The Press., 1918-10-24
SCOVILLE URGES
 FEEDSTUFFS SAVING
Farmers to Sign Pledge When Buying-MiIIers to Send Conn. Usual Allotment at Low Prices.

Hartford, MOnday.-Owing to the eN-. tension of the drought area, the short ening of the corn crop, the larger ami mal population in the country and the Allied demands for feeding stufrs for their own animals because or their own shortage in production Of feed grain 1t is necessary to exert every ef- fort in the proper conservation or feeding stuffs during the next twelve months, according to Connecticut s Federal Food Administrator, Robert ScovIlle, who further pointed out to- day that we must maintain our own animal production. It Is necessary to ship a larger proportion of wheat as compared with flour during the next twelve months than during the last twelve months to the Allied countries because their own shortage of feeding stufrs is such that If they are to keep alive their dairy herds they must have a larger supply of grain wheat.
 Already the milk supply In the Al lied countries has been limited practi- cally to the supply of children and other vitally necessary national uses, and any failure on our part to supply them with necessary feed stufrs Tor their dairy nerd means that we shall cut into the actual safety of the chil- dren amongst the Allies. On the other hand, both our own population and the Allies are dependent upon our produc- tion of animal products. and we do not in any way wish to stifie this produc- ton. What we must secure Is the ut most elimination of waste by the care fuI feeding of animals and the use nf all the roughRge available.
 One of the difficult problems is the distribution of wheat mill feeds, and this is made more difficult by the fact that the Food Administration. in an endeavOr to protect the farmer, is maintaining an artifcially low price on these feeds. One consequence Is that a great deal of mill feeds are now going unnecessarily into work animals or beef production. Every farmer will recognize that the wheat mill feeds are vItaIIy 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 considerable sections of the dairy industry are practically without mill feeds, and our dairy production is thereby in danger. With a view to cor rectIng this so far as possible the Food Administration desires tO appeal for the assistance Of the farmers Of the country in the use and distribution Of wheat mill feeds. In this view the Food Administration Is 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 purpose except the es- sentiAl use In dairy, young pig and poultry production and not to pur- chase or hold at any one time more than 60 days supply.
 With a view to securing this e0-0per- ation from the farmers all over the country in the interests of their indus try as 6 whole the mills and all dealers in feeds have been instructed to secure from the buyer of wheat mill feeds the following pledge:
 "In order to assist the Food Admin istFAtIOn in the distribution Of mill feeds hereby undertake on honor not to use wheat mill feeds for any other purpose than feeding Of dairy cattle, poultry, young pigs or young calves OF the preparation of & weekly bran mash for work animals. l will not feed any more wheat mill feeds than Is custom arily fed to such animals, and l fur ther agree not to have at any one time more than a 60-day supply of wheat feeds on hand"
 The Food Administration Is also re- quIring the millers and feed JObbers to distribute their wheat mill feeds in such manner that each State receives the same proportion of the mills or Jobber'S shipments as 1t received In the same quarter in 1917.