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TD G el Sunday AT e A R E STS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
Plan Includes Systematic Survey
of Country to Ascertain Needs
of Farmers, Says Secretary.
By DAVID F, HOUSTON,
Secretary of Agriculture,
The farm labor problem has pre
sented, and continues to present, many
difficulties. It is sufficiently difficult
without the added complications which
arise from the unfest and apprehension
ereated by the utterances ‘and writings
of misinformed and in some instances
of mischievous persons. Not a fewy
statements are being made which not
only are not %ndn(‘iv(‘ to a satisfactory
solution, but ich, on the contrary, are
responsible for additional unrest and
misdirection of effort.
This is one of two or three subjeets
to which the department has given
mbre thought than to any others, not
only since this country entered the war,
but for many months prior to that time.
There has been before the farmers the
question of retaining a sufficient num
ber of year-round skilled laborers, and
also of meeting the urgent needs at ths
planting and harvesting periods.
In very many sections of the Union
difficulties in both directions have been
experienced. This has been particularly
true of communities where there has
been great industrial activity incident
to preparations for the army and navy.
Farmers in the nelghborhood of cities
where there has heen great redirection
of labor and capital, and also where
the cantonments and other special en
terprises have heen under way, have
been greatly embarrassed.
Obviously, a nation can not engage
in a struggle such as the one which
this country is making in defense of
its rights and for freedom in the world
without disturbances of many kinds,
especially of labor, without inconven
fence, and without calling for sacrifices
from every class of society. Mere com
glaints will serve no useful purpose.
onstructive thought and action alone
will help
In some respects the sgituation may
not be quite so acute another year.
Naturally, the! disturbances are much
~ more violent immediately after a great
' shock has been given the industrial sys.
. tem. This nation had been organized on
| & peace basis: When it entered the war
it was necessary not only to create vast
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additional facilities and machinery, but
also to provide on an enormous scale
for the ogeratlon of the new establish
wments and of those previously existing.
Many shipyards had to be expanded
and others had to be created. Large
ecantonments had to be built, and built
quickly. In every direction there were
urgent demands for great expansions.
Furthermore, it was necessary to have
an army, and this ncessarily caused ad
ditional labor drains and dislocations. In
the haste of the first draft it was im
possible to work out a satisfactory clas.
sification of labor with reference to
the national needs.
However, it is well to recognize that
the situation will continue to be difficult
and that a satisfactory solution will
require the best thought of the nation
and the fullest and most complete co
operation of all agencies. To this end
all plans which give any promise of
real results must be carefully examined
and put into effect so far as they are
feasible. &£
Tried to Give Relléf.
That the department and other agen
cies of the Government fully appreciate
the seriousness of the situation is in
dicated by the action taken to attempt
‘to furnish relief, Even under the pres
‘sure of the first draft, the War Depart
ment held definitely in mind the thought
of lightening the burden so far as pos-
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Uncle Sam Says:
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Grind your new Ccrop
corn at Weme and learn
the aeliffous nut-like
flavor of new corn meal.
A buhe,t{fl,: just is
sued by ?"cé} Depart
ment of Agrigulture ad
vises the purchase of
hand mills for home
use as a means of food
conservation.
. Take Uncle Sam's
advice and buy an
APACHE MILL, pre
paid by express or par
cel post, for only $7.50;
or a
BLACK HAWK MILL,
prepaid, for anly $3.50.
Save the cost in
flour and meal. These
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sible by not calling to the colors those
essential for leadership and direction.
With the fuller time at its disposal
that department, which has reoognlzefi
from the beginning the necessity of not
unduly disturbing any essential indus
try, has worked out a system of classi
fication of the men subject to the draft
which contemplates the placing of skilled
farm labor engaged in necessary a%ri
cultural enterprises in class 2, aasist
ant or associate managers of necessary
agricultural enterprises in class 3, and
heads of necessary agricultural enter
prises in class 4. The tfi)eratlon of this
new arrangement should remove many
of the difficulties previously encoun
tered, and, in reasonable measure, meel
the demands of the siteation.
Several months before we entered the
war the Government was giving the
farm labor situation definite attention.
In former years the Department of Ag
riculture, in co-operation with the De
partment of Labor, sought to render,
and did render, assistance to farmers
in a numper of States in seeuring sea
‘sonal labor. In eonjunction with State
agencies, these departments have ef
fected the transfer of considerable num.
‘bers of laborers from communities where
'the load had passeéd to others where
the need was urgent. This was done
especially in the years of large pro
duction, and, in some cases, from 20,-
000 to 40,000 laborers were transferred
to particular States.
After the entry of the United States
into the war, the thought of the De
partment of Agriculture, in connection
with the Department of Labor, was very
definitely directed to the problem of
farm labor. The matter was thoroughly
discussed at the conference held in St.
Louis on April 9 and 10 with the agri
cultural representatives of the various
States. It was also referred to in my
| letter to the Senate of April 18, 1917,
} Steps Taken.
| One of the first steps taken by the De.
| partment of Agriculture was to select
| and station in each State, in touch with
| the State 'siencies. the best avallable
| man the depArtment could secure (1) to
| make surveys of farm labor conditions;
| (2) to bring about fuller co-operation in
i the utilization of labor among farmers
|in the same community; (3) to assist in
shifting labor from fne community or
one State to another, and (4) to bring
into service kinds of labor not heret?-
fore fully or regularly employed In
farming operations, such as boys of high:
school age who knew something about
farming, and to do many other things.
After the food production bill was
{ passed on August 10, an allotment of
nearly SIOO,OOO was made to extend and
develop the work of the department in
this direction. Only recently the de
partment held a conference in St. Louis
of its farm labor representatives anmd of
| State agencies co-operating with them
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1918.
to consider 'the work which had been
dohe up to that time and to formulate
more emclgfl plans for the future.
Some hint ©f Bhe activities of the de
partment along this H?e is given in
my annual report for 1917,
Some persons seem to be promoting
the suggestion that farmers as a class
should be exempted from military serv
jce and that no person' from this class
should be permitted to serve in the
army, and criticism has resulted be
cause it has not been acted upon. It
would be unfair to the farmers of the
nation even to entertain the thought
that they would be willing to have the
rest of the population do all the fight
ing in this struggle in the defense of
our rights and for world freedom. Thé
farmers themselves as a whole would
resent the intimation. If farmers were
eexmpted as a class, obviously others
‘would feel the injustice of such action.
It is unlikely that any responsible body
‘of opinion would sanction the proposal.
Course Adopted.
It we put our minds to the task and
atempt to deal wieh it in a conssructlve
way, there are many thifigs which can
be done to furnish relief. The Depart
ment of Agriculture, of course, will con
tinue to do everything in its power to
aid in the solution of the difficult prob
lem. The most promising lines of ef
fort seem to me to embrace the fol
lowing:
First—A systematic survéy of the
farm labor situation in order to ascer
tain the possible needs of farmers and
to determine ways of meeting them.'
The department, before the bexiinnlng of
the next crop season, through its agents
stationed in the various States and in
co-operation with the Department of
Labor and the States councils of de
fense, will make such a survey.
Second—The promotion of fuller co
operation in thr utilization of labor
among farmers fn the same community.
Third—The further development of
machinery for assisting in the transfer
of labor from sections where the sea
sonal pressure has passed to regions
;here additional help is urgently neod-“
Fourth—Making available Jabor which
heretofore has been fully or regular
1y utilized in farming operations, includ.
:\l boys of high school age who have
ad experience on the farm.
The farm labor representatives of the
department will eontinue to. devote all
their time and energies to these tasks
and they will Keep in close touch with
appropriate State and other agencles.
Fifth-—The releasing of men for agri
cultural purposes, so far as possible, by
replacing them with women and by di
verting labor frmo relatively nonessen
tial ente#rlm are matters which de
mand serious consideration. Conserip
tion of labor for industrial purposes, of
course, necessarily would present many
diffl’s{mea. Powerful influences are
operdting, however, to bring about the
release of labor and capital from less
essential enterprises and their diversion
into more urfifnt undertakings. These
will become creasingly compelling as
the situation develops. They will be
aided by the growing reallzation on the
part of the people generally of curtalling
expenditures on nonessentials and of re
directing labor and capital into vital
industries.
Sixth-—Steps to see that any able
bodied men who are not now doing a
full and useful day’s work shall be fully
and regularly employed. This, of course,
is a matter primarily for consideration
by State and municipal authorities.
Seventh-—The' largest possible produc.
Commercial Stationery at
Surprisingly Low Prices
Letter Heads, 814x11
Envelopes, No. 6%. .. 2
Bill Heads, 7TxB% ...
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Wwrite for prices on all kinds of printing.
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ALBANY, GEORGIA
tion and fullest use of farm labor sav
ing machinery, The department has
actively interested itself in securing
priority for raw materials used in the
maunfacture of farm implements, and
also in securing favorable consideration
at the hands of transportation commit
tees to provide facilities for moving the
materials to the manufacturers and the
completed products from the manufacs
turers to the distributors and also to
the farmers. Both those deaHnY with
priorities committee of the War Indus
tries Board gave raw materials needed
for farm implements a position of pref
erence over all articles except those ur
gently required for military and naval
purposes, and that the tran=sportation
committee took steps to secure the
prompt movement of the raw materials
and of the manufactured articles. This
matter is still receiving the earnest at
tention of the department with a view
to see what further action can be taken
to make certain that an adequate sup
ply will be available at reasonable
prices. ¢
If there are any other fruitful and
practicable lines of effort which will aid
in the solution of the problem, they
should, of course, be followed. The
department has,been in constant touch
not only with representative farmers
‘and farmers' organizations, but also has
had frequent contact with the State
commissioners of agriculture and the ex.
perts of the land grant colleges. It re
ceives many hundreds of letters dally
containing all sorts of suggestions from
tmany parts of the coum.r{. As hag been
indicated, it has speclal machinery
throughout the Union for the vurgosa
of recelving suggestions and furnishing
assistance.
Many plans are proposed which are
utterly impracticable, but any congtruc
tive suggestion always has received and
will continue to receive the most care
ful consideration. The whole subeect
involving industry as well as a*rcul‘
ture, is bainE given serious attention by
the Council 8f National Defense throm%h
its various agencies which are actively
at work along many lines to formulate
constructive plana,
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SPECIAL—BuII, born Beptember 15, 1317, light in
eolor, from a tep-gallon cow; price $100: a fine
Heifer, six months old, price $125: or the pair for
S2OO. ¥ interesied, setd for calalog
AISO PERSIAN KITTENS FOR SALE
;WICKVIIRE & HATCH, EPES, ALA,
> —FOR SALE— Y
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A 7 YSO Extra Choice 50 wol
oW % s 2 g 8.7
"% 88 O U_HEREFORD BULLS- g 2
Ye A Kight months to two years old; (st o, 8
AT S, also one car open and bred heif- R s
ers, cows with calves at side; in
fact, we always have enough stock on hand to supply vour wants. All
animals registered, THE ENOCHS FARMS Fernywood, Miss.
Here's What Pure
Reviewing the ten years in which the
Federal food and drugs act has been
in operation, the annual report of the
Bureau of Chemistry, United States De.
partment 2{ Agriculture, says the law
has done much to safeguard milk im
ported from Canada or uhlpred in in
terstate commerce; to control the traf
fic in polluted oysters and practically
to stop the traffic in decomposed can
ned fish; to lessen the shipment of de
composed canned beans and shell egn}
and to decrease the manufacture of
foods from refuseé materials, correspon
dingly fimproving the sanitary condi- |
tions in food factories. w
Ten years ago, the report says, much
of the baking powder and gelatin and
some of the confectlonery was con
taminated with small qantities of lead
gr arsenic. This is not the case to
ay.
‘ The ecoloring of canned peas with
copper and the use of a number of dan
gerous preservatives have been sup
pressed. The act aleo has mthde it pos
gibie to control A number of other prac
tices more or less dangerous to health.
KEY TO TREASURE.
The plow is the key to the earth's
treasury, and the key should not remain
idle in the hands of the farmer.
RAISE 90 % TO 100%
OF YOUR CHICKS
OTHERS ARE DOING IT; 80 CAN YOU
Don’t let the chicks die with widte diarrhoes,
fm, going light, weak lews, stunted, not develop
ng; give them Wacker's Chick Tablets in the wa.er
from the start, then watch ‘em grow; trial size 25¢;
200 Tablets, 00c; meney returned if not satisfied;
#old nowhere else WACKER REM. CO., Leck
‘Box 157, Newark N. 3
BN DR RR ) i it
!, WINTER I
EGGS
Feed and eggs are worth too
much money this season to let
your hens loaf on the job.
Keop the Hens
Laying with '
et 0011/{@;/@1
LR R LD
Great for Breeding Stock
Tones up the system and strength
the productive organs. Puts health
de hustle, vim and vigor into hens.
A great money-maker if vsed regulariy.
Use it for ow: growing, molting and
oize ek B v o
R '
CONKEY'S ROUP REMEDY
5 BN LRSS, i
"d&m doctor themeelves.
DAIRY AND FARM SUPPLY GO.
17 Trinity Ave.
EVERETT SEED CO.
26-31 West Alahama St
W, 6. MASTINGS CO.
16 West Mttohell St
LETTON:-DEFOOR SEED CO.,
12 Seuth Broad St,
Irish Potato Scab
Warning Is Issued
Directions Given by Leuisiana Hor
ticulturist for Treating Disease
With Formaldehyde Solutien.
Irish potato growers are cautioned
h?' (. L. Tiebart, of the Louisiana State
University, agninst buying and planting
potato seed that are badly infected with
potato scab
Seed potatoes badly infected with
scab are not fit for seed. Do not rlum
them. The eyes are likely to be destroy
ed or lerlouuly‘ injured and, even though
the formaldehyde treatment be used,
the pits caused by the scab disease m'
too deep to permit satisfactery disin
fection. |
All Potato seed should be treated with
formaldehyde r‘rnre cutting. ‘
The formaldehyde treatment is sim
ple, and when the sead tubers are not
seriously Infected with scab disease it
is very effective. As a matter of pre
caution all seed should be treated even
though some lots may appear to be free
of scab, since slightly infected tubers
m,’y be overiooked.
he formaldehyde treatment is sim
ply made by mixing 1 pint of commer
clal formaldehyde with 30 gallons of
water, Soak the seed in this solution
for two hours before eutting. Commer
cial formaldehyde can be bought of the
druggist. Some days ‘before it m need
ed inquiry should be madeé of the drug
gist to make sure that it is kept in
stock, If it is not have the druggist
order it
The formaldehyde solution may be
used again and again. It is not advisa
ble, however, to keep it several days,
as it gn\dunfly loses its strength.
Tidle mcres on the farm may mean
financial loss to the farmer, Dr. Theo
dore Macklin, in charge of rural eco
nomics in the Kansas Agricultural KEx
periment Station, points out.
Uncultivated land indicates that so
many dollars of ths farmer's Invest
ment are unutilized and that the farmer
or operator is paying so much rent or
Interest on capital from which he re
celves no returns.
“Formerly land was exaeodmfiy
cheap,” sald Dr. Macklin, “and then the
farmer could not be eriticized for not
‘having used the land to its fullest ex
‘tent. Now, however, conditions have
changed and land has a high value,
. ““The farm acreage of the United
States comprises 46 ger cent of the total
land area, but of this :crew: only 654
per cent Is improved land. fle much
of the unimproved land actually is util
ized in the production of live stock,
there is far too much waste land.
“Obvicusly, if this land were put to
proper use it would constitute a vast
acreage which could be used for the
production of food supply. To the indi.
vidual farmer any procedure which
would bring into use thé idle acres
would resnlt in greater profits for the
farm business.
“It lis easy to overlook the fact that
land ls lying idle on almost every farm.
This hag been true because hrmin%hu
not been considered a business, subject
to regular principles which affect other
lines of business. In the planning of
tarm buildings, the location and bufld
ing of fences and mapping the shape of
the flelda and lanes, much Jand has
been rendeired unworkable, With in
creased prices, greater profits can be ob.
tained by farmers who apply themselves
(0 better planning of farm organisation.
‘“Two outstanding features are seen
!!n the present food crisis brought on by
the war. The sugply of food production
ig short or insufficient to meet the de
mands and there are possible ways of
increasing the food supply. This pos
sible Increase can eome only when
m_omdenwy is practiced by the
. FARMERS ARE BUSY.
St. Johns Coum{. Florida, farmers are
busy hauling fertilizers and seed pota
toes. A tremendous acreage will be
planted to this crop in the spring. On
account of weather conditions planting
will not begin for a week, aithough fer
tilizer was applied In December.
Year Round Grazing, Water
Live Stock Pay in Florida
No cokd to feed against; fertile lands produce hig
erops com, hay, forage Local markets pay well for
fat stock and dairy products. South Tampa Gar
den lands, cloge to Tampa banking, manufactur
ing and ump'-und}nf elly; paved roads, rural de
livery, telephones; fertile, well-located, ressenuble.
Complote satisfaction or money returned on loepec
tion, Terms if desirod. Booklet free.
TAMPA BAY LAND CU, Desk 6, Tampa, Flerida.
40 ACRES farm in Marien cu-: Florida;
rish land: 30 aeres cleared and
under ho:-mm fonso; § ameres in woeds: | aore
prairis; 6-reom house; barn 20x35; barn 20x36,
with 9 ft. shed on fwo shdes; furnitare, wagen,
busgy, tools, 10 caftie, 9 hogs, | mare 5 years old,
| mule, 1,200 fbs.; 200 bushels corn, 30 tems hay,
syrup hewse, cane mill and twe bollers; 150 fowh
en R. F.. D. rowte; half mile from ochureh and
sohosl. Pries $3.750,
L M. MURRAY, Ocala, Fla
M
Make all the ecotton possible
next season and get 26c to 35¢
while you can.
Labor is scarce, so force your
acres to produce a maximum
yield—lit costs no more to cuiti
vate a two-bale acre than a half
bale acre.
Plant the variety that thou
sands declare produces five bales
where others produce three—the
two extra bales are extra profit.
Fight the weevil by planting
the earllest known variety, the
KING
e s e
s ARS T R 1 N RT SR 7
T2t us tell you all about the
King Cotton, the earliest and
nost productive variety known.
Fory twenty years the leader.
LOUISBURG, N. C.
I have a limited quantity of Genuine Tom Watson Melon Seed for sale,
They were gathered from 1917 crop. The producer of these seed has for the
past five years marketed first ear of Watson Melons in Georgla. The produces
of these seed receiver last season 40 per cent more for his melons than his
neighbors on account of their large size and early maturity,. Will sell as
jong as they last at 76¢ per pound.
Reference: First National Bank, Quitman, Ga. g
A. B. WILLIAMS, Quitman, Ga. ¥
Poultry Supply in
Georgia Is Short
Possibilities in Chicken and Egg In~
dustry in State Pointed Out by
Professor Wood.
Georgia is an ideal State for ml!rk
yet theé State is importing from 60 to
per cent of the poultry and poultry
products consumed, says Professor J. H,
‘V:‘I;Jml, Georgia State College of Agricul
e.
It j 8 almost impossible, at the present
time, to buy good fresh eg?s in Geor=
ma. The reason for this deplorable con.
tion i{s mimply because farmers have
been neglecting their chickens. In the
past it has been a simple matter to get
fresh eggs and good eating chickens at
reéasonable prices. Therefore, it was
cheaper and easier for most persons to
purchase what they wanted.
While the demand is constantly in
creasing, the supply is growing smaller.
Many poultrymen have gone out of busi
ness because of the high price paid for
grain compared with the low price re
ceived for eggs.
As chickens have brought a good price
on the market many farmers simply
robbad their own roosts and sold nu‘:-z
all the stock they had. Mr. Hoover
asked consumers to use more poultry
and save beef and pork for the soldiers.
Yet in otder to eat more the farmers
must raise more. It is the patriotie
duty of every family that has room to
raise a few chickens. It is not neces
s‘r{ to have an elaborate house for
poultry, but it must be airy and have
an abundance of fresh air and sunlight.
There is a great shortage in all Linda
of meat. The food administration “3-
izes that one of the guickest methods
of improving this condition is to raise
poultry, s the time taken to reproduce
and mature ig comparatively short, Mr.
Hoover has, therefore, asked all rarmfrs
to increase their flocks and also aske
every Individual that can to do his bit
and ralse a few chickens. {
Chickens may be raised in the ‘cki
and town as well as in the country. T
the husband has not time to care for
the birds, then the wife or children wil
find pleasure as well as profit in doing
50, Rh.ny of the table scraps that are
thrown in the garbage cans should be
producing eggs and meat if fed to chick
ens,
National Champion
For the first time in the hin(or{ of
the Tnternational Live Stock Exposition
in Chicago a champlonghip prize was
awarded to an animal bred and devel
oped in Tennessee and shown by a
Tennessee breeder. The animal so hon.
ored is Ames Plantation Beau, a year
ling Aberdeen-Angus bull owned. by
the Ames plantation, of Hrand Jung
tion, of which farm C. K. Buckle® 18
manager. g 9
. 'This is the seeond chumpionshi“ ever
awarded to a Southern entry in thesis«
teen years' history of the exposn.{c‘r
the other one bfi"i awarded to Poln
Comfort Fourteenth, the Missis
Hereford bull, in 1913
The winning of this precocious young«
ster will do much to attract the ats
tention of the live stock world to tha
South’'s advantages as a producer ofthe
best in beef animals, as well as of othe
er clagses of live steck, says C, '
Lowe, live stock specialist. division of
extenalon, University of Tennessee,
e s o NS “
ORDER FARM SUPPLIES NOW,
In the spring there 18 always a rush
made by farmers to get fertilizers, seed
and equipment for spring planuni. This
adds to the business of the ra Iroads
greatly by making the spring, normally,
a busy time for them. The railroads
will be so busy next spring in Govern=
ment service that farmers can not de
pend on the pmm{yt delivery of any
commodity. That there may be no d?-
lay in having fertilizer, lime, seeds, tools
and all supplies, farmers must order
them now.
one-quarter or one-half
Buv gection best Canddian
wheat land on one-half
crop-payment plan at $2.21 per
bushel, Government guaranteed
price.
Owner of several seetions of
best wheat land in Saskatche
wan, .Canada —no brush or
slonghs—mnear town; gix eleva
tors; will sell above terms.
C. E. THOMAS,
Bruen-Webb Bldg.,
Tarpa, Fla.
Duval County offers every induce
ment and advantage for the man
who wishes to follow farming,stock
raising, poultry raising or kindred
lines. Cheap lands, hard-surfaced
roads, excellent transportation,
steamship and railway lines, larg
est creamery and largest packing
house in the South, Fine schools.
Healthful elimate.
Write for official booklet.
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT,
Duval County Commissioners,
Jacksonvilie, Fla.
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' Self-Supporting
.
| Florida Homes
You will be surprised to know how little you
mhn-vw&hm&umvhk.hynumm.
& Mving and lay by money.
Here cotton matures early, avoiding boll wee.
wil. Year-rousd grazing makes live stock profie.
abie; fruits and vegetables ave quick money crops,
Lands Now Lower
.
Than Ever Again :
Mnch good Florida land be bnupn now *
: below real value, on rulanah?:’:ems. Fimd out
l about some of this property before all of it is taken
Write for particulars of Dixie Estates, Silver
Lake Estates and other goodl investments. Don't
delay--Florida land was never sc in demand.
J. B. Ransom, Vice-President
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