. Report of the New York state food supply commission : organized April 17, 1917, under chapter 205, Laws of 1917. ALBANY, N. Y. ~li u clBwtT rccoenlied thti cbcana wto tUla tbc mU md prodooMthe lood for the ■oldler ia the Geh)■nd fall (■mlly it bomc U nodenac■ psaiodc Mrvlcc h truly u U tfa«nun wbo bean Ibe bmnt of battle.*-CHARL£S & 135 demand for perishable products, the Committee is not prepared to recommaidan increase in acreage with the possible exception of the potato crop. Ouropinion, however, on the acreage of potatoes must be more or less tentative,as it may easily develop
. Report of the New York state food supply commission : organized April 17, 1917, under chapter 205, Laws of 1917. ALBANY, N. Y. ~li u clBwtT rccoenlied thti cbcana wto tUla tbc mU md prodooMthe lood for the ■oldler ia the Geh)■nd fall (■mlly it bomc U nodenac■ psaiodc Mrvlcc h truly u U tfa«nun wbo bean Ibe bmnt of battle.*-CHARL£S & 135 demand for perishable products, the Committee is not prepared to recommaidan increase in acreage with the possible exception of the potato crop. Ouropinion, however, on the acreage of potatoes must be more or less tentative,as it may easily develop between now and planting time that the acreageshould be largely increased. And if so, such information will be given outlater. Methods of increasing production. Attention has already been called tothe possibility of breaking up more or less grass land for cultivated 3 to 10 acres more cultivated crop could be handled on the majorityof farms without requiring help or new equipment. However, on a largenumber of farms it would be far more practicable to improve the culturalmethods on the land already under cultivation than to try to increase theacreage of cultivated land. On farms where the land under cultivation isproducing small yields due to poor cultural methods, it would probably beadvisable for such farmers to improve thei
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