The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-21
Of
OURFOOD NEEDS
! CRAVE CONCERN
INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS FOOD
ECoHom1Sr LECTURES HERE
LAST NIGHT
This Section Of United States S1osseo
y with Better Supply Than G1se-
where, Trantz Lund Says

A full realization of the. aoso'u.e
necessity Of food conservation ~ ho"
the most urgent need OF tho peopte
this wealthy section OF the ONO 'aiASs.
m the opinion OF Frantz z Luno: ~
Washington. D. g. international i""u
economy expert. who lectureo Ut III.
Wheeling High last night on the tooo
conservation problem.
while this Is my first extended Ets'.
20 this particular part Of the Uniteo
States" Mr. Lund said. Il have seen
enough to lead me 70 believe that THIS
locality Is a very wealthy one. and Eo"
arc blessed with abundance and plenty
with respect to crops and rood suPptleS'
Our Grarest concern. for you. therefore,
Is that the very fact that you are sur
rounded by such vast stores OF 1000
stufrs may have blinded you in degree
20 the real seriousness OF the situation
This country is confrontinE-the neces-
sity for preserving every morsel or 1000
supply.
II have Travelled quite extensively IN
tho more southern states. There nno
the people a solid unit. eager to do enelr
hit by conserving food. Your supply
herS. It seems to me. IS more Hoerat
than in those states OF the south. ana
my mission will not have been In vain
81 lean leave with you an idea Of what
ve must do, not only to feed this coun-
ffy and It's army but to feed the rest
OF tho world that Is looking to Us TOT
sid.
England. France, Belgium and the
other countries in whose behalf Amefl-
ca has entered the world struggle neeo
every rnorsel Of food we can spare. II
Is not one bit less important than inc
money and the armies Of tho United
States"
- Urges Meat Preservation
Mr.. Lund went into detail in setting
before the small audience which heard
finn the necessity. for food conservation;
then gave Mt length his methods Of con-
serving food. His talk. ortmful OF In
formation cleaned in Europe as we'll as
America. was equally as interesting as
his subject was serious He told AND
showed how to preserve the surplus OF
vegetables and fruits by scientific meth
DDS Of evaporation. how to can fruits
for the best results. and how to keep
such foods as cabbage. beans. beats ana
other foodstuffS Of that nature by Ter
ndeutation and sailing.
EParticularly. interesting was MT.
funds discussion of meat preservation.
He urged the canning of such small
meats as chicken and others Of that var
t4ty. Two reasons he advanced for
tfls; one the necessity OF realizing
more of the country's beef supply to
Meet the needs Of our allies. the other
Co conserve such foodstuSs as are neces-
SSry to keep the live stock. Chickens.
sc, said. can be preserved by canning
when they are just past the age for
fsyinG. dispensing with the necessity of
faedine them longer. and hens which are
H longer useful as layers can he work
u into very palatable food along with
other substances which are cheap. In
tEis way. he pointed out. supply Of
Beef is released to meet tns needs OF
the cnuntry'S armies and the allins and
BEEF can he handled in much more COM
pact form than chicken and meat OF
t3sat character. Mr.. Lund carries
number OF exhibits Of preserved foods
shcw the practicability Of his theor-
Ter
mfr. I.und is accompanied on his tour
Of West Virginia by Miss Marion Hep
worth. Of the state agricultural extern
sion service at Morgantowa. who Is
making the tspr for the purpose Of
Cleaning additional education from his
LECTURES. He has been engaged for
some time past In extension work IN
Texas. His work in the south are de-
voted more TO the instruction OF state.
county and district agents. but in send
ing him to West Virginia it was decided
to have him go directly before the peo-
pie.
He and Miss Hepworth will 60 to
Fairmont and Clarksburg today for
similar meetings and to Parsons We'd
nesday. : They came here from Par
kersburg where Mr.. Luhd addressed a
gathering Of con people.
About 50 people attended the meeting
here.