The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-01-23
USE IRISH POTATOES

The United States Food Administration is planning a
consistent campaign to increase the of Irish potatoes
Week. selecting whatever day is slack in deliveries and
making special price for potatoes delivered that day.
RIO housewives will be asked to buy potatoes weeks
place the Irish potato every day in the year, every
bic in America
The Food Administration declares that it is necessary
and also to purchase them in fairly regular quantities
week by week. that distribution will be equal every
where for the next five six months Relieving railroad
congestion and enabling growers and distributors to han
Gle potatoes at the most reasonable prices and to furnish
Spring.
The Department of Agriculture working to improve
potato growing methods and to increase crops The
cooperation of the consumer and the grocer needed
more now than before. Every American family is
urged to buy and to eat potatoes freely through the Win
ter and into the Summer Hotels and restaurants are be-
ing asked to serve potatoes literally.
Cooperating with the Department of Agriculture the
Food Administration has taken definite measures to
sabze the potato industry both production and as
to distribution Standard grades and the system of sale
by the hundredweght basis have already been introduced
The potato today PLENTIFUL cheap and the best subst
tte Tor food staples being asked to for the
xaes me army ana the Navy 1t furnishes nourish-
men bulk mineral salts and corrective akanity in the
Diet
Germany plants than twice as many potatoes as
me United States Germany gets more than twice as
many bushels acre. and she eats three times as
potatoes Germanys wise of potatoes helps her to
hold out against the Allies
II we are gong to win this must FIGHT Germany
for man; shell for shell potato for potato The Food
Administration declares raise few potatoes on too
great acreage If yields per was as great as
Germanys the State of New York alone or Michigan or
Wisconsin, or Minnesota might raise all the potatoes we
cat We eat too few potatoes because the quality is not
good. We speculate in potatoes from year to year.
farmer jobber retailer everybody That makes fuctua
ton in price, for which we dearly pay
When Germany gets through intriguing with Trotzly
he will find that he is expected trotsky to the muscsy
Every and then that crown prince takes another
lesson in the art of failure
John d. Rockefeller may have many sins to answer for
but $7O0O000O given to purposes should atone for
few of them
Nick Romanoff is said to have plenty of cash in the
bank of England. Uncle Sam might attach it as sec,rv
for money loaned his government.
An Oregon makes the statement in his ouestonare
that he is feet inches tall and weighs pounds Evi
denty swallowed string and shrunk to it.
Ii we only were certain whether the kntters or
he plckes would be the representative when they
begin to vote could view the prospect with less con-
The Kaiser is reported to be running short of man DOW
about half million Of his subjects for whom we have ab-
sOlutely need.
An exchange advocates tipping walters with thrift
stamps Won't do When fellow has to cough up a lib
erty bond for square meal he feels that he ought to be
allowed to keep stamp or two.