Show THE FATE OF THE FARM of al at the deep questions involved in a the conflict now raging the te quo question tion of most vital interest to lo the people of the entire world is what of the american farms this yet ea 9 P possibly Po sibly bly too no other fact as lumea eannel such positive form for as that th t t the he farms farma and of america must win the war if it is to be von w on a question that can admit of no discussion discuss wn but forms farma can not be operated with ith iut of man and man power is the one thing american farms lack then what la is the answerl man power mut be supplied eav easy enough to assert but far more ere difficult to accomplish for years now the farms of this country have been gradually depleted of the luty lusty young blood that should have stayed to enrich them the army has IBS added the cap bheam by taking hundreds of thousands more it is plain to a blind man that the places of these them young men must be filled if our farms are to be up op stated at their full capacity this aa bear but there are no available sources of supply farmers no now are offering mcheard of wages just to got help to eacher the corn crop of last year much of which is in danger of rotting in the fields in some parts of the country and help is a not to be had there thera can be but one answer men must be ba drafted for the farms we are told by secretary of agriculture ri wilson that the country is expected to produce an even greater crop of all this year than was produced lait yar apar this demind demand with the fact that the remainder of he arav draft will be called in he spring is liable to render dizh the situation acute we confess our utter inability to mai see how w the farms of the country are to 0 be run successfully without the aid of those bred to the far farm dhere are no more patriotic c class of people in this country than on our farmers lri I 1 taken in as a a C class but even their patriotism r can a not accod phah the impossible it may yet become ner necessary emary that the rovern govern ment restore to the farms the men taken from them and till fill their es in the ranks wh men drawn from other walks of oe life ex |