The Adair County news., 1919-05-21
LOAN SUCCESS TO
HAVE FINE EFFECT
ON WHEAT CROP
SUCCESS OF VICTORY CAMPAIGN
WILL HAVE GREAT EFFECT
UPON AGRICULTURE.
WILL STIMULATE MARKET
II Is EVerbody's Business to See That
capsheaf Is Put on Firmly and
and Securely.

They tell US we are going to lave a
bumper crop of wheat this year. All
winter the government reports On the
condition Of winter wheat have sound
ed like chant of praise for blessings
about to be received The winter was
mild, nobody worried about the lack
of snowfall, for the wheat plants need
ed no protection from the cold that
came not and the high winds that
were absent
Now the rains are coming along
about as they are needed Everything
looks good. And the guaranteed
price of $2.26 per bushel for wheat
looks better still to the farmers.
And this year-well, you can bet the
last button on Gabe's coat that the,
crop will be taken care Of. And taken
care Of right. When the farmer
harvests his wheat this year he will
be mighty careful, unusually careful,
about seeing that it is cut at the right
time, that it is properly shocked and
properly stacked.
He is not going to take any chances
about losing it. He wants no water
running down into the shocks to start
the grain sprouting. He wants those
plump and well-flled heads to stay
sound He wants no green growth on
the top of the stacks and shocks this
summer.
On every shock he will place the
capsheaf with attention and care.
Every wheat rick is going to be topped
out according to the best ideas Of the
stacker's art Precaution against loss
is going to be the watchword. Mr..
Hoover knew thing or two about put
ting an end to waste, but he was a
mere amateur compared in efficiency
with the wheat growers Of 1919.
There is still another capsheaf that
must be put on early this spring.
There are four bundles already in the
shock, and they are big ones. Their
names are the First, Second, Third
and Fourth Liberty Loans, and the
Victory Loan is the capsheaf.
1t is everybody's job to see that it
is put on top; that it is put on straight,
and that It is put on quickly. We want
to put the capsheaf on the greatest
war America has ever fought, on the
greatest victory ever won, and wa
want 1t to go on straight and true and
firmly. e
The success of this capsheaf loan
will 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
fuence next year, and the next year
IS going to influence the next.
A lot Of money is going to be used
in paying our debts to manufacturers
These debts have been owing for
months. Plants are waiting and labor
is waiting to be employed When La
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 it.
The farmer is one of the first to suf-
fer when things go wrong in the in
dustrial world. Prices fall and demand
lessons.
That is why the capsheaf loan, the
Victory Liberty Loan, is Of such para
mount importance to the farmer. In
order for farm products to be in de-
mand and for prices to remain higHE
the government must have the money.
tc pay its bills.
There will be no more wheat or
other government guarantees. Prices1
will be regulated by conditions and byl
wages. The farmer if he Is wise win
be right there with the rest of the
country helping to put over the Loan.
helping to make it the biggest possibleE
success. Self interest and patriotism
both dictate such action. And the Farm
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