Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-12
POTATOES INSTEAD OF BREAD
Some Sensible Suggestions That Fur.
nish Food For Thought.

by eating potatoes instead Of wheat
bread. the people OF South Carolina
can help win the war as well as by
purchasing Liberty bonds and contri-
buting To the Red Cross.
With this statement, the conserva-
ton division of the food administra-
ton for South Carolina, announces the
Potatoes for America, Wheat for Eu-
rope" campaign in this state.
The existing situation calls >or fur
their curtailmcnt Of wheat consump-
ton. and there Is no better substitute,
and no substitute for wheat bread that
is TO be had in such quantities, as po-
tatucs. We have not enough wheat
for our Allies and ourselves, but we
have an abundance OF potatoes-an
excess of ?0.GO0,000 bushels over nor
NAL times. II we are to win this war
the Allied armies and the Allied peo-
pies must have wheat. The potato
cannot quite come up to wheat In food
value, but il does come about as close
to taking the place of wheat as any
other food.
BY eating more potatoes, therefore,
the people Of South Carolina can save
more wheat to send to Europe.
Americans first realized how i'm
portant part Of their daily food the
potato played when last year search
fyS{ tnis Tegetatfe drove It's price al
most to prohibitive heights. When
planting time came again, every one
planted potatoes. The farmers were
particularly urged to plant potatoes
az a patriotic duty. and accordingly
there was an abundance OF potatoes
produced.
At a time when the world Is so sore
Is in need of food-only in America Is
there an abundance-it would be
criminal to waste anything 80 import
ant as the potato. The potatoes rails
cd through patriotism should be eaten
through patriotism-substitute Tor
wheat bread to as great an extent
as possible, and the wheat thus saved
sent to Europe. because while the peo-
pie Of European countries consume In
normal times about twice the amount
of potatoes per capita rs do the peo-
pie Of America, shipping facilities are
so limited that II Is impossible to snip
the surplus Of potatoes abroad owing
to their bulk: also by reason OF the
fact that potatoes do not keep so well
as the grains. Neither are potatoes
needed so much for the Allies as
wheat, meat and fats. 1t should there
fore be accorded a privilege that we
may eat potatoes at home and release
more wheat for the army and the peo-
pie who are looking across the sea to
US. depending on us for their daily
bread.
Potatoes have been such an integral
part of the dinner diet that people do
not tire Of them, nor is there need OF
monotony in serving them. There are
more than a hundred ways Of serving
potatoes. and one way OF using up
some of the surplus supply is the use
OF potato bread rather than wheat
bread. Many oldfashioned bread.
makers still cling to potato yeast, and
since the potato is rich In starch, less
wheat flour Is necessary in order, to
form a stiff dough. The bread made
from potato flour is somewhat darker
in color and more moist than that
made from wheat flour; but by using
Il as an admixture, at least 1t would
much to the conservation
of wheat.
II the Potatoes for America, Wheat
for Europe" campaign Is to succeed
the planting Of sweet potatoes be-
comes very important matter at this
time. for sweet potatoes, like Irish po-
tatoes, may be substituted for bread
to help win the war.