The courier-index., 1918-08-23
OUR SAVED FOOD !
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presi-
dent America Conserved l4l,-
100000 Bushels Wheat
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
e44, 500, 900 Pounds.

MG&k anu 81 0ttRibENAo shet ~~~~~~ -
s44, 6oo,o 600 Pounds.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas l4l.-
600 900 bushels of wheat and S44,6OO,-
900 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at $1,40O,0O0,OOo.
This was accomplished In the face OF
serious food shortage In this country,
bespeaking the wholeheartedness ana
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrators Hoover. In let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered oy the
Food Administration enabled the plling
up Of the millions of bushels OF wheat
during 1918 and the shipment OF
meat during 1917-1S.
The total value of all food snip
ments TO Allied destinations amounted
to S1.4O0. 900 900. all this food being
bought through or In collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 30. 1918.
The shipments of meats and rats
(including meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1851. ;. 2. 1S6, 500 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1918. ..3,011, 100000 lbs.
Increase ........... S44 60OOU Ids.
Our sIaughterable animals at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs; they
we're probably less. The Increase IN
shipments Is due to conservation ana
the extra weight of animals added ~
our farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half Of the fiscal year. when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2, 133, lOO,0OO
pounds, as against 1.266, 10000 pounds
In The same period of the year before.
This compares with an average OK
SO4 100000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years In the three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms of cereal bushels, ourI
shipments to Allied destinations haveI
been:
Fiscal year 19l6-1T. .259. 900, 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1918. $40. SOC, 900 bushels
Increase ......... SO9OO,OOO ousheis
or these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal. year
! 1e17-1S to Allied destinations were:
Wheat 49,, 900 900 bushels and Of rye
13,9OO.OOO bushels, total of f44.9OO.-
/ 600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1916-7 were:
Wheat 135,100000 bushels and rye
100000 bushels, total OF 137 ,sOO,OOO
bushels. In addition some 1O.OOO,0OO
bushels of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest OF
wheat will be therefore, about l4l,OOO.-
600 bushels, or a total Of 1o4.9OO,OoO
4 bushels of prime breadstuffs. In adj
dition to this we have shipped some
10000, 900 bushels to neutrnls depend
ent upon us. and we have received
some imports from other quarters
"This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even more
clearly II we bear in mind mat we had
available In the fiscal year 1851
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200 900 900 bushels OF wheat which We
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home ioaf. Mr.
Hoover said. This last year. however,
owing 10 the large failure OF the 1917
wheat crop we had available from net
carry-over and production aid imports
only ajust about our normal consump-
ton. , Therefore our wheat shipments
10 Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
these figures. however, do nouHully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agri-
cultural population in planting a much
increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there a very large failure In wheat.
but also the corn failed 10 mature prop
erly, and our corn Is our dominant crop.
II am sure" MIR. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report that all the
millions of our people. agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
TO these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that In year OF
universal food shortages In the north.
ern hemisphere all of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight OF the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, Dut with
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