Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-05
URGE ILLINOIS TO
GO MORE EXTENSIVELY
INTO WHEAT GROWING

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Springfield, Aug, 5.--Farmers OF
I fllinois are urged 10 raise more wheat
next year as q patriotic duty by H
/ f. Young, secretary Of the Illinois
Farmers institute This years crop
he says, proves wheat growing is
! success in Illinois. Heretofore q
has MOI been considered so.
Increasing Illinois wheat rroduc
tion has double purpose. Mr.
Young declares. First. patriotism
ard second profit Both are essentia.
-as essential as the purchasing ~
Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps
ana contributing TO Inc Red Cross
he says.
Ia statement advising the farmers
10 plant more wheat this year ana
declaring Illinois to be the sreate.
agricultural state in the onion. Mr.
YCHnsa says
"That experience is the best tech
Ct is an old adage. but neyertlfele less
!, is rs rue today as ever. There is
nothing more valuable 10 farmer
than le. sons derived from practical
experience
Experience with wheat in Illinois
nois this yea has demonstrated that
i, can be crown successfully and
prohtably Notwithstanding the pre-
yailmg idea that Illinois is not q
wheat country When illinois farmers
grow from twenty 10 fifty bushels
OF wheat an acre, as d great many
o. them have zone this season. 1t Isl
positive evidence of success. ard its
old foggy notion that our pr1irie
lands are mol adapted 10 this crop
was dumped into the discard. Wheat
can be grown right here in Illinois
as successfully and protitably as any
where Experience proves it, Wheat
is a positive and assured success ins
Illinois; there is no denying it III
farmers viii only employ the right
methods in its production.
mo state in the country surpasses
Illinois In agriculture advantages
In crop production her records are
unique, and while whea. has contrib
uted compaI atiyely little to the az
gregate annual haryests there Is abb
solutely no reason why it may not
be successfully and prottably pro
dueed on nearly every farm in the
state. The yiekis OF wheat this year
IN Illinois stand out as a striking
object lesson of what may be expect.
ed Of the crop uder average Illinois
farm conditions.
The proof of the pudding is in
me eating, and ne proof OF wheat
growing is in produ ction an acre. II
llnois farmers wh,N have produce!
wheat this season HI we abundance of
proof that it is pr, )tltable crop un-
Ter present wartime conditions. They
iont have to take an, mans say %
IN the matter; they k now from e&
)erlence the number of bushels bar
vested and the dollars t will brng. !
What one farmer can do with wheat
N Illinois another can d., providing
Ihey apply the same deh nee OF Ill
.eiiisence and industry IL produe@l
ion
Ihere are two very itnportaht
'easons why every Illinois farmer
mould plart more wheat tn. !. year I
~: Because it is profitable i tnu be !
ause 1t is patriotic Either OF these
easons should be sufficient to ,hnn- (
nee the acreage of wheat this iait /
wheat is profitable at present = rices'
nd farmer can we'll afford 10 gro"
iore even If he has to reduce ihe
crea9e Of other crops IA little
l. Is patriotic TO grow more Niiedi
he government has asked it aad It.
prosecution OF the ral ae
l+nds IT, Ii is a patriotic duty AS
} 9th as buying Liberty Bonds sub
aiding to the Red Cross. etc Eyl
~ American should put patrUiish
fst in these days and strive to serve
Is country 70 the utmost.
More wheat on every farm
h5ud BE- the slogan Tor every Illinois ,
umet r'"ht now 1t is as necessary
D sped y 10 wheat production IN
Illinois as it is TO meet tile other
var demands which the people Of The /,