Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-10-16
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presi-
dent America Conserved 141,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44,eoo,ooo Pounds.

e44,eo0,o00 Pounds.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed states to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141,-
100000 bushels Of wheat and 844,GOO,-
OOO pounds Of meat during the past
year, valued In all ut $1,4OO, ,0O0, ,OOO
This was accomplished In the face Of q
serious food shortage in this country,
bespeaking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in a let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by tho
Food Administration enabled the piling
up OF the millions Of bushels Of wheat
during 1917-18 and the shipment Of
meat during 1817-18.
The total value Of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $1,400,000,ooo, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are oil based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 80, 1918.
The shipments Of meats and fats
(including meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1018-17.. 2, 188, 500 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1017-18. ..3 oil, 100 900 lbs.
Increase ,,...,.. S44 600 900 lbs
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning Of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs they
were probably less. The Increase in
shipments Is due to conservation and
the extra weight Of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect Of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
haf Of the fiscal year, when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2,133, 100000
pounds, as against 1,2G6, 100000 pounds
In the same period Of the year before.
This compares with an average of
801 100000 pounds Of total exports for
the same half years in the three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Flscal year 1867. .259, 900, 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1017-18. $40, ,SOO.O 900 bushels
Increase ......... 80,000,000 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments Of
the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year
1917-18 to Allied destinations were ::
Wheat 131,O0o,000 bushels and Of rye
1890. 900 bushels, a total Of 144,9OO,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1861 were
Wheat 1876. 100000 bushels and rye
100000 bushels, total of 1877, ,400, 900
bushels. In addition some 10000, 900
bushels Of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or EN- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest Of
wheat will be therefore. about III, ,OO0,-
600 bushels, or total Of $4,000, 900
bushels Of prime breadstuffs. In ad-
ditton to this we have shipped some
10000, 900 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon ns, and we have received
some imports from other quarters
"Thts accomplishment Of our people
In this matter stands out even moro
clearly II we bear in mind that we had
available In the fiscal year 1016-1T
from net carry-Over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200sO0O,O00 bushels Of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
fPnnchtno homo 1naPp
Hoover said. "This last year, however,
owing to the large failure Of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
earry-over and production and imports
only just about our normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
pro0imately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume Of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agrl-
cultural population In planting much
Increased acreage In 1917, not only was
there very large failure In wheat.
but also the corn failed to mature prop.
erly, and our corn Is our dominant crop.
Il am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, "that all the
mhlions Of our people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel q very
definite satisfaction that in n year OF
universal food shortages in the north.
ern hemisphere all Of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight OF the coming