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Show m m EVERYBODY USEPOTATOES (Dy Dr. Y S Harris, Director, Utah Agricultural College Experiment Experi-ment Station.) The war has caused , great scarcity scarc-ity in many kinds of food; It haB made the prlco of everything so high that people could hardly afford to live tf It were not expensive to die. Many food producers have been called into tho trenches, and many productive acres havo been rendered desolate by tho ravagos of war. These conditions havo so completely upset tho food supply of tho world that deep distress, If not actual famine, fam-ine, has knocked at the doors of many who previously had nover known what it was to want. This Is a war In which food takes Its placo In tho battlo line with tho musket and the cannon' In deciding who shall be tho victor. Not alono will tho "fire superiority" of shot and shell determine the advantage of tho troops; the "flro superiority" ot bread will dictate- in tones of an ab solute monarch which regiments shall advance and Which retreat. As a factor, therefore In winning tho war, the nation must take every possible pos-sible utep to conserve its food supply. sup-ply. Wheat, the most Indlsponsablo of! tho foods, is scarce Tho world's re-servo re-servo has gradually decreased during dur-ing tho period of tho war, till now a shortago seems Inevitable. This condition would bo very serious woro It not for the Tact that tho potato crop Is exceptionally largo. Unllko wheat, potatoes cannot bo Btored from season to season; this year's crop must be eaten within tho year or It will bo wasted. Nor can potatoes be transported groat distances, for their high molsturo content makes frolght rato prohibitive. Since they cannot bo shipped In any con sldorablo quantity quan-tity to our allies in Kuropo, thoy must bo consumed at homo. Wo must allow them in part to take the place of grain In our own diet, and rosorve tho moro concentrated products prod-ucts for tho men In the trenches. Fortunately potatoes may, to a considerable extent, bo substituted for wheat. Although they do not contain all tho nutritive elements contained In wheat, they are rich In energy-giving starch nnd, may take tho placo ot at least part ot tho wheat flour In making bread. Indeed bread containing a high prccontnge of potatoes, If properly made, can scarcely bo distinguished from that mado entirely from wheat flour. Furthermore In the hands of a skilled cook many palatable and nutritious dishes may be prepared directly from potatoes. Slnco potntoes will bo plentiful and cheap, slnco they aro too bulky to ship long distances and too perishable perish-able to storo from year to year, since wheat Is scarco and Is needed for tho men In tho trenches, since tho success suc-cess of tho nation at arms depends In part on tho conservation of food, and slnco every truo American is anxious to demonstrate his patriotism, patriot-ism, what citizen can allow to pass thlB opportunity to servo by giving potatoes a prominent placo In his diet? |