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Show "GIVE I ACRE" TO 1R WORK FUNDS The following clipping has been sent the Standard by a business man of Ogden: "Give an acre!" That is a new slogan slo-gan for these days of slogans. It is to be the inspiration of a state wide movement to enlist farmers and their families in growing special acres of crops and donating the salo proceeds to the Red Cross, the army "Y." the army K. C. or to other similar war service. This movoment had its inception among the graduates of tho two-year agricultural course at Iowa State College Col-lege at their reunion dinner at tho time of the recent farm and homo week at Amos, Iowa, "I grew an acre of beans last season that yielded eigh-. teen bushels," said Ron Sweeny, of Clay county, at this dinner. "I'll do It again and give all tho proceeds to the Red Cross." Immediately John Rollly, of Sioux county, spoko upp, "I'll grow an acre of potatoes and do tho same ! thing." After that others pledged an acre of some special crop for tho same i purpose and tho movement has grown space. f "We hope to enlist many hundreds , of Iowa farmors in this 'give an acre' ; movement," says J. S. Cunningham, j who has been assigned by tho college ; to promote the war garden work In Iowa. "Thru this special crop any , farm household can, by joint effort, i make a splendid gift to somo Avar fund and hardly feel the gift. Iowa farmers might easily make a gift of a million dollars and more in this way thru their various local agencies. Wo hope that hundreds of 'give an acre' pledgets may be secured in every county," |