The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-01
.Homemakers' Column
Edited by Mildred Barton Hoffman
Home Demonstration Agent,
Oakland. Maryland
Garrett County's New Food
Production Goals

better food habits, help to feed the
starving men, women and children OF
other countries and produce food for
them and ourselves until they can get
back into production. Every farm
family is being asked to do its part
in this big task
Each state and county has set up
its goals The primary purposes OF
such goals have been stated by \. b.
Hamilton, assistant professor Of agri-
culture economies, University Of
Maryland in the following six points:
(D Feed our own people better
Even in an emergency charity be-
gins at home Our sight is poor if we
fail to see the need for more food and
better diets in our own communities.
1t should not help our ego to see so
many young men supposedly in the
prime Of life being rejected for mill
tary training when the lack of proper
food is part of the cause.
(2) Feed one-fourth of the people
of England.
Under the Lease-Lend act we are
committed to feed ten million people
of England and supply food to other
countries as the President of the
United States may direct. These peo-
pie are not asking us to supply them
with a seven-course dinner; they are
merely asking us to help them exist
Food for shipment must be in con-
centrated form; space in ships is at
premium. Therefore, they want
dried eggs, powdered milk, cheese, to-
matoes and other vegetables, and
meat. Tomatoes are being stored in
subways and other AFRAID shelters
They serve a double purpose as food
or for quenching thirst when water
mains are damaged or when water is
not obtainable.
90 To make farm people conscious
that we are at war.
This is an opportunity for everyone
to show his patriotism by doing some
thing for defense Some of the slo-
CANS of 1916 were: Food viii Win
the War" or of You Can't Fight
Farm!" and Farm to the Fence for
National Defense" This time it is
Food Will Win the War and Write
! the Peace"
ca Build stock piles.
Great quantities of food will be re-
quired to feed The people even after
peace is declared. Should peace be de-
clared today, it would be necessary tC
fed millions of people until they
could again get into production. Then
too, when the terms of peace are be-
/ ing drawn, the country that can feeC
the multitudes will have a strong
| hand to play.
(5) Reduce amount of initiation.
More people are now employed anC
wages are higher than at any time in
history. However, it is not possible tc
produce for normal consumption anc
also for war purposes.
Soon it will not be possible to buy
all the automobiles, refrigerators and
a multitude of other products that VIC
might have the income to purchase;
therefore. there will be keen compe-
tition for the things that are for sale
| To illustrate: The national income fol-
1912 is expected to be about 100 bill
lion dollars and it will only be pos
sible to produce for nOn-military pur-
poses about 70 billion dollars worth
of goods. What happens when you &C
to a sale and two people want one
article? They bid up the price. That
on a national scale, is initiation.
CO. Expansion in products easier
to adjust back to domestic demand.
This time an effort is being made
to prevent the breaking up of the
prail'ies to plant wheat, or expand
the acreage of cotton. The increases
asked are small and producers are
not encouraged to go into debt. Small
increases on each farm are all that is
desired so that in time we can get
back to supplying a domestic market
with a minimum of trouble. To illus
| trate: Producers are asked to be more
efficient in producing milk, keep the
old cows one year longer and add one
more COW for each 20 in the herd.
That is not asking much and when
this emergency is over the producer
can shift back to his former number
and will not lose his farm as so many
did in 1920 and from 1880 to 1885.
Working in cooperation with the
State Farm Defense Board and in
turn with the U. S. D. A. Defense
Board, the Garrett County Farm De-
Tense Board has set up the following
goals for Garrett county:
MILK-In 1912 a 1917 increase in
milk production over that Of 1941. 1t
is recommended that this increase be
brought about by more efficiency in
producing milk.
COWS-Plus the 10rc increase in
milk from present herd a A., increase
in cows was recommended by the
Farm Defense Board. This recon-
mendaton made in view of the local
markets for milk.
EGGS-In 1912 1O', increase of
eggs over that of 1941.