Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-01
FOOD CONSERVATION DISCUSSED
BY SCHOOL PUPILS OF
IOWA.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED .lN
-FOUR STATE GROUPS
Honors Given 70 Rural, Grade and
High School PupiIs-country Girl
TsIIs Of Economy Methods and Con.
servation Of Eggs in Home Baking
Shenandoah Girl Takes .Honors.
Special to Times Republican.

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Des Moines, Nov. awards in the
state public school food conservation
composition contest were announced
Wednesday by State Superintendent a.
NJ. Deyoe. There were four groups,
divided according to grades. The sub
ject was Food Conservation, or How
to Save Food The winners were as
follows:
s Group A-lRural one-room schools
First. F1oy Fenton Brushy school, In
dependent township. Appanoose coun
ty: second, Zoe Hanson. Bell school,
Fayette county; third, Elma Austin
Lakeside school, Crystal township.
Hancock county.
Group B-F'ourth, fifth and sixth
grades, town and consolidated schools
First, Quentin O. Trousdale. Dumont
consolidated school, Butler county:
second, Grace Dickinson, Crystal Lake
public schools. Hancock county; third,
Clara MCGOWAN. Superior consolidated
school, Dickinson county,
Group C-Seventh and eighth grades
town and consolidated schoo!s-F'irst,
Lawrence Whistler, F'arragut public
schools. Fremont county: second, Mil
bred L. Merton, Garner public schools,
Hancock county; third. Pauline f. Rem
shaw. Winfield public schools. Henry
county.
Group D-High school grades-First,
Fac Bowman, Shenandoah high school:
second. Helen Henderson. Clernont
high school: third, Persis Carney.
Greene high school.
Floy Fenton, who won first in group
A, in which rural one-room schools
were eligible, had a most excellent es-
say. the judges declared. She is
pupil at Brushby school, Independence
township. Appanoose county. Her es-
say. brief and to the point. follows:
Last summer we hised a garden,
truck patches, and chickens and
planned to prepare the surplus for win
ter use. We dried peas and corn,
canned beets and tomatoes. made kgaut
OF cabbage and pickles Of cucumbers
and tomatoes. We canned all available
fruits and now the question is how
to use these and the groceries we buy
to the best advantage.
Corn bread Is made for dinner and
supper and occasionally mush and
milk for supper, the left over mush be-
ing fried for breakfast. In making
corn breaeSnse baking powder to take
the place Of expensive eggs. Use more
baking powder and less eggs for cake
and serve the eggs instead Of expensive
meats. r
Instead Of using lard to. make pies
serve the chocolates. creams, and fruit
as desserts. Use milk in as many
ways as possible. Chicken may be
seasoned. Toured put in pan. "a cup
Of rich milk poured over it and fried to
perfection in the oven. The pork scraps
are fried. the grease used for vege-
tables the cracklings for soap.
occasionally sorghum. molasses and
honey are used for making cakes and
cookies Serve hominy rice. oatmeal
ma breakfast foods often. Use all left
,vers and so do your bit"
High School Essay Which Won?
ss Fac Bowman of the Shenandoah
high school. who won first prize in the
high school group used as her subject
"Serve the Nations by Conservation.
She wrote:
The main feature of the conferences
held Il; Philadelphia by the American
Academy OF Political and Social Sci
t.nce was the presence of diplomatic
Representatives from eight allied and
neutral nations and their contribution
to the discussion of the worlds food
needs, present and future.
Practically all presented the plea
siilut there is d word food shortage
today which affects every nation in
Europe and America. Moreover the
difficulties are not temporary. The
channels Of trade which have been de-
stroyed during the war can not be re-
built Immediately. The soil Of prac-
tically all western Europe has been
rendered unproductive for lack of fer
tiiizers. And in several countries the
slaughter Of live stock has reduced
herds for many years to come.
Americans who have studied the
situation say that nothing but a con.
timed international policy. Of rationing
can possibly save the world from star
vation. Therefore It is essential that
a