Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-07

own shortage In production Of feed
grain, II liz necessary that we should
exert every effort In the proper con-
servation OF feeding stuffs during the
next twelve months. yet we must
maintain our own animal production
II In necessary that we should ship
larger proportion OF wheat as com
pared With -four during the mkt
twelve months than during the last
twelve months to the allied countries,
because their own shortage or feed
ing stuffs IL such that II they are TO
keep alive their dairy herds. they must
have larger supply OF grain wheat,
Already, the milk supply In the al
lied countries has been limited prac-
tically to the supply OF. children ana
other vitality necessary national uses
and any failure on our part to supply
them with necessary feed stunts Tor
their daily herd means that We shan
cut into the safety OF the children
amongst the allies. On the other hand
both our own population and the aliies
are dependent upon our production OF
animal products, and we do not In any
way wish to stitic this production
What we must secure is the utmost
elimination OF waste by the careful
feeding of animals and the use of all
the roughago available.
Price Artificiaily Low.
"One OF tho difficult pvoblems Is the
distribution of wheat mill feeds, ana
this Is made more difficult by the fact
that the food administration, In an en-
deavor to protect the farmer, is main
tanning an artificially low price on
these feeds. One consequence ia thar
a great deal Of mill feeds are now go
ing unnecessarily into work animals or
beef production.
"Eevery farmer will recognize that
the wheat mill feeds are vitality nee
essary for the dairy cattle, to some
extent for the poultry, and for the
young pigs. Owing to the absorption
OF mill feeds at local points near the
mill. considerable sections of the dairy
industry are practically without mill
feeds and our dairy production is
thereby in danger With view to cor
recting this. so far as possible, the
food administration desires 80 appeal
for the assistance OF the farmers of
the country in the use and distribu-
ton of wheat mill feeds. In this view.
we are asking every buyer OF wheat
mill feeds, outside OF the acute drought
area, to sign pledge Of honor not to
use the wheat mill feeds for any pur-
pose except the essential use in dairy,
or young pig and poultry production,
and not to- purchase or hold at any
one time more than sixty days supply
Unless we can secure this careful
and specialized use OF mill feeds, our
dairy production in the congested east
sern areas of the United States Is
bound 10 fail and jeopardize the foo'i
supply Of our people in thar section.
Otherwise it will be necessary to re-
lease the price restrictions on mill
feeds to allow them 20 take their nat
ural course.
with view to securing this CO.
operation from the farmers all over the
country in the interests Of their in
duStry as whole. we are instructinS
the mills and all dealers in feeds to
secure from the buyer of wheat mill
feeds the following pledge:
"'In order to assist the food admin
straton in the distribution Of mill
feeds, hereby undertake on honor not
to use wheat mill feeds for any other
purpose than the feeding Of dairy
cattle, poultry. young pigs or young
calves, or in the prcpa ration OF
weekly bran mash for work animals.
will not feed any more wheat mill
feeds than. is customarily fed to such
animals and l further agree not to
have at any one time more than a So
day supply of wheat feeds on hand
The food administration is also re-
quiring the millers and feed jobbers to
distribute their wheat mill feeds in
such manner that each state receives
the same proportion of the mills or
jobbers shipments as it received in
the same quarter in 1917