The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-28
Placards Showing Definite
Program of Food Admin
istratiOn to Be Issued
SHOULD SAVE SUGAR
EVERY DAY OF WEEK
Monday and Wednesday Wheatless,
Thursday Meatless, Tuesday and Sat
urday Porkless-Au Americans Urged
to Help Win the War


Gushing, ACTING federal food admins
TRAITOR for Vermont, said this morning
| that within a day or two Director Of
Campaign James z. Taylor of Burling
new Home Card - issued by the fed
( eral food administration and embody
ing in definite program those parts OF
President Wilson 5 proclamation as
/ they affect the home and making plain
to the 60 odd thousand homes in Yer
mont, which, by virtue Of having
signed the food pledge several months
ago. are now 4 part of the food adj
minigtration, how and what conserve
ton and substitution must be effected
If the United States is to meet the
critical situation which has developed
il the allied world.
! The new card which Mr. Cushing
says should hang in every kitchen in
Vermont, states that America s problem
IS to supply tho allies and our own
aoldiers with wheat, beef. pork butter
and sugar, and declares that our aqlu
tion IS to eat less Of these and rs little
Of all foods as viii support health ana
strength. The food Of growing chill
dren Is not TO be limited and no one
is asked to eat less than sufficient food
TO maintain health, for the nation needs
strong people.
| Tho food administration asks every
! loyal American 10 helps win the war
| by maintaining rigidly, as minimum Of
/ saving, the following program:
Two wheatIess da;s week and one
! whaatless meal every day. The wheat
! less days are to be Monday and WedneS-
day, On wheatless days and meals, the
! card sets forth, there should not De
eaten any crackers, pastry, macaroni.
Breakfast food or other cereal food con
| tanning wheat. nor should any wheat
flour be used in any form except the
small amount needed for thickening
soups or gravieS. or for binder in
I corn bread ana other cereal bread. As
to bread, if it is baked a home, cereals
| other than wheat should be used, and
only war bread should be bought The
| object of the food administration i,
to reduce the consumption Of wheat
| products from last year by one third
| A+&t iINtst it-S uG AuENlldN Ill tN-
cry week and one meatlesS meal cy-
cry day. and two porkles5 DAYS (Tues-
day and Saturday in every week.
/ ." Meatless means without any cattle,
hog or sheep products. On other DAYS.
mutton ana lamb should be used in
! preference to beef or pork. - Porklass -
means without pork. bacon. ham, lard
or pork products. fresh or preserved
The substitution Of poultry and eggs
is recommended. Th- card says. AS
nation We eat and waste nearly twice
As much meat as We need -
Every dag should he made : IS.
saving day (butter, lard, lara ,ubsti-
tutes. etel. The card saws that a. i
nation We waate two and half times
az much fat as we need, and as a
measure Of saving il urges less frying,
the saving Of meat driFpinps and the
USE of vegetable oils. The use Of but
ter aloud be restricted TO the table
but. as butter contains food values
vital to children, il should be given to
them. Soap should not be wasted
Every day should he sugar say
ing day. As nation We consume twice
as much sugar as we need. and we
should use less of the commodity. drink
les sweet drinks and eat less candy
containing sugar.
The abundant use Of fruits, veg
etablcs and potatoes is urged because
these foods are healthful and plentiful
and at the same time partly take the
place of other foods which We must
save
Milk should be used wisely and no
part of II should be wasted The children
must have whole milk, but skim and
sour milk can be used in cooking and
for cottage cheese.
About food boarding tho card has