The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-10-18
DAIRY PRODUCTION
Of OURS ENDANGERED
MR.. HOOVER PLEADS FOR uR0
EMIT NATIONWIDE SAVING
oE FEEDING sTuFFs.
MIX Now Limited to Children and
Vital National Uses In Allied
Countries. Burden to Make
Shortage Good Falls Upon
United States.

Washington, Oct. Sowing 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 II they
are to keep alive their dairy herds,
grain wheat.
Already, 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
stifle 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
endeavor to protect the farmer. IL
maintaining an artifcially low price
on these feeds. One consequence ls
that a great deal CT mill feeds are now
going unnecessarily into work AMI
mails or beef production. Every farm
er will recognize that the wheat mill
leeds 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 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 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 10
bound to fall and to jeopardize the
food supply Of our people in that Sec
ton. Otherwise 1t 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 whole, we are instructing
the mills and all dealers in feeds 10
secure from the buyer of wheat mill
leeds the following pledge:
I'm order to assist the Food Admin
lstration In the distribution of mill
leeds, l hereby undertake on honor
not to use wheat mill feeds for any
other purpose than the feeding OF
larry cattle, poultry, young pigs or
young calves. or the preparation of
weekly bran mash for work animals.
will not feed any more wheat mill
leeds than Is customarily fed to such
animals and further agree not to
have at any one time more than a CO.
lay supply OF wheat feeds on hand
The Food Administration is also re-
luiring the millers and feed jobbery
TO distribute their wheat mill feeds
In such manner that each State re-
selves the same proportion Of the
mills or jobber's shipments as 1t re-.
:eived In the same quarter In 1917.