The diamond drill., 1918-11-02
DAIRY PRODUCTION
OF OURS ENDANGERED
MR.. HOOVER PLEADS FOR URG
ENT NATIONWIDE SAVING
or FEEDING STUFFs.
MIX Now Limited TO Children and
Vital National Uses In Allied
Countries. Burden 10 Make
Shortage Good Falls Upon
United States.

Washington, oct. 5.-Owing TO the
extension OF the drought area, the
shortening Of the corn crop. the larger
animal population in the country. and
the Allied demands upon us for feed
| ing stuffs for their own animals, be,
cause OF their own shortage In pro.
duction OF feed grain, IL Is necessary
that we should exert every effort In
the proper conservation OF feeding
stuffs during the next twelve months /;
yet we must maintain our own animal
production. IL is necessary. that we
should ship larger proportion OF
wheat as compared with -four during
the next twelve months than during
! the last twelve months to the Allied
countries, because their own shortage
OF feeding stuffs is such that II they
are 70 keep alive their dairy herds,
they must have a larger supply OF
grain wheat.
Already, the milk supply In the AL.
lied countries has been limited prac.
tically TO the supply OF children and
other vitality necessary national uses,
and any failure on our part 10 supply
them with necessary feed stuffs for
their dairy herd means that we shall
cut into the actual safety of the chill.
dren amongst the Allies. on the
other hand, both our own population
and the Allies are dependent upon
our production OF animal products,
and we do not In any way wish tc
stifle this production. What we must
secure Is the utmost elimination OF
waste By the careful feeding of ami.
mails and the use OF all the rough,
age available sssi a2E.ayeA gssF
One of the difficult problems is the
distribution OF wheat mill feeds, and
this is made more difficult by the fact
that the Food Administration, in an
endeavor 10 protect the farmer. Is
maintaining an artihcially low price
on these feeds. One consequence Is
that a great deal of mill feeds are now
going unnecessarily into work AMI.
mails or beef production. Every farm.
er will recognize that the wheat mill
feeds are vitality necessary for the
dairy cattle, TO some extent for the
poultry, and for young pigs. Owing
TO the absorption of mill feeds at
local points near the mill, consider.
able sections of the dairy industry
are practically without NH feeds and
our dairy production is thereby in
danger. With view to correcting this,
so far as possible. the Food Admins
tration degires 10 appeal for the as.
sistahce OF the farmers OF the coun-
try in the use end distribution Of
wheat mill feeds. In this view. we
ar6 asking every buyer OF wheat mill
feeds, outside OF the acute drought
area, TO sign a pledge OF honor not to
use the wheat mill feeds for any pur-
pose except the essential use in dairy.
young pig and poultry production, and
not to purchase or hold at any one
time more than 60 days supply. Tn.
less we can secure this careful and
Specialized use OF mill feeds. our
dairy production in the congested
Eastern areas OF the United States is
bound to fall and to jeopardize tho
food supply Of our people in that sec.
tion. Otherwise IL will be necessary
TO release the price restrictions on
mill feeds and allow them to take
their natural course, -..-.zasz
With q view 20 securing this coop.
Grafton from the farmers all over the
country in the interests OF their in.
dustry as a whole, we are instructlng
the mills and all dealers in feeds To
secure from the buyer OF wheat mill
feeds the following pledge:
"Ip order 20 assist the Food Admin
istration 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 the preparation of
weekly bran mash for work animals
| will not feed any more wheat mill
feeds than Is customarily fed TO such
animals and further agree not TO
have at any one time more than 60
day supply OF wheat feeds on hand"
The Food Administration Is also re.
Quiring the miliers and feed jobbers
TO distribute their wheat mill feeds
in such manner that each State re-
celves the same proportion OF the
mflrs or 1obber's shipments as II TO
ceived in the same quarter in 1917.