Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-14

vegetables, and may be used in plac
iof meat.
35G what vegetables may be used t
4 save wheat?
Potatoes, swoot potatoes. and partial
~ ripe bananas cooked.
> 357 What are the chief starchy vege
tables?
Irish and sweet potatoes, ana III,
leeumes.
358 Which vegetables contain rnincra
matter?
All Of them. Spinach, carrots, cab
bage, lettuce and many others contain
iron.
$50 What use can be made Of the
water in which vegetables have been
boiled?
1t can be used for soups or gravies
or sauces. 1t contains valuable mineral
| salts necessary for health.
$50 In drying vegetables is their
food value affected?
No. Nothing has been removed but
he moisture.
}Gl In what way do vegetables prove
good substitutes for other foods?
They contain many of the body-build-
ing and regulating elements that we
have been accustomed TO get from
other foods.
go What is the special value of using
vegetables in country districts and
small towns?
1t will relieve the transportation
situation.
1868 How can we use vegetables to help
the Allies?
Eat as many p~erishables in rlaco of
'taples as possible; cat them as near
he source as possible; and conserved
'taples for winter use and for export
0 The Allies.
'64 How can small savings in 1heI
country help?
If the rural population, including !
smaller towns Cup TO $500. would re-
llCe daily consumption during July,
august n September by ] ounce of
gar, 4 ounces bread, ~ ounces meat
md substitute vegetables therefor. it
you'd represent a saving of 1000, 900
'nlehels of wheat, l57, 900 tons sugar,
: 250,rQ0 bceves.
War Gardens
$50 N.at is a war garden"
1t is a garden in a back yard or
let or other hitherto waste land
Cor the : urpose of increasing food pro-
80 What l., the aim of tie war gar
den /,
To take the strain off transportation
~ making each community self-sup
'6i Why is so important at this time?l
Because railroads are greatly ham.
'ered by car shortage and freight con,
'estion. Demands for home carrying
must be reduced to the lowest point. '
68 What is wise to raise in war gar. ,
dens? e
According to soil and climate and |
peal needs as many stalpes as possible c
UGH as potatoes, beans, beets. carrots. ,
prnips, etc. which store easily. c
90 Why should root vegetables be $
stored for the winter? t
To relieve transportation; to furnish &
in place of wheat and meat; to y
uuallEe prices ana ulStrlDutlon. n
70 Should any ~perishables be raised?l 6
BY al means, but only enough for i
ally use. Do not plant an overstock =
nat will have to be canned in a hurry s
1 order to conserve it.
. Does this mean that we ought not
to q preserve and dry?
No; it is to warn against the mis-. b
of last year when too many per. 4
hables were planted to be well taken S
are of. Plant wisely with an y for f
lture needs. Z
u Ought seeds to be saved for next $
year? Il
Yes; your State college of agriculture /:
i'll furnish information on what seeds t
save and how to sove them. n
Waste +
10 How can we eliminate waste? ;
BY being careful in the buying, pre- Ii
airing, cooking, serving, utilizing food \
4 Is waste of food prevalent? 9
Yes; it has been a standard criticism
4 Americans that we waste what :
her nations would live on. !,
s How do small individual instances !.
of waste amour to large sums?
the slice OF bread wasted every DAY !
every i.a.ne in the United States
/ ais over 10000 bushels of wheat
year or ass. 250,0o pound loaves of
'ead: one half cup of milk wastedi
luals over 912, 500, 900 quarts a year: t
ne small butter ball wasted equals a
1er ia. 00o, 900 pounds a year. g
8 How much meat would be wasted n
in one-tenth of a pound thrown away i
every day by every person in the j
United States? i
456 ,0o0, GOO pounds; equal the q
lible protions OF $4,000 beeves, 291,- i
calves, $4,000 sheep and lambs and t
1872, 900 hogs. E
= Is it true there is great waste III
Army camps2
Army camps are ~endeavoring TO- J,
intimate every bit OF food waste. All
conservation officer has been ap- )
ointed for each camp.
- What have the army camps all 4
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