Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-29
ALL SHOULD QUIT USING WHEAT
County Demonstration Agent.
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White Wheat Bread-made from
-four made from the starchy white
center of the wheat kernel.
Whole Wheat Bread-made from
the starchy center and some of the
outer brown layers (bran) of the
wheat kernel.
Graham Bread and Crackers-made
from flour containing all the wheat
kernel, including the bran.
Macaroni, Spaghetti, Noodles-made
from wheat flour.
Wheat Breakfast Foods-sold under
various names, not advertised as
wheat products, made from the whole
or part of the wheat kernel.
Victory Professionalism rs per cent
wheat. .t
If You Eat These You Eat No Wheat:
Oatmeal, potatoes, rice, hominy,
barley and 100 per cent breads.
100 Per Cent Breads-Corn pone,
mullins, biscuits, all kinds of breads
made only Of corn,Q oats, barley and
all other wheat substitutes. These
are usually made with baking powder
or soda and sour milk instead of with
yeast and are sometimes known as
Quick Breads" Eat No Wheat.
At the recent meeting of National
Federation of Women's clubs at Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo-, the women there
passed resolutions to the effect that
they pledged themselves to do with
out the use of wheat products until
the new harvest came on in Septem-
Der. This is an example which all
the Women's clubs would do we'll to
adopt
You can see by the above article
that our bodies will not suffer if we
confine ourselves to the use, of the
wheat substitutes. Let us have more
total abstinence clubs formed in Della
ware county. Let us not be behind in
this big movement Miss Hastings
will demonstrate only wheatless
breads, mullins and buildings for
some time to come.
Is Wheat Indispensable in our Diet?
A committee of experts was recent
ly assembled by the food administra-
ton to consider the special physiol-
ogical problems involved in it's prob
lem of wheat conservation This COM
mittee includes such men as DR.. Chit
tenden, of Yale; DR.. Graham Luck, of
Cornell University; DR.. E. V. Nc
Cullum of Johns Hopkins University;
DR.. Mendel of Yale; Dr.. Langworthy
of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and 9TH
err men active in scientific work along
food lines. The question asked of this
committee by the food administration
was: ''To what extent can the wheat
to which we are now accustomed in
our diet, be reduced without injury to
the health of the individuals of the
nation?" The answer was: ut is the
scientific opinion of the committee that
in a mixed diet wheat may be entire
sylS replaced without harm by other
available cereals, namely, rice, bar
v ley oats and corn. However, we
Should not recommend this except as
an emergency measure"
/ It'll Isl recognized that not all OF the
people can go without bread based on
wheat, but it is certain that a great
many people in this country can cas-
ily do this and that people will be glad
ito enire1y dispense with wheat until
harvest for the sake Of maintaining
rthe Wheat (bread supply for the armies
and civilians of our fighting associates
in, Elirope as1 well as our own soldiers
jim France. ci1N
The French people are on bread
cards allowing only about one-third
the average consumption of wheat
S4B9ttf Bread ration of
the ErencP soldiers has been cut 20
.g9(4t.I Beyteed I'D wheat, we do
Five hundred of the m4M1uential
hotels in the country have agreed to
serge no whptn Eygy h0sebQlder
w}k0fnSjoif@ Of .W What"
movement is Contributing just so
much toward winning the war"
James G63stkAA a. kap5as