| Show achievement W AWARD stretch the available supply substitute when the items wanted are on fihe the scarce list even if it means changing life lifelong long eating habits another way to conserve is to buy and store vegetables that will keep well this is particularly important in the case of white potatoes this year the crop has been exceptionally large including both early and late potatoes it is estimated that it will total more than million bushels of this million bushels are late potatoes and are now being harvested the late potato crop is 73 million bushels larger than the late crop of 1942 and the overall 1943 crop is 33 million bushels larger than the previous record crop of 1928 which totaled million bushels so it is plain that thai the farmers response to the governments plea for increased pro production has been splendid it is a great national asset to have this record crop of potatoes it also presents problems of distribution which if not efficiently handled may result in tile the waste of or the diversion from human consumption of a PLAY SQUARE large part of this bumper crop although the war food administration during the past summer set aside 15 million dollars for the erection of additional storage for irish potatoes and sweet potatoes the 1943 crop will exceed by more than 50 million bushels available approved farm and commercial storage every consumer who has space in his collar cellar or other suitable place is urged to buy and store as many potatoes as he conveniently can so that none of this supply of food will go to waste other vegetables like onions and turnips that keep well should also be put away in storage places apples and any other fruits that can be kept over the winter should also be stored share fairly all americans share the food with the men inen in uniform in camps at home and on foreign battlefields with the peoples of the other united nations helping to win the war and with the countries liberated from axis oppression farmers help each other to grow as much as they can by sharing seed machinery fertilizer and manpower in order to make short supplies go farther cheerful willing acceptance of rationing rules results in fair shares for all and plenty of food for fitness and health food is critical war material the government asks each citizen to pledge himself to accept no rationed foods without giving up ration stamps and to pay no me more re than top legal prides prices when rationing rules and price cel ceilings lings are not observed un american black markets appear do without it if what you want cant be purchased fairly record food production has been achieved for the past seven years yet america still have enough to answer all the demands of war and also to fulfill the tc un usual wants of civilians with tremendously increased purchasing power for the duration of the war and for several years after it ends the farmers problem is not going to be whether he can find a market for what he produces but whether he can produce as much as he can sell ever increasing demands will continue to exceed the supply |
