STATE'S FARMERS
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•Ma d*m»ud that Ike farmara at Monk
Carolina plant darta« tka i
Mwn ib* largaai aw
lad Other food or food crape la tka
klatorr of Iho fl'ata aad that tkay
Mrk crope 'ha beat poeelble caJtlratlaa
aad tka heariaet poaalbla farttlla*
Uon declared State rood Adalolv
trator Henry A. Page la an Interview
with newepapar Man tnday.
"Tka com In* whaat era* will eapply
mat mora than hail (ha normal ueede
at tha world, which mult continue to
ha largely aappltad by tbla country
■Bill tha and of tba war and for a coa
aMorable period beyond. Tbla meaae
that tba demand for corn and otbar
grain* for human consumption will
fea mora than double during 1»1»
Muat Ralaa Own Ra^ulraawnta
"Tha transportation altaatloa la
aarh that our farmer* bare no aaaur
are of being able to secure any food
• feed etuffa from aar otker aectloa
ad the country next Fall aad there
altar and If they do not produce suffl
tdant food and feed cropa for tbla
aaetloa our people la all probability
will hare to do without. A larga pro
taction of cotton la dealrabla and
aaceaeary and no particular radaatlaa
lb the acreage of tobacco la belag ar#'
ad. bat any farmer will be foollak ta
plant either tobacco or coltoa to tha
aachialon of aafftclent food and faed
ataffx to run hla own eetabllahment
aad to provide hla part of tke aarplna
«kat will be required by tba markata
la our cltlea. towna and InduaUtal
aaaainnlt lee.
"Few people hare tha 1 magi eatloa
la conceive of the actual waat and
1ng which waa prevented la aar
by the Increaaead cultlvattoa of
lana aad track patcbae and la
production of ataple food aad
cropa laat year. Wo are Import
lav tbla flacal year a comparatlTely
aaall proportion of tka thoaaaada of
aarloada of can ted gooda aad other
Mad aad feed prod arte that wa nor
mally Imported during paat rear* If
We bad not produced tka atulf at
Aaaia wa would bo going without at
Ma time We aba!! be able ta aacura '
a* en amallor Importa of food and feed
ataffa during tba coming yaar
"Every aero of whaat la Nortk
Carolina which baa not already beea
fcaavlly fertlllxod abould bo top draaa
ad with atable mean re. wood maid
aad leaves or with commercial far
Mlaer Bvery aero of food aad rood
ataffa abould be manured or fartlllaed
More hoavlly than baa been caatoo
ary In the paat
Farmeca Upon Their Mettle.
"Our farmer* are upon their metftaf
More depend* upon thea than upoa
aay other class of people with the e>
Captlon of the aolillera In tbe ran ka
ttemaelve*. I am sure tbat tbe patrW
•tic farTi»r* of North r'arollna may
be depended upoa to do their full
WEED TO CONSERVE
WHEAT MORE URGENT
Consumption Mult Be Reduced 30 to
SO Per Cent to Teed Allies and Pre
vent Flour Fimlne at Home.
Raleigh.—The Food Administration
l» fearful lest I he recent announce
ment that meatlesa meals and pork
less Saturday need not be ohserred
4urlng the next few weeks should giro
consumer* the Impression that there
•leo might be a let up In the oonserra
tlon of wheat Hoar 0» th# contrary
: Food Administration officials ao
r (Mdci that even more strenuous ef
i forts for the coneorratlon of wheal
Imr should be made If oar pooplo. to
•or nothing of oar armies and oar
'Antes, are not to go through a period
f «f flour famine boforo tko next bar
There win bo bo Boar famine tf
K suggestions of tho food Admtnlo-'
loo are followed Bad tho cersamp
ttaa at wheat flour la reduced by *
to M for rent, but this redaction >g
IkMlo'el; necessary file Food Ad
arintatiotlna la not oaty a -ing tho
_ Mkotltutlon of other ceroola and po
I tatoes for bread hat la regae«;iaf
p —ampler* to eat laaa bread
•All OF •ROILCN*
NOT INTIRFBRIO WITH
Raleigh—Announcement has boon
by tko Foo« Administrates that
do la hrollere wolghlag up to two
la not Md win aot be effr ,od
the recent order of tko »Vd Ad
lot rat* on prohibit lag tko klUlag aI
Md pallets ogeapt tor otrlctly
trade ky
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BE HUNRED!
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pradtu-ta waafctr par >imi.
H*ar af Mr maawi w» dapand
•at apoa bakara braa*. tack kr«t4
■ant ba durakla and tkarafnra r«
qatraa a largar proporttaa ot whaal
proda< ta tran naraal kraad aa hakad
ta tha bouaakold Oar Army and Nary
r«qulra a fall ailowaaca. Tka wall to
da la our papalatioa eaa maka graatar
aartflraa ta tka ooaauaiptloa of wbaat
pruaorca ioh (mm \mw p«>r ■■ wai
tloo, oar roptliUea la the agricultural
dtalrlrt*. wboro tba othar rirtaia ara
atrandaat. ara mora akJIlad In tbo prop
aratloa of braada fro« tbaaa otbor
caraala Lhaa tba cra*M tlty «»d la
daatrlal pnpalatloaa.
Wltb laprovad tranaportaOoa wa
now bora available a aarplua af |M»
tooa. Wa alaa bara la Ua striae
moat ha a aarplaa af aJIk and wa k»»a
aapla «ora a ad aata for hoaaa <-oa
•owllaa. Tte draia aa rra aad bar
lar aa Mbatitataa baa already •raatly
aabaueted tba aupply <* tbaaa gralaa.
To effect tba aaadad aartng af wbaat
wa ara wholly dopaadaot upaa tba »eV
aatary aeelataaee at tba iaarlcta
people aad wa aah that tba foUewlac
rulaa ah all ba ebeerved'
Flrat. Hoaaoheldera ta aaa not ta '
—aad a total af aaa aad oaa-half
poaada par week af wbaat prodorte
par paraea. Tbla aieaaa not mora tbaa
aaa aad tbraa taai'ha poaada af Tie
tory braad taatalalag tba repaired
parraataca af eabetltatee aad aboat
oao-batf pa aad af cooklac Soar, aa*
araal. Cracbara. paotry. ptae. cakoa,
wbaat bnibtoit aaraala. aJI coeabiaed
■aeead Pabba aatiac plaeaa aad ,
elabe ta obeenre twa wbaatlaaa day*
par waab—Monday aad Wedaeeday—
aa at praaaat; ta aldltlaa tbaraia aet
ta aerra ta tba aurecate a total of
nara braadataffa. aaoaroal. cra< kera,
paatry. ptaa. rakaa. wbaat broabfaat
earaala. coatalatac a total af Bora
tbaa twa taana af wheat Soar ta aa*
ino (aaat at aay aaa seal; aa wbaat
product* ta bo aerred aalooa fperlally
at do-ad; pabtle aatlas aatabllabiaonta
not ta bay aora tbaa at* poaada of ;
wa«w |km««b per am'n pw ibhu
thus conforming with limitations r» |
<imM ef tha kMMkoUtn.
Third. Resailere ta Mil tM mars
than oi»tl|kik of a tarnl of tear U I
any towa cwlomr at aay oae tla* j
ud Mt mere thaa eoequarter of a
barrel to aay roaatry rnotomer at aay 1
oaa tiaia and la a* aaaa ta soil wheat
products wlfhoat tha aala of an equal
weight of other r or aala
Foarth Wa aak tha bakers and
grocers ta reduce tha volume of Tic- [
tor j bread sold by delivery of tha
three-quartara poand loaf where nna
pouad was aold before. and rorree
pondlng proportion* la othar weights.
Wa r'M aak bakere not to Inrrease
'ha amount of tkair wh*at flour pur
rhasea beyoad 7® per oral of tha aver
a*e monthly amount purchased la the
four rnontba prior to March 1st.
fifth Manufacturers using wheat
products for non food purposes should
cease such aaea entirely
Sixth. There la no limit apon the
una of other ceraal flours and meala—
corn, barley, buckwheat, potato flour,
ate.
Maay theaaand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
arts whatever, eicapt a vary small
amonat for cooking pnrpoaee and ara
doing so la perfect health and satle
factlan.
There la no reason why all of tha
American people wbo ara able to rook
la their owa hoaaeholds cannot sab-,
slst perfectly wall with the use of less
wheat products thaa oaa aad a half
potiada a week, aad wa especially aak
tha well tedo koaaebelds la the coaa
try to follaw this addltloaal program
la order that wa may provide the neo
eesary marginal aappllaa for tkoea
parts of tha commaaliy leaa able to
adapt thea>eelvea to so large a pro
port lea of substltataa
la order that wa ahall be abla to
mahe the wheat exports that ara ak
aolately demanded of a* to maiatala
tha civil population and soldiers of
tha Allies and oar awn Army we pro
pose In sapplemeat lha vnlaatary co
•perstloa of tha public by a farther
limitation of dlstrlbatloa which will
be ad I ad from time to time to ee
l-ore as nearly aqaltsbla dlatrlbatloa
as possible With tha arrival of ha*
veet we sboaM. be able to relax euofc
nairtctlnas Ha til thaa wa ask tor
'be neceeaary pat lea re aacrtflre and
-o-aperetloa of tha dtelribwttai t re dee.
CHOWM PRINCE Aim A
■LOW AT THE FRENCH.
Ik* i—podot left tho tn-mt, 4m
vrii»«d today » g—srei battfo
•lone tke rrwck lino trmm Morvuil u
b*y*a4 Laaaigar. Hm mm erf tke
in— prince's mum, aate von Ha
ter wilt • »»nw of wmHh as
saults tuwd it point* and •*
Undiiif 26 mIIm.
Hm Knack rMMTM ihbm kit action
wttk the «r—t—t vigor, nffwinf the
utUMfli tko wHkiK of attack which
«u successful at Riga but tkte ttaao
bo flnds himself confronted by troops
who arc prepared to moot all hia
ruaaa. Ho ta throwing division after
division into tha battls with what sp- j
pears to bo rocktosanosn, but this prin
ciple of risking an sntirs fores in or- j
dar to attain an object can only be sue- j
csssfol whan tho adversaries srs in
ferior in quality or overwhelmed b>
number*.
Tho French line is displaying splen
did reti tancr, and while the Otrnant
are expending an enormous part of
their strength, the French troops re
tain their virile power for making a
-trong counter xtroke, in which they
will be aided by their reserves which,
up to the present have for the most
part only been held in readiness tol
-t*p into the arena when the enemy
■hows signs of weakening.
The Germans appear to have found
time to bring up large numbers of
guns and trench mortars. Nothing <Ie
finite yet ha-i been accomplished since
today's onslaught began.
The Fr<-nch troops are fighting con
fidently and cheerfully. It is possi
ble that Home small fluctuations in the
jline will occur in the course of the day
but only at the heaviest cost to the
German*. who have again adopted the
dense wave formation during the at
tack, offering splendid targets to the
fosnous French field guns and machine
guns.
A lage number of American trans
port sections are taking an active
part in bringing up supplies. Behind
the lines, especially farther north,
t.atad |vw an Mkj ,k | ,1 mm* a mA
w"i*u "7 •" mcumii wnicn ociviin
m»tly M a nBrt.ni part of the
front. Hm Canaan* vara L—ned
taking up paaitiana aa a kill and •
■nil deteUkaMat of Canadian caval
rymen who tta prertou* day faaod
th—a«lv*e with the French amy
carpe, received ordara to occupy dM
■unuait. Dismounting, tbay dan*
barad up tha hillside, hut shortly af
terwards wara driven off.
Tha commanding general rapri
■anded tham far retiring and ordarad
than to raturn immediately to tha hill
top. Tha Canadian* mounted thair
horses and rode to tha aummit under
tha hcaviast Ara, and hald tha position
until ordarad to Join In tha general ra
ti reman t.
Many small groups „{ British
troops now ara temporarily acting
with tha French. They had usad all
thair ammunition when picked up,
but rontinuad to right obstinately with
the bayonet whan the Germans ap
proached too closely. They mffered
severely, but many of the men manag
ed to get through to tha French line.
People Muat Make Sacrifice*.
Winston-Salem, N. C. March 26.—
"Surely our people ara no longer
apathetic or in doubt as to the serious
ness of the War situation or as to the
size of the tasks that are before them
if America wins," said Col. F. H.
Fries today. State Director of War
Savings. Continuing he sa.d: "Be
lieving that our people oo realize now
as never before the seriousness of
the war situation when at this mo
ment the German drive is threatening
our very existence as a nation. ! have
wired the Cliairman of the War Sav
ings Committee of every cjunty to
call together in conference at once
every member of the committee and
every member of the Limit Club and
to impress them at this strategic mo
ment with the necessity of this work.
I urged them to send forth every
what w an to be mM am to aaeri
*M li tto fiKar*. W. who have
I—■< ■wry, not |lw« it, and that
at ■ H|>«r rtu of intereet than oar
banka wiO pay. hav« mad* no aaeri
ftca. Vary faw pa»pU have ilmiad
tkaanltti anything. Bat at Una
atrategv moment. we arc beginning to
aaa what will ba required of oa if
wo ever haat down German Koltur
arul dectroy Pruaeianiwa.
"If we meat the demand* made by
ua by the Government we mutt pledge
oumelvo* to aave and give 'egularly,
monthly and weakly and not «pa*mod
ically or aa happen »o have it. We
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