Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1918 — Boys Can Help Country by Gardening, Raising Poultry, Pigs, and Conserving Food [ARTICLE]

Boys Can Help Country by Gardening, Raising Poultry, Pigs, and Conserving Food

How every American boy, although separated by the Atlantic ocean from the actual theater of war against autocracy, can play his part in upholding American ideals, Is pointed out by Secretary of Agriculture Houston in a message addressed to the Boy Scouts of America. The Secretary pledges to the boys the hearty co-operation of the federal and state agricultural agencies. Secretary Houston’s statement follows : "The splendid army of Boy Scouts of America can be of very great help to the nation in this time of world need. The war can be won only if we deliver the men, the ships, and the food in sufficient number and quantities to make our war program effective. You as a boy scouts can greatly aid by growing home vegetable gardens, raising pigs and poultry, conserving food by canning and drying for home use and in many other ways open to you. “Will you not help your county again this year even in a bigger and a better way than you did during the summer of 1917? Your task will be to ‘beat your'own record' in food production and conservation. May your motto for 1918 be ‘every scout to feed a soldier and one other? “I desire to extend to you the hearty good will and co-operation of the officials of the United States department of agriculture, also that of the cooperative club leaders of boys’ and girls’ extension work at the agricultural colleges, who will be glad to assist you in your work."