Show america er far larni tit arar YS on birin N new tasks and new A S fe ODD 0 resell ti evv 3 di e V vi S D L t pl 1 GO ss TE i ana y e a rs arste by ROBERT H MOULTON aoa me uie I 1 altho al tho the arly that so aff AO A O aap M awo anar ed ad on the eadd bud and r elidee elided 63 11 banners a and it more or the than a we the arnay that served 1 in million additional acres were planted the haest bar I 1 11 field tit th alio talin with alth this selected grain more tell latter mr army y A was mobilized farmers ajmera armera cooperated ro operated with the within ddn 24 hours after the k I 1 agents la in treating seed aeed outa for owr ennit declare declaration ol 01 1 war I 1 U t adal adl v resulting it I 1 in more or it than a wo million ad I 1 it had d alibie was pectin prepared acres er being sol sown with in treated hem studying ing ond and training had actually suit seed ine ing the ahad an all over average lies been in the field for gonor gonora A of four tul bushels liels a an acre to at a nn average stage ehms it effi efficient clart as it we was not lot so an acre east of af less than 10 cents might to have w heft been but it 11 learned me more nearly additional acre acrea were sore efficient methods rapidly and natoni astonished very planted with seed I 1 treated ted tor for potato toni tand shed the world ld by its achieve cared for d diseases laram 8 orchards were ments is I 1 in lighting orchard disc diseases oars to pro pea A As a it we was the first army to rally to vide side toed teed especially air tor ter the defense of the 7 dairy r cawi ow flag so it will be the mabelv SO lait army to couse cease were erected nt at the fighting for far world suggestion of county freedom while the agent and beark a irry army of if t the 0 bottle battle Vs third of a a fi field it Is being de aclei ot of silage car corn the army was g grobi to A of the amm is facing county nant the task taik arranged tor for 1 of 0 60 per pel demon stra rent cent of the wo ildi canning calling food during the com coin tlona tion for women ing big lene side aside from club agri mit are is and ad hork ork uhn in ronit list in be b e the gibat 9 cat more thin 4 et eit IS factor I 1 in in mccon t additional u nuazia a of garab 0 ti wh while I 1 Is an our J fruit and vc vegetables table cities council canned A a are planning being vast it pio rui gramB along sl 1 stance staure I 1 in hot home div this ibb line the demag was given to fact 4 0 7 ysa war wy W 7 f am diw OR bilac Is breand remains the that tho atie opportunity 19 39 va WO 70 A COOS aco periods B port unity of every 82 farmers re city any nes in the me uie countr can get along without the city but no vity city can be permanently prosperous ermas unless the favors farms in the territory from which it draws draw it its troad trade or are ped productive the rhe town Is built on farm prot prof its up upon what farmers far pro produce doin in c ex cess of their aum he home needs red towns town a are eidl medely y places to store star and ad distribute th the amid surplus 1 P aux products through th the channels of commerce towns are m consumers not t real term producers the one road to permanent eity city building leads to the far farm the farmers of america expect the tasks of pence peace the notion of the world and ad the ot at normal rood food conditions both hue here sad and broad abroad to press them harder border it if that were possible than did the tas tasks ot of it rue alie war but they hey are am better prepared fedeli ter lot tire the federal agricultural c i it ex extension service which has done so much to tiling mu to tills rate count rys efforts aft for or food production p has h 11 talo 11 fears of arx export experience and it a vastly it aadra I 1 or gam hta to strengthen it 1 in I the work ot of peace general stan staff for farm army the war sea found american america agriculture prepared alth ft ith an organization organisation that hint conter centered in the department of if agri get r nud and radiated through the state rate am agi cultural colleges to every 11 corner of 0 the united states rily tho the fed federal 1 I extension service ina has aa ad edu timal cat lonal purpose but the war inner emer inner gincy has haa demonstrated that the mt 11 ice can lead as well us be tench reach it he has been be a the general staw staff toe for america a 8 army ot 0 farming arming unit and ad the haw have responded with ad spirit the proof point of which 1 ta 1 in the stupendous increases 1 in the 1917 and 1918 production of essential r food and crops the crops crop without which litch the war or maht how have been taxi lost the mp rapid it var am expansion of the fed era at a agricultural gric extension Is a a shown by the tact fact that while on april 1 1917 7 the extension workers nom bared 2 2149 of which ouicla 1461 were seem coun 1 agents sent 1 home demonstration agents and mit club workers on july 1 1918 the number had increased to In including county means 2035 2 home demonet atlon agents no and 1181 bos and girls club workers Uste extension ersk work la Is divided into call ty agent lork home demonstration work or and beel and ad a girls it ea clab work the county agent system 1 Is A an organ ga iced ad method of doing agricultural work lots in A a county through a permanent local leader who represents the state aarl calbom college and the department of of in matters pertaining to in agriculture Z a and 4 who t IB also the official medium through whom how the people can most readily deal with those them public institutions in such matters homo me work woric Is work jr it the betterment of rm rural and to some exico at rim aiso broin lire life barly the domestic side by women nights who he carry the best information about home economics direct to the bounce lomes and ad explain it either cither in actual trials trial by h housekeepers clo espers or by addresses at the nom men and ad wons women who Arg organize nin boys and girls clubs club strive at to interest aud and train the youth of the country in better etter methods of agriculture find and bet ter the tha coming grou gener atlon rated receives no an intend that to in many cases has not only spurred tit bliem to higher en desol but lina in caused theirld their elders eldera to adopt better meth ad oda ol 01 1 tanning con 1 an and 4 in housekeeping am k c mt 9 to make extension work ork effective county calmly councils county boards of 0 a aarl I 1 culture and fr farm bill b to been so organized the these or organizations a are general lv comp composed it of farmers farm era mid and others maily of them bankers who aid the agent in the communities of his county iu ty more than it Ilir ir meia mele are members where ot of these h ese in U the a houth booth emphasis is laid upon unity org gu mi rations of farmers farn lOTS in the northern and western states state the county 1 is us ally aly known as a farm bureau tire faim bureau burea 1 Is a cumare tarlan mrian don secret depre benting ting the whole farming population of 0 a en county unity men and women maut alk alike anat at sets acts BB an a clearing house to for every at oilier her association on interested in sea k with rural reoh people expansion 1 in north and west the Ilten extension agents agent are fining a influence raffi tance upon agriculture in tit the 33 northern them and ad western states ter tha rho records for far the ciscal year 1018 13 8 show shop tor for example mple that the number of counties emp employing loving county agents in creased from 9 am in 1917 to 1103 tn in creasan 1918 and it IS that I 1 farm bureaus increased fr from to 77 with a present mem main barship of county agents larne era in obtaining bushels bubels of seed aced as a result of which 3 pit ad net acres A were ere planted with alth croil most needed to meet the wartime demand increased production brought brou glit about through county agents goal 1 Is catl U mated mat 0 d at bushels ot of crops and to tons of forage film faim in bu reau offices or counte seems agents lec ceil elved ani 05 applications mor I 1 for ie farm bet help and assisted cared 1 in placing 60 66 Int laborers orul county bounty agent Birnn ged or 01 up uner v blaed cd demot demonstrations rations invoking acres of crops crona and head red of live stock meetings meeting were held dt to acquaint tanners farmers w in re suits of demonstrations and were ere at tended by more rho than an persons on demonstrations which it was possible to follow up II closely ly there we was more inore the than 4 m profit to far farmers in selecting seed corn agents as cei eu w libni u m best beat methods method if 0 ns fruit and ad vegetables county agents in the northern norther and western states personally ora farmers saw gave information to 4 mile callers at their offices ihlen and took part in 55 meetings meeting attended bv more than persons important to american food resources haie bae been made in in creasing quantities by the youth 0 of the country counter through it the bol boa find it girls club work over boys boya and girls are enrolled in the these labs clubs besides several thousand have bova and girls in cities who aided through their w war or illicit gardens and ad food conservation among the outstanding general results of the extension service were acre move more and better home ardc gardens both in the r rev old and in the towns tx t x roo more home poultry flocks man community diving nd ind canning kitchens kitch ems large quantities of at canned dried anil ml stored food fond and ad increased use us of 1 milk and ad malk products records broken in 1918 with a total value of 12 th the maion it s fum farm crops crop 1 in 1019 were woith naith more based ZIP a on prices price add to farmers december I 1 than in guy any vani on 1 in the history of Arn american Amei ailean ican agriculture g r allow there atos also a marked bcd increase in acreage the total c exceeding effim that of 1017 1917 by 10 dial acres alit the rim american america farmer farm fully real 1 ize the important part he be is to play pi or in feeding the world during the next liz tew few won veara Is indicated by his response to in the government s appeal for an own even larger large beat crop in 1919 than the ing huge crop of 1018 right bight now the largest binter wheat sellout cro crop ever er grown dierst I 1 in the history of the ute united santeg Is promised bv the enormous enor moua mou ug acreage sown awa last tall fall an important point for the A american delmn farmer to remember Is that our a emer gracy gency program spells well jah unlimited business opportunity for far him the floor fleets 0 of merchantman merchantmen merchant beat men we are launching today as a war or emer gency in measure ore are no less his for of at ter war or trade A with ith world markets tima than they are t the 0 manufacturers r us every begia farmer must u t begin now to in think inter maelan nationally in terms term of just u s t as his ideas of var and ad politics lira am no a longer age curner encompassed 1 by the ban boundaries of the united states his markets no longer end at american A near heat terminals terminal or chicago or kansas city stock ark I 1 he ports bar of the tha world A orld from now on an arc am his markets for in the it a joint pact of america with will her allies carmans mans t li e s for guaranteeing a par permanent peace after efte the crushing of military autocracy goes boea the duty of serving the commerce 1 of I the world it it p pence a with the he ships ne A are launching as a war or emergency of the first importance |