The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-08
Grow More Food at Home, Save
Shipping Costs, Says Department

~Incroased transportation costs and
leHtntd Returns from the products
they viii have 20 Qcil VIII compel thou.
sands % American farmers 70 grow
more q their W food m The opinion
Of officials Of Tho UnIt4d states de-
paIiment % sEricp!ture. These trans.
poFiatton contu Win prevent shipments
Of the mora moaerate- priced frosl
fruits ana vegetables which are nur.
chased BY tho growers or single crops
or nrcciaIIlIes for Use IN their own
homes. n the lack OF a market for
special products in turn will be n blow
70 tee buying capacity Of the growers
Tho American farmer r. not going
70 be anie this yeai to pay freight on
y9ters" aid a department official.
water makes UP a large part of fresh
fruita and vegetables. The q .Hwer IA
that he must Erow hia own table food.
He must also study u1p possibilities OF
fahiea. fruits, poultry. errr. ana dairy
products which mus be tranaferrod
from commorcial chhnncla 10 home
couauUpiion n they are 10 come with
IN me reach OF the average farmers
Specialized farming has created
coildIuons Of which comparatively few
Fcraons are aware. The grain farmer
In many Instances buys even his po-
tatets and green vegetables; the fruit
farrR buys his dairy producta: and
even thG nan who raises milk for
Creamery. c-ondenEary, or cheese fac.
tory IA likely 70 send his rcam or
milk away, feed the akin mflk or
MhfF - the celyes. M not make has
OWE butter. This year Just as Ear Is
possible Tor him 20 alter his system IN
q Jingle season, the department Off
cIala advise that he get back 70 the
old plan which was aptly described a.
1lsinn al home This means not 90
mach remaining on the farm a. q does
deriving every practicable product
for consumption from the farm.
The average American farmer
known how 10 raise other crops than
fhonf cn which he apfciall1es. bat II
has anrmed good b~ufInrea, or At least
exredient. to devote his energica "a
very few or wen q single crop ano uuy
he nese1.tiee just 81 u done In other
farmer l. perfectly capable Of raising
his own potatoes. his green garden
stuff. and melons. tomatoes and other
garden frrits. 20 take the place Of or
chard fruits which N many parts Of
The country have been Killed ~ ths
late frcfTra. ~ the farmrr has = piece
81 really good Garden ground he car
add materially 20 the variety and
whoifsoneneas Of tho farm food sup.
ply with scarcely any expenditure 81.
ccpf for seeds. and seeds. fortunately
are lower tbis aprlng than for several
years
irrho same may be said Of poultry
WIFI Increased freight rates this yeni
the general farmers principal meat
supply VIII como out Of HIS poultry
yard either IN eggs OF In table chick.
ems and other fowls. Poultry ia INC
quickest meat supply 20 produce, and
the farmer WI do sTcll 10 build up .
small flock AZ rapidly ~ possible. Ths
fnrrfaknd freight rates on butter and
eggs. together with the farm money
Shortage due 20 the disappointing re.
turns from Last years crops. will max,
~ nd.lnable for many farmers wlycl
10 return 10 the butter making arti
which they learned AZ aIria from tholl
mnlhngt. and which have bcen largely
dl<enniInufd ~ farmers became spe'
frnr Il iissly 70 be seares IN lsrg'
END important farming REGIONS. but "