The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-15
DAIRY PRODUCTION
OF OURS ENDANGERED
MR.. HOOVER PLEADS FOR URG
EMIT NATIONWIDE SAVING
OF FEEDING STUFFs.
Milk Now Limited TO Children and
Vital National Uses in Allied
Countries. Burden to Make
Shortage Good Falls Upon
United States.

Washington, Oct 5.-Owing TO the
extension Of the drought area, the
shortening of the corn crop. the larger
animal population in the country. and
the Allied demands upon us for feed
ing stuffs for their own animals, be-
cause of their own shortage in pro-
duction OF feed grain, 1t is necessary
that we should exert every effort In
the proper conservation of feeding
stuffs during the next twelve months;
yet we must maintain our own animal
production. 1t is necessary that we
should ship a larger proportion Of
wheat as compared with -four 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 IL they
are to keep alive their dairy herds.
they must have a larger supply OF
grain wheat.
Alresdy, the milk supply in the Al
lied countries has been limited prac-
tically to the supply of children and
other vitality necessary national uses.
and any failure on our part to supply
them with necessary feed stuffs for
their dairy herd means that we shall
cut into the actual safety of the chill
dren 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
sti1e this production. What we must
secure is the utmost elimination Of
waste by the careful feeding Of ami.
mails and the use OF all the rough
age 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 artifcially low price
on these feeds One consequence IS
that q great deal of mill feeds are now
going unnecessarily into work ami.
mails or beef production Every farm.
er will recognize that the wheat mill
lSCuS are NIJdlli HSCtSSdly lOl TIC
dairy cattle, to some extent for the
poultry, and for young pigs Owing
to the absorption of mill feeds at
local points near the mill, consider
able sections of the dairy industry
are practically without mill feeds and
our dairy production is thereby in
danger With view to correcting this,
so far as possible, the Food Admins.
tration desires to appeal for the as.
sistance Of the farmers of the coun.
try 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, to sign a pledge of honor not to
use the wheat mill feeds for any pur.
pose except the essential use in dairy.
young pig and poultry production, and
not to purchase or hold at any one
time more than go days supply. I'm.
less 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 it will be necessary
to 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 instructing
the mills and all dealers in feeds 10
secure from the buyer Of wheat mill
feeds the following pledge:
I'm order TO assist the Food Admin.
istration in the distribution of mill
feeds, / hereby undertake on honor
not to use wheat mill feeds for any
other purpose than the feeding Of
dairy cattle, poultry, young pigs or
young calves, or the preparation of a
weekly bran mash for work animals.
l will not feed any more wheat mill
feeds than is customarily fed to such
animals and further agree not to
have at any one time more than a 60.
day supply of wheat feeds on hand"
The Food Administration is also re-
quiring the millers and feed jobbers
to distribute their wheat mill feeds
in such manner that each State re-
ceives the same proportion of the
mills or jobber's shipments as it re-
ceived In the same quarter in 1917.