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 Copy Share Image
The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops. — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value.… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
What this loss means will be appreciated from the statement that one bushel of wheat contains sufficient energy to support the average working man… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste land that can be broken after… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital… — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop. — David F. Houston Copy Share Image
