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Show ASK CURTAILED USE OF MEATPIIUCTS Need of Reduced Consumption Consump-tion Pointed Out by Food Administration. The imperative need of still further economy in the consumption of all kinds of meat is emphasized in a .telegram received re-ceived by the state food administrator from the national administrator yesterday yester-day afternoon. The telegram follows: The food administration is desirous of securing economy in the consumption consump-tion of all kinds of meat, without the reinstallation of meatless day, for the present. The seasonal decline in the volume of animals coming to market is now in progress, and its volume will undoubtedly further de-crease de-crease during the next few months, as is usual, but the probable amount of such decrease is yet obscure. The necessities for shipment abroad to our army and allies are very large and amount to, roughly, 75,000,000 pounds of meat and meat products of all kinds per week, against the pre-war normal of less than 15,000,000 pounds. Even with these large shipments the allies have found its necessary to reduce the consumption of all kinds of meats and poultry to an average of about one and one-quarter pounds per week per person, in-order that no further draft should be made on : shipping that is now required for the transport of our soldiers. Our consumption of meats, is about three and one-quarter pounds per week per person, and if we are to make both ends balance during the short marketing season we must have further economy. If the public will continue in rigorous rig-orous elimination of waste, and will further economize by reducing quantities quan-tities prepared for each meal of each kind of all kinds of meat and poultry, poul-try, and more particularly beef, and will restrict purchases accordingly, the food administration hopes that the necessary balance can be maintained. A general adherence to ythese recommendations rec-ommendations will avoid "the inconveniences incon-veniences which arise in many directions direc-tions from meatless days and will cause less interference in the daily preparation of food. There fs now a seasonable abun- dance of milk products, which can well be substituted in various forms. Shortage of fish during the past several months, due to necessity of naval requisitioning of trawlers and enlistment of fishermen for the navy, should" soon be considerably relieved by the expansion which has been arranged ar-ranged In other forms of fishing. |