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Show uu AMERICA FACING ST. LOUIS, April 9. "We are entering en-tering upon one of the greatest wars without a reserve of food," declared Henry J. Waters, president of the Kansas Kan-sas State Agricultural collego, before the conference here today called by Secretary Houston of the United States department of agriculture, to consider the food situation of tho nation. na-tion. "This country's visible supply of food," he continued, "will be consumed consum-ed before another harvest. Should we have an unfavorable season tho United Unit-ed States would face the greatest food shortage since the Civil war. "The problem of supporting two million mil-lion soldiers soon will confront us. Wo must feed our own people at home while they produce munitions and equipment, and we also must assist in supplying our allies with food." Increased gardening, rapid extension of community canning clubs and encouragement en-couragement of potato acreage were among the conservative measures advocated ad-vocated by President Waters. |