The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-11
WEEKLY NEWS NOTES
(By County Agent Glenn S. Hensley)
The Work of the Farm Bufeau in
the Draft

The County Agent has recently re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. Xenophon
Caverno, the Agricultural Adviser to
the District Board, which places a
great deal of responsibility on the
Farm Bureau in aiding the District
Board to classify our farmers in the
coming draft.
As stated in Mr.. Caverno's letter, it
is necessary for him to secure first
hand information for him to be of
any real service to the District Board,
hence he has called on the Farm Blu
reaus of Southeast Missouri TO help
in this very important work.
The shortage of skilled farm labor
is becoming very serious in this coun-
ty. In order to keep up our produc-
ton we must be careful to keep our
very best farmers and farm laborers
and let those who are really not pro-
ducers take their places in the army.
We are very glad to be able to tell
Mr.. Caverno that the st. Francois
County Farm Bureau is well organ
lied and that we will have Farm Blu
reau Committees from every school
district in the county to meet with
him here at Pennington, October 18th,
to supply him with the information
which he desires to use in making his
recommendations to the District Board
Plans of Agricultural Adviser to
District Board
To the People of St. Francois County
| have been appointed Agricultural
Adviser to District Draft Board No
3 Of the Eastern Division of Missouri
Briefly stated, my duty is to present
to the District Board information
which will enable it to fill the draft
quota of each county with the least
loss in agricultural output.
This means that must try to keel
out all necessary" farm labor unit
the men in less necessary occupation!
measured in military value have beer
drawn. In this district, in which tn,
great majority of people are engaged
in farming, the draft quotas mus
necessarily be drawn largely from tn
farms and it becomes my duty to Civ
| information to the District Boar
which will enable it to leave on tn
farms those who produce the creates
crops, and draft for the army thos
who produce the smallest crops.
1t is evident that no man can know
the people of this great district we
enough to make an intelligent decision
as to whether man is of more valu
to his country in the army or on tn
farm, and that answers in the ques
tionnaires give this information yer
imperfectly. Only a personal knowl
edge of the productive capacity Q
each individual will enable the Boar
to make a correct decision, and
shall try to get this personal knowl
edge for the Board through a repre-
sentative committee of citizens in eac
community. With this informatio
the District Board will draft som
men to the farms who want to go int
the army and some into the arm
who want to stay on the farms. !
neither case will it necessarily repre-
sent anything in a mans characte
or even of the quality of his farming
The military value of quantity Outpu
must guide the Board in its decision.
To get this information the service
of the District and County Agricu
tural Agents and of the State Farl
Help Specialists have been placed 8
my disposal. In counties organize
under the farm bureau system / sha
get this information from the Con
munity Committee. In counties COY
cred by District Agent, a specii
committee will be selected on the az
vice of representative citizens.
other counties the selection of con
mittees will be made by the Stat
Farm Help Specialists in the san
way.
These communities will be called t.
gether at the county seat and wi
classify the registered farm men
their community on the basis of the
war value measured in farm output.
These committeeman will undertal
this responsible work from sense I
patriotism solely, and it is the dui
of all good citizens to help and upho
, them. | shall receive nothing for n
: time and expenses in this work, b'
|, shall put my whole time on it viii
it lasts and will visit all the counti'
l can and still put this work throue
in the shortest time possible. a:
the cooperation of every man and w
man in the district and will give n
| best attention to all suggestions
mail or personal interview which W
add to my efficiency in helping win Il
war.
The post of honor for every farm,
is where he will do the most good.
(Signed: EXNOPHON CAVERN
Agricultural Adviser District Boa
No. 8, Eastern Division of Missoul
P. o. address: Canalou, New Madr
County, Mo.
The above letter from Mr.. Cavern
explaining his plan of organization
carrying out his work has just recent
been received by the County Agent.
Can Now Eat and Sleep in Comic
If troubled with indigestion