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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
7
A government report outlines the role of the Special Information Service within the United States Department of Agriculture. It highlights educational efforts to promote nutrition, farm product guidance, and public outreach aimed at supporting wartime and postwar food programs.
Great Britain expands agricultural output by recruiting women to work on farms under the national board of agriculture. Volunteers pass physical and personality exams, train at practice farms, and work in groups with trained leaders. Wages equal to local farm labor, with competitions to boost skill in milking, poultry, livestock care, and field tasks.
England trained over 300000 women to fill farm labor gaps and aid manpower on farms. U S agriculture officials say domestic needs for women workers may be limited to previously accustomed fighter tasks unless food plans require more labor this year.
David E. Houston urges towns to study farm labor needs and mobilize able-bodied residents to aid planting, cultivating, and harvesting. Communities should connect with farm leaders to help maintain food supply as agriculture and labor departments offer support.
The piece urges prioritizing heavy farm labor as men and boys are scarce for harvests and critical seasons. It calls for women to step into heavy work, directs attention to food production, and asks employers to release workers to farms to ensure bread for the nation and allies.
Women and girls can assist farms immediately with lighter tasks like fruit and berry picking sorting and packing. They help busy farm women by handling household food preparation for harvesting crews. Indirectly they relieve men for heavier field work by taking lighter office store or factory tasks, freeing men to assist on the farm.
Department of Agriculture bulletins from Washington present experiment results by poultry experts. They cover all poultry raising aspects from building facilities to rearing early hatched chicks, offering free insights for farmers and households.
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