The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-03-18
The FARMERS GIFT OF CORN
To the Starving Children Of Europe
and China.

President w. >. HILL on the state
| farm bureau, has appointed Senator
G. w. Amsden as county chairman Of
| the gift corn relief project. and a
| meeting is to be held in the farmers
room at the court house on Saturday,
| March 10th at 2 p. m. The gift corn
| relief work will be discussed, and
inal arrangements made for collect
ing and shipping Grant county's gift
corn. All corn growers are urged to
b. present Shipping directions have
been received from the state director,
and the next step is to find out how
much Grant county cor growers are
going to contribute. Corn Is already
being shipped from other states. and
whatever we do should be done
promptly. Shipping instructions in
clude the following:
QUALITY OF CORN: Corn for
foreign shipment must be OF very
good quality, for these reasons:
/. most of it viii be milled and
made up into corn products, such as
gri,s, flakes, hominy, corn Hour. ETC..
which require high quality of corn.
2. Corn shipped whole must be of
good quality / o stand shipment, and
TO furnish acceptable food for foreign
children.
3. 1t is necessary ia order that the
corn may accomplish It's mission as a
food for starving humanity. that it be
of high quality.
a. The interests of the farmers of
this country lie IN furnishing a real
demonstrallon OF the value OF corr
products TO people in foreign coun-
tries who GO not know the taste OF
corn.
Ii the quality is not good it will be
necessary to sell such corn us is not
good ana replace it with a OF suita bic
qualitg.
This is a great opportunity for SER
vice. II is to the mutual interest of
starving children and OF Tie farmers
OF America to make the quality invar-
jably s.top-notch." in the words OF
Mr.. Hoover we want our gift prod
ucts of which we will be proud
Do not load corr below No. three
grade.
Growers pledge delivery of the corn
at the railroad sidings; the work and
cost Of transportation is to be- IAN
died by the Hoover organization and
other relief committees.
Color OF corn. Colors must not be
mixed in the same car. All white corn
possible is wanted, as this is best
adapted to corn products manufac-
ture. Yellow corn may be contrlbut-
ed, though it may be necessary for US
to exchange it for the same amount OF
white corn.
EXTRACTS FROM Arm BUREAU BULLE
TIN ON GIFT CORN RELIEF.
.sLet us market our surplus in relief
and take our pay in .love," said q
young Illinois farmer in answer to
the appeal of the ar-waif children OF
Europe and the starving millions of
China.
The "gift corn relief" is headed by
/ one of the nations big farmers, Carl
Is. Vrooman. 1t is a great humane
TRAN project, besides being a wonder
ful opportunity to save starving hui
manity and to do u true service for
the world. 1t is q great economic OPP
portunity, providing an outlet tor our
surplus corr and putting paiatable
corn products into the mouths of mil
lions of people in foreign countries
who have never tasted n chance
to open new markets for future sur
pluses. 1t demands most serious at
tention and warrants much activity.
Indications are that South Dakota
farmers will give in a way that will
make the more eastern corn states
realize that the Sunshine state is in
the neart of the corn belt"
South Dakota's quota, based upon
the world needs and what is being
done by other states is about one and
. halt million bushels or one and 9
half per cent OF our state production.
Cal s. Vrooman, national director
OF the gift cor relief, reports that
gift corn is reaching the mills in ever
increasing volume every day.
TO date Illinois has loaded more
corn than any other two states.
Ohio is planning . big state corr
state corn day, during which buckeye
farmers will shell and load their en-
tire quots7ha halt million bushels. re-
curing some $50 cars.