The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-04-24
LOAN SUCCESS TO
HAVE FINE EFFECT
ON WHEAT CROP
SUCCESS OF VICTORY cAMPAIs"
WILL HAVE GREAT Err
UPON AGRICULTURE
WILL STIMULATE MAMEi
u Is Everbody's Business 70
Capsheaf rs Put on Firmly anu
and Securely

They tell us we are going 10 ia'e a
bumper crop OF wheat this year All
winter the government reports on me
condition OF winter wheat have sound
ed like a chant OF praise for Diessins
about 10 be received The winter
mild. nobody worried about the iaoa
OF snowfall. for the wheat plants neou
ed no protection from the colo thae
came not and the high WINGS 'na1
were absent
Now the rains are coming along
about as they are needed Every'hihs
looks good And the guarantee
price Of 81 26 per bushel for ~nr"
looks better still 20 the farmers
And this year-well. you can pe' the
last button on Gabe's coat that the
crop viii be taken care Of. And taken
care OF right when the farmer
harvests his wheat this year ne ~1h
be mighty careful. unusually careful
about seeing that IL IS cut al the risht
time. that II IL properly shocked ana
properly stacked
He Is not going 10 take any chances
about losing H. He wants no water
running down into the shocks 10 start
the grain sprouting- He wants those
plump and Well-flled heads 10 stay
sound He wants no green growth on
the top Of the stacks and shocks this
summer.
On every shock he win place the
capsheaf with attention and care
Every wheat rick il going TO be topped
out according 20 the best ideas Of the
stacker's art Precaution against loss
Is going 20 be the watchword Mr..
Hoover knew a thing or two about put
ting an end 10 waste. but he was a
mere amateur compared In efficiency
with the wheat growers OF 1919.
There Is still another capsheaf that
There are four bundles already in the
shock. and they are big ones. Their
names ara the First. Seoond. Third
and Fourth Liberty Loans. and th0
Victory Loan is the capsheaf
II f. everybody's Job 20 see that IL
is put on top; that II f. put on straight.
and that n Is put on quickly We want
20 put the capsheaf on the greatest
war America has ever fought. on the
greatest victory ever won. and we
want II 20 40 on straight and true and
firmly.
The success OF this capsheaf loan
VIII have a mighty bearing on the
immediate Industrial future Of Amer
lea For this coming year its influence
can hardly be overestimated- And
what Is done this year is going TO IN
ruence next year. and the next year
Is going 10 influence the next
A lot OF money Is going to be used
In paying our debts 20 manufacturers.
These debts have been owing for
months. Plants are waiting and labor
f. waiting TO be employed When Ia
Dor is employed laborers are going to
buy freely. when they buy freely they
are buying the products OF the farm
Let business slow down. let the
plants quit and the laborer get out
OF work and the farmer soon feels IL
The farmer Is one of the FIRST to suf-
fer when things go wrong in the in
dustrfal world. Prices fall and demand
lessons
That Is why the capsheaf loan. the
Victory Liberty Loan. IS OF such para
mount importance 10 the farmer. In
order for farm products 10 be IN de-
mand and for prices 20 remain high.
the government must have the money
to pay its bills.
There viii be no more wheat or
other government guarantees Prices
will be regulated by conditions and by
wages. The farmer II he is wise will
be right there with the rest of the
country helping TO put over the Loan.
helping TO make IL the biggest possible
success Self interest and patriotism
both dictate such action. And the arm
is just as patriotic as the next man.