
University of Tennessee, the memb eFs
Of the educational and agricultural
committees of the state legislature,
Dr Brown Ayres, president of the
University, Col. II Knox Bryson, COM
missioner of agriculture, and the men,
bers Of the Maury county court.
This will be the first time that the
farmers convention has ever been
held at Columbia, but IL will doubtless
be the permanent home, since II 10
the location OF the Middle Tennessee
Experiment Station. While the con-
ventiop is In session the farmers will
be invited 10 make trip OF inspee-
ton over the experiment station and
witness the work OF development that
10 being carried on there under tas
direction OF Dr. II, A. Morgan, dean Of
the college OF agriculture.
Splendid results have been obtained
In the -heep production campaign un-
der the direction OF Prof. Murphy, Il
the University OF Tennessee, and A.
D. Knox, OF the United States Food
Administration. Several counties have
reported movement that will result
In largely increased sheep holdings
Rutherford county under the able di.
rection OF J. Moore King, the county
tocd administrator reports an increase
Of over 900 ewes
WheatIess Ration.
Practically the entire state is no !,
on IA wheatlcss ration Among the
counties that have joined the process.
zion during the past ten days are
Maury. Roane, RGtheEford, sullivan
and ONertGn ana Putnam other coun.
Ties are practically without any flour.
and will have one shipped into them.
DR. II A. Morgan, federal food ad
ministrator for Tennessee, has issued
an order that hereafter no hundred
per cent wheat -four, that is flour that
would be acceptable to the govern.
ment for export, will be allowed to be
shipped into any county without the
written permission OF the food admin
istrator Of the county into which
"a proposed 10 ship it. This does not
apply to fifty -four. self.rising
flour or mixed or entire wheat flour.
T-ese will not be accepted by the food
administration for export to our allies
Ii is estimated that as a result Ut
the efforts OF the food administration
to have better inspection OF threshers
that the waste from that source Of
wheat will be cut half In two Inspee.
tors have gone all over the country In
speeting the machines and insisting
upon repairing Of parts out OF order.
The food administration will no
longer take the pea OF ignorance a.
. defense from those charged with
violating its regulations" said ]. L
Finney, educational director, who rs-
turned last week from a meeting Of
the federal food administrators at
Washington. 1T was made plain IN
this meeting that the period OF educa-
ton was over and that in the future
violators of food regulations would b
dealt with Just as severely as are
other violators OF the law Enforce
ment was the chief topic discussed
and all Of the ADMINISTRATORS were IN
structed TO tighten up on this feature
Of their program. There will be abso-
iutely no exceptions In the enforce
ment Of the new sugar regulations
which limit the amount Of sugar thai
the non-essential industries may OBJ
tain Under these rules many non.
essential Industries may have to close
down. but the food administration Is
going to take care OF the needs Of the
essentials. like canning. preserving