Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-03
EAT LESS AND ELIMINATE WASTE
TO CONSERVE SUPPLY
OF FOOD.
PART STATE MUST
PLAY IN FOOD CAMPAIGN
Dean Maokay, OF Ames, Member Ma
tionaI Home Economic Advisory
Committee, Says Scientific Thorough
ness is Necessary in Handling Food
Situation.
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cool calculation, not blind haste; sci
entific thoroughness, not spectacular
trifling-these are the things that are
demanded of Iowa and other states in
tie present food crisis, says Gather
ETC ). MacKay, dean of home economies
ct iowa STATE College and member Of
the temporary home econom,cs advis-
ory committee appointed 10 AID H"ibert
Q. Hoover Mss MackAy has Just re-
Turned from conf 2rence in Washing
tor TIL Mr.. Hoover and otker mem
bers of the committee. Martha Van
Rensselaer,, of Cornell University; JOS
ephine T. Barry, University of Mime
sofa; Isabel Ely Lord, Pratt Institute;
Abby Marlett, University Of Wisconsin,
and DR.. G. F. Langworthy, United
States department of agriculture. At
this conference matters preliminary to
a nation wide movement for food econ
omies were discussed.
''Iowa's part in the national food cam
paign consists largely in not eating too
much of what she produces and vast
ing none of that" she says. 1--WE must
begin to practice sane conservation
but attempt no innovations that will
not accomplish something material on
a large scale. Because we are pro-
ducing state and largely feed ourselves
we shall not have to undergo any great
change of diet in this crisis. But what
ever our program, no one should be eX
enlpt from it,"
Elimination CT the waste in perish
allie vegetables, sugar and fats and the
use of less wheat and meat are the
large problems for Iowa IS Dean Mac
Kay sees them.
How to Conserve Food.
Perisha bles must he conserved: "The
rural population ought to double its
consumption Of lerishable vegetables"
says Dean MacISay, land in so far as
prices permit city people the same.
Increasing the average vegetable con-
sumption from the present IA pei cent
to 30 per cent would not only mean our
better health nut would conserve wheat
and other staples for war USE" AZ ~.
Sugar must be conserved: Reports
show there is a greater shortage OF
sugar than any other staple. 1--WE may
have to come to food control laws such
as they have passed in England allow
ing but 10 per cent of sugar in cakes
10 per cent in buns and none in bread"
says Dean MacKay. She points out that
an enormous, waste of sugar would
cease in the elimination of the use Of
an excess in coffee, in cold drinks, on
cereals, for cake frostings and elimin-
alton Of excessive use Of candies and
cakes.
Fats must be conserved: Butter is
an ideal fat and necessary for growing
children but its use in cooking is waste
full" says Dean MacKay. For cooking,
cheaper fats as peanut oil, meat fats,
and cottonseed oil must come to be
used for cooking" She recommends
meat fats be saved and clarified, that
smaller butter portions be served to
eliminate waste. that children be train
ed to eat meat fat and that no soap
scraps be thrown away but be melted
down and used for liquid soap.
Decrease in Consumption Of Wheat.
Wheat must be conserved: eve need