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when the debutante deserts the bale-room for the dairy 



One of the most important fields of endeavor open to women in the present national 

 crisis is the management of farms and dairies. On the New York State School of Agricul- 

 ture's farm at Farmingdale. L. I., where this picture was taken, girls are taught the most 

 advanced methods of scientific dairy management. The loyalty, diligence, and intelligence of 

 such workers will be of material aid in preventing the price of butter soaring to $i a pound 

 in the United States, as it has in European countries. 



these particular staples to cooperate with 

 us in organization of the trades to the 

 end that all transactions shall be direct in 

 the normal flow of distribution ; that 

 speculation shall be excised ; that g'oods 

 shall be sold both by producer and dis- 

 tributor at least at a reasonable and nor- 

 mal charge over cost, or even without 

 profit. 



The profiteer a modern judas 



It appears to us that no right-minded 

 man in this community wants extra profit 

 from the war. If he does he should be 

 branded with the brand of Judas for sell- 

 ing the blood of our sons for profit. 



The Food Administration today is di- 

 rected by a body of 250 volunteer repre- 

 sentative business men, producers, and 

 experts, and up to date it has held over 

 200 conferences with representatives of 

 trades and producers. We have asked 



them to help in formulating plans to con- 

 serve, to stimulate production, and, above 

 all, to regulate distribution. Most have 

 been helpful, and in instances where or- 

 ganization has been completed the devo- 

 tion of the business men has been above 

 all praise, and in some cases we have so 

 far failed to secure this cooperation in a 

 discouraging way ; but I am not, in view 

 of the success in some lines, prepared to 

 say that the experiment is either a success 

 or a failure. 



But let no one be under the illusion 

 that selfishness or greed has disappeared 

 from this great republic. There passes 

 over my desk daily a sickening mass of 

 evidence of individual, sectional, and 

 class avarice and self-interest, backed by 

 demand and threat, that is illuminated by 

 rarer instances of real support in the 

 gigantic task of government in this crisis. 



We wish for cooperation in service 



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