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FOOD PROBLEM IN MASS. 
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age by 21.3 millions. Corn prices have 
increased 125 to 135 percent. Accord- 
ing to the present increase in popula- 
tion by 1950 there should be 200 mil- 
lion people in the United States. 
There are 106 million at present and 
only wheat enough produced to feed 
them. Practically all of the available 
land has been cultivated. The meat 
production has decreased until it 15 
now just keeping pace with the con- 
sumption. 
“One of the reasons Germany has 
been enabled to hold out on her food 
supply while cut off from all the rest 
of the world has been her protection 
of her agricultural interests for the 
last 25 years. While England found 
herself with 41 percent of her tillable 
land in grass at the beginning of the 
war, less than 314 percent of Ger- 
many’s land was in grass. Germany 
made it profitable for her farmers to 
raise vegetables and grain. 
“It is cheaper to raise vegetables 
that can be consumed directly by hu- 
man beings than to raise meat, with 
the resultant waste. Today we ship 
cottonseed meal to Denmark and they 
ship it back to us in the form of 
cheese after using it for animal food. 
“There are 2,000,000 acres of land 
which cannot produce anything with- 
out being limed. We should use a 
propaganda to make the farmer lime 
his land. There are 200,000,000 acres 
6f land in the United States getting 
only a partial crop because of lack of 
proper drainage. There should be a 
United States survey for the proper 
draining of farm lands. It is more 
profitable than draining swamps 
which do no particular good. 
“Two years ago farmers in Aroos- 
took County, Me., sold potatoes for 
six cents a bushel. Germany would 
have saved that crop by drying the 
potatoes for swine feed, flour, starch 
and alcohol. No country can hope 
to be permanently prosperous if it 
developes its industries at the expense 
of agriculture. Every able bodied 
man should as a patriotic duty this 
year do something to increase the cul- 
tivation of land. The American peo- 
ple are like the ostrich, they bury their 
heads in the sand and refuse to be- 
lieve there is danger near. By 1925 
at the present trend the average work- 
ing man will only have one or two 
meat days a week.” 
In answer to a question from the 
floor about the treatment of seed 
tubers for planting Dr. Wheeler said 
potatoes should be dipped in a solu- 
tion of corrosive sublimate or form- 
alin to prevent disease. All acid soil 
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your home. 
the painted parts. 
With every howl, the wind 
tries to loosen the paint from 
It drives its way 
into the cracks and crevices. 
First it dries the exposed wood 
and then swirls in the torrents of rain. 
cay follows the soaking and spreads under 
Dutch Boy 
Red Seal 
De- 
Paint which will prevent this destruction is made 
of Dutch Boy White-Lead mixed with pure linseed 
ol. Either pure white or tinted any desired color, it 
oifers a smooth, unbroken surface which neither wind 
nor rain nor sun can crack or scale. 
White-Lead 
Examine your buildings closely and let us know if 
‘he is nced of paint. We can help you. 
Fk. A. LANE 
MANCHESTER 
MASS. 
should be limed, he said. 
In breaking up sod ground, a disk 
harrow should be used first, he said. 
The grass should be buried by the 
ploughing and fertilizers possessing 
nitrates should be used. If potash is 
obtainable it should be used. He 
recommended the proportion of cor- 
rosive sublimate to be used for the 
dipping of seeds as two ounces of the 
bichloride in 15 gallons of water. 
“Do you think the shortage of food 
is due to a poor crop or to large ship- 
ments abroad,” asked F. J. Merrill. 
“A poor crop was largely respon- 
sible,’ said Dr. Wheeler. “I pro- 
phesied a world food shortage over a 
year ago, after observations I had 
made in different places.” 
“How is it there is still available a 
considerable supply of wheat in this 
country ?” asked George R. Dean. “If 
the consumption in this country is 
equal to the production and_ there 
have been large shipments abroad, I 
should think the supply would long 
ago have been exhausted.” 
“The reason we have not felt the 
shortage before,’ said Dr. Wheeler, 
“is because there were two big crops 
in 1914 and 1915 and we had a big 
surplus left over. 
“Unless the policy of the United 
States toward the farmer is changed 
the question of food production is 
going to be a serious problem,” he 
added. “Agriculture is a fundamental 
industry and there is going to be 
trouble if you don’t look out for the 
farmer. The bankers have not helped 
the farmer as they should, but have 
preferred to invest in industrial en- 
terprises where returns have been 
greater. 
“The farmer must make money; 
he does not farm for pleasure. We 
must have better transportation facil- 
ities and give our railroads a square 
deal if we expect to encourge the 
farmer. We must also improve our 
marketing methods.” 
A rising vote of thanks was given 
Dr. Wheeler and Mrs. W. H. Cool- 
idge, through whose efforts Dr. 
Wheeler was brought to Manchester. 
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