Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — TOWN TO UTILIZE ALL SOIL [ARTICLE]

TOWN TO UTILIZE ALL SOIL

Massachusetts Community Expects to Increase Production From 50 to 100 Per Cent Amherst, Mass. Made-ln-Amerlca efficiency on the part of the little New England community of Williamstown, Mass., will Increase the town’s food production from 50 to 100 per cent this year. Under the committee of public safety, air available land has been catalogued and classified by location, a systematized distribution of supplies and labor; a census of all intending gardeners has been made J applications for use of land and for seed, fertilizers, supplies, and canning materials have been taken; and a carload each of seed potatoes and fertilizer, with other supplies, has been ordered. , ...... The committee has arranged for plowmen to break the soil. A garden adviser is to be employed at once; later a spraying expert will be procured. Conservation of surplus products by. canning or curing is planned for, and the establishment of a central canning plant is considered. Supplies and labor will be charged for at net cost, credit given when advisable.