The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19
HOOVER ASKS
AID OF FARMER
IN FEEDING Is
ASKED BY U. S. FOOD
ADMlNISTRATION.
PROGRAM FOR MILL FEEDS
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS MUST BE
OVERCOME BY THOROUGH
COOPERATION.

| W HRRANW of mill feeds during
~ 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.
1t 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 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 vitally 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
populations 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-
alton of waste by the careful feeding
of animals and the use of all the
roughage available.
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
| endeavor to protect the farmer, is
maintaining 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 vitality 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
are practically without mill feeds and
our dairy production is therefore 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
fuse and distribution of wheat mill
feeds
In this view we are asking every
buyer of wheat mill feeds outside of
the acute drought areas to sign
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 pur-
chase or hold at any one time more
than GO 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 Sec
ton. Otherwise II will be necessary
L release the price restrictions on
mill feeds and allow them to- take
their natural course.
With view to securing this coop.
Grafton from, the farmers all over the
country in the interests of their in
dustry as a Whole, we are instructingl
the mills and all dealers in feeds to
secure from the buyer of wheat mill
feeds the following pledge
In order to- assist the: food admin
Istration in the distribution Of mill
feeds, l hereby undertake on honor
not to use. wheat mill feeds for any
other purpose than the feeding of
dairy cattle. poultry, young pigs and
young calves, or the preparation of a
weekly bran mash for work animals.
| will not feed any more wheat mill
feeds than is customarily, fed to such
animals. and further agree not 20
have: at any one time more than a
60-day supply Of wheat feeds on
hand" ...s
The food administration is also re-
luiring the nnillers and feed jobbers
Q distribute their wheat mill feeds
n such manner that each state re-
,eives the same proportion of the
Mills or jobber's shipments as It re-
.eived in the same quarter in 1917.