Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1917 — Patriotism Begins at Home- Com and Hogs and An Army. [ARTICLE]

Patriotism Begins at HomeCom and Hogs and An Army.

Washington, D. C., April 9.—ln emergencies, it mt y be necessary for some patriots to unyoke the oxen and leave the plow standing in the furrow, but the lasting support of a nation -requires efficient patriots to keep the plows going. The soil supporta the corn; corn supports animals; com and animals support an army ; and “armies fight on their bellies.” Let us properly care for the goose that lays the golden egg. Whether com prices are high or low, the farmer’s —profit depends on obtaining large acreage yields. Large acre yields reduce the expense of both labor and land. It is remarkable that acre yields are increasing most rapidly in the states southeast and the states north and west of the com belt states. These increased acre yields are largely due to earlier and thicker planting of better seed cbm. In the central and southern states, the scarcity of soil moisture in the middle of the summer reduces the com crop more than all other causes combined. The best assurance of a good com crop is to get moisture into the soil in as large quantities and to as great depth as possible. To allow weeds, alfalfa, rye or other plants to grow during the spring upon land to be planted to com is to invite failure of the com crop.- ’To allow r the soil to become dry enough in the soring before plowing to break up in big clods is to invite failure of tie corn crop. If the plowing has been delayed until spring, the land should be disked before it has a chance to become too dry to plow. Disking is more rapid and should be done before tjjbe plowing in order to keep the ground from should noi be done in the spring. If followed by drought, it causes x the land to dry out to greater- denths than would result from shallow plowinigu—- ... ' ■ ?