The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-10-19
FARMERS ASKED
TO SAVE FEEDS
State Food Administrator Tyler
Outlines New Program to
Aid Allies.

0St1S VI Ill iCtNS III Wv otAPNst
and especially the farmer, is appealed
to by William S. Tyler, State Food Adj
ministrator, to practice conservation
in mill feeds to meet the Allied de-
mapds upon us for feeding stuffs for
their own animals, especially milk pro-
ducing animals, because of their short
age in production in feed grains. In
making his appeal Mr.. Tyler has made
public the following statement from
the United States Food Administra-
ton:
lowing to the extension of the
drought area, the shortening of the
corn crop, the larger animal popula-
ton in the country and the Allied de-
mands upon us for feeding stuffs for
their own animals because of their
own shortage in production of feed
grain, it is necessary that we should
exert every effort in the proper con-
s~ervation of feeding stuffs during the
next twelve months, yet we nus main
tain our own animal production.
1T is necessary that we should ship
a larger proportion of wheat as com
pared with flour during the next twelve
months than during the last twelve
months to the Allied countries, be-
cause their own shortage of feeding
stuffs is such that if they are to keep
alive their dairy herds they must have
a larger supply of grain wheat.
Allies Need Milk.
ALREADY the milk supply in the AL
lied countries has been limited prac-
tically to the supply of children and
other vitality necessary national uses,
md any failure on our part to supply
them with necessary feed stuffs for
their dairy herd means that we shall
cut into the actual safety of the chill
dren amongst the Allies.
Ion the other hand, both our own
population and the Allies are depend
ent upon our production of animal
products, and we do not in any way
wish to stifle this production. What
we must secure is the utmost elimina-
ton of waste by the careful feeding of
animals and the use of all the rough
age available.
lone 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 artificially low price
on these fcfds. 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
vitality 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.
Farmers Aid Sought.
"With view to correcting 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 we are asking every buyer
of wheat mill feeds, outside of the
acute drought area, to sign a pledge OF
GOliOI IDl 10 use llle Wltdl Illlil lPetS
for any purpose except the essential
use in dairy, young pig and poultry
production and not to purchase or hold
at any one time more than so days
supply.
'Cnless we can secure this careful
and specialized use OF mill feeds our
dairy production in the congested
Eastern areas of the United States is
bound TO fall and to jeopardize the
food supply of our people in that sec
ton. Otherwise it will be necessary
to release the price restrictions on mill
feeds and allow them to take their nat
ural course.
with a view to securing this CO.
operation from the farmers all over
the country in he interests of their in
dustry as a whole we are %instructing
the mills and all dealers in feeds to Sc
cure from the buyer of wheat mill
feeds the following pledge:
I'm order to assist the Food Admin
istration in the distribution of mil
feeds | hereby undertake on honor not
to use wheat mill feeds for any Other
purpose than the feeding of dairy cat
tie, poultry, young pigs or young calves
or the preparation of a weekly brali
mash for work animals. | will not feed
any more wheat mill feeds than is Gus
tomarily fed to such animals, and
further agree not to nave 1t sny ont
time more than a 60-day supply o.
wheat feeds on hand"
The Food Administration is also re
curing the millers and feed jobbers
to distribute their wheat mill feeds IL
such manner that Zach State receives
the same proportion Of the mills OF
johber's shipments as 1t received II
the same quarter in 1917.