The Washington herald., 1918-08-21
co.
ORGANIZES TO
WIN THEWAR
Prince Georges Farming
and Business interests
Announce Program.

Citizens from each OF the nine
teen election districts of Prince
Georges County. representing both
the farming and business interests
Of the county. assembled in the
court house at Upper Marlboro at
o'clock yesterday and after a four
hour session organized under the
name of the Chamber Of Commerce
and Agriculture OF Prince Georges
county In. support of the following
Industrial program of aid to the
governments farm and food cam
paign to win the war:
To pledge an increase of 10 per cent
In acreage OF the next wheat crop:
to enlist the county in Maryland's
pledge to furnish 100000 sheep for
the allied wool supply: to support
the administrations plans of war
finance; to develop the county's re-
sources along lines of intensive di-
versified farming. such as. fruit.
vegetables and dairying; to utilize
in aid Of the war the SO per cent OF
country area not now under plow,
and to that end make a complet.
soil survey and enlist cultivators
and immigration; to make use o
the Federal farm loan act In financ-
ing the above agricultural projects
IN cooperation with the Maryland
State Agricultural College and Ex-
pertinent Station for the scientific
training and superintendence neces-
sary; to cooperate with the Federal
Departments OF Agriculture. Labor.
Commerce, Farm Loan Board, ana
Food and Transportation adminis-
tration and enlist their agencies TO
make the farming resources OF the
county OF maximum efficiency In aid
Of the war.
County Cooperation.
DR.. Clarence ]. Owens, managing
director of the Southern Commercial
Congress. presided and outlined the
proposed campaign. A strong and
earnest plea for county cooperation
was made by DR.. A. F. Woods, presi-
dent OF the Maryland State Agricul-
tural College, in which he pledged all
the educational resources of his in
stitution and of the Maryland State
board of agriculture to the program.
and promised to give a practical ex-
pert training to all agricultural help
ICQuiEtu- nc SdIu lHdI all cuuCd-
tional institutions in the United
States today were In effect training
schools for the war through supply
ing needed industrial and other train
ing for all war needs.
The vice president Of the Federal
Land Bank Of Baltimore, d. Fred
Shamberger, outlined the methods by
which the farm loan act would
finance the program. Already under
this act s117.O0O.000 Of farm lands had
been underwritten by the government.
A county cooperative branch Is now
doing effective work in financing
Prince Georges County. having
placed ss2,O of loans with Sl57, 900
Of applications on file.
Soil Productive.
F. N. Stacy. of the L. s. Census
Bureau. reported a statistical survey
of the, county resources as a basis
for the campaign. He showed that al
though only a little more than half
of the county soil was actually in
production, yet the county stood third
in truck gardening among the twenty
three counties Of the State, and that
its opportunities for fertile soil at
reasonable prices were greater than
most sections Of the West.
Judge Beall. presiding Judge OF the
circuit court; County Attorney s. Mar
win Peach. County Superintendent of
Schools E. S. Burroughs, Professors
Richardson ami Bomberger of the
Maryland State Agricultural College,
Hon. Jackson H. Ralston, the county
commissioners and representatives of
the local press, were among those who
spoke for the success of the county
campaign. An organization committee
headed by Prof. Bomberger and Hon.
T. Howard Duckett was appointed to
organize local units for a 1000 mem
bership. A big general meeting for a
county roundup was set for the open
ing court day October