The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-08
MORE WHEAT is
:CRYlNG NEED OF
DAY, SAYS .LADD
United States Food Administra:
tor for North Dakota Makes
- Liberty Appeal
CALLS UPON THE FARMERS
Urges Raising Of =. Staff y Of Life
as a Patriotic Duty Owed =,
:; to Their Country

Fargo. ~ D., April s. Wheat
wheat and then more wheat ,and flou
is the crying need In order that thi:
world war may be won, DR.. E. +. Ladt
federal food, administrator for NORTH
Dakota, declared today to the. ,Associ
ated Press in issuing an appeal thu
the people OF the state on ''Nationa
Win the WarsDay." .a., :, 8
Tie appeal calls upon every patri
otto citizen in North Dakota TO grow
wheat--every, possible acre-and 9th
er cereals, as well that may, be need
ed as od,produets, especially wheat
barley and oats: Dr. Ladd advocated
the organization Of poultry clubs and
called upon everybody in North Da
k0ta both in the cities and. on the
farms to plant gardens. ....
"Every family In town and out OF
town. Or: Ladd asserted, "should
have a. garden IN which is grown the
necessary supply OF garden products
for home. use, and as far as, possible,
furnish foods for another winter. We
have no." begun as yet to feel the
pinch for food. and what we grow in
our gardens and have in our. homes
we can he sure Of, j." DR.. Iadd said.
In advocating the organization Of
poultry CLUBS, Or. Ladd said: . Is.
Every family possible in town and
out on the farms should have poultry
Keep from ten. to twenty hens and
use waste from the table end kitchen
to feed them. Help organize. poultry
clubs. There should also be an in
crease in pork SO as to insure a good
supply for another; year" The, food
administrator for, North Dakota con-
tinued. = ..H -, -
III the war continues, America like
Eng and and France, before the crop
OF 1915. will need every article OF avail
able food to be had. know that our
people of North Dakota are. as patriot
ic as any in the country. but let US
act and forget any OF the things that
we should do to protect our own FAM
lilies, our stock industry to help feed
the nation and the Allies, as. well as
our soldier boys at the front. ,;..,..
One year ago today the United
States ceased to be q, neutral nation.
BY entering the war we tacitly pledg-
ed the Allies our fullest measure of
support. They need men, hundreds Of
thousands of them-andy we are send
Ing them. They. had to have food,
hundreds OF thousands Of tons-and
we have been sending It. .a,' "a IL
Their need Is greater today than
it has been at any time since the
war cloud first broke. They still need
men, but they must have food. We
can send millions Of men, inexhaust-
ible supplies Of ammunitio hut they
viii be OF no avail. II we fell to sup
port the. troops. over. there and the
people behind them. If the food fails
then they will fail. .,,y, J - ~. .,...,'.
THE whole country IS asked today
to celebrate National Win, the War
Day." It's observance has 3 two-fould
significance. 1t may be observed as
first, anniversary of our entry into the
war; of thanksgiving for the progress
we have made. Or it may be: made
a day upon, which we pledge, and re-
pledge our effort thought and sacri-
fee that we may. be able to extend
the allies the fullest possible measure
Of assistance" 49,.