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CN6LAN0 MAKING PLANS rC£0 HCR5GLP

WM. A. nAFPERT, President CHAS. O'CONNOR. C. P- 8CH0CK. Treasurer.

Ynbacriptlon price $1.50 per year. Bell Paoae, Sea Ule City 49 Entered at the Post Offlce at Sea Ule City as Second Class Matter.

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Nowadays tore prefers a cay to a cottage.

Profiting Bn War Lesson. She Proposes Never Again to Be Confronted Bn the Danger of Famine.

In the recent Mg pinochle came Go many melded a fancy lot of kings. German vdficlenrj' I- not conspicuous in the eff.irt lo wt up a stable government.

Judsing by report* from abroad the BoMier’s query now Is “When do we go from bereT"

The formalities of return visits among nation* promUe years of joy-

ous anticipation.

We shall remember 1918 as the year In which trad!i ion and precedent were Tnensurcd for their shrouds.

We can’t expect our wheat to taka treatment for smut and other ailments

without It costing us more.

Fortunately the- cost of marriage liei-tihe* has not advanced. It’s thu

upkeep, however, that hurts.

Perhaps the Germans planted so many mines It was im|io«slb!e to re-

member where all of tlicm were.

The boys who are returning are more anxious t.. flnd the girl they

left behind them than the old Job.

A#r/iL£#yAvr;

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farm boy and girl migration from city to the soil and correct, almost over I night, a food ehortsge that threatened to engult the British empire. While , the flower of British ! manhood was lighting In France the agricultural j bahitirr was turned In the

home land with the aid ot the older men, the boy'. thuUMimla of women oducat.d and brought up to city life, and above ai! other tilings, with tractors, j The aiiiintion was saved. But the h—«jn of unproductive farm lands lias been leanoal. Hencs--f tiIi there «ill le- a de|tartnirat of food production In the p-rttwii government charged with the duty

ortd ibi. would ' ol maintaining and wliltoul a doubt bettering the ,, ,.j,. ti.ose who wartime crop record, a record «f which England U talking ntedit. proud »M-.wusr. In the iiiblst of u period

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•e I be servl.-e* of every haml w as needed In lUou muklng. the conntry went from « “12 (*' fuaei prieiurtitai" era to a point where the »f F.nglund was tir<Mlmlng enough food to ! last 40 weeks. Kir *Hmrle* Fielding, the director i of food |irodnctl»u.' believes that eventually. ! ,s.- iMy sooner than tlie world exias-ta, Knghind I will le- harvesting enough food to laat tlirougli every on.- of the .'2 weeks In the year. barrtnK. I pcrlmps. Mime additional enltle food that will be

| nisded when the British herds are Increased to Many a man feels that with his I S.'SSMSVi bead, the nuuiU-r that will be required to Lrains. If be .„uld only l-iok half ua ! P«»Pcriy «>i|ip1) the iitqmlatloli with milk, well as u,,. man In tb-- collar ads, j Buek in lhl4 the English were Importing fourhr eoold ‘win *n belie**. flDhs of nil cereala eonsnmed and nuo-half of the — j tm-at su|i|dy. The new program will tenaluly put I'rtcra have advatx-ed to aui-h an ea- 1 #1< into the plaee It dewm-s—the low-water gifts we used to buy I mark la English farming. •

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Success wltli the national “after the war farm seme" depends largely on what kind of a price trainee the government will he willing !•> give - farmer for Ids pr1ii<1|>al crops. The depart-

e are tlioa* I tn.-i t of fiMKl production hits it In mind to ask for make tho gn-at certain fixed price" that w III run through a term war emergencies, of at hast ten years. It N believed that at least rule. a dii-ade will to- required to firmly establish the I new era. and In the meantime give the farmer a

indrads of tbun- I fair deal.

gb explosive ms- j "The former Is mil greedy." Kir Charles Kidding, of labor. In the sea. | himself .-. funner, declared the other tiny. "We

r j must remember the funner has his living to make and he hsa a right to leasonahle security, and to

— . ,| ir BMmranre that he will gel a fair return for Ida I'ialnly, Itusalo Is not one t.f tliooe ' work and hi* expenditure. I believe that the imfurry animal* that can be made to rear | portauce of agriculture Is lielng reallxetl In this • bind legs, waits a bit and j country at Inst. If It had been rcallced In tbe firai

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declared war on Germany. that the British government foresaw grave diffictiltte* with ‘ the food sltnctton should the war !n*l mu'-h longer. And It was quite evident that would la*t “quite omae time." na the BrttWi phrase It. American Mrengi.- on the battle front, and In ship building, could not be expected for many month*. About that time the war-food program started In real earnest. AtU«tl*n To mad to Tractor. Ixird Lee It wna who suggested the tractor scheme for breaking op th>* "dl* farm* then aufirrlng from tl- ajmrtagr lu barmm (.’iO l*er cent of farm boraac wi-rr In the army) and for plowing up the graha lands of the Mg eatalea. It wn* In the mtudi of all thoao men connected with the food production dejeirtroml to ujakc 1918 the hanm-r crop ye*t >» Loghind’k hlatory. Originally It warn planned to adopt n amall tractor a* a ttandafe, and turn them out by the thousand In British tmiorbw atandurdiied. Home b.nrki would lx' needed to do tb- Job thoroughly. It was thought. SiMdeu urgent demands on thefa<1i»ri<>s for lie caused BUppUet of muultlous cansml the nti.ucloument of tno Oral plan, and the next step was lo order the flfst shipment of small tractor* from, Ameri.-a. „ Weeks nnd months were lust teatlng out the Initial lot of imiclilues and than, after a desirable model bod l>eeii developed, esme the terrible win ter of HUS In Amofica tying up railroad tran*IMirtation and preveotteg the khiptnotit of u<a Clilues that Should bar* been at that very moment engaged In turning over the soil of some ducal estate perhaps. Actual shipment of IjQuO tractors waa made In America. No more reached England In lime lo l»e of service In prepaidag for the 1918 crop. 8o every |>u*a1Mr kind of tuecliaul.-al power was tnuMlixcd lo hvnt plows. Koine giant machine* built f«r hauling heavy artillery in Uuaslu were Inindled out to ;he Englisli 0*11' and |>erfonDrd excellent ksrrvlee. Ancient ks-t* of 'steam tackle" were inspected, quh-kty repaired sad'put to work. Bumetlme* two eng*lies are used Oti a field, ooa at each end of tin furrow Tin* Idea la lo keep the heavy weight of the engine off the ground that la to be put tinder cultivation for the reason tliat, past experience had sliown. the engine's weight n.lcd as a press on certain kinds of .balky, stiety Englisli soli, causing the plow to turn up large solid square chunks of enrth that were absolute ftxtuicv In the field week on and. Tbsee chunks, w hen si ruck by s sledge hammer, gave forth a dull kind of thud and the hammer left a amall Indentation. Kometln-.es. tn the dry days of May usually one month nfirr the planting season Is over, the chunks automatically crumbW overnight, leaving it perfectly level Osld that has .ipparently been cultivated Into dust. The “steam tsrfclaB" workml all fall and winter making rwady lor the 1918 i-rup. and, all told plowed up n udlliue and p quarter acres of soil. •Hie tractors. Hint Is rhe gasoline rig*, amall and large, plow ed lip souttdHug like s million acres last year. \|ipr»xlnuitcl) two thirds of the bind la Kng Isnd Is held In llio big perks and estates. It Is In the remaining third that the war marvel* of food |traduction new *'''<>mpU«h-d.

At first glance It appears manifestly unfair that so smnll nn amount of the park land* wa« put lo work. A* a matter of fact the whole matter was handled with thomugh British Justice; whereven park lanils were found that should have been plowed, the land wax plowed. More •vHI be eultlvaled in peace time. It Is generally believed In order to Ar>U*f.v a popular demand k> Sections thousands of nrres of grass lands plowed uuecot.omlcslly, largely for the punmae of inducting the "more-food crusade" in a ner tlmt np]iearvd fair to the smaller imidhoident. Thctv Is talk now. nud tbe plan will probably lie carried out. of bringing the ducal parks, with large wooded ureas. Into a general scheme of productive forestry In order to Increase thejistlonal resources. Tlie enrl of KeHtoorne's plan, which follows, appears Popular, however. On many of the olds plsce* venerable trees were aarrtfleed during tlie wnr to fill the need for lumber. Special Committee Makes Investigation. At the direction* of the British government a a|MH-iol committee, bended by the earl of KelImurne. las Investigated the whole I arm lug situation In England nud lias suhaiitled lie report. It is interesting to note that the roramlUcv asks for Hie |irovlsion of good collage* for agricultural laborers with ample gardens mtarhed to

them.

Hen-after. If the recommeuilalluns of the commil tec are caroeit out. the state will See lo It that no land suitable tor fanning trill he u«e<l for golf

links.

“It .iiu»t be Hearly midersioml." the n-port rend*, “that benrafurlh bad fanning is u danger lo the Hate, and that the waste of good land an game or kb me. is Inconsistent with pstrti Tlnn« will In- plenty of room for gum* or golf, hut too inueh game, or golf links carv-0 out of fi laud, make an tnruud on the production .,f tootntulfs which ran nu longer lie defended ’’ Mind you. ltd* ndmonlUou is not addressed to England at wot. hut to England at prar-r. nu-1 the icport as a whole Is an effort to guide Euglsnd’a new -found fanning Industry through tne trying days of reconstruction. Minimum Wags Proposs*. For tho farm hand tlu-rr should be a regulate minimum wage net by duly apjeiiivte.1 wage hoard* in each administrative i-ounty. acting in coujunctlon v ltb the IihwI government ofib-laU. rs well a* mllugliartnoiilously with the wag* hoard* In adjoining evwnUe*.The Impartial eye of the committee rests an the grant estate and tierk evil, where twodhlnla of Englan>t's acres ram. virtually mu-uluvated. ami the rv-ommendstbHi Is made, with careful use of idtruseolog) to ovd'-r to eoiuidetei) cover (hr case, I but*’these untitled lauds be taken over by the hoard of agriculture, acting for the govcrumenL and a syslmu of craps plsninl under the direction of an expert estate Manager Three years' warning ahould hegtvi-n the rotatr owner, and then if nothing has hm-ti don* toxaid atiual farming, the estate g.*** Into gov.-niuent management for a period of only five j,-nrs how- • •.enmlttee*. ap|>»tuted locally, are to Judge on Ike capaMilty ot tenant farmers, nud whore such men are found negligent, or wanting in |>ro|iet knowledge of <Y,mp*-!ent cultivation, the tenant

can he evict#d.

Back of nil this Is the knowledge that gn-at things wer# ai-eowplisjied lu agriculture <lurtng the war days; that England was a fait farming - ountry until the middle ..f tia, |„„ century, nnd iha' nelghhoring Euojmim countriM have aoccssded In establishing farming on a i«wfiuh4e buWs Ho the Win at the helm feel eoafldent that with prudent leglslathM, th* future of farming

Pnctical Dyer of OSTRICH FBATHK88

We Solid* Your Want* in all It* Branched DYEING CLEANING ud CURLING 1M-154 N. Thirteenth Bt, PHILADELPHIA

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What an Owner Cannot do

employ!.

You can cafe a leopard, but you cannot change hu spots or hie point of Titer. But what an Owner CAN DO la to Baled, In th* flrat place, a Contractor who ha* an eateblisbad reputr.tioo for Integrity, efficiency and

result*.

Edward B. Arnett

BuUdlii

IOU Tautphon, Coim«Uoiu SEA ISLE CITY. N. I-

WILLIAM A. MAFFRRT Notary PuWle All Work Framptiy Attandsd T*. u4 Waal Jarasy Avsmt*