The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
feeds MUST
Be CONSERVED

To distribute wheat mill feeds
more uniformly and to check their
lavish use in areas surrounding mills
where this feeding stuff is very cheap,
the Food Administration announces
a pledge card system Of control, ef-
fective Oct. /, 1918. The plan finally
chosen from among those considered
gives American farmers direct op-
portunity to cooperate in securing
results which have an important
bearing on our own agriculture and
on the world food situation. The fol-
lowing explanation of the plan is ad-
dressed to farmers of the United
States by Herbert Hoover, United
States Food Administrator:
Use All Rouehags Available.
Owing to the extension Of the
drought area, the shortening Of the
corn crop, the larger population in
the country and the allied demands
upon US for feeding stuffs for their
own animals because of their own
shortage in produce of feed grain, 1t
is necessary that we should exert
every effort in the proper conserva-
tion Of feeding stuffs during the next
IL months. 1t is necessary that we
should ship a larger proportion Of
wheat as compared with flour during
the next IL months than the last IL
months to the allied countries, be-
cause their own shortage of feeding
stuffs is such that If they are to keep
alive their dairy herds, they must
have larger supply Of wheat milled.
Already the milk supply in the al
lied countries has been limited prac-
tically to the supply of children and
other vitally necessary national uses,
and any failure on our part to sup
ply them with necessary feed stuffs
for their dairy herd means that we
shall cut into the actual safety of the
children 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 to
stife this production. What we must
secure Is the utmost conservation in
feed, and the total elimination OF
waste by the careful feeding Of ami
mails and the use Of all the roughage
available.
Dairy Production 10 In Danger.
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 sndeavor to protect the, farmer,
is maintaining an artificially low
price on these feeds. One conse-
quence is that great deal of mill
feeds are now going unnecessarily
into work animals or beef produc-
tion. Every farmer 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, considerable sections of the
dairy industry are practically with
out mill feeds and our dairy produc-
tion is thereby in danger.
With view to correcting this, SO far
as possible, the food administration
desires to appeal for the assistance
of the farmers of the country in the
use and distribution of wheat mill
feeds, in addition to general conser.
vation of feeding stuffs In this view.
we are asking every buyer of wheat
mill feeds, outside of the acute
drorght area, to sign a pledge of
honor not to use the wheat mill feeds
for any purpose 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. Unless 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 the food supply Of our
people in that section. Otherwise 1t
will be necessary to release the price
+9strEtions @A .nsW ,feeds and allow
them to take their natural course.
With view to securing this CO.
operation from the farmers all. over
the country in the interests OF their
industry as whole we are instruct
ing the mills and all dealers In feeds
to secure from the buyer Of wheat
mill feeds the following pledge;