Show INCREASED ACREAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL I PURPOSES Secretary Houston Reports Acres Available Available Avail Avail- able in the U. U S. S I Increased d acrea acreage c this year car is promising prom prom- ising to aid in iii solving sol the time high cost of farm turin products according to a bulletin i issued by ly D 11 F. F Houston secretary of agriculture arid and which hums has Just t reached Salt SaIL Lal Lake City Cily In lii part puit Mr h. h Houston sa says There Them t I is nothing in m the food situa tion of Ih time the Country which justifies h thinking or action This is I not a n. time hue for Cor h- h hysteria Nor or i is tills this A time for COl th tIme the of ur the time American m I people to be le directed or dominated hy hv those who ha have time the Interests o of another i country at heart or ur an any self self- ish interest to further The prices of or foodstuffs are arc high iu A full ull and amid satisfactory explanation of prevailing prices is ms not nol pO possible on the lie basis of oC existing C knowledge It L is ani only recently that a agencies have hava been cn created ere cre at ate I d in iii tho time country to stud study food tood lis- lis a and mid we have ha not all tho the essaiy essary 8 a facts to enable us UM to arrive at the tIme truth nee nee-I Where th time the food tood SlIp supply ly Is If located who owns it what hat nm may be the difficulties I ties o of securing it whether the local I market conditions are arc due to car shortage short age at whether timers there i is 3 artificial manipulation manipulation manipulation lation or control no ono can state with eCI It i is e essential that we c ha have havethe the time facts not Omil only because of the light they mi might ht throw on pre present nt conditions condi condi- hut but also because they ate are prerequisite prerequisite pre pre- I requisite for tIme the working out of a permanent per per- manent marment just and economical n of I PROMPTNESS URGED I Therefore the hue investigation In directed by the the- president ou ought ht to bo be made promptly and congress ought to give the federal trade commission and the department of agriculture ag the necessary necessary necessary sary fun funds Certainly such uch an Investigation Investigation gation cannot furnish immediate relief but it would be lue alJ absurd t to J oppose it for this reason It does docs not stand stanl in the WA way of an any other measures that may maybe maybo may maybo bo be wise It does docs not prevent ent an any constructive action on the tIme po port part rt of any municipal or orI I local agencies We e must have the facts a and n the sooner the investigation In is un undertaken Undertaken un- un the time better It is h hIhl highly probable able ablo that as a no result of or it large permanent perma perma- nerm nent t I improvements ts ma may be he madeI made I 1 am not a a. prophet and amid cannot furnish furnish fur fur- nish mush an any guaranty g for tor the time future There arc are certain things timings however I do 11 knott kno The Tim farmers governed as the they are arc bj hy ordinary motives s in Iii response e to th present nt level hovel of oC prices have in certain directions shown a definite purpose to increase their acreage wheat was sown in the time fall fail ACRES The Tho reports reveal that the LIme total acreage o was This is n nearly arb OOOO O more inure than the time amount planted time the preceding fall Catl Much uch of oC the time latter however CI was winter killed so that the time planting this fall fan was v.-as acres I more than hur c harvested tc last summer I Spring wheat has mot aut been planted In Iii 1915 th the acreage was lIH acres 1 I fhe The average age acreage for five years is I It Il would be singular if it this did not hot increase But Bul taking the time aV average average aver aver- In I n age c fo for five years and adding It to the winter whiter wheat acreage we have approximately I acres acro or ur practically j I th time the fame am as the time record acreage e of or 1915 I hat the yield pet per er acre may be will wilt depend largely largel on un the time weather r conditions conditions condi condi- The Time nem e r. of ur th time the six ix lowest yields I per hem II l' l acre since sluice I 1891 SH was wa bushels This Thi would give I us bushels of wheat wheaL Time Tho a average vcr age yield for Cor five years ears down to th the record crop year ear of 1915 G was waR bushels This Thi would give he us of of wheat I A further w word A rd should be he said ald a. a about out the time tendency of the time meat supply to In In- In erea crease l hUe following folloWing- the time outbreak of the war there was a considerable increase in exports of meats amounting in 1916 to 1500 poun pounds s. s the time do domestic domestic domestic do- do production in iii was 2000 pounds greater than in 1914 and the time tendency Is still upward Figures Fig t mires ures recently submitted d show that th tl h number of oC cattle on January 1 1917 was greater than on January 1 1916 and that the milk cows had in increased In In- creased In the time same samo period A Acry Avery very cry consi considerable lerable development dc In II Hv hive stock I Is place In the South |