Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-08-29
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presl'
dent America Conserved l4l,.
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN
Ma, and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44,eoo,oOo Pounds.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN

Meat and ~ oNlpNlc"'o WV
s44,eoo,ooo Pounds.
Conservation measures applied D!
,hn American people enabled the Unit
oil states 10 ship to the Allied peoples
md TO our own forces overseas l'i''
ooo 600 bushels of wheat and $4,000
coo mounds Of meat during the past
year. valued In all at $l,Aooooo'""'
This was accomplished In the face Of
serious food shortage In TINS country,
bespeak,nc the wholohearIedhess anu
r,,ri,tlsm with which the American |
ncople have met the food crisis abrond' |
Food Administrator Hoover w let
ter to President Wilson, explains no"
,bc siuulion was met The voluntary
conservation program tostered by the
Food Administration enabled the plllhI
mn Of the millions OF bushels OF wheat
during lWI.lS ana the shipment OF
meat during l9l1-ls.
The total value Of all food snip.
meuts 10 Allied destinations amounted
to SlIOOOOOO0O, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures nre nll based on official reports
and represent food exports Tor Tue
harvest year TINT closed June 80, WIS.
The shipments ot meats and tais
uncludlng meat products, dairy PROD
ucts. vegetable oils. ctc.) to Allied des'
tInatlous were rs follows;
Fiscal year lolGlI.".2, lGG,5oo 900 lbs
Fiscal year l9l7-ls. .3,Oil, 10000 lbs
Increase .........s Si,Goo,oOO lbs
Our slaugh,ernhle animals a, the be-
ginning Of the last fiscal year were not
appreclnbly larger than the year be-
fore and particularly in boys; they
were probably less The Increase IN
shipments is due TO conservation and
the extra weight OF animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect OF these efforts begun
10 bear their best results 10 the last
! balf OF the fiscal year. when the ex'
ports TO the Allies were 2l33. lO",Ur
pounds, as against 500, 900 poundi
In the same period OF tbo year before
This compares with an average OF
sol. O0o. 900 pounds OF total exports FOL
the same half years In the three-yeal
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products ~
duced to terms Of cereal bushels oul
shipments to Allied destinations hav'
been:
Fiscal year 1901. 10 10000 bushsl
Fiscal year ipl7.lS. $40 So. 900 bushsl
Increase ......... 5000. 900 bushsl
OF these cereals cor shipments o
the prime breadstufs h the fiscal yea
iVi7.is to Allied destinations were
Wheat 1871. 900. 900 bvsheis and Of -
is.sOO.0 900 bushels. . total Of NA.o0o
900 bushels.
The exports 10 Allied destination
during the fiscal year NHi7 were
Wheat isaloo.0o bushels and ~
I,s00. 900 bushels. Q total Of III, 700, %
bushela In addition ,pu,s 100000
bushels Of 1917 wheat sss now In pot
for Allied destinations or en- rout
thereto. The total shipusnts 10 Allie
countries from our last harvest q
wheat will Be therefore. about 1sl 900
900 bushels, or Q total Of $4,000
bushels Of prime breadstufYs. In NJ
dillon to this We have shipped SON
10000, 900 bushels TO nsutsals depen'
ont upon us. and We have rsceive
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment Of our peopl
In this matter stands out even moi
clearly II We bear In mind nat we ha
available In the fiscal year 1871
from net carry-over and rs surpl,
over our normal consumption abo,
200 700, 600 bushels OF wheat which "
were nble TO export that year witho'
trenching on our home loaf" NJ
Hoover said. -Thls last year. boweye
] owing 10 the large failure OF the lgl
wheat crop, We had available from n.
cnrry-over and production and impor
only just about our normal consuml
ton. Therefore our wheat shipment
10 Allied destinations represent o.
a proximntely savings from our ow
o wheat bread.
"These figures, however. do not full
u convey the volume OF the effort az
sacrifice made during the past YET
by the whole American people. u
spite the magnificent effort OF our ngr
4 cultural population In planting n muc
Increased acreage In 1911, not only W,
there n very large failure In when
but also the corn failed 10 mature pro
erly, and our corn Is our dominant Gro
u II am sure" Mr. Hoover wrote
d concluding his report, shat oil u
millions OF our people, agricultural I
well NJ urbnn, who have contribut,
, TO these results should feel q vel
definite satisfaction that In n year
Il universal food shortages In the mort
). ern hemisphere oil OF those peop
n Joined together against Germany hn'
" come through Into sight of the comII
harvest not only with wealth NJ
strength fully maintained, but wi
u only temporary periods Of hardship.
., at is difficult to distinguish betwe,
\. various sections OF our people-tl
homes, public eating places, 70,