The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

CONSERVE YOUR FOOD SUPPLIES
Chairman Shows How the Economies Can be Worked
Out Home.


Out at Home.
The food economies which Herbert c. the Food
Administration desires suggest the American people have
been promulgated.
forth in type a small card in
definite and concise that all will know exactly what and how
This Food Administration card will soon hang in every
American kitchen and its directions followed with scpuous
by the home makers of the land Already the appeal has
with response The information is at hand that
million Food pledges have already been signed
reading Of the card which is printed in full below, shows
that follow its suggestions entails real hardshps The
rules concise and simple Less wheat meat milk, fats
sugar fuel More fruit vegetables, foods that not
suitable to camps firing lines No limiting the food
growing children eating by of food than is
needed Buying food that is grown close to the home.
Is any of this too hard?
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Win The War by Giving Your Own Daily Service
SAVE THE WHEAT-One wheatless meal day. Use
oatmeal rye or barley bread
Order bread twenyfou hours in advance baker will
bake beyond his needs Cut the loaf the table and only
required Use stale bread for cooking toast etc Eat less
cake and pastry.
Our wheat harvest is far below normal If each person
weekly pound of wheat flour that 100000
bushels of wheat for the Allies to mix in their
bread. This will help them to DEMOCRACY
SAVE THE MEAT-Beef, mutton or pork than
daily Use freely vegetables and fish, At the meat meal
smaller portions and ews instead of steaks Make made
dishes all efovers Do this and there will be meat enough
for everyone at a reasonable price,
We today killing the dairy and female calves as
the result of high prices Therefore eat less and eat
meat of each day person, will
have additional supply equal to 100000 cattle.
SAVE THE MILK-The children must have milk Use every
drop butermik and milk for cooking and making
cottage cheese. Use less
SAVE THE FATS-We are the worlds greatest
essential for the growth and health of
children Use butter the table usual but not in cooking
good Reduce Of fried foods. Soap
tains fats Do waste it. Make your washing at
home out of the saved fats.
onehrd less per day Of animal fat and 37000
will be saved yearly
SAVE THE SUGAR-Sugar is 4 4~cer We today three
times much per person Allies So there may be enough
reasonable price less candy and sweet drinks Do
stint sugar putting up fruits and jams, They will
butter.
If everyone America of sugar daily,
100000 tons for the year.
SAVE THE FUEL-Coa from a distance and our rail
ways overburened hauling material Help relieve
by burning fewer fires. Use wood when you get it.
USE THE PERISHABLE FOoDS-Fruitsand vegetables
have in abundance As nation eat too little green stufs
Double their and improve your health Store potatoes and
other properly and they will keep Begin
dry all surplus garden products.
USE LOCAL SUPPLIES-Patronze your local producer.
Distance money Buy perishabe food from the neigh
borhood nearest you and thus save transportation.
GENERAL RULES
Buy less serve smaller portions
Preach the Gospel of the Clean Plate"
Don't fourth meal
Don't limit the plain food of growing children
Watch out for wastes in the Community
Full garbage pals in America empty dinner pals in
America and Europe.
If the fortunate Of people will avoid and
than they need the high of living problem of the
less fortunate will be solved.
HERBERT HOOVER,
United States Food Commissioner.
HOME CARD.