The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-18
URGENT APPEAL BEING MADE
TO COUNTY TEACHERS TO
CONSERVE FOOD
Commissioner of Education Issues on Behalf Of Nation
Wide Drive Scheduled for October
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Through the department of educa-
tlon of the state of Idaho, Miss Mar
garet Sweet, county superintendent Of
schools, is in receipt of an urgent APP
peal that is being made to the teachers
OF Idaho county. DR.. r. A. Bryan.
commissioner of education, is the au-
thor of the appeal that is made in con-
nection with the nationwide drive
that is to be made during the week Of
October ,21-28. The letter is-as follows !:
A nationwide drive for food con-
servatiOn is scheduled for the week Of
October 21st to 2Sth. This great move
ment should have the fullest cooi1era-
tion of the teachers of Idaho. TINS may
De given in part by explaining to the
school children simply, clearly and
forcefully, the world situation. We are
In the midst of a great world war
Millions of men have been withdrawn
from the production Of the necessaries
OF life and placed in circumstances
where the consumption Of food and
clothing Is great and costly. Millions
OF other workers are producing cloth
Ing and the other materials of war and
must themselves be fed and clothed.
The United States and her allies are
short OF certain kinds of food supplies,
kinds. She must save on some foods
by substituting others. Teach the
school children that we must save ON
meats, wheat -four, sugar and dairy
products.
The need of these concentrated foods
for our armies and those of our allies
is very great and there is q world
shortage in these foods. Teach the
children that we must use more p0tsr
toes, vegetables, fruits, (fresh, dried,
canned and preseryed), milk and
poultry. Idaho has these in abund-
ance.
Every family will be asked to pledge
itself to help by saving on the foods
i'm which the nation is short and using
abundantly of those things which we
have in abundance but cannot ship to
to great distance Tell the children
to ask their parents to greet the food
conservation workers kindly when they
come and help out in saving the ma
tion's supply of sugar, meats, wheat
flour and fats, Qard, butter. etc.
Help Save Food.
Here is how you can do it.
The following plan as outlined by
MIR. Herbert Hoover was adopted Oc-
tober 2, 1917, at the meeting of the
state executive committee, called by
Mr.. r. f. Bicknell, food administrator
for Idaho:
General plan-Our problem is to
feed our allies this winter by sending
them as much food as we can of the
most concentrated nutritive value in
the least shipping space. These foods
are wheat, beef, pork, dairy products
and sugar.
Our solution is to eat less of these
and more of other foods Of which we
have an abundance, and to waste less
of all foods.
Bread-Serve breads or rolls made
from corn, rye or mixed fiours. Use
breakfast foods and hot cakes of corn
oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, or hominy.
Meat-Serve no meats of any kind
on Tuesdays and distribute wheatless
and meatless or other days as far as
possible.
Use more chicken. fish, hare, rabbit
duck, goose, and egg dishes of al
/ kinds Use less beef, mutton and pork
Milk-Use it all Economize on mill
and cream except for children. Serve
buttermilk. Serve cottage cheese reg
ularly in varying forms; it is especial
ly nutritious.
Fats-Serve as few fried dishes a,
possible so as to save both butter ant
lard and in any event use vegetable oil.
for frying, that is, olive oil, cotton
seed oil, vegetable oil compounds, etc
They are equally good.
Sugar-Use less candy and swee
| drinks. Use honey, maple syrup, mo
laSps and dark SyrllDS with hot cake