Beaver County Farm Bureau News, 1917-1918;

              Farm Bureau News
BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH
Volume 1,
BEAVER, UTAH, MAY 1, 1917
Number 2
Street Loafing is a Waste and Crime Against a Country in Need.  Loafers Should be Drafted to the Army
IT MUST BE DONE NOW
"War, except in the interests of
righteousness, is a prostitution of all
the higher motives of humanity. War
for righteousness is the most sublime
dedication that mankind can make
1 ecause it involves the giving of the
'last full measure of devotion.'
"America is launched upon a war
for righteousness. Every resource of
the nation will be drawn upon in the
prosecution of relentless measures.
The farmer particularly will be a soldier of the Republic, because he will
supply the one great indispensable—
food— without which armies perish
and the nation will be defeated."
Many of our people could not go
to war if they would, many would
not if they could, but whatever be
our condition in this cause for right-
ousness we owe the rendition of our
services to the greatest advantage
for our country.
The boys who have gone to the
firing lines to hazard their lives for
their country left with full confidence in the support of those they
left at home in safety.
If we cannot go to the army we
must render the next best service.
We must produce all the necessary
supplies. Every family should strive
to raise enough food stuffs to be self-
supporting with a surplus for the
ones who can't. All promising land
should grow crops. Remember, you
can't reap unless you sow. For the
surplus a non-perishable crop should
be grown, such as beans, corn, potatoes, etc. Eat vegetables in season
instead of other more expensive
things that can he used in winter.
Can, preserve and cure all surplus
vegetables fruits, eggs and meats.
Especially roast and bottle surplus
roosters to save feeding them until;
wanted to eat.
Keep down expenditures for clothing by making over wearing apparel
At this time of labor scarcity and
need for increased food supplies public sentiment should be so strong
against street loafing that everybody
will be ashamed to be found in such
a condition.
City boards should have conspicuous signs printed and erected on
prominent loafing corners and places
which should read thus:
LOAFING IS CRIME
AGAINST  COUNTRY NEEDS
The city police officers should be
requested to keep all persons moving
on streets, and barber shops and
other places should not allow loafing
on their premises.
and by using the old ones a little
longer.
Remember, it is not so much the
high cost of living as it is the cost of
high living. The American people
are without doubt the most extravagant people.
America is the granary of the
world and we must furnish our allies
with unstinted amounts of food supplies. The food requirement per
capita will be greater this year. We
must face the possibility of food destruction in trans-Atlantic shipment.
Remember, what is done now will
be realized in a few months; what is
not done now cannot be corrected
to realization for at least one and
one-half years from now.
USE BEST METHODS
Throw away personal notions and
be reasonable. Don't bring on a calamity in this time of need by allowing any chances for reduced yields.
Be safe by treating all seeds planted
against disease. Plant only the best
seed obtainable. The difference in
price is always compensated for
many times over in the yields. Make
the best possible seed bed before you
plant for you must have a good stand
in order to get the biggest yields.
MUST   SAVE  $700,000,000
Dietary specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture say $700,-
000,000 worth of good human food
is wasted every year in the homes of
the United States in the following
ways:
1. Edible food thrown into the
garbage pail or into the kitchen sink.
2. Spoilage of food due to careless
handling and storing in the home.
3. Food spoiled by careless cooking.
4. Waste in preparation.
5. Over-generous serving of food.
Let's   make   the    saving    of   this
$700,000,000, rather than spending,
our social standard. Let's abandon
food prejudices and eat for economy
and efficiency. Let's feed our own
family first before the hogs.
CHILDREN WILL HELP
In complinace with the State Executive's call, the county commissions called a meeting of all the
county and city leaders, many of
whom were present, to take part in
planning for Beaver County's part
in the struggle.
A large share of the county's
youth has volunteered and gone to
the front. To take their place ir.
production the women's organizations and school children are volunteering their services. The County
Board of Education are retaining
one of their teaching force to supervise club work during tne summer
season. The AVilson clubs, Home Economics associations, Relief societies
and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement associations and others are cooperating in arranging for exhibits
and canning demonstrations to promote this club work. It is hoped
that the public will yield their.part,
when asked to do so.