Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-02-01
APPEALS TO YERMONTERS
State Food Administrator Asks
For Loyal Support in the New
Pledge Cards.
MUST Be STRICTLY OBSERVED

MUSl BE SlKClLY UbStRveD
st. Albans, Jan. %. John r. Cush-
ng acting federal food administrator
for Vermont, said this morning that
within day or two Director of Cam
paigns JAMES P. Taylor, of Burling-
ton, would begin the distribution of
the new Home Card" issued by the
federal food administration and en-
bodying in definite program those
parts of President Wilson's proclama-
ton as they effect the home and
making plain to the sixty odd thou
sand homes in Vermont, which, by
virtue of having signed the food
pledge several months ago, are now
a part of the food administration,
how and what conservation and sub
stitution must be effected if the Unit
ed States is to meet the critical stu
alton which has developed in the AL
lied world.
The new card, which Mr.. Cushing
says should hang in every kitchen in
Vermont, states that Americas prob
lem is to supply the Allies and our
own soldiers with wheat, beef, pork,
butter and sugar, and declares that
our solution is to eat less Of these and
as little Of all foods as will support
health and strength. The food Of
growing children is not to be limited
and no one is asked to eat less than
sufficient food to maintain health, for
the nation needs strong people.
The food administration asks every
loyal American to help win the war
by maintaining rigidly, as a minimum
of saving, the following program:
Two wheatless days week and
one wheatless meal every day. The
wheatless days are to be Monday and
Wednesday. On wheatless days and
meals, the card sets forth, there
should not be eaten any crackers,
pastry, macaroni. breakfast food or
.2ther cereal rood containing wheat,
nor should any wheat -four be used in
any form except the small amount
needed for thickening soups or grav-
les, or for a binder In corn bread
and other cereal bread AS to bread,
If it is baked at home, cereals other
than wheat should be used, and only
war bread should be bought. The OBJ
iect of the food administration is to
reduce the consumption of wheat pro-
ducts from last year by one-third.
One meatless day (Thursday) in
every week and one meatless meal
every day, and two porkless days
(Tuesday and Saturday, in every
week. "Meatless' means without any
cattle, hog or sheep products. On
other days, mutton and lamb should
be used in preference to beef or pork.
"Porkless" means without pork, bac-
on, ham, lard or pork products, fresh
or preserved. The substitution OF
poultry and eggs is recommended.
The card says, "As a nation We eat
and waste nearly twice as much meat
as we need"
Every day should be made a fat
saving day Butter, lard, lard substi-
tutes, etc.. The card says that as a
nation we waste two and half
times as much fat as we need, and as
measure of saving it urges less fry
ing, the saving Of meat drippings and
the use of vegetable oils. The use Of
butter should be restricted to the table
but, as butter contains food values
vital to children, it should be given
to them. Soap should not be wasted.
Every day should be sugar saw
ing day. AS a nation we consume
twice as much sugar as we need, and
we should use less Of the commodity,
drink less sweet drinks and eat less
candy containing sugar.
The abundant use Of fruits, vege-
these foods are healthful and plenti-
full and at the same time partly take
the place of other foods which we
must save.
Milk should be used wisely and no
part of it should be wasted. The chill
dren must have whole milk, but skim
and sour milk can be used in cook
Ing and for cottage cheese.
About food boarding the card has
this to say: ANY one buying and
holding a larger supply Of food now
than in peace times, except foods
canned, dried or preserved in the
home, Is helping to defeat the food
in its attempt to Sc
cure just distribution of food and
he establishment of fair prices. The
'ood hoarder is working against tho
common good and even against the |
very safety of the country. Hoarding |
'ood in households Is both selfish |
md unnecessary; the government is
protecting the food supply of the
people"
The instructions end by urging all