| Show SAVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT THAT TH T FORMERLY WAS LO LOST T IN THRESHING Farmers Urged by Food tion Provide Seven Extra Extra Loaves of of Bread for Every American By adopting cleaner clenner threshing methods meth- meth and by literally combing c h harvest fields to gather grain formerly wasted wast avast ed efi thre and farmers of ot the United d States this year sav saved d fully 00 bushels of ot wheat estimated as equivalent to about seven even pound one-pound loaves haves of bread for every ery person In Inthe inthe In Inthe the countr country This result accompanied I by corresponding savings saYings of barley oats rye and oth other r grains is shown by Ie reports orts orts' from 33 grain grains tates states to the U.S. U. U 8 S. Food Administration Other states although not not prepare prepared to to furnish deft definite nite figures of or conservation in the grain rain fi fields field ld report report- greatly reduced I hI losses This rural food rood saving achievement accomplished in scarcely six months' months time was In direct response to requests requests re reo quests hv hi F Food Foo oa Adm Administration which res e eto l' l to reduce harvest losses louea from beat abrat 3 PA per cent the cent the estimated averts average In normal times times to to the lowest possible pout pout- ble minimum Country groin grain threshIng thresh thresh- thresh lag Ing committees carried Into every even grain growing community the official recommendations for tor accomplishing the results desired In numerous Instances drivers driven of racks leaky bottoms were sent from flom the fields to repair their equipment equipment equip equip- ment meat and frequently bad ord order r threshIng threshing threshing thresh thresh- ing machines were stopped until the cause of of waste was removed But In Sn proportion to the number of ot persons engaged in gathering the nations nation's grain crop cases of ot compulsion were comparatively comparatively com com- rare The Food Administration Adminis freely attributes the success of the grain threshing campaign to patriotic patriotic patriotic pa pa- service by farmers thresher- thresher men and their t crews Incidentally grain growers of the United States are many millions of ot dollars In pocket as asa a result of ot th the grain saved |
