Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-30


ton referred to in the foregoing,
which we pass on as appropriate for
ost-Thanksgiving" consideration i
and action:
What Americans Should Know.
l. Food will win the war. With all
the European people living on limited
rations, victory must come in war
of exhaustion to the side that has the
| greatest reserve of food. Our i'm.
perative duty in America is, there
fore, to supply our allies with some
of the surplus abundance with which
this country has been blessed.
II. Our allies need 22O,O00O00
bushels of wheat, from US. If we live
as we ordinarily do, we can send them
88,000,000 bushels. If we exercise
care, we can add 132,000,000 bushels
to that and save the day.
III. The supreme need of hungry
world must be met, not by reduction
of needed food, but by substitution
of less-used though equally valuable
food materials.
". Food-saving in Europe is now
proceeding by order of relentless au-
thority, accompanied by much hard
ship. In our democracy it can be
accomplished only through the willing
cooperation of self-denying people
anxious to feed nations now sui erlng
the pangs of hunger.
V. There are at least 100000
kitchens in the United States, with
20,0O0,000 dining rooms, and the
avoidance of waste in these kitchens
and wise feeding at all these tables
are vital to victory.
VI. 1t is estimated that the total
consumption of flour in the United
States, divided by the number of peo-
oncep lie hrdl mfwy hrdl mfw hrdlm
pie in the United States, would give
and average of 5 pounds per individ-
ual per week. If out of this there
could be saved one-ffth of that
amount, there would be set free over
24,000,000 bushels of wheat for our
allies to mix into their already
cheapened bread basis.
| VII. Each one of US should find out
5 how much wheat -four we use in ou1
( family per week, then plan to use
n one-ffth more Of oatmeal, cornmeai
rye, or barley in the breads used
? In this way, 5,410,OOO,O0O loaves OF
bread of 20A ounces may be saved ir
!" a year.
: VIII. We use for all purposes 12(
pounds of fats per capita per year
when so or 60 pounds answers all bod
lily needs, and saving of one-third Of
e an ounce of butter and other fats pei
n day will mean 100000 tons per yeal
t for our allies now suffering a ia
!. famine.
e TX. An ounce of sugar saved eacl
p day for one year will add 100000
tons to our diminishing sugar sup
ply. This is a worlds shortage il
sugar.
X. There is meat shortage in tn,
world. There are 100000 fewer bee
, cattle in this country than there wer
r in 1890 and 41,000,OO0 more people
/ If every one will save an ounce o
u meat daily we shall save in one yea
an additional meat supply equaling 4,
D. 100000 more cattle, each dressed an
imal weighing 500 pounds.
y, What Americans Should Do.
3 1. Serve at least one wheatles
meal each day. Use corn, wheatles
cereals, and other meals, instead o
wheat. Plentiful supply of cornmea
griddle cakes or mullins, rye breac
buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, etc., wi
help to feed starving humanity i
Europe and will help US to win tn
war.
2. Do not waste sugar. There i
a great shortage of sugar in tn
world. Be sparing, therefore, in tn
serving of rich cakes and pastries
which waste both wheat and sugar
/ III. Do not waste butter. Vegetabl
fats are usually just as good fo
cooking, and are sometimes better.
| ". Do not waste meat fats. Vege
table fats and oils make perfect sub
stitutes.
III V. Serve at least one meatless mes
day. Serve instead: Fish, poultry
eggs, dairy products, vegetables an
fruit, which are nourishing, abundant
and which cannot be exported acros
the ocean.
vi. Eliminate waste. In meal plan
ming, in cooking, and in the servin
i of portions. Serve unused portion
again, made over into salads, stew.
and scalloped dishes. Do not CT
bread before bringing 1t to table. ID
not serve larger cuts of butter, mea
etc, than are likely to be used. You
family will ask a second helpin
when it is needed.
| VII. Remember, we are at war, an
stern demands will be made of US i
every direction. If we do not wis
to eat war bread, if we do not wis
to be guilty of throwing away foo
that would give life to hungerin
men, women, and children, if we d
not wish our own boys, when they g
to the front, to have lack of brea
and meat, we must all learn now t
eat wisely and without waste.
| UNITED STATES FOOD ADMIN
| ISTRATION.