The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
HOOVER ASKS
 AID OF FARMER
CONSERVATION IN FEEDING IS ASKED BY U. s. FOOD
 ADMINISTRATION.
PROGRAM FOR MILL FEEDS
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS MUST BE OVERCOME BY THOROUGH
 COOPERATION.

The thorough co
 M xsM operation of Ari
 E zona farmers in the
 IAEEsHkkf use and distribution
 tEEkM of mill feeds during
 W the coming year is
 sought in a state ment issued by the United States Food Administration and released to the press of Arizona today by the federal food administrator for this state
 This statement, which was prepared by Herbert Hoover, points out some of the peculiar problems which have arisen and outlines the mill feed pro gram for the coming year. The state ment follows:
 Owing to the extension of the drouth area, the shortening of the corn crop, the larger animal popula- ton of the country, and the allied demands upon us for feeding stuffs for their own animals, because Of their own shortage in production of feed grain, it is necessary that we should exert every effort in the proper conservation of feeding stuffs during the next twelve months
 It is necessary that we should ship a larger proportion of wheat as com pared with flour 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 if they are to keep alive their dairy herds, they must have a larger supply of grain wheat.
 Already the milk supply of the al lied countries has been limited prac tically to the supply of children and other yitally necessary national uses, and any failure on our part to supply them with necessary feed stuffs for their dairy herds means that we shall cut into the actual safety of the children amongst the allies.
 On the other hand both our own and the allies are depend end upon our production of animal products, and we do not in any way wish to stifle this production. What we must secure is the utmost elimin- ation of waste by the careful feeding of animals and the use of all the roughage available.
 One of the difficult problems is the of wheat mill feeds, and this is made more difficult by the fact that the food administration, in an endeavor to protect the farmer, is an artificially low price on these feeds. One consequence is that a great deal of mill feeds are now going unnecessarily into work animals or beef production.
 Every farmer will recognize that the wheat mill feeds are vitally neces- sary for the dairy cattle, to some ex- tent for the poultry and young pigs. Owing to the absorption of mill feeds | at local points near the mill consid erable sections of the dairy industry | Ire practically without mill feeds and | our dairy production is therefore in langer.
 With view to correcting this so far IS possible the food administration desires to appeal for the assistance 1f the farmers of the country in the lse and distribution of wheat mill eeds.
 In this view we are asking every 1uyer of wheat mill feeds outside of he acute drought areas to sign a pledge of honor not to use the wheat Till feeds for any purpose except the essential use in dairy, young pig, and poultry production, and not to pur- chase or hold at any one time more han 60 days supply
 Unless we can secure this careful md specialized use of mill feeds our lairy production in the congested ,astern areas of the United States is pound to fall and to jeopardize the ood supply of our people in that sec ion. Otherwise 1t will be necessary o release the price restrictions on nill feeds and allow them to take heir natural course
 With a view to securing this coop ration from the farmers all over the ,ountry in the interests of their in- Iustry as a whole, we are instructing he mills and all dealers in feeds to ecure from the buyer of wheat mill eeds the following pledge:
 'In order to assist the food admin stration in the distribution of mill eeds, I hereby undertake on honor lot 10 use wheat mill feeds for any ,ther purpose than the feeding of Iairy cattle. poultry, young pigs and -oung calves, or the preparation of a weekly bran masn for work animals.
 will not feed any more wheat mill eeds than is customarily fed to such lnimals and I further agree not to rave at any one time more than a iO-day supply of wheat feeds on land"
 The food administration is also re- turing the millers and feed jobbers O distribute their wheat mill feeds n a,,ot, nnannar that each state rA- l