The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-28
'PORkLEsS DAY"
Follow Up Canvass In Food Conser
walton Campaign.

| tically completed" said Food Admin
Iistrator George A. Prescott today, "fol
statewide follow-up canvass of the
Hoover pledge cards campaign of last
October, when nearly four hundred
thousand Michigan households were
voluntarily pledged to the conserva-
ton program Of the u. S.. Food Ad-
ministration. Dean Georgia L. White
of the Home Economics Department
of the Michigan Agricultural College
and member of the Executive Com
mittee of our state organization will
be in charge of the supplemental cam
paign in which she will be assisted by
Mrs. Eben Mumford of East lansing
said Mr.. Prescott.
Dean White Outlines Plans
"In continuing the work initiated by
the household registration campaign
during October, it is hoped by the
Food Administration to do four
things" said Miss White.
"First. To distribute during the
week of January 6-12 another kitchen
card bearing a personal message from
Mr.. Hoover to every woman who sign
ed the pledge card in October, telling
her the conditions in Europe and
America that make more intensified
food conservation necessary and indi-
eating ways in which the housewife
can givesfurther assistance. With this
kitchen card will be included two fold
ers from Washington containing
menus, and at least one folder pub
lislsed by the Food Administration in
Michigan with material aimed to as
sist the housewife in carrying out the
plans by Mr.. Hoover.
"Second. To secure the cooperation
of as many families as possible not
reached by the former drive, in order
that the literature may be given to
them also. Pledge cards and window
cards will be supplied and upon sigma
ture Of the pledge card, the new ma
terial will be given to these homes.
"Third. To effect relatively per-
manent organization through which
the Food Administration may at sub
sequent times, if it deems it necessary,
easily and quickly reach the homes.
Fourth. To devise some means OF
determining for each county how far
families are actually conforming to
the plans for meatless and wheatless
meals, and to the general requests
for the use of substitutes for wheat,
sugar, ham, bacon and animal fats. 1t
is realized that this is a difficult thing
to do, but it is hoped that some means
of measuring results can be worked
out: by weekly reports in the church
es; by the cooperation of parent
teachers associations or other organ
izations in recording conditions in
their own families; by working out
for ones own town or county, a state
ment showing the saving that should
he effected, according to .thevpopula-
ton, through the observance. of meat
less and wheatless meals, and making
an effort to find out from the grocers,
from statements of interested families
in different classes in the community,
or in other ways how far the saving in
the community is approximating this
estimate"
Porkless Day to Be Added
In addition to the present wheatless
and meatless days the government will
request in the new campaign the OBJ
servation of a porkless day once
week. The Federal instructions which
will be distributed in all the hotels,
restaurants and homes of Michigan
between January 6 and IL gives the
following definition of the newly
created porkless day:
zone porkless day each week in adj
dition to Tuesday, which shall be Sat-
urday. By porkless we mean no fresh
or sailed pork, bacon, lard or ham,"
The new pledge card of the Food
gives the following re-
vised Interpretation Of the existing
and meatless days:
zone wheatless day each week and
one wheatless meal each day; the
day to, be Wednesday. By
wheatless we mean to eat no wheat
products.
zone meatless day each week which
shall be Tuesday and one meatless
meal each day. BY meatless we mean
to eat no red meat-beef, pork, NUT
ton, veal, lamb; no preserved meat
beef, bacon, ham Sr lard"
In addition to these revised instruc-
TOMS Mr. Hoover is making an appeal
for a more deliberate conservation Of
sugar and announces:
eve will make every endeavor to
see that the country is provided with
a supply of household sugar on the
basis of three pounds of sugar for
each person per month. Do not con-
sumo more"
With some few exceptions this ex-
tension campaign will be in charge of
the county organizations that banded
the successful October drive.