The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-10-10
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE is DOING
Little Items About Big War Jobs
That are Helping American
Farmers to Feed Nations
Women Run Curb Market

Women Run Curb Market
A curb market recently organized
by the women of Miami, Fla, has
proved so successful that the city
council has taken it over as a NUM-
cipal enterprise. The plan was
worked out by the urban home de-
monstration agent of the United
States Department Of Agriculture
and the State Agricultural College.
together with several of Miama's
public-spirited women, in order TO
give fairer prices TO both the house
wife and the producer. A committee
cooperates with nearby truckers
in arranging for the produce. The
truckers are planting every two
weeks in order to guarantee the
women a constant supply of fresh
vegetables. Fruit, eggs, butter, cot
tage cheese and poultry are also
sold. A fee Of % cents is paid by
all those selling products. This
goes into a general fund for adver-
Using the market and keeping the
street clean.
Farm Bureaus Grow TO Meet War
Needs
County farm bureaus, 725 strong,
with membership Of over 100000,
are bringing TO the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and the
State Agricultural colleges the Or
gained help Of patriotic American
farmers in planning and executing
the agricultural production and con-
servation program. During the last
year, with the help Of the depart
ment and the colleges, 497 new bu-
reaus were organized TO meet the
war needs, and the membership in
creased from $4,000 to its present
figure. In the new county farm
bureau is found a local agency in
which the entire extension move
ment Of the county centers, and
where the county agent, the home
agent, the leader of
the boys and girls club work and
the farm management demonstration,
work hand in hand with the farmers
and their families in matters relat-
ing TO the advancement of agricul-
tural, home and community life.
Boys and Girls Plant Beet Seed for
Strip
Boys and girls in is States have
planted 1914 ounces Of sugar-beet
seed supplied them by the United
States Department Of Agriculture
for the purpose of making sugar
beet strip. The seed was secured
thru the Bureau Of Plant Industry
and distributed by the States Re-
lations Service to iS State leaders OF
boys and girls club work in the
North and West. Each boy or girl
receiving an ounce of the seed is
pledged TO grow il and TO make the
beets into strip. II is estimated
that, with average yields, this might
result in the home manufacture OF
more than 10000 gallons of sirup,
which may be used in many ways
as sugar substitute in general
cooking.
Farmers Raising Own Food Supply
Farmers are becoming more indie
pendent in regard TO food supply
than they have ever been since be-
fore the Civil War, in the opinion
Of a field man Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture, who re-
Gently returned from an inspection
trip in New York and the New Eng
land States. Farmers in that terri
tory who have never before raised
wheat, barley and buckwheat, are
growing small patches OF such
. crops for their own use.
Record Year in Canning Indicated
Reports from manufacturers OF
canning supplies who have con-
formed 10 recommendations OF the
United States Department OF Agri-
culture in the making Of equipment.
indicate that the interest in home
canning is increasing rapidly. There
is a widespread demand for more
equipment that will save labor and