The Food Supply
There is no question that the
country faces a serious situation in regard to its food supply and relief to
the American consumers must come from other countries. Farmers are unable to
secure reliable labor, the factories drawing thousands of workers to the towns
and cities and leaving the owners to worry along as best they can with few or
no hands and their families. That is the situation in North Carolina, and in
Catawba county many farmers already have declared that they will attempt to
provide for their families and not attempt much planting for the markets.
Whether the appeal of Secretary
Meredith for assistance will be heeded remains to be seen. There are thousands
of college students who can assist in the summer months, but there will be few
business men equal to the job of regular farm work. They are not used to it,
and are not hard enough.
The main hope of the country is in
more machinery and a larger production in other countries so that the United
States will not be called upon to supply the whole world. The strain has been
pretty heavy on the farmers.
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