The Harrison times., 1917-07-21
DEPARTMENT MOVES TO
CONSERVE FOOD SUPPLY
Every Housewife In America to Be
Appealed to Personally With
Plans for Saving.

c. Hoover of the Food Administration
desires to suggest to the American
people were officially promulgated
Saturday.
They constitute the cardinal prin
ciples of the food campaign and are
set forth in clear type on a small
card in terms so difnite and concise
that all will know exactly what and
how to save.
This Food Administration card will
soon hang in every American kitchen
and its directions followed with scru-
pulous care by the home makers of the
land. Already the appeal has met with
a generous response. The information
is at hand that a million food pledges
have already been signed.
A reading of the card, which is
printed in full below, shows that to
follow its suggestions entails no real
hardship. The rules are concise and
simple. Less wheat, meat, milk. fats,
sugar and fuel. More fruit, vegetables,
foods that are not suitable to be sent
to camps or firing lines. No limiting
the food of growing children; not
eating by anyone of more food than is
needed Buying food that Is grown
close to the home.
Is any of this too hard?
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINS
TRATION.
Win the War BY Giving Your OWE
Daily Service.
SAVE THE WHEAT-One wheat
less meal a day. Use corn, oatmeal,
rye or barley bread and non-wheat
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. If each person weekly saves one
pound of wheat flour that means $50,
100000 more bushels of wheat for the
allies to mix in their bread This
will 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 port.oGS. and
stews instead of steaks, Make made
dishes of all left-overs. DO this and
there will be meat enough Tor every
one at a reasonable price.
We are today killing the dairy cows
and female calves as the result OF
high prices. Therefore, eat less and
eat no young meat. If we save an
ounce of meat each day per person,
we will have additional supply oqual
to 100000 cattle.
SAVE THE MILK-The children
must have milk. Use every drop. Use
butter milk 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 for cooking
Other fats are as good. Reduce use
of fried foods. Soap contains fats
DO not waste it. Make your own wash
ing soap at home out of the saved
fats.
Use one ounce less per day of ami
nal fat and 375,OOO tons will be saved
yearly.
SAVE THE SUGAR Sugar is scare
or. We use today three times as
much per person az our allies Sc
there may be enough for all at reason
able price use less. candy and sweet
drinks. DO not stint sugar in putting
up fruit and jams Thy will save
butter.
II everyone in America saves one
ounce OF sugar daily it means 1,1OO,,
900 tons for the year
SAVE THE FUlL-Coal comes
from distance and our railways are
overburdened hauling war material.
Help relieve them by burning foWer
fires. Use wood when you can get it.
USE THE PERlSBABLE FOODS
Fruits and vegetables we have in
abundance. AS a nation we eat too
little green stuffs Double their use
and improve your health Store pOta.
toes and other roots properly and they
viii keep. Begin now to can or dry
all surplus garden products.
USE LOCAL SUPPLIES Patronize
your local producer Distance means
money. Buy perlsbable food from The
nelghborhood nearest You and thas
save transportation