Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1917 — County Agent Notos. [ARTICLE]

County Agent Notos.

Mr. -John Brown, an extensive farmer of Monon, spent Thursday and Friday of last week in the county in charge of a Pork Production Campaign a» a representative of the government. The campaign, which was arranged by the county Better Farming Association, was a decided success in bringing about a realization of the need of greater pork production and in explaining the government’s attitude in the matter. All evidence points to the fact that the war will continue for a long time. Those persons who state that the war will be over in a few months are simply sowing seeds of discontent. We do not realize the seriousness of the situation. The world is looking to us for large supplies of food during the war, and lirill continue to do so long after the war is over. We do not realize the seriousness ’Oi SttUatWlT. Tfit^wOnu IS 100 ing to us for large supplies of food during the war, and will continue to do so long after the war is over. TheTirqt question for US tO wrhOurselves at this time, what can we do to help win? Every man and child can do something. Let us start doing right now. Thousands of our boys have answered the call. Many will never return. They are doing their part and we must do ours. What can these boys do without our help? As much depends upon us as upon them. Without proper equipment they can do nothing. The best equipped armies will win. One of the greatest needs is plenty of food. The American farmers can win or lose this war. The more we dp at this time the more of our boys we will save. We must forget the idea of profit. Should we lose our money will be valueless. It will take more than money to win. We answered the call to the Red Cross. We answered the call to the buying of Liberty bonds. A great many of us cannot contribute money, but we can snow our patriotism just as much by doing what we can in a great many other ways. The call at this time is for an increase in pork production. This appeal is direct to the farmers of this county, we must answer the car. We are short over 5,500,000 hogs from last year nad the demand is greater than ever before. Pork is the main •rm v food It r *an be oroduced more rapidly than any other meat product It is our patriotic duty to begin at once to prepare for an increase. Raise more breeding stock. Take better care of it. Grow it to heavier weight. Raise two litters of pigs per year. If you cannot finish all you raise "someone will buy them that can. The landlords of this county should begin at once to provide the tenants with material to use in preparing places to keep more hogs. If they • do not have the breeding stock, help them get, it, either by furnishing them the money, or helping them get it. Neighbors must help one another, take some chances, it is for a good causer Cities and towns that now prohibit the keeping of hogs within their limits, should permit the same. Enough hog food goes to waste in the cities and towns of Indiana to produce enough meat for thousands of people. -Is it not much better to have the odor of a clean pig pen than the poison gas and' powder of the Kaiser?

You are taking no chances in answering this call. The government tells you__that-it_wdlL see thatyouprofit by so doing. It has guaranteed a minimum price of $15.50 per cwt. for the present 'crop of hogs and thirteen times the price of a bushel of corn for pigs farrowed next spring. These prices are extremely liberal, especially as relates to next year’s crop of hogs and will appeal to the pocketbook of those who will not respond, to patriotism. For the sake of our boys that have gone, humanity and our county, let us do our best and do it now. And when the war is over we will still remain the shining light of the world.