The Holt County sentinel., 1917-11-02
FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION
MuMFoRp Is GIVEN FACTS
OF CRISIS.
SUPPLY OF WHEAT, MEATS,
FATS AND SUGAR ARE LOW
Timely Suggestions for Saving In
Kitchen and on Table Are Pre-.
pared-save the Food for
the Fighters.

Dr. =. u. Mumford. Missouri's new
Food Administrator. appointed by U.
3. Food Administrator Herbert Ioov'
er. and who has charge of the Family
Food Enrolment Campaign In Mis-
souri,, Oct. rs Nov. 4. returned from
Washington this week where In con.
sultation with government officials he
was given first hand facts on the ap-
palling world food shortage.
There is a world shortage In those
very things necessary TO keep up our
armies abroad" said Food Administra.
tor Mumford. and whether We will
or no. the necessity is such that
We must assist In feeding the armies
of our allics. and help maintain their
peoples. With the fourth winter OF
the war coming on. the people OF the
Allied countries face the most trying
ordeal ~ the awful struggle. II they
are TO emerge from this suffering.
some seltd.nial must be made by us.
II they are finally bTok.n. untold sui.
ferings and appalling casualties will
befall our armies."
The commodities Of which the world
shortage is the greatest are wheat.
meats. fats. and sugar. The food prob
lem with us. then. In how may We
.cononnize In their use. and how In
teliisshiiy substitute for them. Her.
are some suggestions prepared by the
federal food experts AT Washington.
cu, ou, tn. list and pass II about the
members Of your family.
Whsst-t.at one wh-a'less mesi q
lay. substituting corn bread. or other
cereal Substitute bread made Of
wheat flour and from 10 to Is per
cent Of other cereal products. as pea.
nut flour. soy.b.an flour. or with 20.
'ato or sweet potato. Use other cereal
breads. such ~ rye. corn. oatmeal. kaf,
sir and buckwheat bread Waste no
s'al" bread. utilizing II for quick
breads. yeast breads. scallop-d yss..
tables and puidinsS and deserts, Cut
the loaf on th-tabl., Eat more po,s.
toes ana other vegetables Omit wh.a,
breakfast cereals sery. smaller muf.
fins and roll.
Meats-use larger local supply %
animal foods. such ~ poultry and eggs.
game In season, fish. skyn milk. and
cottage cheese. Add 10 this food good
portions ~ peas, beans, peanuts. cc.
reals, and nuts rs. left over m.ats
In vegetable soups. st.ws. goulashrs.
gravies. crcam.d meats and chogders.
Fats-Ayoid frying; boil the food.
Cut down the consumption ~ fats one
third ounce per dny for each indivld.
ual. Render trimmings from bc.f,
pork. mutton and fowl. and us. for
cooking N there II 4 substantial sur.
plus make II into soap, Cut down the
consumption ~ cream, Use fruit ices.
rather than ice cream, Serve smaller
portions Of butter Eat all fats served
with meats,
suear-Reduce the use Of cakes and
candies and avoid making cake frost.
inEs. Use little or no sugar on break.
fast cereals. Reduce the use Of soft
drinks and lemonades which contain
much sugar. Use food recipes that re-.
quire ANAL amounts of sugar. Use
sirups. a. corn sirup, apple sirup. mo.
lasses. sorghum and honey, to replace
the ordinary cane or beet sugar Use
more fruits. both fresh and dried, 10
give the desired sweet flavor to tho
diet