Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-01
use potatoes As
wheat SUBSTITUTES
FIGHTING MEN "OVER THERE
MUST HAVE SUFFICIENT
FOOD SUPPLY.
WITH HOME AGENT
Cottage Cheese Demonstration At.
tracts Many Women. Work Of
the Home Demonstration.
(By County Home Demonstrator.


ical-far graver than when the frs
reckoning was made Of the worlds
supply for this year. Harvests fell
below estimates, the shortage Of ship.
ping has grown more acute, remote
markets have become inaccessible.
There is simply not enough food in
Europe, yet the soldiers of the allies
must be maintained in full strength
their wives and children at home
must not, face famine; the friendly
neutrals must not be abandoned to
starvation; and finally our own army
in France must never lack needed
food.
There is just one way In which
these requirements must be met
North America must furnish the food
But we have already sent our normal
surplus, therefore we must create sup
plies from our savings.
We do not need to starve ourselves
There is plenty in America, and It Is
the firm policy of the food admins
tration to retain for our people, by
control Of exports, a sufficient supply
of every essential foodstun. Nobody
in our country ought to eat less than
is necessary for good health and full
strength, for America needs the full
productive power of all its people.
Much Of the needed saving can be ef-
fected by substituting one kind Of food
for another. But the time has come
to put aside all selfishness and dis
loyalty. The time has come for sac
rifce,
Use Potatoes to Save Wheat.
The potato has a place in our food
list which no other vegetable occu-
pies. 1t appears on the tables OF
countless families at least once a
day and often at all three meals, and
is so much part of our daily food
that we miss It almost as much as we
would bread if we have to go without
it. Its popularity is based on more
than accident or custom. 1t is pala-
table and wholesome, supplies much
food material, and has some special
food qualities to its credit. Though
we prepare 1t in endless ways as q
vegetable served with meat and other
foods, we also use it for soups and
salad making, sometimes for desserts,
and with flour in baking. That we
can use potato with flour is not sur
prising for the food substance pota-
to supplies most abundantly is starch
and it is largely because of the starch
they contain that the world uses GER
cal grains as breadstuffs. It will very
often be found with little expert
menting, that one third to one-halt
-four in some favorite recipe can be
replaced with mashed potato.
The potato drive in Delaware coun.
ty is nicely ON its way. In co-opera'
ton with Mr.. Krall, the county agent
and Mr.. Matthews, the food admins
traitor, both the market side and tht
consumption side are being settled
All we need now is the people o.
Delaware county to patriotically CO
operate and use potatoes freely ant
substitute them for wheat.
The home demonstrator has givel
patriotic potato talks in about tel
localities over the county during tn
past week in hopes of reaching il
some way most of the people of tn
county.
Local merchants, domestic scienc
teachers and the women of the bureau
of directors are asked to arrange dis
plays in store windows and furthe
use of potatoes in every locality
Spread the doctrine. Let each indi
vidual ask himself these questions:
Is there anyone in the county VIII
does not know:
That there is a big surplus Of pc
tatoes?
| That the southern crop will 500
add to the surplus?
That farmers were asked last sun
mer to plant, and they did?
That the surplus is waiting custc
mers?
That potatoes will take the plac
Iof wheat?
| That unless our wheat goes to tn
armies abroad the boys in the flghtin
lines must try to win the war on en-
PITY stomachs?
| If you find anyone ignorant of thes
things see that he is informed. Mai
yourself a committee of one.
Cottage Cheese Campaign.
The demonstration work in cottas
cheese was completed last Saturds
when Miss Baxter, assisted by Mis-
Hastings held public demonstrate
in the court room at Mancheste
Over one hundred ladies were presel
and were very enthusiastic on tt
subject.
/ Despite the dilapidated and woI
out Ford cars given out by varior
liveries about the county, numeror
accidents such as back wheels rollin
off, one or two blow-outs, breakin
timers and getting stuck in the on
mud hole in the county, Miss Baxtt
and Miss Hastings made nine demon
strations about the county. Good a
tendance in most every locality:
in Earlville, so in Edgewood, 55
Hopkinton and so on greeted the den
onstrators. After samples Of cottae
cheese. cottage cheese sausage, p
and sandwich filings were made tt
work was brought to tasteful END
in each place, We hope that the r.