Show F Feathered Food Makers May Become Important Food Source T By Selma elma Mil Miller er erIT T ISN'T necessary to bake four tour IT and twenty blackbirds in a apie pie to i please Uncle Sam All AU you have to todo todo todo I do is to eat one little pigeon plus the pie crust if it desired to bring an ex expression expression expression ex- ex of appreciation from that af affable affable affable af- af I fable but Imaginary gentleman And the expression of appreciation will be bethe bethe bethe the re result of having lightened that heavy pack of troubles on his back If It you bu ou need two or even three of ot the little cave eave dwellers to puff the pie piecrust piecrust piecrust crust out ordinary to dimensions lons use I them But if one will do dOthe the Job Just Justas I as well so much the better The United States department or I agriculture is urging the eating of pigeon pies because meat pies require I beef or pork and if it th the pies over here contain either of these it will mean means s that the fighting ies and their little boy and girl friends over terra will wUl be bot both meatless and I PLENTY PIGEONS FOR PIE Is th there re a danger of of running short I 0 ort 01 1 pigeon n pie In Utah Indeed not is t the top hearty response of pigeon growers grower of or the state Utah joined hands with Uncle Sam Sapi at tl the e first of the war va 1 raising pigeons for the food market Jumped d into sudden popularity for many saw that pigeon meat with its Juicy tender and delicious flavor could easily re replace replace replace re- re place the theold old beef beet standby At present In Utah there are about six m men n who are raising pigeons for tor food toad in huge I numbers according to N. N J. J Thomas secretary of f the Utah Pigeon Growers' Growers association Besides these there are scores who own a few pair of birds and are able to to supply their own and another table or two Ogden Lehl Lehi Eureka and Springville Are tre centers for tor squab qUah raising but there ther I 18 Lis is I pra practically no town or hamlet t In InI n I tote e state stale where some varieties of or i pigI pig pig- 1 I EO eons are not raised according to Mr i Thomas i i That pigeon meat would become oni one on i of the staple foods of Utah if the right kind of bt food could be obtained for the birds is the opinion of or several of the city growers of ot pigeons As it is is It i ivery is h s very difficult to obtain food for them they say These birds cannot ea eal grains such as aa barley or rye but must muslI I be fed upon wheat and It is very hard to obtain this for tor feeding purposes Scores of Utah children are doing their bit in winning the war by raising and caring for the pigeons while their parents parent's do the heavier work Pigeon pie In Utah has evidently made a a. hit for tor according to authorities authorities ties on pigeon raising here all varieties I of df pigeons raised for tor food find a ready market at at home there being no chance I of selling them to outside markets |