Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1918 — Produce Food, Mr. Town Man [ARTICLE]

Produce Food, Mr. Town Man

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(Prepared by the United States Department o£ Agriculture.) Speaking of food —how much of what you eat do you help to produce by your own work? Farms need labor. The difficulty is not an insufficiency of actual man power. There are plenty of men to supply the farms with help. But that man power is applied to other things and the farms will not be adequately supplied with help unless men turn temporarily from their present business or employment and work on farms in their county during the rush periods of cultivation and harvest If we were not at war you might feel free to disregard this as your personal duty. But we are at war; this is a war need, and you are not free to disregard it It is the duty of every strong man of farm experience or of farm aptitude, who is not now engaged in work of war value, and not engaged in work to which his personal attention is constantly indispensable, to go to farms in the agricultural territory adjacent to his town when farm labor needs are' urgent and help produce the food crops which are essential to war winning. •You eat every day. Some man’s hard work produced that food. Our soldiers in France must eat and somebody’s hard work must produce that food. If you are so situated that you can help produce this food it is your duty to do so. Get in touch with the county agent of the United States department of agriculture and the state agricultural college or write the state agricultural college if you cannot get in personal touch with nearby farmers who need help. Lay off your present job or get away from your present business for a few days or a few weeks as you are needed. You’ll lose money and weight. You’ll gain blisters, sore muscles and a clear conscience. /