Meade County news., 1918-06-20
Town Men Called as Patriotic
Duty to Assist With
the Crops.
CAN'T WIN WITHOUT FOOD
Can't Produce Sufficient Food Unless
High School Boys and Town VOL
unteers Are Used to Utmost
in Every Community.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
If one part of the western front falls
to hold, no matter at what cost, when
the command has been issued that no
ground must be given, the freedom of
the world, your freedom, your family's
security, are imperiled.
If one state fails to hold its part OF
the line back home-fails to produce
its part of the food crops needed for
war purpOses-the strength of the bat
tie front is weakened. And as II is
weakened your home becomes less Sc
cure. That Is the personal meaning of
the situation.
The gravest period of human history
may be described In terms of popu-
lar American expression-and prac-
tice. Civilization endures or declines,
freedom flOurlshes or fails, just as that
line on the western front delivers the
goods" just as the production line
back home delivers the goods" just
as you deliver the goods"
Will You DeIiver2
The western line is making delivery.
What about your state, your county
your town-you?
1t Is necessary in every county and
community for emergency farm labor
needs this summer and fall to be sup
piled by emergency workers from the
towns of that county and community
as far as possible.
Which means that you-a town man
of past farm eXperlence-are called,
as patriotic duty, to work on nearby
farms this summer and fall at such
intervals and for such periods as local
conditions may require.
Which means that you-a farmer
must make the best of this emergency
help as a'patrtotic duty. We can't win
the war without food; we can't pro-
duce food without farm labor; we
can't have sufficient farm labor this
year unless high school boys and town
volunteers are used to the utmost In
every community, idlers forced to 20
to work, every cOmmunlty's entire
energy turned to farm work during the
"peaks" of cultivation and harvest.
Some town people have had this at-
titude: "Oh, 1t is hard work on farms
and the pay Is smaller than l earn In
town. Why should lay off from my
town Job even for a short time and do
farm work? Why can't some one else
do It? One person doesn't amount to
much. So what does 1t matter whether
] do any farm work In this county or
not?"
OF course If you were the only per.
son in all the United States to have
Observation-Disclosures" viewpoint
1t would make no difference. But sup
pose the other fellow feels the same
way. All 1t would amount to, If that
sort of thing continued, would merely
be-our losing the war. That is the
Importance of your part.
Some farmers have had this atti.
tude: "Oh, 1t is hard to make crops
with haphazard help-boys and town
volunteers. Why can't some other
farmers use that sort Of help2 One
farm doesn't amount to much. What
does 1t matter whether keep up my
production by using this emergency Ia.
Dor or not?"
AS in the case of the town man, II
would be trivial thing If you were
the only one. But the other farmer
5 may conclude he is safe in 'laying
down on the job" since you are going
to do your part. A continuance of that
would merely mean-our losing the
war. That is the Importance of your
part.
The only course that is safe and GER
tain is for every town person of farm
experience to go to work on farms In
his community, when and where he Is
needed during the heavy periods this
summer and fall; for every farmer tC