The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-16
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED THE ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presi-
dent America Conserved 14l,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments increased BY
s44,eoo,ooo 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 ILL.,
100000 bushels Of wheat and S44 ,000,-
900 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at 81, 400 100000.
This was accomplished in the face Of
serious food shortage in this country.
bespeaking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, In let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up of the millions Of bushels OF wheat
during 1918 and the shipment Of
meat during 1917-1S.
The total value Of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $1,400, 100000, 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 fats
(including meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tlnations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1916-17... 2, 1876, 10000 lbs.
Fiscal year 1918. .3011, 100000 lbs.
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Increase .,..... s44,6O0,O0O lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreclably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly in hogs; they
were probably less. The increase In
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
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,l33, 100000
pounds, as against 1,266, 800, 900 pounds
in the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average Of
S01, 900, 900 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 our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1851. 259, 900, 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1917-1s. BAG, 800. 900 bushels
Increase ......... S0,000,00O bushels
OF these cereals our shipments OF
the prime breadstufrs in the fiscal year
lo17-1S to Allied destinations were
Wheat S1,O0O,000 bushels and Of rye
100000 bushels, total Of 144,9OO,
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1916-17 were
Wheat 1876, 100000 bushels and rye
2,3OO,OOO bushels, a total Of 1877 ,400,0 O(
bushels, In addition some 10OO0,OO(
bushels of 1917 wheat are now in por
; for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest o
wheat will be therefore, about 141 900,
900 bushels, or total Of 154,90O,0O'
bushels of prime breadstuffs.. In ad
dition to this we have shipped som
10000, 900 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have receives
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment Of our peopl
, In this matter stands out even NOR
clearly IL we bear In mind that we ha
available in the fiscal year 1851
from net carry-over and as surplu
over our normal consumption abou
100000, 900 bushels OF wheat which W
were able to export that year withou
trenching on our home loaf" Nj
Hoover said. "Thls last year, howevel
owing to the large failure of the 191
wheat crop, we had available from ne
carry-over and production and import
only just about our normal consumI
ton. Therefore our wheat shipment
to Allied destinations represent al
proximately savings from our ow
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not full
convey the volume Of the effort an
sacrifice made during the past yea
by the whole American people. d,
spite the magnificent effort of our agr
cultural population In planting muc
increased acreage In 1917, not only wa
there very large failure in whea
but also the corn failed to mature pro-
eriy, and our corn is our dominant GRO
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote !
concluding his report, shat all til
millions Of our people. agricultural q
we'll as urban, who have contribute
to these results should feel ver
definite satisfaction that in year (
universal food shortages in the nortl
ern hemisphere all Of those Poop
Joined together against Germany ha,
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