WILL FAMINE WIN?
Seven years ago (says an American paper), a famous European student of history prophesied that the next great war would be won not so much by lighting a.s by famine. We aro to-day fightin* that war, arid famine is indeed threatening to bo its arbiter. But famine and. the Germans will not win if everyone conserves food-as requested by th'o Food Administration, and everyone raises as much as possible ojt their own needs. \ Let each reader ask himself or herI self: — , . ~ I "What are you doing in this direction? '* Do you intend to grow or produce anything? If not, why not? Onions, Parsnips, Carrots, Swedes, Potatoes, all keep well and can. be grown whore used, at about one penny per pound. That is the cheapest food in the world to-day. Now, to make a success in our GardWs, wo want to give tho ground good cultivation, aud wo want good seeds for the sowing. Remember the "high cost-*' of low priced seeds, and buy the best. ROW COOPER'S SEEDS, THE ••SHEDS OF SUCCESS." You can procure them from your Seedsman or Storekeeper, but be sure they A.XX Cooper's, Wellington, aud 1918 Season Supply.—GG.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13589, 13 July 1918, Page 6
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