The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-21

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the occupation of the bread win
ner. There are no fees or dues tn
be, paid. The food administration
wishes now to have as members all
Of those actually handling food in
the home.
,"On receipt of the pledge we
will send out preliminary instruc.
tons and household tag to be
hung in the window. The insignia
Of, the food administration will
consist of the national shield sur;
rounded by heads of wheat and we
hope to have the shield displayed
On every home in the United States
"We have the promise of sup
port from many thousands of wo.
men s organizations in the recruit
ing of our membership and the
women's committee plan to take
upon themselves much of the re.
sponsibility for this work. We feel
confident that all the women s Or
CARNATIONS in the country will ac-
lively organize and support our
campaign. We will need all such
agencies to have their plans of
campaign for pledging with the
State Councils of Defense before
July 1.
With the assistance of various
trained women in the country we
are forming committees of domes-
tic economy and from leaders in
the subject of nutrition we are or
ganizing committees on food COIL
servation and utilization, and we
propose, with their advice to fur
nish information from time to time
to the members of administration
as to the manner in which they
can best serve the national inter-
ests in food conservation. We
have six general principles of in
struction.
First-To save the wheat. II
we eat as usual from our harvest
this year we will have little more
than enough for our own supply,
but we can divide with our Allies
if each individual makes some sac
rifice; by eating at least one wheat
less meal day, substituting corn
bread or other cereals.
"Second-We want to save the
meat for our cattle and hogs are
decreasing and we must send these
to our Allies, so we wish every
householder to buy less to serve
smaller portions and to allow no
waste
"Ihird-We wish to save the
fats We consume three times the
fats that are necessary for nutri-
ton and we need them now for
war We wish no butter use:i in
cooking; we want less butter serv-
ed on the table; we want less lard,
bacon and other pork products
used.
- Fourth-Any Deficiencies in
food supply by economy along the
above lines can be amply covered
by increasing the use of fish. po-
tatoes, beans, peas, turnips, cab
bages and vegetables generally,
corn, buckwheat, rye and rice
which we will have in abundance
this harvest.
"Fifth-We want to save trans
rortation. Our railways are unable
to meet the war pressure for mu-
nitions, men and coal, so that we
wish every one to consume pro-
ducts of local origin so far as pos
sible, to buy from the local miller
the local packer, buy and eat
vegetables grown near home.
"Sixth-We preach and want
every one to preach The gospel of
the clean plate; to buy less food
stuff, to serve smaller portions and
to see that nothing of value goes
into the garbage can.
"Aside from eating an increased
proportion of these commodities in
order to save on the staples II :
extremely important that any sur
plus of these commodities shall he
preserved or we'll stored for winter
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