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Vol. xxxn. No. 17.
A Fii?iind Home Weekly for :-
The GaroMas,y Florida.
FOUNDED 18&KAT RALEIGH. N. C.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1917 :
PRESIDMT:W1S0W APPEALS TO THE SOUTH TO eEUPFEEDLT
I TAKE the liberty of addressing this word to the
farmers of the country and to all who work on the
farms. The supreme need of our own nation and xf
the.nations with which we are cooperating is an abund
ance of supplies, and especially- of foodstuffs. The im
portance of an adequate food supply, especially for the
present year, is superlative. Without abundant food,
alike for the armies and ; the peoples now at war, the
whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked
will break down and fail. The world's' food .reserves
are low. Not only during the present emergency but
for some time after peace shall have come both our own
people and a large proportion of the people of Europe
must rely upon the-harvests in America. - TJpon the
farmers of this country,-therefore, in large measure,'
rests the fate of the war and the fate of the nations. -
May the nation not count upon them to omit no step
that will increase the production of their land or that
will bring about the most effectual cooperation in
the sale and distribution of 'their products? The time.
is short. It is of . the most imperative importance that
everything possible be f done "and done immediately to
make sure of larjge harvests' I .call upon young and old
alike and upon the able bodied boys of the land to ac
cept and act upon this duty, to turn in hosts to:the.
farms and make certain that no pains and no labor is.
lacking in this great matter.
I particularly appeal to the farmers of the South to
plant abundant foodstuffs as well as cotton. They can
show their patriotism in no better or : more convincing
way than by resisting the great temptation of the pres
ent price ot cotton and helping, helping upon a great
scale, to feed the nation and the peoples everywhere
who are fighting for: their liberties and for our own,
The variety of their crops will be the visible measure of
their comprehension of their national duty. ;
, ; - : Woodrow Wilson
DON'T FAIL TO READ
Protect the Hog Crop From Cholera . 3
Soils and Fertilizers Under Boll Weevil
Conditions " -.6
How Nitrogen In Soils Is Gained and
Lo si : ; V . . . . . . . 8
Silos lor Southern Farmers . . 10
: Increasing and Conserving the Nation's
Food Supply ." . '.. 11
Seven Things to Do This Week and Next 12
Top-dressing Cora and Cotton . 12
A Success Talk for the Farm Boy . . . 13
Glimpses of South Carolina Progress .13
Watch Your Kitchen Waste . . . . 14
How Birds Help Farmers . . . . IS
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' , PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
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