The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
CONSERVE WHEAT
APPEAL MADE BY
FOOD CONSERVATOR
Must Reduce Consumption of Wheat
Considerably Until the Next Har-
vest Has Been Gathered In
America.

The United States Food Admins
tration at Washington has sent out
the following notice to the people of
the country:
If we are to furnish the Allies with
the necessary proportion of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
on until the next harvest and this is
a military necessity we must reduce
our monthly consumption to twenty
one million bushels month as against
our normal consumption of about
forty-two million bushels. or fifty
per cent of our snormal consumption
Reserving a margin for distribution
to the army and for special cases
leaves for general consumption ap-
prOximately one and one half pounds
OF wheat products weekly per person.
Many Of our consumers are depend
ent upon bakers bread. Such bread
must be durable and therefore re-
quires larger proportion of wheat
products than cereal breads baked in
the household. Our army and navy
require full allowance. The we'll to
do in our population can make greater
sacrifices in the consumption of wheat
products than can the poor. In addi-
ton our population in the agriculture
al districts where the other cereals
are abundant are more skilled in the
preparation of breads from these
other cereals than the crowded city
and industrial population with i'm
proved transportation conditions. We
now have available surplus of po-
tatoeS. We also have in the spring
months a surplus of milk and we have
ample corn, and oats for human con-
sumption. The drain on rye and barley
as substitutes has already greatly ex-
hausted the supply of 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.
First.-Householders to use not to
exceed total of one and one-half
pounds per week of wheat products
per person. This means not more than
one and three-fourths pounds of vic
tory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and about
one-half pound of cooking flour, ma
caroni, crackers. pastry, pies, cakes,
wheat breakfast cereals all combined.
Second-Public eating places and
clubs to observe two wheatless days
per week Monday and Wednesday as
at present. In addition thereto not to
serve in the aggregate a total of more
breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pas
try, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast GER
calls containing a total of more than
two ounces of wheat flour to any one
guest at any one meal No wheat pro-
ducts to be served unless specially
ordered. Public eating establishments
not to buy more than six pounds of
wheat products per month per guest
thus conforming with limitations re-
quested of the householder
Third-Retailers to sell not more
than one-eighth of a barrel of flour to
any town customer at any one time
and not more than one quarter of
barrel to any country customer at any
one time and in no case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
weight Of other cereals.
Fourth-We ask the bakers and gro
GERS to reduce the volume of victory
bread sold by delivery of the three
quarter pound loaf where one pound
was sold before and corresponding
proportions in other weights. We also
ask bakers not to increase the amount
Of their wheat flour purchases beyond
seventy-percent of the average month
ly amount purchased in the four
months prior to March first
Fifth Manufacturers using wheat
products for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely
Sixth-There is no limit upon the
use Of other cereals, fours and meats,
corn, barley, buckwheat, potato flour,
etc. Many thousands of families
throughout the land are now using no
wheat products whatever except
very small amount for cooking pur-
poses and are doing so in perfect
health and satisfaction. There is no
reason why all of the American peo-
pie who are able to cook in their own
households cannot subsist perfectly
we'll with the use Of less wheat pro-
ducts than one and one-half pounds a
week and we specially ask the we'll to
do householder in the country to fol-
low this additional program in order
that we may provide the necessary