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11 irri c u L T u n e 



Decomlwr 8. 1917 



THE FARMERS WAR RESPONSI- 

 BILITY. 



Tho uiir liUK ni\i-u (•> iIk Aiiierioun 



fanner tlio groiitom ruxiionsibility, the 



'■>»t privilege nnd tlir freiitost task 



anil or iiiiy cliiss of nn-n have ever 



kllOM'll. 



The American fnrmer In liirne dc- 

 Kroe will deterinhio the (rriol of human 

 ni.-ilory for ull llmo to lunie. because 

 th.' enorujous ultimate consequenoes of 

 ihi.s conniit rest primarily Tjpon the 

 farmers' production of l^ioj uiul feed 

 lo sustuin the n»:htin»; lurces. They 

 miRht fall even with an adequate food 

 supply; without ii they are certain to 

 lail. 



Hut in his Held, far from the fury of 

 bill tie. far from cither I lie adventures 

 or the horrors of the llrinnline, the 

 .American farmer will say whether 

 autocracy or democracy shall rule the 

 world during the seasons that are to 

 come. 



In a sense the war will be won or 

 lost in the fields, gardens, orchards, 

 I astures and hog lots of the American 

 farmer. 



The hope of the American citizen, 

 not a farmer, also hinges upon ade- 

 quate agricultural production. Our 

 aeroplanes are useless, our guns are 

 spiked and our rifles jammed, our 

 shells are but as harmless baubles, if 

 the farmer fails. This must be under- 

 stood in all its grim force by every 

 man, woman and child in America; by 

 farmers and by those who are not far- 

 mers. 



With food we can win the war. 



Lack of food will lose the war. 



Whether or not- we produce the food 

 depends upon whether or not each and 

 every individual farmer does his level 

 best on his farm— produces its maxi- 

 mum. 



The agricultural problem today 

 means to every American, snid indeed 

 to every civilized person on earth, 

 simply whether he shall, when this 

 strife ends, be a free person in a free 

 land or whether he shall be bossed 

 from Berlin. 



That is the precise interest that you. 

 now reading these lines, have in the 

 agricultural problem in America today. 

 You may have been a farmer all your 

 life or you may not know the differ- 

 ence between a straight furrow and a 

 threshing machine — no matter what 

 your condition may be, one of the two 

 divisions of the agricultural problem 

 is yours: to produce food or to con- 

 serve food. 



Many people have thought of the 

 war as "far away." as a remote, im- 

 personal thing, a sort of dreadful night- 

 mare — but not as a .-spectre manacing 

 our immediate persons and property, 

 our appreciation of the actuality is 

 more poignant now, with our own flesh 

 and blood upon the firing line. That 

 firijig-line is in France today. It will 

 come to America if the farmer fails. 



No matter what co irse military 

 strategy may take, the final battlefield 

 of the war is already fixed. The 



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Waterloo of the Prussian autocrat and 

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 American liberty — the end of autocracy 

 or the end of democracy — the end ot 

 Prussianism or the end of freedom — 

 will be wrought on the battlefield of 

 the American farm — every American 

 farm. 



No conceivable resjioiisibility could 

 be more grave, no privilege more 

 proud, no opportunity more rich for 

 significant service than the American 

 farmer has today. The war has 

 sounded a call to duly to every in- 

 dividual throughout civilization. The 

 course of the individual life is not 

 now to be considered in terms of self. 

 The question dominating every in- 

 dividual is for what service can he 

 be used — what can he best do to help 

 win the war. To some the call comes 

 to march away with uniform and gun. 

 to some it comes lor the organization 

 and administration of parts of tlie 

 great war machine — to the American 

 farmer comes the ca\l to feed the 

 forces fighting for liberty. To every 

 other man, woman and child comes 

 the call to save. 



That about sizes up your personal 

 interest in the Nation's agricultural 

 production and conservation prograni. 

 Clarknce DrBosK. 



Dept. Agri, Washington. 



BIG MASSACHUSETTS CORN 

 SHOW. 



Worcester will see the biggest corn 

 show that has ever been held in New 

 England when the Massachusetts State 

 Board of Agriculture meets there on 

 January 8, 9 and 10. 1919 for its ."JSth 

 .Annual Public Winter Meeting. A 

 Corn Show is held annually in connec- 

 tion with the Board's winter meeting, 

 but the plan is this year to have the 

 show the "biggest ever." The prizes 

 offered will be larger, and additional 

 classes have been added to the show. 



One difficulty with growing corn in 

 New PJnglaiid is that our seasons are 

 liable to be cut short at both ends — by 

 late frosts in the spring and early 

 frosts in the fall. To encourage the 

 development of a variety of short sea- 

 son corn the Hoard is offering special 

 prizes for ninety day varietie.-i. 



This year there has been a large In- 

 crease in the corn acreage of .Massa- 

 chusetts. The golden grain, adapted 

 10 an almost Infinite variety of uses 

 for man and beast, has always been an 

 important crop here, and la becoming 

 more so as the price of Western corn 

 rises. Our farmers are finding that 

 they can raise corn for sale at a profit, 

 while our stock feeders and dairymen 

 find that they must raise more home 

 grown feed or go out of business. It 

 is expected that the Corn Show at 

 Worcester will give tremendous im- 

 petus to this branch of the farming 

 industry and our .Massachusetts far- 

 mers will be well repaid by attendance. 



Premium lists for the Corn Show 

 may be secured by writing Wilfrid 

 Wheeler. 136 State House, Boston. An 

 exceptionally live program of speakers 

 is being arranged in connection with 

 the show, details ot which will be an- 

 nounced by the Board later. 



S. D. Woodruff & Sons have extend- 

 ed the quarters in .\ew York, taking 

 in the building at 217-221 Washington 

 street to meet the demands ot their 

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