Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-06
Hamilton COunty's New Home De.
mOnstratOr Delivers Address ut
the Congregational
Church. Y 4
is A DELIGHTFUL SPEAKER
DevOtes Most of Talk to the Conserva.
ton of Wheat and the Use Of
Potatoes.
Potatoes.

Miss Florence Watkins, the new
Hamilton county home demonstration.
occupied the Congregational church
pulpit last evening and spoke very
interestingly. In emphasizing the
conservation of food, Miss Watkins
brought the fact home that the people
must be united in the endeavor to
save, otherwise the matter of cOnser-
walton by and large would be un-
availing. In union there is strength
in food conservation, as we'll as in
other important matters; and he who
does not heed the request Of his gov
eminent in conserving food at this
time is either Stacker or is unpatrio-
tic.
Miss Watkins devoted most of her
talk to the saving of wheat and the
use of potatoes. Wheat contains no
more protein and other body building
necessities than other cereals, such as
cornmeal, oatmeal, etc. To do without
wheat flour will not impair ones
health as the substitutes suggested by
the government are just as healthfu!.
The eating of wheat bread is largely
a habit with the American people,
Miss Watkins commended. Of course
wheat makes winter, finer looking
bread than any Of it's substitutes and
it will keep longer. But it is no better
or no more healthful than other
breads. Just now the saving Of wheat
is more urgent than it has been be-
cause the supply on hand is shorter
than usual and there is not enough
to last until the next crop is harvested
unless the utmost economy in its use
is practiced by everybody.
Miss Watkins says several hundreds
of the leading hotels of the country
have pledged themselves to use no
wheat -four until after the new crop
is harvested and it would be no hard
ship for the people generally to prac-
tice the same saving. AS an illustra-
ton of what little saving would do
on the part of each northumberland
there are over hundred millions Of
them in the United States-she said
that if each person would save one
ounce of wheat day there would be
several hundred tons of wheat saved
in America every week to be sent to
our soldiers and allies across the
water.
Potatoes can be used as substi-
tute for -four in almost every kind of
bread, mullins, etc. Owing to the
shortage of the crop of potatoes dur
ing 1916 and the recommendation Of
the government that the people plant
more potatoes last year, an enormous
surplus was raised. Miss Watkins
says there is at this time a surplus Of
thirty millions of bushels of potatoes
in the country and that unless these
are used within the next few months,
they will practically be wasted, as the
new crop will soon be coming on. 1t
is therefore vitality necessary that
everybody eat potatoes at this time
and thereby conserve other foods.
From the standpoint of economy in
the household, potatoes at a dollar
bushel are cheaper than wheat flour
at the present prices.
Miss Watkins is an intelligent and
delightful speaker and the women of
Hamilton county are to be congratu-
lated that the work in which they are
interested at this time is in
such competent hands.