Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-25
COUNTY AGENTS or IOWA SAY
THERE 10 PLENTY OF HELP
AVAILABLE FOR FARMS.
PROBLEM 10 TO GET. MEN
CAPABLE 70 90 THEIR DIT
Agents RseemNssnd lnesSass in Spring
wh.as Acreage and Say Fly. 70 Ten
Aesss Should d orswn on Every
Farw-etsts Organization Perfected
and Officers Elected.

Ames, Feb. 35.-The farm bureaus
and county agents Of Iowa stand four
square with the government in all It's
efforts to win the war. In resolutions
unanimously passed at the farm bu-
reau and county agent conference at
Iowa state College, the 800 men pre-
sent, representing every county in the
state. pledged their loyal support
under all circumstances to every pro-
ject looking toward the country's good.
They return to their counties to give
special effort to bring Iowa thru its
seed corn crisis, to ind enough labor
for the farms, to increase the live stock
of the state, to secure q large spring
wheat acreage, to help reduce loss by
live stock diseases and to bring about
the control OF fruit and garden pests
and diseases.
In a report on the labor situation a
special committee declared that there
is enough available farm labor in Iowa
to supply the demand IL al men who
have had farm experience and who
are physically able to work will pa
triottcaly volunteer for farm labor"
5ConttnuinS the report said: ANY man
who 10 physically able to work and
qualified to do farm work, and who
will not work. 10 in our judgment .
Stacker" It suggested larger use OF
women in places Of men In business to
release farm labor. saying: I'VE ap-
preciate the excellent cooperation Of
commercial clubs and business organ
nations in helping meet the farm
labor situation last year and We urge
such organisations to mako q special
effort this year to substitute women
labor for man labor wherever this u
practicable"
The conference recommended that
the farmers Of Iowa greatly increase
the acreage Of spring wheat to meet
the government needs and that from
FIVE to ten acres should be srown on
every farm. II urged the farmers to
take every possible advantage OF the
offer Of the food administration to
furnish Iowa with spring wheat seed.
To Disseminate information.
Dissemination Of Information con-
cerning care and feeding Of brood
scws, encouraging the growth Of
forage crop sach rs clover. rape, al
falfa and some barley was advocated.
Growing Of more poultry was urged.
The live stock resolutions asked the
federal government to take immediate
steps to remedy deplorable. shipping
conditions because of shortage Of i've
stock cars.
County agents attending the con-
ference, in 4 special meeting. organic
ed an Iowa county agents association,
drew up constitution and elected Of
ficers. Don Fish, assistant state county
agent leader. was elected president; L.
o. Wise, county agent of Clinton
county. was lected vice president and
state delegate to the national associa-
ton OF county agents and w. A. Buch-
anan. OF Marshall county. was elected
secretary treasurer.
The success Of the farm bureaus in
Iowa and Of placing Of county agents.
as rejected in this meeting, is largely
due to the splendid cooperation and
unselnsh work Of the farmers. organi-
GERS stata and county officials OF de-
tense and the war emergency food
committees" stated r. X. Bliss direc-
tor OF agricultural extension in Iowa,
at the close OF the conference.