Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-28
FOOD CONSERVATION NOTES

4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Washington. Mich %, 1918
If we are to furnish the allies
with the necessary proportion Of
wheat to maintain their war bread
from now until the next harvest,
and this. is a military necessity,
we must reduce our monthly CON
sumption To 2l ,00O, 900 bushels a
month as against our normal cGa-
1sumplinn of about 100000 b9 !,
or 30 per cent of our normal cor
sumption Reserving a margin fe
distribution TO the Arms and f1f
| special eases leaves fOr geneni
consumption Approximately 4
1 pounds OF wheat products week
| ly per person. Many of our cor
sumers are dependent upon baE
er's bread. Such bread must he
durable, and therefore requires
larger proportion of wheat pi@
duets than cclal breads baked
| The household our Army and a3,t
| Navy require a full allowance. 3 ne
wcll-lo-do in our population cas-
| make greater sacrifices in Tbs
consumption of wheat product
4 thamrcan he poor. In addition. ol
population in the agricultural Iii
Iiricts where the other cereals ar
abundant are more skilled in tn
preparation of breads from thcS
|other cerals than the crowded ell.
and industrial populations.
| With improved transportation
conditions we now have available
a surplus of potatoes. We alsG
have i'm the spring months sur
plus of milk, and we have ample
corn and oats for human consum-
|pliOn. The drain Oh rye and bar
ley as substitutes has already very
greatly eXhaused these grains.
TO effect the needed saving of
wheat. we are wholly dependent
upon the voluntary assistance of
the American people and we ask
that The following rules shall be
observed.
l.. llouscholdcrs TO use moi 10
exceed total of | ~ pounds IL
week OF wheat products per per
SON. This means not more than
1 Is pounds of Victory bread
containing the required percent
age of substitutes and one-half
|pound OF cooking flour, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes and
wheat breakfast cereals all com
bined
?. Public eating places and
cluhs to observe two Mhealless
days per week, Monday and Ned
nesday as at present. In addition
thereto not TO serve to any one
guest at any one meal an agrega-
ton of breadstuffs, macaroni,
|crackers, pastry, pies, cake, wheat
breakfast cereals containing
! Il total of more than two ounces Oh
wheat flour. No wheat products to
: be served specially unless order
ed. Public eating establishments
, not to buy more than 6 pounds OF
), wheat products for each meai
served, Tins conforming with tho
limitations requested OF the
hOuscholdcrs.
3. Retailers TO sell not more thar
one eighth of Il barrel of flour tC
any town customer at any one
time, and in no case TO sell wheat
products without the sale OF al
equal weight of other cereals.
4. We ask the bakers and gro
Gers to reduce the volume of Vic
tory bread sold by delivery OF tn
three quarter pound loaf whore
pound was sold before and cor
, responding proportions IN otlel
weights. We also ask bakers no
to increase the amount OF tlleI1
wheat flour purchases beyond Z
pei Ccllt VI lilc uNtl dSt iilollliii3
: amount purchased i'll the fou
!, months prior to March 1.
manufacturers using Whea
products for nonf"od purnos
i should cease such use entirety
:, 6. There is no limit upon til
= use of other cereals. llomrs meal
: corn, barley, buckwheat, potaf,
flour, etc.
Many thousand families thru
out the land are now using n
wheat products whatever, cXcep
IL very small portion for coollln
purposes and are doing so in per
:, feet health and satisfaction. fIhcr
is no reason why all OF the Amer
n lean people who are able to coo
i'm their own households can ne
substitute perfectly we'll With M
use of less wheat products tina
1 ID pounds a week and we spe
cially ask The we'll 10 do house
holds i'm the country to follow In
additional program in order lha
we may provide the necessar
margainal supplies for those part
= of the community less able to ad
II apt themselves to so large pro
n lportion of substitutes.
It I'm order that we may be able |