Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-03
U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
England doing to provide heraelf with

England doing to provide herself with ] food?+
 The answer is. England is providing | herself with a decidedly increasing amount of food. She is turning her moors and parks into vegetable gar dens and fields of grain.
 All England thinks now that it isl better for the country if her famous private and public gardens protuce [ less beauty. and more food. An early morning glimpse of Kensington Gar dens and Hyde Park reveals whole families at work, each in his allotted 1 space. tilling and planting the soil where once were thick velvety lawns. One big factor in the increase of | food production is the "bacsl to the | land movement and the interest in agriculture. stimulated by the help of i womene They are working shoulder to shoulder in the fields, organizing townswomen and the old and young who are capable of doing agricultural work.
 But England's achievement: in rais- 1 ing in the midst of all her perplexi- sties a larger proportion of her food than ever before in history, would l have been impossible without a larger 1 use or American made power ma 1 chimes than the English farmer would l | thousand five ehundred tractors have been placed at the disposal of the farmers, and almost an equal number of cultivatorS and other auxiliary ma l chine: for use. with tractors. Thous- ands of blows and other horse drawn implements are being supplied by the ministry of food to stimulate and help farmers and other food producers German prisoners are being used to l 1rfxA K@ IL IL. shortage is a serious difficulty this year when the aim of all England is to get a vastly increased area under cultivation. Last years increase over 1916 in potato area alone was 97,637 acres, representing in yield l.400, 900 1 tons of potatoes.
 England has made a scientific selec- tion in terms of food value of the things she ought to raise and she is putting forth supreme effort to pro- vide herself with sufficient food of the kind she cannot import.
 Detroit Turns Social Service to Pa- triotism.
 To live up to the war food pro-
 gramme is difficult for poor people
 Their diet has been more restricted and they are not, familiar with much variety of foods. They are not troubled so much with inconvenience of pre-
 pairing meat and wheat substitutes as
 by the seeming impossibility of it. l Detroit had an efficient machine tc } undertake the interpretation of the Food Administration requests. The
 Visiting Housekeeper Association has ? been able to offer very practical helI 7 toward food conservation. This association employs eight wo-
 men ds visiting housekeepers During t the year 1916-1917 they worked witt
 sos cases. Conferences and dcmonstra- i tions are a part of their work. Thei 1 pupils are often the poorest, who have . been referred to them by charitable In
 stitutions for instruction. But nov f more women are coming directly, ask
 ing the visiting housekeepers to teacl e them.
 :. Every Lhase of Gome5t ( economy : from budgets to babies, t!ley hay 5 studied. But food is always of grea d importance When war brought it a call to all Fousekeepers, these teacher 7 were familiar with many oS Detroit o poor and mad won their confidence
 They cooperated with the foad al
 .ninistra ten and conducted cannin
 demonstrations and thrift lessons i
 school buildings, club houses and 50
 cial centers. Their training m l le made them of practical value il tn
 food conservation campaign. l. Summer Breakfasts. l. What sort of breakfast do vo
 need in the summer time to send 70
 good natured to the office cr ou5 [ " the field ready for work" Here Ar m suggestions from the United State 'o Food Administration:
 For Growing Boys and Girls of Boiled Rice with Sliced Peaches an IS Cream.
 Corn Bread.
 q Jelly.
 l. Milk
 l. For the Office Worker. lo Fresh Apricots 5 Scrambled Eggs l. War Bread Toas- " Coffee.
 For Those on the Earns.
 Apple Sauce st Barley Mudins to Soft Cooked Eggs ne Flashed Brown Potatoes. is Milk