Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-14
GREEN BREAD LATEST IDEA &.
PROFFERED BY SCIENCE
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loaves Of bread which are a pale green In
color. The objection 30 II is that 1t has
bitter taste, But science must continue
Its experiments until some leaf. which can
supply the missing element In cereal Hour,
can be made into wholesome, appetizing
bread"
A great Increase In the nations produc-
tion of livestock was advocated by clifford
Pinchot Progressive leader and president
OF the Pennsylvania Rural Progress Asso-
citation, who declared that the production
of grains for the needs Of the United states
and her Allies had been assured but that
n shortage of livestock to meet those needs
was apparent.
Because Of the shortage in shipping fod-
der to our Allies, he said. the raising OF
cattle In England and France was pelng
curtailed and II was also evident that the
European Allies would be forced to raise
grain. rather than cattle. after the war
I'VE have provided for the coming demands
for grain" said he, land many anticipate
a crop of n billion bushels of wheat next
year. but we are not providing Tor the
demand for breeding cattle as well as meats
which we are facing The production OF
hogs is considerably decreasing, simply be
cause the farmer doubts whether IL VIII
be worth while to feed them with high
priced grain. and the production OF cattle
and sheep is likewise affected In consider
able areas.
"All this points to a need for emphasize
ing livestock production, as against grain
production. There will be corn crops IN
the South sufficient to feed Il tremendously
increased amount of livestock. And live
stock requires far less an amount OF man
power to raise than any other form or
agriculture.
"The great lesson of the war Is the value
te hA INN
organization and cooperation among farm
ers to stimulate the raising of livestock
IL will have a tremendous effect in en-
abling us to win the war"
WOMEN TO vANoUIsH KAISER
As soon as the curtain went up today on
the national food conference the spotlight
was seen resting on the womenfolk Learned
men and women Immediately tagged Mr..
Man as being simply the individual who
raises food on the farm, hauls 1t to the mar
kets sets 1t in the markets. eats II at the
table, and that's all. But they hailed the
woman as the person who has the job of
buying a dollars worth of food with the
fifty cents she gets from Husband. cooking
IL so that 1t can be eaten, and cleaning up
the dinner dishes afterward, so that today's
steak will make tomorrow's hot hash and
peppers
The first bouquet tossed to the womenfolk
came from Charles Lathrop Pack, who Is
president of the National Emergency Food
| Garden Commission, and who grins like Il
| chessy y-cat whenever he sees a back yard
| that Is being used to raise food in. In a
| burst of joyfulness he announced that
| 5000, 900 food gardens In the United States
| have been started, SO that the Kaiser can
| be whipped more quickly. He went on to
| chorte over the way In which American
women have gone back to drying and can
| ming fruits and vegetables, as their grand
mas did. and estimated that their work
will result in filling i60000,000 quart jars
| Of vegetables and fruit this season.
He insisted that the war would be won
with fruit jars and tin cans. I'VE are go.
| ing to win this war, and we are going to
win 1t fighting with food" he declared
"'You cannot starve Germany Ambassador
| Gerard has told us, but we will starve oul
| Allies II we are so shortsighted and near
| and unpatriotic as not to deserve the name
| Of Americans But this will not be. 1t must
| not be. The good women of America have
| been practicing thrift. Thrift will do hel
part In securing success. And the womer
know very much more about real thrift
| than the men,
| War has made Uncle Sam the bgges,
buyer of food In this country and the