The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-11
HOOVER'S RECUL ATI0NS
 NEARLY READY

Hartford,s Dec. 11.-Within a few days, the new Hoover regulations gov erning the use of food in the home will be received from the printer and be packed for general distribution from the Hartford office of the Uni ted States Food Administration. The new cards are to be considered sup plementary to the first home kitchen card. There are now nearly 20O,o ,ooo signed up members of the united States Food Administration in this state and they and their families will be interested in the new regulations
 Households are to be voluntarily governed the same as hotels and eat ing places in the matter of wheatless meatless, and porkless days. In addi- tion to this, the new cards have a warning against hoarding food stuffs and some a device as to how to re- duce the sugar consumption.
 One side of the new cards, which are to be widely circulated through out the state, reads as follows: UNITED STATES FOOD ADMIN
 MINIsTRATION
 Additional Directions to First Home
 
 Read again your original home card, If you have lost it. apply for another to the Federal Food Admin istrator of your state. ..~5
 The Food Administration, aside from these general directions, asks everyone to maintain rigidly a mini mum of at least: 22f5,g ss..
 One wheatless day each week and one wheatless meal each day; the wheatless day to be Wednesday. By wheatless we mean no wheat prod ucts. asx t4 z9.-.
 One meatless day each week which shall be Tuesday and one neatless meal-each day. By meatless we mean to eat no red meat-beef, pork, nut ton, veal. lamb; no preserved meat beef, bacon, ham or lamb. ..f
 One porkless day each week in ad- dition to Tuesday, which shall be Sat- urday. By porkless we mean no fresh or salted pork, bacon, lard or ham.
 Sugar-You can materially reduce sugar by reducing the use of candy and sweet drinks. We will make ey- cry effort to see that the country is provided with a supply of household
 
 sugar for each person per month. Do not consume more. s.,e. .sls.. ..~
 Human fopdstuffs comprise three principal clements:
 Protein: Mainly present meat. beans. fish, poultry, link and to some extent in grains. r es;
 Fats: That is, butter, cream, lard, bacon, margarine. cooking fats. beans. cotton seed oil and other vegetable oils.
 Carbohydrates: Grains, sugar, pota- toes and other vegetables.
 As a nation we eat and waste 80 per cent. more protein than we re- quire to maintain health. Therefore, we can reduce the amount of meat we eat without harm.
 We eat and waste 240 per cent, more fat than Is necessary. Of the carbohydrates we can just as well consume corn, oats and other cereal as wheat and we Lave abundant SUD- plies of potatoes and vegetables. Do not limit your supplies to milk and table butter but consume 1t all. Don't waste any. You can reduce the con- sumption of fats by reducing pastry and fried foods. Remember the gos- pei of the clean plate, the serving of small portions, the purchase of less supplies. HoArding: Any person in the Uni l ted States who buys more foodstuffs ! than he customarily keeps at home in peace times is defeating the Food Administration in its purpose to se- cure g just distribution of food and it's great endeavors to reduce prices"