Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-29

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has been saved from starvation time
and again by the potato. Americans
are already familiar with this valuable
tuber and can increase their use OF
the potato with little trouble and al
most no sacrifice of appetite, certainly
no sacrifice of nutritive value.
'In the present crisis all cereals are
precious; they viii keep and the po-
tatoes will not. As an emergency
measure, increase the use Of pota-
toes"
Cash and Carry Savings.
Wren the consumer buys his food
stuffs for cash and carries them home
himself. he saves from to 10 per cent
of the cost of most staple commodities
except tea, where there is diner
ence of Is per cent. This general
conclusion is reached from nation
wide study OF the difference between
cash and carry" and credit and de-
livery prices made by the U, s.
Food Administration
The delivery of food supplies, which
is a general custom among retailers,
involves a service that is necessarily
expensive. On certain commodities,
however, the difference is very small.
The smallest differences indicated
are for sugar, OIL cent per pound
corn meal, 0.2 cent per pound and
milk, 0.3 cent per quart.
Preach and Practice.
Preach and practice war gardens
The effect OF war gardens in provid-
ing food, saving labor and relieving
the railroads cannot be overestima-
ted. Three of the important factors
in this war are Food, Labor and
Transportation. The war garden
helps solve all three.
DR.. Alonzo Taylor of the Food Ad-
ministration, speaking from accur-
ate knowledge, declares, ut is no ex-
aggeration to say that the war gar
dens in Europe have in the case OF
Germany for instance, pulled her
through two summers and that she
would probably mo- have been able to
pull through If 1t had not been for
her war gardens. In the largest cit
les of Germany, as much as rs or 80
per cent of the food consumption OF
those people during those months was
fresh vegetables. largely relieving
the cereal situation
Sugar For Canning.
The Food Administration is making
every endeavor to see that the coun-
try is provided with supply OF
household sugar on the basis OF three
pounds OF sugar for each person
per month. Do not consume more.
Saving from this supply enough for
use during the approaching canning
season is not regarded as boarding.
1t is also the intention of the Food
Administration to supplement the
8 pound per month allotment during
the canning season with an additional
amount that will be ample for the
necessary canning operations. The
full utilization of all methods which
will save sugar Is, however, strong
" advised
s Plan to Prevent Loss.
To prevent losses from spoilage IN
certain hours and meals during
hot weather, the United States Food
Administration has issued instruc-
lions regarding their storage. Spec
ial care should be taken of the follow
ing products:
Bran, shorts and middlings. corn
products containing the outer coating
and germ (such as so-cailed water
ground cornmeal and grits) oats and
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-four. rye flour, barley -four peanut
meal and soya bean meal
These products should be kept
moving and used as soon as possible.
When storing is necessary. keep in a
cool, dry, well-ventilated place. Raise
bags of -four and meal sufficiently
from the floor to exclude rats. mice,
insects, also to permit cleaning the
floor under the bags. When many
bags are stored, arrange them in
tiers, leaving space between the tiers
to allow abundant ventilation. Large
stocks should be reduced as much as
possible before hot weather.
Urges Wheat Savings.
Before the new wheat crop is
available, there remains three months
in which we are required to feed our
own people and continue the exports
of -four to our soldiers and the val
liant fighting Allies-Great Britain,
France and Italy" says Food Admin
istrator Leon s. Merrill.
"One bushel of wheat will care for
the bread needs of one man from now
until July LIST. This is no time to think
of a bushel of wheat in dollars and
cents. but only in its relation to hui
man life.
"Mr. Hoover has asked that we
ask every wellto-do, every independ-
ent person in the United States to
abstain from the use OF wheat -four
in any form until the next harvest.
The arrival of the next harvest will
solve our difficulties. If the Lord is
good to us in the weather. our prob
lens will be over by the first OF
September That is not long period
of sacrifice; and confidently believe
that the people of Maine will respond
splendidly and do their complete
part"
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