Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
TAKING FOOD SURVEY IN THIS COUNTY.
Norwich Housewives Are co-opefat- ing With the Government.


 ing taken throughout the United States by the government should net '75 surveys in this county and between 700 and 800 surveys for the ent.re state, according to a statement issued Friday afternoon by Miss Nellie J. Campbell, home demonstration agent for New London county. To date New London has taken IS surveys, Norwich 20, Taftville 5, and North Stoning- ton 5.
 The home economies committees of the farm bureau in many towns of the county are cooperating splendid :. ly in the work. The surveys should ;alI be turned in by today (Saturdayl. Es The farm bureau home demonstra- tion agents in each county have given |: up practically all their time during the past five or ten days getting sur |veys distributed over the county, and in many cases giving assistance to housewives in filling them out
 The United States department of agriculture has issued the following g statement to the housekeepers select ed for making household food sur vey:
 In the present emergency it is essen- tial that the government and the pee- pie know how much food there is on hand how much people are using and how it is being used This information is desired as a guide in the cDnserva- tion and utilization of food supplies for the United States and for the countries assiciated with us in tine 1 war.
 1 A food survey or inventory of the entire country is being made. Repre- i.sentative farmers are reporting amounts of grain and livestock as a
 basis for estimating the total amounts of these raw products on the farms | Grain elevators. meat packers, whole Esa1e and retail business houses and other concerns are furnishing figures regarding the amounts of food mate rials they have on hand. In order te 1 make this a comprehensive survey f A ,8eG housekeepers representative o1
 the 22,008,000 families of the entire
 country are being asked to- supple Enent these. data by giving information | relative to foods in the household. 1 The information desired is being 60
 tained from these representative fam I flies in a household survey covering Ethe inquiries included in the following fschedule. Conservation. of foods il Etlte homes is. of the utmost importance f Accordingly, in Sections Iand II of tn, Fschedule data are requested concern | ing the storage and preservation O Emeats, eggs,, fruits and vegetable Eduring two seasons. Owing to the lacl Ief satisfactory information with ref I erence to the disposal of, milk on tn farms. Section ILL is devoted to mill and it's uses. In Section " infornla Etions is requested concerning the stock Eofi the more important foods sactualI tson hand in the, households and con H. L1.- lin the families.
 The families chosen for the house Eho1d survey are being so. selected; as t place of residence, Occupation an family income as tG represent tn population of the country as a who'll If any difficulty is encountered in fill ling out the schedule, assistance sinful tbe requested from the, county agricul ttural agent, home demonstration agen a teacher in the public schools ( q bother person experienced in such mat
 Efers. Information regarding stocks ( P food on hand is desired for the dai
 EDec 31. Other data are requeste . covering an entire year or for | typical week in January. In all 1T f ] stances comparative information ft ] other similar dates or pesiods is, re L Equested. If possible, schedules shQul be returned by Jan. 15, and in no evei I should they be delayed beyond Ja
 E31.
 Housekeepers complying with. tn
 Erequest and furnishing the informs
 Etion will be rendering real patriot s Eserviee. The figures given on II S Eschedule are to be used only for con g. bininsS with similar figures, from oth1 F families, for the purpose of making 2 Ii estimate of, foods and their uses f e the entire country. In no instan h Twill data regarding individual famili
 be published. After some month
 Ewhen the returns. have been tabulate
 Ia statement of the more interestil
 Eresu1ts of the food survey will be se
 Ito each person whose address is giyt
 ton the schedule for the purpose.