The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-08
CONSERVE MILL
FEEDS BY PLEDGES
Food Administration Saving Wheat
Mill Feeds as Far as Possible


shortening of the corn crop, the
larger animal population in the coun-
try, and the Allied demands upon us
for feeding stuffs for their own ami
mails, because of their own shortage
in production of feed grain, it is nee
essary that we should exert every
effort in the proper conservation OF
feeding stuffs during the next II
months; yet we must maintain our
own animal production. 1t is nee
essary that we should ship a larger
proportion of wheat as compared
with flour during the next II months
than during the last IL 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 in the
Allied countries has been limited
practically to the supply of children
and other vitality necessary national
uses, and any failure on our part
to supply them with necessary food
stuffs for their dairy herd means
that we shall cut into the actual
safety of the children amongst the
Allies. On the other hand, both our
own population and the Allies are
dependent upon our production OF
animal products, and we do not IN
any way wish to stific this production.
What we must secure is the utmost
elimination 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 cndcavor to protect the farmer,
is maintaining an artificially low
price on these feeds. One consc-
quence is that great deal of mill
feeds are now going unnecessarily
into work animals OF beef produc-
ton. Every farmer will recognize
that the wheat mill feeds are vitality
necessary for the dairy cattle, to
some extent for the poultry, and for
young pigs. Owing to the absorption
of mill feeds at local points near tie
mill, considerable sections Of the
dairy industry are practically with
out mill feeds and our dairy produc-
tion is thereby 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 use
and distribution of wheat mill feeds
In this view, we are asking every
buyer Of wheat mill feeds, outside of
the acute drought area, te~sign---a a
pledge of honor not to use the
wheat mill feeds for any purpose ex-
cept the essential use in dairy
young pig and poultry production
and not to purchase OF hold at any
one time more than 60 days supply
| Unless We can secure this careful
| dairy production in the congestec
Eastern areas of the United States
is bound to fall and to jeopordizt
the food supply of. our people il
that section. Otherwise it will be
necessary to release the price restric
tions on mill feeds and allow then
to take their natural course
With a view to securing this CO
operation from the farmers all ovel
the country in the interests Of thei]
industry as q whole, we are instruc
ting the mills and all dealers in feed
to secure from the buyer of whea
mill feeds the following pledge:
"In order to assist the Food Ad
ministration in the distribution O.
mill feeds, l hereby undertake OF
honor not to use wheat mill feed
for any other purpose than the feed
ing of dairy cattle, poultry, yount
pigs or young calves, or the prepare
ton of weekly bran mash fo
work animals. l will not feed an,
more wheat mill feeds than is Gus
tomarily fed to such animals and
further agree not to have at an
one time more than a 60-day suppl
of wheat feed on hand"
i The Food Administration is ais
requiring the millers and feed job
bers to distribute their wheat mi
feeds in such manner that each stat
receives the same proportion of til
mills or jobber's shipments as it re
celved IN the same quarter in 1917.