The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the past year that the crop has acquired a commercial standing far in excess of its previous status. David F. Houston Read Quote
The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country. David F. Houston Read Quote
The older, thinner, and less productive grass lands, however, frequently can be made to produce much larger yields of feed in corn than if left, as they are, in unproductive grass. David F. Houston Read Quote
The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually. David F. Houston Read Quote
The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war. David F. Houston Read Quote
The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important. David F. Houston Read Quote
In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and animals than the sweet potato. David F. Houston Read Quote
The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops. David F. Houston Read Quote
Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals. David F. Houston Read Quote
It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops. David F. Houston Read Quote
