Show Illi 1111 professor says acres must yield double farmers to win the war we must speed up tho the farm ranking making every unproductive acre productive and every productive acre more mere productive says prof ten eyck of illinois to double the acre yield on many fields now being tilled he says Is possible by giving the proper attention to the simple fundamentals of crop production such as drainage seed selection more timely and thorough tillage the proper rotation of crops and the fertilization of the soli soil fertilization of the soil means the use of any available plantford plant food such as manure legumes and commercial fertilizers tili all of these forms should be used this year the same raw materials used in making fertilizers such as nitrate of soda potash find and sulphuric itric p t add acid are used in war munitions it Is also difficult to ship many farm supplies on account of the freight car shortage for these reasons all spring supplies should le be ordered now upon the fanner rests in large measure the final responsibility of winning the war in which we are now involved says the birmingham birmingh am ala sentinel therefore the man who tills the soil and supports the soldier in the field and the family at home bonie Is render ing as noble and patriotic a service as the he man who bears the brunt of battle |