The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-13
We Must Save the Wheat With
Least Possible Chance of
Loss,

The Government through the
Farm Help Specialist for Missouri
who called on DR.. J. T. Hull, the
Farm Help Director, for Bates
County this morning, made very fav.
orable comment on the good that has
been accomplished in distributing
labor for the farms, DR.. Hull having
succeeded in placing over thirty men
in places on the farms, besides hav-
ing considerable number of patri-
otto business men who have enrolled
for emergency farm work in saving
the wheat this harvest, and who will
go forward on call of DR.. Hull, even
though it may be necessary to close
their business places.
The Government plan also calls
for the organizing of clubs of five, to
consist of first a captain to be ap-
pointed by DR.. Hull and who will be
obligated to enroll four others to
make UP his team or club of five, re-
quiring that some one of the five
have a car and be willing to use it in
transporting the five to and from
work. These men should be as near
ly of the same occupation, ETC., as
possible so that they can serve as
nearly the same number of hours and
the same time, and the Captain is to
receive instructions from DR.. Hull
as to where the team is needed, and
the Captain then to be responsible
for notifying the other four members
of the club and getting them out.
Then suppose farmer calls for two
men to shock wheat ten hours. If
volunteers are not listed for all day
service to send out, then a team of
five will be called and go out and do
the same work in four hours in the
evening, or possibly two teams go
and do the work in two hours. This
makes it SO that the soft" man of
the town can go out in the cool of
the evening and for short time rem
der as efficient service as the hard
ened farm hand, and as three men
with the up-to-date binder can cut
and shock from IL to IS acres of
wheat per day, it means a saving OF
TOUR to five acres per day per man,
which at this years yield and price
makes a Gays labor of man in the
harvest field equivalent to saving
from Sis to 5000 worth of food per
day. or that five-club working two
hours in the evening can save as
much. At time when the world is
clanoring for food, and when the
destiny OF mankind is in the balance,
depending largely on food produc-
ton, it can be readily understood
why Uncle Sam is SO greatly inter-
ested.
The above plan has been very sue
cessfuly put in operation at Sedaia
by Mr.. Ward, the Farm Help Direc-
tor there, and DR.. Hull has decided |
to inaugurate the plan here and hopes
to receive the cooperation of the bus
mess men in organizing and of the
farmer in calling for needed help
that the wheat may be put up as
quickly as it rpens without the
great chance of loss by storms and
otherwise while standing.
TO the farmer it is urged that it is
a patriotic duty to call on the labor
director for such help as is needed,
hat he may have an opportunity to
'ender service, and if the help is
'vailable, it would be unpatriotic and
carcel yless than a crime to allow
chance of loss in the
harvesting OF the present wheat crop.
For those living in the north part
If the county, calls should be made
o Mr.. Andes OF Adrian, who is Farm
Help Director there, and who is or
a like emergency force
here.
An appeal is made to the patriotism
II every citizen OF Bates county to :
10 his duty as above indicated in saw
ng the present wheat crop. ,