Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-07-11
HOOVER HAS TEXT
FOR HOUSEWIVES
Food Administrator Issues q
Gard Which Urges Economy.
WANTS IT IN EVERY KITCHEN

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Save the Wheat, Save The Meat, Save
the Milk, Saws the Fats, Save the
Sugar and Save the Fuel Are His In
functions to All Patriotic Wemsn.
| He Tells How to Do II.
Food Administrator Hoover announc-
| ed the text OF his injunctions to Amer
lean housewives. A card containing
these requests will soon. he hopes,
hang In every kitchen 1t reads:
Is ANY OF THIS TOO HARD7
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMIN
| ISTRATTON.
| Win the war by giving your own
daily service.
| SAVE THE wHEAT.-One wheat
| less meal q day. Use corn, oatmeal,
rye or barley bread and nonwheat
breakfast foods. Order bread twenty
four hours In advance, SO your baker
will not bake beyond his needs. Cut
the loaf on the table and only as re
| Quired Use stale bread for cooking.
toast, etc. Eat less cake and pastry.
Our wheat harvest Is far below nor
NAL. II each person weekly saves one
pound OF wheat -four, that means $780,
100000 more bushels OF wheat for the
allies to mix In their bread. This viii
help them to save democracy.
SAVE THE MEAT.-Beef, mutton or
pork not more than once daily. Use
freely vegetables and fish. At the meat
meal serve smaller portions and stews
instead OF steaks Make made dishes
of all leftovers- Do this and there viii
De meat enough for every one at rea-
sonable price.
We are today killing the dairy cows
and female calves as the result of high
prices Therefore cat less and eat no
young meat II we save an ounce of
Eaeat each day a person we-will have
additional supply equal to 2, 200, 900 cat
tie.
SAVE THE MILK.-The children
must have milk Use every drop. Use
buttermilk and sour milk for cooking
and making cottage cheese. Use less
cream
SAVE THE FATS.-we are the
worlds greatest fat wasters- Fat Is
food. Butter Is essential for the
growth and health Of children. Use
butter on the table as usual, but not in
cooking. Other fats are as good. Re
duce use Of fried foods. Soap contains
fats. Do not waste 1t. Make your own
washing soap at home out Of the saved
fats.
Use onethird ounce less per day of
animal fat and $4,000 tons win be
saved yearly.
SAVE THE SUGAR--Sugar Is scar
Ger. We use today three times as
much per person as our allies. So
there may he enough for all at reason
able prices use less candy and sweet
drinks. Do not stint sugar In putting
up fruit and jams. They viii save
butter.
II every one In America saves one
ounce of sugar daily 1t means /. 100000
tons for the year.
SAVE THE FUEL-Coal comes from
distance. and our railways are over
burdened hauling war material Help
relieve them by burning fewer fires.
Use wood when you can get It.
USE PERISHABLE FOODS.-Fruits
and vegetables we have In abundance.
As nation we eat too little green
stuffs- Double their use and improve
your health. Store potatoes and other
roots properly and they win keep. Be-
gin now to can or dry all surplus gar
den products.
USE LOCAL SCPPLIES.-Patron
your local producer. Distance means
money. Buy perishable food from the
neighborhood nearest you and thus
save transportation.
General Rules.
Buy less, serve smaller portions.
Preach the gospel OF the clean
plate"
Don't eat fourth meal
Don't limit the plain food Of growing
| children.
Watch out for the wastes In the COM
munity.
Full garbage pals In America mean
empty dinner pals In America and
| Europe.
| II the more fortunate Of our people
win avoid waste and eat no more than
they need the high cost Of living prob
lem Of the less fortunate will be solved.
HERBERT c. HOOVER,
United States Food Commissioner.