The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
DEMAND MORE CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re- faxed to Effect Greater
 Wheat Savings
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En- Iaraed - Feod Administration. However, Warns Against
 Waste.

The allies have made further and increased demands for breadstuffs, these enlarged demands being caused to some degree by shortage in arrivals from the Argentine. It is, therefore, necessary for the U. s. Food Admins tration to urge still further reduction in the consumption of bread and bread stuffs generally if we are to meet our export necessities. The Food Admin istration has issued a statement ex- blaming the situation in detail, partic- ularly the reasons which lead it, for the purpose of centering effort for the time being upon the cereal situation to relax temporarily the restrictions on meat consumption.
 Experience shows, this statement says, that the consumption of bread stuffS is intimately associated with the consumption of meat. For various reasons our supplies of meat for the next two or three months are consfd- erably enlarged, and we can supply the allies with all of the meat products which transportation facilities render possible and at the same time some what increase our own consumption. In these circumstances the Food Ad- ministration considers it wise to relax the voluntary restrictions on meat con- sumption to some extent with a view to further decreasing bread consump- ton.
 Conservation of food must be ad- tusted to meet necessities from time to lied demands are constant factors, nor can any of these factors be anticipated for long periods in advance in the dis turbed conditions in which we at pres ent live. While the world situation is not one that warrants any relaxation in the efforts~t to eliminate waste or to relax economy in food, the Admins tration desires to secure better adjust ment in food balances.
 So long as the present conditions continue the only special restrictions we ask are the beehess and porkless Tuesday.
 The meatless meal and the porkless Saturday are no longer asked.
 The farmers of the United States are responding to the national call to increase hog production. Their in- crease, to all appearances, is being at tained more rapidly. Of more imme- dfate importance, however, are several complex factors which have effected an immediate increase in meat sup plies.
 The transportation shortage before the government took over the rail roads, the bad weather in January and early in February, the large percent age of immature corn in the last har- vest and the necessity of feeding this corn as rapidly as possible to save it from decay, have not only resulted in backing up the animals-particuIar hogs-on the farms for a longer pc riod of feeding, but have resulted in a great increase in their average weight and will result. with improved trans portation conditions, which already ap- pear, in larger than normal arrivals at market for the next two or three months. The weight of hogs coming to the market for the past two weeks indicates an increase in weight of from an average of 203 pounds last year to the almost unprecedented average of 232 pounds, or a net in. crease in their meat value of over 15
 per cent. This is distinct addition to the nations meat supply. It there
 fore now seems certain that we have
 such enlarged supplies for at least
 some months to come, that we can no
 only increase our exports to the allies to the full extent of their transporta ton facilities, but at the same time can properly increase our domestic r consumption.
 The response of the public to our re quests for reduced consumption O | meat during the past few months ha . been most gratifying, and this servic, alone has enabled the government dur
 ing this peSiod to provide such sup
 plies as transportation to the allie
 permitted.
 The Administration also suggest that in those parts of the countr
 where the old fashioned home preser
 vation of pork is still the custom, thi
 practice should be extended at tn
 present time, as 1t will relieve the buI
 den upon transportation to and fror d the packing houses and is economical - ly sound as saving the cost of packin
 operations and at the same time vii
 provide home supplies of pork to las n over the months of decreased supplies