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Show EVERYBODY USE POTATOES j THE war has caused a great scarcity in many kinds of food;-it has made the price of everything so high that people could hardly afford to live if it were not also expensive to die. Many food producers have been called to the trenches, and many productive acres have been rendered . desolate by the ravages of war. These conditions have j so completely upset the food supply of j the world that deep distress, if not act- j "ual famine, has knocked at the doors of many who previously had never, known what it was to want. Unlike wheat, potatoes cannot be stored from season to season; this year's crop must-be eaten within the year or it will be wasted. Nor can potatoes po-tatoes be transported great distances, for their high moisture content makes freight rates prohibitive. Since they cannot be shipped in any considerable quantity to our allies in Europe, they must be consumed at home. We must j allow them in part to take the place of 1 grain in our own diet, and reserve the more concentrated products for the I men in the trenches. Fortunately, potatoes may, to a con- siderable extent, be substituted for I wheat. Although they do not contain I all the nutritive elements contained in wheat, they are rich in energy-giving g starch and may take the place of at least part of the wheat flour in making 1 v bread. Indeed, bread containing a high a percentage of potatoes, if properly made, can scarcely be distinguished from that made entirely from wheat flour. Furthermore, in the hands of a skilled cook many palatable and nutritious nutri-tious dishes may be prepared directly from potatoes. Since potatoes will be plentiful and cheap, since they are too bulky to ship long distances and .too perishable to store from year to year, since wheat is j scarce and is needed for the men in the f trenches, since the success of the na- S tions at arms depends in part on the g conservation of food, and since every true American is anxious to demon- strate his patriotism, what citizen can allow to pajss this opportunity to serve " by giving potatoes a prominent place in his diet? f Beaver county is harvesting a large crop of potatoes and the price is low. ? It would pay every householder to se- cure enough good potatoes now to' last j all winter. i -J) . |