Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-01
Meat, More Corn, and
 More Cotton, Plea of Agriculturists.
HIATT BUTLER SHOWS
 ''' SERIOUS CONDITION
y.Hon,s Food Supply Must Be In. creased to Keep Allies Fighting.
 Arkansas Must Feed Self and Raise for Export, Too.
Jefferson county must increase it's

Jefferson county must increase its meat production by twenty per- cent, its corn production by twenty per cent and am it's cotton production by ten per
 cent to do it's part in feeding the forces
 fighting Germany, according to state
 ments made by Dr. Tait Butler, prom
 inent agriculturist, addressing a meet
 inp representing 137,000 acres of Jef-
 ferson county farm lands at the court
 house yesterday afternoon.
 Dr, Butler stated that Lord Rhon-
 pdha, the British food controller, has
 appealed to Food Administrator Her.
 bert C. Hoover for twenty per cent of
 the meat production of the United
 States, saying that much is absolutely
 necessary to keep the allied forces
 fighting. MT. Hoover has promised
 this to the allies, and it is now the
 duty of the country to increase pro-
 dlction to meet it.
 America is the greatest hog produc ling country in the world, said Dr. But
 Ter, and she must make up for a de. crease of 37,000,O00 pounds of pork
 la the worlds production. In addition
 he must catch up her own decrease d 100000 pounds.
 Hoover Guarantees Price.
 According to Dr. Butler, MT. Hoov- guarantees the farmers of the coun- hy that the price of meat would be hantained at point that would make .sery 100 pounds of hogs equal to 13
 bushels of corn. This is an increase eVer the average for the past ten years which shows that 100 pounds of aegs have only equalled 11.6 bushels M corn.
 The prime importance of pasturage nd forage crops was emphasized by Dr Butler, and in connection with MT. |haover's guarantee he showed that it Paly took seven bushels of corn to raise |ahog. W >'' Lassetter Plans Work.
 n' '. Lassetter. state, director of |.Aension work. who is chairman of |'M committee in charge of the cam |Nlsn for increasing food and feed N EI'auctlon in this state followed Dr. |naler" He pointed out the need of rsacnlng every farme: and of impress s Els upon all the vital necessity for |a' N. increase in food stuffs. He out uas |msa the points regarding the E,an. rMMs lood situation that must be sousiit to the attention of the farm Ss ss.,s s'Vlng alarming statistics on |,M,u ..,1, crops He said that Arkansas . EsVleln A. is not only to feed herself ,ra .a, ~ raise products for export as
 D.., Must Raise Cotton Also. sh., uO.a .a or these speakers pointed out Frs, erss,. aley were not asking a de- shs ,ease m cotton production. but on M tuner hand an increase in this rsp'e rsau was also of great importance. saos .sIsa pointed out that the increases sdss ssu TOT were based on knowl- N asse e. ol conditions, and could easily X. |; 'oeompllshed by improving form los mi A'e'nods and concentration of ef- \ a'' p |. assetter was followed by Dr. M ,nol. !. swelgart, district agent, who ss,s, ,sas along the similar lines em. ,saasn;s a;s the need of the farmers ! rnSst rnSsaen'ng n, to the great part they l way ay m the winning of the war. i i, . what Jefferson Must Do. unoa .a speaking of the demands made 1 sn @ealerson "a,. county by the speak stated younty Agent Joel Lambert ] phie M ,ha, .o representative of the Ora ! s7Oo ist the meat increase calls for i ierrna aoss from this country Re. taat s tS,. to the cotton increase he said land ,s ans,,o county had 100000 acres of l and tb.. tb,a''anle for cotton rlanting Q0O ha,a s' It would only produce 45. ] the moa. m,eetlng yesterday was one of held i, in :, successful. that has been vas vol, 'ae as city for some time. It rssentsti,aa ui, attended by a body of rem showed th,. ,a.drmers, all of whom ssrousnos.n that they appreciated the the
 J. F sSs, oi the situation.
 oi the maoI molntyre acted as chairman s coabase'e Co meeting. which was arran 1asi ged 2. H 'y m Agents Joel Lamhert and
 Asm s, Thomas. Ao anu tsadancss the the prominent farmers in at- i " | psvmr were J. M. Barrett, sherrill: | asne' sherrill; J. c. Meyers