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Show HI PREPARE FOR 1918 WHEAT CROP i U F. S. HAltniS, Director Utah Agricultural JExperii , ment Station. . - . -ti I It is now evident that If tho war continue:) thero will bo a great scarcity of bread-making material in the world. In Europe, bread has been rationed out to tho citizens for over two years. In America, wo have not yot felt tho shortago except as this condition Is reflected In tho high prlco of wheat and flour. Now that wo aro actually at war, howover, each citizen will havo occasion to know the value of bread. Already tho slogan of "a wheatless day each week" has been sent out. This all means that wheat and flour will bo at a premium for somo time. Even if tho .wheat crop of America should bo very large, any excess could readily bo absorbed by tho starving millions of ravished Europe It Is absolutely Impossible during tho period of tho war to produce pro-duce more bread stuff than can do used to good advantage. When tho war was forced on U3 last spring tho farmers, knowing that wheat would bo high, planted every avallablo acre. Considerable land that had not been properly prepared was planted, and as a result thero will bo many failures. Thero was not tlmo to mako tho preparation that every good farmer knew was desirable. de-sirable. Patriotic duty called for a large acreage to be planted, even If thero was a possibility of failure. Tho samo excuse cannot bo found for tho 1918 crop. Wo now havo sufficient warning of tho necessity of a largo production and wo can bo suro that prices will bo high. Tho thing to do then is to prepare thoroughly thor-oughly to tako advantago of tho situation. situ-ation. Fit every avallablo aero of wheat land In such a way that It will produce a maximum crop. An cxcollent opportunity Is offered for tho wheat raiser to mako good profits, pro-fits, to respond to a patriotic duty to his country, and to render a great servlco to mankind. Who 13 ablo to resist such an urgent combined call. |
