The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
DEVELOPING II. S.
FOOD PRODUCTION
Government Is Encouraging Farming and
Stock Raising on More Extensive
Plan Than Ever.

Washington, d. c., May WARS ne
cessities and the Importance of food pro
duetion in the United States for the mill
tarv and civil population Of the alliet
nations, has resulted in the department
of agriculture undertaking the develop
ment of farming and live stock raising
on more extensive plan than ever be
fore, A bin now before Congress place
estimates of the department for increas
ing food production next year at $40.
| 730,s93, an increase of nearly SS,00000(
| over the appropriation in the Lever foot
control act of 1917.
Increasing the production Of live stock
is one of the chief aims of the de-
partment, and it is proposed to establish
extensive instructive agencies for farm.
ers, particularly in the great plains re-
gion, as means of stimulating produe-
tion of cattle and hogs. IT is proposed
to place beef cattle specialists in differ
ent sections of the country to assist
farmers and cattiemen in conserving all
good breeding COWS, in preparing perma !
nent pastures and preserving all avail
able feedstuffs.
The department has estimated to the
House committee on agriculture that
there is sufficient feed in the southeast
region to take care of from 100000 to
100000 cattle in addition to the mum
Der normally provided for and it is
proposed greatly TO extend the work in
that section
The committee has been informed By
the department that there is a desirable
ity of placing the agriculture in the
great plains region on live stock basis
as far as possible.
IF the large crops of feed which We.
produced there during the years of If
ficient rainfall had been stored in silos.
the drought which caused such losses
during 1917 probably could have been
borne without serious difficulty" the 4e.
partment's report states. The building
Of silos is urged by the department
Increasing the production of pix.
sheep, and poultry, and supervising war
garden work on large scale, also is be
ing undertaken by the department. En-
ployment OF additional garden special |
SITS in the bureau of plant industry to
AXE care OF the constantly increased |
for information from the grow
'r's of war gardens, is asked. Home gar
lens planted last year increased from |
100 to 300 per cent, the department es-
imates,
A vast increase in the extension work |
II the northern and western states will /
re undertaken, An increase of $4,000 /
n the appropriation for county agent /
work in those sections Il asked
1T is expected" the report says. that
Practically all of the 1000 agricultural |
ounties in the thirty-threc northern and
western states will be provided with
gents before the close of the present
seal year. together with the requisite
supervisory force for effective conduct of
he work"
Chairman Lever OF the House acrieul-
ural committee has announced that the
i'll will be hurried through the rom
littee and that an effort will be made
0 pass it as quickly as possible, Hear
,gs before the committee by representa-
ives of the several bureaus and saen-
les of the department Of agriculture,
ave occupied the attention of the com
littee for several weeks. end the meas
re is now under final consideration.