Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-02
COUNTY FOOD
CAMPAIGN IS ON
Scvcnty.F'ivc Per Cent ~ Adults EN.
p,rtsL to Sign Food Conservation
l'lcdg,'-IiOnic Cards Give Full
Instructions.

p,rtDsi to Sign Food Conservation
Plctig,>-IIonc Cards Give Full
Instructions.
The Bryan County Food Pledga
Campaign, under the direction of
Mrs w. A. Durant. county chairman,
is in full blast this week. as a result
of which II Is expected that seventy
five per cent of the adults of the
county will sign the voluntary
pledge to economize in the use of
the most needed staple articles of
food for our own people. our sol
dicrs and our allies.
The campaign is only one small
spoke of the campaign that Is being
made in every county In every State
in the Inion this week The coun-
~ is divided and subdivided into
districts and each district has its sup
pCrintcndent and workers. with the
intention that ere the week is gon.
every family will have been visited.
given "A home card, and induced to
sign the pledge.
The biggest problem that the food
administration has to face Is the
furnishing of our allies with ample
wheat. meat. butter. and milk and
-uSar. America produces immense
quantities of these articles, but the
production in Europe has been on
tirely cut off on account of the war
Therefore, IL is necessary for Amer
lea not only to make her production
feed herself, but feed the armies OF
her allies as we'll
America, as a Nation, is wasteful
Most families in comfortable cir
cumstances waste almost as much as
they actually consume. this being a
matter of actual proof. IT the waste
l. cut out. the food will go around.
and il will not he necessary for Am
erica to really deny herself anything
to eat.
In every home in the county will
b" placed a 'Iiome Card. on which
il says Just what the wife and mo-
ther can do to help win the war The
directions are short and simple, and
they are printed herewith:
OUR PROBLEM is to feed our
allies this winter by sending them
as much food as we can of the most
concentrated nutritive value in the
are wheat, beef, pork. dairy pro-
duets. and sugar
OUR SOLUTION is to eat less of
these and more of other foods of
which we have an abundance. and
to waste less of all foods
BREAD AND CEREALS. -- Have
at least one wheatless meal a dav
Use corn, oat. rye, barley, or mixed
cereal rolls. muffins, and breads. in
place of white bread certainly for
one meal and. II possible, for two
Eat less cake anA pastry.
AS to the white bread. If you buy
from baker, order it "a day in adj
vance; then he will not bake he
yond his needs. Cut the loaf on the
table. and only as required. Use
stale bread for toast and cooking
MEAT.-tse more poultry, rab-
DTS, and especially fish and sea food
IN place OF beef. mutton. and pork
DO not use either beef. mutton. or
pork more than once daily. and then
serve smaller portions. Use all left
over meat cold or in made dishes.
Use soups more freely. Use beans: !:
they have nearly the same food val
ue as meat.
MlLk.--tso all of the milk. waste
no part OF II. The children must have
whole milk. therefore use less
cream. There is "A great waste of
tood by not using all skim and sour
milk Sour milk can he used in
cooking and to make cottage cheese.
Use buttermilk and cheese freely.
FATS tBUTTER. LARD. Etc. J.
Dairy butter has food values vital to
children. Therefore. use il on the
table as usual, especially for chill
dren Use as little as possible in
cooking. Reduce the use of fried
foods to reduce the CONSUMPTION of
lard and other fats. Use vegetable
oils. as olive and cOttonseed oil.
Save daily one-third of an ounce of
animal fat. Waste no soap, il con
! tains fat and the elyccrinc necessary
for explosives You can make scrub
hing soap at home. and. in some To-
calities, You can sell your saved fats
to the soapmak"r, who will thus Sc
cur" our needed glycerinc
! SUGAR Use less candy and
sweet drinks. Use less sugar in tea
h9d coffee. Use honey. maple syrup
and dark syrups for hot cakes and
w1fflos without butter and sugar
! DO not frost or ice cakes. DO no,
stint the use of sugar in putting M
fruits and jams, They may be used
in place OF butter,
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS We
/ have "A superabundancc of vcgeta