Show WASTE MUST 1ST CEASE OEASE Now No that the nation is engaged ina In ina a war a-war vary var iii 1 which food supply will bo b boone boone bone one o of the large factors in in deciding the Issue it Is necessary that every p means of or conservation be 00 adopted Careless methods which might in III part b be justified in times ot of plenty must now be changed and everything g must bedone be done to sa s save xe a ever every pound pound of t. t f food d for for man and and beast With the cultivation of vast are areas areas 5 and the use se of large machines bId old time methods of care carefully tully harvesting the crop have been b en neglected n gle ted It has been easier to increase the area are of the farm than to give extra etra care to a few tew acres As a result such a athing athing athing thing as gleaning or making a clean harvest has become almost unknown When grain was cheap and the supply supply sup sup- ply abundant farmers might find justification jus- jus for a al certain degree of carelessness carelessness care care- in harvesting the crop but i now that hat 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 seems to be no good season reason re Bon why the greatest care should not be taken to tomake absolutely clean harvest make make on an r. r I r rAt At a rec recent nt interstate cereal conference conference con con- ference ce held in Kansas City it was estimated ted that in the United States at least twenty million b bushels of wheat and proportionate quantities of ot other cereals are annually lost b by I waste in harv harvesting and threshing I This waste wate can and should be in a large measure easily avoided A man and team team are known to have cleared cleared clear clear- ed from 27 2 7 to lo 62 6 2 a a. day from cleanIng cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing 1 up after threshers lit another instance instance in in- stance stanco was g gained by a man with a team and fanning mill In there weeks weeks' time cl cleaning up p after threshing machine ch t settings rigs i Tills TI s care carelessness s is not c confined o tp to Q th the cereals cereal rut im ext extends r to HP alI the they crops By going over the alfalfa field with a n rake after the crop has hab been removed it is surprising how much can be had On every farm tarm there i are dl ditch ch hanks banks and corners where grass Js allowed to go to waste This could profitably be cut or could be lie I eaten eten by a animals tethered tethered where the feed could be reached Each farmer should adopt the slogan slogan slogan gan that he will harvest every ounce of crop crOll that is produced on his farmand farm farmand farmand and use it as economically as a'S possible ble not only to t to increase his own profits but also to add to the war efficiency of the country The Mistletoe swarm of the Beehive Beehive Beehive Bee Bee- hive girls were busy July 19 irrigating irrigating ing in their acre of or potatoes One young man said that it Is the best acre of potatoes in the basin The Fla Flag Junior swarm has pick picked picked ed their first crop of peas and have them drying Their corn is sure a afine fine fin I 1 o r Q r |