Show WASTE tASTE MUST 1ST CEASE Now ow that the nation is engaged ina In Ina ina a war in which food supply will be one of f the large factors In deciding the issue It Is necessary that every means of conservation be b adopted Careless methods which might in part be justified in is times Umes 01 of plenty must now be changed and everything must be done to save every pound of food tood for man and beast With the cultivation of vast areas and the use use- of large machines old time methods of carefully harvesting the crop have been neglected It has been easier to increase the area ar of the farm than to give extra care to a few acres As a result such a athing athing athing thing as LS gleaning or making a clean harvest has become almost unknown When grain was cheap and the supply supply supply sup sup- ply abundant farmers might find j justification jus justification jus- jus s- s tion for a certain degree of f carelessness carelessness carelessness care care- in harvesting the crop but now that the price of all farm products products products pro pro- ducts Is so high and in view of the nations in need of all products there s seems ems to be no good reason why the greatest care should not be taken to tomake tomake make male an a absolutely clean harvest harvest- At a recent Interstate cereal conference conference con con- ference held in Kansas City It was estimated that in the United States at least twenty million bushels of ot wheat and proportionate quantities of other cereals cere ls are annually lost by waste in harvesting and threshing This waste can and should be in a large measure easily avoided A man have cleared cleared cleared clear clear- and team are known to ed from 27 to 62 a day from cleanIng cleaning cleaning clean- clean Ing up after threshers In another in instance instance instance in- in stance was Avas vas gained by a man with a team and fanning mill in there weeks weeks' time cleaning up after threshing machine settings This carelessness is not confined to the cereals but hut extends to all the crops By going over the alfalfa field with a rake rale after the crop has been removed it is surprising how n uch can be had On every farm there are ditch banks and corners where grass is allowed to go to waste This could profitably be cut ox or could be he heeten eaten eten by animals tethered where the feed could be reached Each farmer should adopt the slogan slogan slogan gan that he lie will harvest every ounce of crop that Is produced on his farm farmand farmand farmand and use it as economically as possible possible ble not only to increase his own profits it b b t also to add to the war efficiency of the country The Mistletoe swarm of the Beehive Beehive Bee Bee- hive hi hive e girls were busy bu y July 19 irrigating irrigating ting t- t ing their acre of potatoes One Ole young man said that it is the best acre of f potatoes in the basin The Flag Junior swarm has picked picked pick ed their first crop of peas and have them drying Their corn is sure afine a afine fine looking crop |