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Show GREATER WHEAT GGNSERVATIOH A NECESSITY To decr-ase the Imports and increase in-crease the exports of foodstuffs must be the aim of Utah this year." Such is the message brought by our food administrator, ad-ministrator, W. W. Armstrong, upon his return front the Ktvst. Furthermore Further-more while this refers to all foods, special emphasis is laid on wheat. The agricultural program should include the production of sufficient substitutes substitu-tes to Include the individual needs of all communities. This means an enlargement en-largement of the garden. project to include in-clude the planting of all small plots of land unsulted to wheat. Flour must be used with care, it is even possible to eliminate its use and still keep healthy. Mr. Hoover sets ns an exam, pie as it is neither used on his table or in the cooking of his meals. Is it now time to stop talking about the hardships of obtaining flour and using grain substitutes and do the next best we can. We have potatoes in abundance abund-ance make potato starch, use them 'in the place of bread, make potato bread. Do this until the new crops are matured and see to it that the substitutes sub-stitutes are among these crops. Mr. Armstrong emphasizes the need of using common sense, and said that he. considered the food regulations a goal which each community should strive to reach or go beyond. In answer to the .complaint that bushels of wheat were spoiling for lack of a buyer, the food administration administra-tion pledges itself to purchase all the wheat it can get if notified of its whereabouts. (Wheat must be conserved. Those who will not grow and cannot purchase pur-chase substitutes may do their share by eliminating the use of flour entirely on wheatless days. - |