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army but the people and armies of England and France as well," said Dean 
Burnett, of the college of agriculture, who with iancdt Yor Avery and 
C. W. Pugsley, director of agriculture extension, represented the Univer- 
r of Nebraska at this conference. "The estimated shortage of the wheat crop 
or this year (a two-thirds crop is predicted) coupled with Argentine’s emargo 
yn wheat will make a serious world shortage. 
a Increase of corn area; increase of spring wheat area in Northern states, 
le anting of killed-out winter wheat fields with oats, corn, or sorghum; growing 
Be nore barley, beans, and potatoes; use of only reliable seed; and the conser=- 
Be: "Ty will fall to the United States to feed not only her own people 
vation of breeding stock were sivadhed as some of the means of increasing food 
production. (University Farm, Lincoln, Nebraska.) 
ERADICATION OF MALARTA 
A publication of vital interest, especially with regard to our Southern 
United States and Insular possessions, entitled, "A Plea and a Plan for Hradi- 
tion of Malaria Throughout the Western Hemisphere," by Frederick G. Hoffmann, 
atistician of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, which has 
een received recently by the Bureau of Entomology, was read in abstract. before 
he Southern Medical Association’s 10th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov- 
ember 14, 1916. This bulletin presents an exhaustive compilation on the caus- 
ation of malaria and statistics relating to the attendant economic loss. It 
ig illustrated by graphic charts which eee ue exploit the colossal losses 
due +o malaria throughout the world. 
Members of the Bureau of Entomology may secure this publication by add- 
ressing "The Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey." 
EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURE. 
Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, Assistant to the Secretary of-Agriculture, and 
in charge of the Department’s emergency measures for dealing with the agricul- 
tural situation, issued the following statement April 13. 
3 The following letter issued by the British Premier, David Lloyd George, 
while addressed to the people of England, conveys advice distinctly applicable 
to the United States and which should be heeded by every one who can do any- 
thing to produce food or save food from waste: 
10, Downing Street, Whitehall, S. W. 
March 5th, 1917. 
"We have now reached a crisis in the war when to ensure victory, the 
heroism of our armies at the Front must be backed by the self-sacrifice and 
fireless labor of every one at home. To this end the production of each 
yuarter of wheat and oats, and of each bushel of potatoes is of vital impor- 
mance. The work of the next few weeks must decide the harvest of the year; 
ind in the nation’s interest I urge you, at whatever personal sacrifice, to 
vercome all obstacles, to throw your fullest energies into the work, and to 
L influence and encourage all who assist you, so that every possible acre shall 
be sown, 
The imperative demands of the war, have made it impossible to 
