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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
4
Christmas and New Year greetings flow through Illyhia. residents report visitors, holiday meals, and church services while noting flu illness levels and cautions. several locals return from military service for furloughs, with updates on wounded and discharged service members and community Christmas events.
The article argues a 12 month operation shift for fertilizer mills to meet spring crop needs. Demand from shipyards and munitions plants strains labor, forcing factories to run reduced daily capacity to maintain output. Early orders and prompt pickup on arrival could stabilize supply for next spring. action is needed now.
An editorial warns that soft corn fails to store or sell, forcing immediate feeding and later dumping of hogs and cattle. It argues early planting with fertilizer phosphoric acid and ammonia boosts growth, prevents “hanging fire,” and accelerates ripening before frosts.
A census shows France losing 17 percent of beef cattle 38 percent of sheep and 40 percent of horses since end of 1913 Italy reports 21 percent fewer horses 18 percent fewer mules and 8 percent fewer swine Germany Austria and Russia face enormous declines Estimates place Europe’s livestock loss at about 100 million head or half the American stock, signaling a massive ongoing shortage.
Farmers weigh fertilized fields to boost pastures and cattle or sheep herds. Fertilized land can raise more livestock with grain sales, as prices for live stock may drop slower after war ends. Herds built on enriched pastures yield profits despite the return of armies.
East coast potato regions report reduced yields and quality, with tuber formation and disease affected by potash deficiency. Experts link Phoma blight to malnutrition and urge farmers to use fertilizers containing 2 to 5 percent potash next season.
The Ohio agricultural experiment stations find fertilizer usage boosts corn yields into pork output. Without fertilizer an acre yields about 280 pounds of pork, with manure 457 pounds, and with manure plus fertilizer 652 pounds. Farmers should order commercial fertilizers soon due to wartime conditions.
Readings show Ohio Indiana and the Northwest average corn yields near 70 to 100 bushels per acre with fertilizers. Fertilizers alone or with manure raised yields by 18 to 82 bushels, while lacking available plant food limits yields. Order fertilizers for next spring due to labor and car shortages.
Rural New Yorkor anya quotes Baitor Collingwood predicting a shift away from organic matter loss and excessive soil burning. He warns that soon few athletes will scout grounds, urging adoption of proper fertilization and cover crops to achieve equal yields with less labor and greater profit.
The piece argues meat shortages stem from exports and wartime demand, urging use of fertilizer to boost livestock capacity. It predicts higher fertilizer use after the war to increase pastures and stock, suggesting a popular slogan: Fertilizer to Keep More Live Stock.
The potato is a staple of the American diet and key to food security. It cites high yields possible with intensive farming, stresses land prep, seed, and timely fertilizer orders, and urges storage for supply regardless of peace.
A historical note outlines how postwar growth of cities and new lands in the Midwest and abroad expanded food production. It claims emigrant labor, cheap transport, and virgin soils lowered costs before rising prices due to soil depletion and farming costs. The document appears as a navy report on the food problem from a merchant association in New York.
Alfred Martis is discharged from the service and ready to resume agricultural pursuits. The seven great crops of the country this year totaled $7,700, highlighting how they responded to the call at his mount.
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