The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-05
Big Farm crops
Essential fO,
Victory By
The Allies
Farmers Of Northern and Western
States Are Told the Serious Sit
uatiOn That COnfrOnts Forces
Battling for Democracy

Washington, April 5.-The individ-
ual duty of every farmer to produce
large crops this year from his land is
being stressed by group Of promi-
nent agricultural speakers travelling
through the northern and western
States, after conferences in Wash
ington with Secretary of Agriculture
Houston and Food Administrator
Hoover. A similar campaign already
has been conducted in the southern
States.
Every farm in every locality should
strive to feed itself, the speakers say.
This is imperative as measure of
supply in each community and so that
all the unnecessary transportation of
foodstuffs may be avoided. Every farm
should have home garden and
should store, can and dry sufficient
quantity of fruits and vegetables for
home use Throughout, the year.
Throughout the States where spring
wheat can be grown profitably. the
department is calling attention to the
need of planting large acreage. The
speakers have been given the latest
information upon the wheat situation
in this country and abroad, and they
will lay the facts before the farmers
of these regions. The latest figures
show that the allies produced last
year Eht little over one-third the
wheat they produced prior to the war.
Seed Corn Situation Serious
Early fall frosts followed by wet
weather and severe freezing have
made the seed corn problem through
out the corn belt exceedingly difficult,
making campaigns for ear-tested seed
imperative. The planting season must
find every farm of the great corn belt
: with an adequate supply of seed corn
: that will grow.
II A Is per cent increase in the num-
Der of hogs is needed, as pork Is tbs
Imainstay of the ration of the labor.
ling man, and the soldier, and the nee(
for more fats is acute. The acreage Of
alfalfa, clover, cowpeas, soy bean:
and other leguminous forage plants
should be maintained or increased tt
lconserve more grains for human con
sumption.
Maintain Dairy Production
The dairy industry must be main
tanned. The dairy COW produces NOR
food with less feed than any other O
cur domestic animals, so that dair
products are most economical in con
serving foodstuffs. SKINNED mil
converted into cottage cheese has a
much food value as meat and shout
be increasingly used.
Town Should Help Farm Problem.
The farm labor problem must b
met BY closer cooperation betwee
town and farm folks. The town mus
realize that the bulk Of their popu
lation came from farms and that i
times of stress those of their peopl
who are farm-bred should help on
the farming community during tn
lpeak of its labor load at planting an
harvest Local business mems organ
cations have shown desire to CT
operate with the farming interes,
sympathetically and to the fullest e.
tent necessary whenever they hay
been solicited to do so. They realii
that the farmer is not alone respol
sible for the products of food if IL
- towns deprive him of necessary lab,
for non-essential purposes. Retire
farmers in thousands of rural tow
can aid greatly by returning to farm
and assisting the operations this yea