Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-13
FOOD PROBLEMS.

The following problems are taken from Food Problems, published by
j. The u s. Department of Agriculture states that 700 million dollars
" iSh %ignt Su ussa .f Th sash are FSn IL MELLON nr ne FAMILIES Pr months nm \ United Pat ds States What
9 If the average family contains five persons, how much is the average
yearly food waste waste Of the American reoper What What part of a two % billion %@H issue issue
cost. ! the Sh s@s, aS as' ssos Zoo 20 ' sssf. : q day. : 'f S5% 9os s3 sss ssfn 7 ;l @ifHsn f Si
liars lars lost t. each year yes sd through Tgn waste, waste; of foods in the United States feed ne regf
2 cents a day in food, what saving would it mean to the nation each dayi
g. In 1917 the wheat crop of the United States was CSC million bushels
and that Of Canada d. 25u million 5mG, bushels u.s. while hn?.t their S combined Dms c reserve ,f from pre- re
million bushels of wheat for flour They needed 90 million bushels for seed,
to 1918 : a 10 n H4 tn. Sq s,sIsst w sSon left s. f Ssv s1 Pc IT, between Australia, and Enc.
BGa > H gfp %aH {on So' If S 1f as09 r sGas S 8 months. capacity would it take to trans
o. It takes about 10 days from New York to England. How many boats
HS%a V oSsq used T. to fe as' The 'a aHis ss@ amount OF "n'''' why IS lot us
weeks 5 ten LS5 us to- s' Ress IL that .i ies e Of bFssd waste Of wheat flour il l 0un'' per
/. (a). How many pounds would be wasted in ne week by 20 million fam
o. O. How How n NANNY S5 EsssS' ! per gs yGn5 5is pound. to til. s.,,.r.
hn.b y nom taxes Is tai bushels ta SHG or W. Se.r TO %as t Oamei n on pr nCEr, % many
10 One medium sized baked potato is equal in food to 2 slices of bread.
s bread sAe sasS da people Rsr HH nash in 9ra ss" Tsui used 3. a .G SStstG s. iHs,'a h.s Of nooS slices ss Of
Il Each person in this country uses on the average about y pint Of
the use of milk, as it is both economical and nourishing.
Gay. What is the present use of milk for all the 100 million people, in
o. VA What would Be tn. number q gallons Of milk used il the use per
l&. In energy value l quart If milk equals: 3 pounds of fresh fish 5
eSsGo y p AT E iSsi prices e. p SoT @ GSsn s i1sspsi hii / Pound so Ss s'G ml 't tha ! sa PSuo of
"a. A cow give. on the average 22o quart. of milk a year. How many
cows would it take to supply a yearly Ty. waste Of 81 million ganOIs'
Of fat at daily, ' instead 9' oi sxa q os me- SR RoS nssS so sS be g . @Sss BY s' the I 100 SG nS,
lion peoplef Give you answer in tons per day. Per year.
15. A soldier is given onehalf ounce of butter a day. How many men
can be supplied for n day with butter wasted by 5000 families n that time
if the waste per family is IA une each day.
lie. We need t. export N billion pounds of meat more than usual to
the allies this rear.
0). To make this possible, how many pounds should be saved in each
of our 20 million homes this yearf
Nl. How many pounds a week. ESQ weeks 10 the year,.
() If the average family contains five persons, what part OF q pound
per person per weekf
II. In 1915 the average amount of meat consumed BY each person in thi.
country wa 1885 pounds 3 year.
Experiments show that the adult man does best IN IA pound Of meat q
day. How many pounds more than he needs does he consume in a yearf
Is. Athletes in training are allowed only 16 as much meat as formerly.
la. If 100 million persons in the United States should reduce the
amount Of meat used to as Of what it wss in 1918 (@e problem I'D, through the
observance Of meaHess days how many pounds OF meat would be savedi
= 10. John ate Is pound of meat every day. Since W must save meat-tO