The Monticellonian., 1918-08-30
PREPARE FOR THE WORST

COlIOll HliQC HI tiito pttl 0i tl4C
 country and hence picking will
 be a very easy job. While this
 fact is a lamentable one, as cot
 ton is our one great money crop,
 nevertheless, its shortage, this
 year, may be taken ad!antage of
 to SOW, abundantly. of small
 grain. Every farmer, whether
 large or small, should SOW more
 wheat, oats and rye this Fall
 than ever before; and not a sin
 gle one of them should neglect
 this important work. The rye
 will give pasturage the coming
 winter, the oats will feed your
 plough-stock during the next
 >rop-season and the wheat will
 feed yourself and family. You
 w.li have plenty of time this Fall
 to prepare your land and SOW
 grain, and you should not neg feet to do il.
 You have heard of hard times, and many of you may think you have experienced them in the past, but few of you know any thii1g about them, and the ones to cone will, in all probability, open your eyes. A few Of the old-timers, now left, who passed through the civil war period, re- ne nber something of the priva- tions and hpdships then endured; but no1e of the young generation know anything of the meatless and sugarless and coffeeless days. Bat fro n reading the signs of the times you are going to know of ,tam, and before another year rolls by, unless you exert your self, as never before. During the continuation of this war 1t will not do to depend upon oth- CTS to supply you. Our brave aal self-sacri6cing and suffering solifer boys across the seas must .,e feTand clothed, and 1t will re- q lire the surplus products of the United States to do this, and there will be little or nothing left Tor you, even if you had the price with which to pay. There fore, it is obvious that it be- hooves each individual to stren- uously endeavor to provide for his own wants. There are no iile moments now to be spent = no days or parts of days so be lost but every hour should be employed in an effort to grow something to eat for both man and beast. Remember that a large element of the producing population of this country has been called to arms and carried from their homes, which calls upon you, as an individual, to over-exert yourself ito do more than you ever did before and to take advantage of every op- portuaity of doing 1t. h trying times like these, and the ones that are bound to follow, it will not do to depend upon a single crop. You should plant of es- erything which will sustain fife. We have a great country and a rent people, but we believe that nany do not yet realize the SC
 ousness of the approaching sit 'dtlon. If this cruel war contin- ies long and a few more lean ; ears are ours, 1t may come to ! pass that many of our fair wom- . will be forced to abandon the ) )y-riding car for the plough. We sincerely hope that no such condition will arise, but it is best f,r the people to begin to under stand that a crisis is at hand.
 We have been warned, time and again, by the Food Depart i,-nt of our Government to 4ake ready for the coming < ardsaips, but the people seem 70 ig l1re the warning, and are ..aloing on spending and squander- lag in the old way, regardless and careless of the impending storm. "A stitch in time saves nine
 We sincerely thank our old