Show FOOD SAVINGS LARGE united states sent to allies bushels of wheat wheal CREDIT dae DUE TO WOMEN allies got pounds pound more mor meat and pat fate in than in year before A AMERICAN FOOD SHIPMENTS TO ALLIES amat MEAT 1010 lbs ibs k 1917 lb 18 lbs ibs k k increase ibb k CE cereals nEALS A 1910 bu 1817 18 bu JL increase bu in spite of a subnormal food supply in this country tho the amerlean american people imo baya been able abl to ship to the allies as well as our own forces overseas bushels 0 it wheat besides pounds of meat during the year ending juno june 80 last this hail been made mada possible by tho the whole aholo baled operation cooperation co of the people who besides practicing ins self denial pave hive speeded ail j production and re spondee spon ded nobly W aff the appeal ironi abroad food administrator r hoover in ft letter to president pilson Wl lson given ft 06 brief summary of the results of food in ibm united lit states atell and rf of the tha activities of the food adain admin baena be ben put through f tactically allyon on tt a pa its w deo as a ay splendid t tribute i to ethl jhb e Atner american ican p copl malf meat ship w ere increase d pounds inuring tho the arst 11 I 1 CAI deir BB an compared compA qed aitu oui m i jax cofta during the year before befaro enfer entered ed the war ithe the total value ot of these food ship ments i 1 1 mr hoover wrote president elison which weite in the main pur chased through or with of K the abbod amount toi to roundly during daring the fiscal foscal year i in H the united matted states sent bent tho the A allies pounds of meat in 1917 18 with voluntary lun tary con ser serration Tation in america and aided by extra weight of animals nol mals wo sent the allies pounds of ment meat an increase In creasa of pounds dounda wheat saying saving when the food administration be zan gan operations in the summer of 0 1017 1917 this country wash wag facing 4 large deficit in wheat counting in ull oil carryover carry over wheat from the low crop we had bad at the beginning of aff the ight harvest year just enough wheat ts take care of americas nomal not R bushel of surplus at tho the cloae of tho the harvest barvest year the food fond administrations reports showed that aur artur total wheat shipments to th tak other side aide had been bushela bua hela every averl I 1 bushel shipped chipped was wheat by the I 1 american people proa front their normal consumption in cereals and cereal products ro deuced to term of cereal bushels buri iela our shipments to ta allied destinations were bushels tu shel bushels mo more than the tent sent in id 1910 17 included in these figure sire are bushels ot of riyo nye and the bushels buhela of enax d CT wheat beat ht addition we sent bent the rals depend tint on us ua ol 01 prime breadstuffs bad bread tuffs stuffs i these krasn do not faiia tull convey the volume of 0 the effort and imade demint the past year b by the whole people the woodad food aar adr wrote 41 4 1 I 1 am sure stoat all the tha millions BI of 0 our people adrical arr ical ural us LN urban who have con trimmed trib ted to these results should feel that la in a 5 ery e satisfaction bebr ear of universal food in the northern hemisphere all ott ot those hoso people joined tou together ether ger many enany cama through to the new barvest bart ves t not only with andi ully fully maintained but with ocly tem horary periods of hardship it Is difficult td distinguish be ba various fl seIt sections Ions of our iroil ii oil the lobie public eating places tool trado trade urban br agricultural ral tlona ln z credit for or bess resul tn but no on one a will deny the om lobat jart t of ahe tho women |