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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Let's Face Facts
‘All Out* Food Effort
Would Revolutionize
Entire Farm Economy
By BARROW LYONS
WNU Staff Comspondwrt-
(This if one of a series of exclusive
articles on the current fertilizer situation.)
Whether or not we have produced
enough fertilizer to enable the farm
er to meet war
food needs is hot
ly debated by
men responsible
for the nation’s
food program.
The answer de
pends upon one’s
point of view; but
we can start from
two premises up
on which all can
agree. These are:
Barrow Lyons The United
States is not going
to have all of the food it wants this
year. On February 7, the National
Live Stock Producers’ association
warned that despite the rush of meat
now going to market “within a short
period of only 60 days this country
will be practically on a famine basis
with respect to the supply of beef.”
It added: “By the end of 90 days the
pork supply will have shifted from a
feast to a famine basis.”
Department of agriculture esti
mates indicate less serious short
ages, but on the important item of
cheese, which is a meat substitute,
a decline of 18 per cent in civilian
consumption is foreseen, and a drop
of 23 per cent in condensed and
evaporated milk supply ia> indicated.
2. It is also established that a
larger fertilizer supply could in
crease food production greatly, if a
way were found to put the fertilizer
to use on the land.
Difference in Viewpoint
From these premises it might
seem like an easy jump to the con
clusion that the department of ag
riculture and fertilizer companies
ought to put on a campaign to in
duce farmers to adopt the best mod
ern farming methods. Examination,
however, of the attitudes of those
who believe this should be done,
and those who do not, reveals broad
grounds for disagreement.
The point of view of the TVA is
that food needs should be estimated
in the same manner as require
ments for ships, planes, tanks and
guns—on the basis of what is needed
to win the war. If more food is
needed, and using more fertilizer is
the most economical method of
growing more food and saving labor,
then we must have more fertilizer—
even if the government must pay for
it and distribute it below cost.
The men directing the fertilizer
industry, together with many oth
ers, regard the TVA as a “social
istic” experiment which threatens
independent enterprise. And they
regard in much the same light the
soil conservation program of the Ag
ricultural Adjustment agency, under
which hundreds of thousands of tons
of fertilizer have been delivered to
farmers in exchange for practicing
soil conservation, which often in
volves considerable labor.
* * *
Furthermore, the industry points
to the steady growth in the use of
fertilizer in recent years. This year
it is estimated some 12,000,000 tons
of fertilizer will be consumed in the
United States, compared with 7,548,-
000 tons in 1938—an increase of 52
per cent in five years. This rate of
increase is just about as fast as
farmers are likely to change their
fertilizing habits, the industry main
tains. And to clinch their argu
ment they point out that the sale of
fertilizer has closely followed the
cash income of farmers; and they
don’t see the cash income of farm
ers rising much higher.
Critical Materials?
From its point of view, the War
Production board argues that if we
can produce enough food without
building new fertilizer plants, we
shall save critical materials.
The department of agriculture has
a different problem. One of its lead
ing agronomists, Dr. Walter C. Low-
dermilk, points out that if the mar
ginal land in this country were re
tired for pasture and fruit crops,
and just the good land placed under
intensive cultivation, it could then
support a population of more than
300,000,000 persons—some say 450,-
000,000.
It is clear that if the yield of most
of the best land were to be in
creased by one-third, as much of it
could be by application of the best
farming methods, that hundreds of
thousands of marginal farmers
might become little better than
American peasants, and the farm
ers with best farms, most capital
and greatest initiative would be very
much better off.
When one looks at such a problem
through the eyes of government, one
suddenly beholds a political night
mare.
The fertilizer companies, howev
er, are moving forward steadily.
They have carried on for years a
campaign to increase the use of
fertilizer economically. This “so
cialistic” plan that TVA has intro
duced, seems unpleasantly “revolu
tionary” to them.
But we are now faced with a
serious meat shortage, the livestock
men assert. Milk and batter may
not be too plentiful.
Even as it is, not all farmers will
get as much fertilizer as they re
quest, because of difficulties in pro
duction, transportation and labor.
Jap Equipment Captured in Burma
Colonel Lee, commander of an American-trained Chinese battalion
(left) and Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, wearing a Chinese cap, are shown
examining weapons and equipment that was captured by Colonel Lee’s
men when they attacked and wiped out strong Jap outposts in the Hawk
ing valley jungles, in northern Burma.
Yankee Pitcher Gets Rubdown
The New York Yankees have begun their spring training at Atlantic
City, N. J. Picture shows veteran Yankee pitcher. Alley Donald, getting
a rubdown as his teammates look on. Left to right are Gus Mauch, Yankee
trainer, administering massage to Alley’s arm; Bud Metheny, and
Donald and Oscar Grimes.
Red Army Rolls on Towards Rumania
This map shows how the new Kussian drive which ripped a 106-mile
gap in the German lines south of the Dnieper bend, placing some 500,000
German troops in danger of capture or slaughter, may carry the Red
army to the border of Rumania. From the north below the Pripet
marshes, one spearhead strikes towards Rumania via Tarnopol while
another strikes towards Luck.
Wanna Lobster, Mister?
This little Indian boy dived into the sea and returned with this lob
ster, which he graciously offers to Pvt. H. Fordy, of County Durnfaam,
England. The village to which the little turbaned lad belongs was re
cently visited by 50 British soldiers, who toured the fishing hamlet, hun
dreds of miles from anywhere, and were later entertained by the villagers.
Battle-Weary Enemy
Bag-eyed with battle-weariness, a
German grenadier shoulders his
light machine gun against the usuai
“New Order” background of fire and
destruction. This photo was taken
in Zhitomir, Russia.
‘Ghost’ Is Caught
Their prowlings through the tree-
tops at night, which keep U. S. in
fantrymen in state of tension, have
earned for banana bears the name
“ghosts pf Bougainville.” Specimen
shown here jumped from a tree onto
a headquarters tent.
MacArthur Pilot
For the past two years, Lieut. CoL
Henry C. Godman of Palo Alto,
Calif., has been personal pilot to
Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Here the
1936 graduate of Stanford university
stands by “Bataan,” personal plane
of the Southwest Pacific command
er-in-chief.
Soldier Vote Bill
The senate approved the soldier
vote compromise measure by ballot
of 47-31. Senator Lucas (111.), left,
and Senator Green (R. I.), co
authors of original measure, look
over compromise bill.
Wartime Shopping
in Naples
By Doris Fleeson
(WNU Feature—Through special arrangement
with Woman’s Home Companion.)
As a woman here in Naples and
just back from the fighting front,
I’m often reminded of the wisecrack
that Americans are fighting the war
for souvenirs. Certainly the No. 1
occupation of the Fifth army men
when off duty is shopping for gifts
for their women back home.
The rush to buy is tremendous,
despite rising prices and the fact
that goods are getting scarcer. The
early birds, for instance, got silk
stockings. Remember? Italy was
a partner of Japan. Now the popu
lar light shades are exhausted and
the few stockings left come in dark
dismally unflattering shades.
Besides silk stockings, a run has
been made on gloves and on coral,
tortoiseshell and cameo jewelry.
Back home new it ought to be easy
to spot a girl with a Fifth army
beau.
It often seems to me that my most
important job here Is to be shopping
consultant for about a hundred thou
sand men, all of whom need help.
I am the girl who knows what’s
what—or that’s what they tell me.
My entrance into a shop, or my
passing a street peddler, is the sig
nal for all the soldiers present to
rush me for udvice: “Will my girl
like this? Do you think this will
fit my mother?”
Stockings were easy because I
know they are welcome anywhere,
and a quiz session with the soldier
gave me a reasonable chance to
guess the correct size. But I am
forced to admit that the last woman
I saw wearing a cameo was my
grandmother, and I perspired trying
to think up just what to say when
a soldier held one of these ornate
brooches in his hand and said hope
fully: “Don’t you think my girl
•vould like this?”
If the cameo was for his mother
I didn’t worry so much. I figured
the mother would never admit that
anything her son sent her was other
than just what her heart desired.
But I did want to guard against hav
ing the gentleman disappointed by
his girl friend’s response. So I
preached a strong anti-junk cam
paign.
Lots of Gaudy Junk.
But mountains of parcels poured
out of Italy, and lots of junk must
have been included. The boys tried
hard. I can testify that they
searched, bargained and debated
for hours before they made up their
“Bundles for America.” Their self
consciously pleased expressions as
they sent the packages off were
deeply touching. Mail means the
world to them, and they were reply
ing in kind.
Mail — any mail — is the great
event. Not so much what’s in a let
ter or a package—although that is
important too, and any commander
can tell which beys have whiners at
home—just the getting of it is what
counts. Home town newspapers are
prized—the smaller the town the bet
tor. News that has a personal touch
is what’s wanted, and characters in
small town newspapers have become
real, even to boys who never heard
of the place in America.
Besides being an inveterate shop
per, the Fifth army lad off duty is
an inveterate sightseer. The ruins
of Pompeii, the environs of Vesuvius
and the famous Isle of Capri are
overrun. Pompeii’s shattered mar
bles have no impact for the boys
who have seen endless numbers of
bombed towns, but stories about the
antiquities still fascinate them.
Another popular sight is the huge
Caserta, the palace which Ferdinand
IV built for his consort in the 18th
century. Its magnificent staircase,
throne room and opera house have
survived both our bombs and the
Germans’, and therein the army
Joes and the nurses happily bur
lesque royalty.
Speaking of royal palaces reminds
me of my Naples apartment, which
I share with Red Cross girls and
whatever visiting firewoman comes
along—one night a dignified hospital
inspector, the next night two sloe
eyed Italian dancers giggling hap
pily over their soldier audiences’ en
thusiasm. I’m reminded because,
as the old vaudeville joke has it,
my apartment and the royal palace
are so different—though compared
with the front it is a palace indeed.
Filled With Equipment.
The rooms are piled high with bed
rolls, helmets and canteens, but the
beds are soft and sheeted and there
is a place to hang clothes. The
main room is regally spacious, mar
ble-floored and well ventilated—the
ventilation, to be sure, owing to re
peated bombings.
A brisk walk from the main room
brings one to a bathroom where, at
the price of smoky rooms and a
lungful of carbon dioxide, it is pos
sible to build a fire in a small stove
and wring out of it three inches of
rusty hot wafer.
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