The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-08-03

person In a picnic party.
Continue to save wheat. There
should be no s~lackening up in the
wheat saving program despite the in
| creased crop. We have use for every
| bit of wheat we can get to take care
| of our allies.
Save your seeds from your 1918
garden to supply your 1919 war gar
den.
Remember that even should the war
| end this year we will still have to feed
our boys and help to feed our allies.
The sugar situation will be very
acute for the next two or three
months, and this period is part of the
canning system. The control of sugar
is well in hand, but the supply is
short. The allotment for August,
which will soon be made, will be only
20 per cent. of the July allotment, and
dealers certificates will be issued in
two parts.
Jerseys July allotment was 10, 0 {,
600 pounds. The allotment is figured
on the basis of three pounds per cap
ita per month, but New Jerseys popu-
IN a SlCdliy llCItdStu luTOuRn
the influx of Industrial workers and
summer visitors, and it needs more
sugar to meet the three pound rule.
So far it has been impossible to get 1t.
1t should be distinctly understood
that the Food Administration has CIV
en- permission for dealers to sell three
pounds Of sugar per person per month
providing the dealer has the sugar.
This regulation is not an order for a
dealer to sell three pounds of sugar
per person per month, and it may be
necessary on account of supply to sell
less than this amount.
The sugar situation is so acute that
1t will be necessary that all consumer
customers fully realize that they must
hold their domestic consumption Of
sugar down to as much less hal three
pounds per person as possible. 1t Is
realized that the sugar situation is
causing inconvenience, but the var Is
the reason and not the Food Admins
tration.
How to Save Sugar.
Do not keep Oh dropping the second
and third lump of sugar into your tea
and coffee. You will soon find that
one lump will do just as well.
Do not shake the whole spoonful Of
granulated sugar over your fruit or
cereal just because you absent mind
eddy took a spoonful out Of the bowl
Check yourself and put the rest back
when you have taken enough for your
actual need.
Donot use the customary amount of
sugar II you have condensed milk in
the preparation of any food, as that
alone will furnish almost enough
sugar.
Why put the sugar bowl on the table
every meal If there is no need for
s~weetening? Remove the suggestion
and help establish the habit of using
less.
Unless the home sugar bowl Is care
fully watched for the next few months
the great American sugar barrel will
be empty before new stocks arrive.
The losses of vessels carrying sugar
from Cuba by German submarines and
inadequate shipping facilities com-
bined to bring about a serious sugar
shortage.
Increased Egg Production.
A new circular, No. 107, recently Is
sued by the Department of Agricul-
ture, gives suggestions for increasing
the average egg production of the
country. There should be a hundred
hens on every farm, declares this
nIth1ino %{Aa 4-I - 1a--k L.Juol
eggs per year should be gotten from
every hen. Almost every farm in the
country could support this number of
hens practically on waste material.
The average back yard flock should
number at least ten. With this as a
basis let us estimate the MONEY re-
turn. Each hen in her pullet year
should produce ten dozen eggs. This
means a hundred dozen eggs per year.
Taking 25 cents per dozen as a low