The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-06
WOODWARD POINTS OUT LOGICAL WAYS
 ID CONSERVE FOOD
Local Capitalist Shows How to Avoid Wastes, Increase Food Values and Make
 Great Savings as We'll

Harvey G. Woodward, local capitalist, believes that Birmingham should in- crease the food supply, and like the com mittee who will leave Tuesday to cam paign in 63 towns in Alabama along the line of food preparedness and conserva- tion, he has learned his lesson" well before he talks. MT. Woodward gives the public some pertinent reasons why they should conserve their food supply, and presents some very logical ana req sonable ways in which it can be done.
 MT Woodward says:
 Much good would result from the use of common sense, little foresight, and some curb on our unnecessary appetites and desires in our food production. We need to quickly increase the supply of sustaining foods for the next year.
 Many people have clothing sufficient to last them year, even if repairs and a few patches are necessary, but no one has the food supply necessary to sustain working existence any gerat part of a year.
 What then can we do at once to put us in the way of having an adequate supply of food for ourselves and our over seas allies during the ensuing year.
 Some things that would give results are here suggested
 MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS
 Raise much more corn and less cot ton, we can live on the corn and we could go without some our customary cotton clothing.
 Raise vegetables that are high in food value and can be preserved by canning or drying. Beans have much greater food Ina han tatn md Snl "a n raise them to better advantage. Butter beans year ago were about 6ih cents, now 16 cents; black-eyed beans cents now cents wholesale; all excess of either can be dried which is cheaper than canning.
 Sweet potatoes are said to have more food value than white potatoes, and we can raise to better advantage
 Chickens can be raised by most house. keepers, part of their feed being from table scraps that are really unsuitable to serve again.
 If each person would refrain from kill ing chicken under two pounds in weight, the number of pounds available during the next year would probably be more than doubled, while the additIonai cost during warm weather would be little. Q4aws to prohibit killing chickens under two pounds weight would not be out of place at this time).
 'ESRS are HOW SeljlHS al apOuL 53 cents per dozen for cold storage, as it costs say n cent per month to carry them, it is sure the cold storage people think they will be higher hence all who can keep spring chickens until fall, when they be- gin to lay, will not only profit but will be adding to the nations food supply.
 Belgian hares are good food, grow rapidly, multiply prodigiously and are said to be easily and cheaply raised.
 Hogs are now selling at IA cents. An average litter of pigs is, say eight, in Fsix months time the eight will probably weigh not less than 1000 pounds and the cost of raising during the warmer months will be light. Compare this with beeves. which will probably weigh 1000 pounds in two years and is now selling at Is cents. The average weight of hogs killed in Chicago is said to have decreased two thirds because of the high cost of feed ing to greater weight, but we must re- member that we need meat to live and take care that We do not kill too early. VEAL A WASTE Veal, while fair food, is killed alto gether too young, largely because the milk seller can get more for the milk than for the calf; he sells the calf for say sS, often when it is rather under