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January 13, 1918
The Evening Missourian
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
What is this article about?
Columbia hosts Farmers' Week, focusing on wartime food conservation and production. National speakers participate, with special conferences like Missouri War Council and agricultural shows emphasizing support for the Army and Allies.
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FARMERS' WEEK
Columbia entertains this week farmers who come here to discuss some of the most important problems now facing the Government and the allied governments in connection with the food situation.
Conservation will be the theme of the whole program, and special attention will be given in all of the lectures and demonstrations to the special problems of wartime conditions.
The meeting is of more than mere local or state importance. It is of national significance, both owing to the fact that speakers from the National Administration will take part, and that the things which the farmers learn to do as their part of the war program will have important bearing on food production in the state during the present year. There will be something on the Farmers' Week program for everyone connected with the farm, and the emphasis throughout the week will be upon "speeding up" in order to furnish food to our Army and to the Allies.
In connection with the regular program of Farmers' Week there will be several special conferences, chief among which will be the Missouri War Council, called by the State Council of Defense. The object of this conference will be to begin a state organization for the purpose of educating the people upon various phases of war work. Then there will be the Missouri Corn Show, the Missouri Ham and Bacon Show, meetings of the Missouri Live Stock Producers' Association, the Missouri Rural Life Conference, the Missouri Corn Growers' Association, the Missouri Farm Management Association and other state association meetings.
All in all, Farmers' Week this year promises to be exceptionally important and instructive.
Columbia entertains this week farmers who come here to discuss some of the most important problems now facing the Government and the allied governments in connection with the food situation.
Conservation will be the theme of the whole program, and special attention will be given in all of the lectures and demonstrations to the special problems of wartime conditions.
The meeting is of more than mere local or state importance. It is of national significance, both owing to the fact that speakers from the National Administration will take part, and that the things which the farmers learn to do as their part of the war program will have important bearing on food production in the state during the present year. There will be something on the Farmers' Week program for everyone connected with the farm, and the emphasis throughout the week will be upon "speeding up" in order to furnish food to our Army and to the Allies.
In connection with the regular program of Farmers' Week there will be several special conferences, chief among which will be the Missouri War Council, called by the State Council of Defense. The object of this conference will be to begin a state organization for the purpose of educating the people upon various phases of war work. Then there will be the Missouri Corn Show, the Missouri Ham and Bacon Show, meetings of the Missouri Live Stock Producers' Association, the Missouri Rural Life Conference, the Missouri Corn Growers' Association, the Missouri Farm Management Association and other state association meetings.
All in all, Farmers' Week this year promises to be exceptionally important and instructive.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Farmers Week
Food Conservation
Wartime Agriculture
Missouri War Council
Corn Show
Where did it happen?
Columbia, Missouri
Story Details
Location
Columbia, Missouri
Event Date
This Week
Story Details
Farmers gather in Columbia for lectures and demonstrations on food conservation amid wartime conditions, with national significance and special conferences including Missouri War Council and agricultural shows to boost production for the war effort.