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 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
