The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-02-01
rood SURVEY
Government Asks for Food Survey of
Obion County.

: County: / have been ordered by the
Department of Agriculture to make
food survey OF 0bion County. be-
J ginning Jan. 81. Owing to the
weather conditions it will be impos-
sible for me to see many of the
housekeepers personally to explain
this. In order to avoid delay l am
having published extracts from Sec
rotary of Agriculture Houston's let
ter of instructions.
shall ask the families collected to
make this inventory to make it as
accurate as possible and send 1t in
Immediately, as l must have ell re-
ports in the Knoxville Office by Feb.
s. If for some unavoidable reason
you cannot get in your report be
sure to write me. as your name has
been taken end the report must be
sent in.
/ Following is partial exclamation
OF why this food survey is being put
on:
In the present emergency 1t is es-
sential that the Government and the
people know how much food there
is on hand, how much people are
using and h w it is being used. This
information is desired as a guide in
the conservation and utilization OF
food supplies for the United States
and for the countries associated with
us in the war.
A food surevy or inventory of the
entire country is being made Rep
resentative farmers are reporting
amount of grain and live stock as a
basis for estimating the total
amounts of these raw products on
the farms. Grain elevators, meat
packers, wholesale and retail business
houses and other concerns are fur
nishing figures regarding the
amounts of food materials they have
on hand. In order to make this q
comprehensive survey $4,000 house
keepers, representative of the 49,
900 200 families of the entire coun-
try are being asked to supplement
these data by giving information
relative to foods in the household.
The information desired is being
obtained from these representative
families in household survey COW
ering the inquiries included in the
/ fnl -
food in the homes is of the utmost
Importance. Accordingly, in Sec
tions / and ii of the schedule data
are requested concerning the storage
and preservation of meats, eggs.
fruits and vegetables during two
seasons. Owing to the lack OF sat
isfactory information with reference
to the disposal of milk on farms.
Section III is devoted to milk and it's
uses. In Section w information is
requested concerning the stocks OF
the more important foods actually on
hand in the households and concern
ing the rate of their consumption in
the families.
The families chosen for the house
hold survey are being so selected as
to place of residence, occupation and
family income as to represent the
population of the country as whole.
II any difficulty is encountered in
| filing out the schedule assistance
should be requested by the county
agricultural agent, home demonstra-
ton agent, teacher in the public
schools or other persons expert
enced in such matters. Information
regarding stocks of food on hand Is
desired for the date January 81.
other data are requested covering an
entire year or for typical week in
January.
The selection of families and the
distribution and collection of
schedules is being done under the
| direction of the States Relations
Service and the Bureau OF Markets
of the Department of Agriculture.
This schedule should be returned in
accordance with the instructions Civ
en- at the time of its delivery.
Housekeepers complying with this
request and furnishing the informa-
ton will be rendering a real patri-
otto service. The figures given on
the schedule are to be used only for
combining with similar figures from
other families, for the purpose of
making an estimate OF foods and
their uses for the entire country. In
no instance will data regarding in
dividual families be published After
some months, when the returns have
been tabulated, a statement of the
more interesting results of the food
survey will be sent to each person
whose address is given on the sched-
ule for the purpose.
EVA LUTHER.
County Home Demonstration
Agent.
January %, 1918.