Show 0 FARM SECURITY FA MILIES FAMILIES URGED TO CONSERVE A special appeal is being made this year by the farm security administration to all its borrowers to conserve all foodstuffs and to let nothing waste the is interested primarily in n all borrower families being well fed and this can be accomplished best by the wise use of home produced foods says newel F county RR supervisor for the right now is the time to take care of every ounce of foodstuff the farm arm has produced not one ounce of of food should be allowed to go to waste on an american farm in 1942 gardens of iron county have done exceptionally well this year and every farm family should be well fed this winter for the sake of the fam ilys health and for far the sake of de moc cause every family should plan now to provide themselves with sufficient supplies so that there may be two vegetables beides potatoes served daily thru out the year an egg a day for every member of the family meat fish or cheese every day a quart of milk for every member of the family every day and whole grain bread or cereal every day it is the farm security fam ilys first responsibility to lay away a supply of health giving foods in sufficient amounts to take care of the family needs but this year the responsibility does not stop there it is the patriotic duty of every american family to produce and conserve as much foodstuff as possible it is better now to conserve a pound of potatoes already produced than to let one pound waste now and have to wait until next year to replace it with our own armed forces to be fed besides the other allied nations every pound of potatoes every pound of meat as well as every pound of any other food on the american farm is important the is anxious to give any assistance needed to help all low income farmers in their work of conservation the farm security can make loans for the building of storage houses if funds are needed or if it is advice on the best method of storage best methods of drying or bottling foods the will also be glad to give their assistance if there is food in the garden which the family cannot use sell it bottle it dry it or give it to a neigh bor who can use it so there will be no waste grow out all livestock to the largest economical weight possible and waste no teed feed in doing it says mr be careful in stacking hay or grain feed livestock well but arrange feed yards in such a way that livestock v will eat all of the feed and not trample it it under foot check now on storage and make certain that root cellars are good and will keep your potatoes and carrots if labor is inadequate to harvest crops contact the county war board by writing to the farm security office the county agent or get in touch with the employment service |