| Show 1 FED THE ALLIES fad administrator writes president america conserved i bushels wheat CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN moat meat and fat shipments increased by pounds conservation measures applied VY by th alm american people enabled the united states stales to ship to the allied peoples and to our own forces overseas bushels ot of wheat and pounds ot of meat during the past year valued in III all at tills was accomplished in the face of a serious food shortage in this country be speaking the wholeheartedness s and patriotism with which the american people have met the food crisis abroad rood food administrator hoover in a letter to president wilson explains how the situation was met the voluntary conservation program fostered by the food administration enabled the piling up of the millions of bushels of wheat 1017 1917 18 13 and the shipment of bovat during 1017 18 the total value of all food shipments to allied destinations amounted amount d to all this food being boight through or in collaboration with wilh tho the food administration these kusures are all based on official reports ai d I 1 represent food exports experts for the arvest lia harvest year that closed june 30 10 1018 is the shipments of meats and fats including meat products dairy products vegetable oils etc to allied der dea th that ions were cre as follows pal fiscal I 1 year 1010 17 iba bi fiscal year 1917 1017 13 iba increase ibs or oar slaught erable animals at the be gluing gli ing of tho the lat fiscal year were not appreciably larger than the year belore before and particularly in lings hops they were v ore probably less the increase in sli sh prents Is due to conservation and tho extra weight of atil animals mals added by our farmers the full effect of these efforts began to hear bear their best results in th the e last brif of the fiscal year when the esp arts ts to the allies were poin ds as ag against fanst pounds pi 1 the same period of the year before tiis hiis compares with an average of pounds of total exports tor for tl same half years in the three year pr war var period in cereals and cereal products reduce to terms of cereal bushels our si to allied destinations have bi bc an n F cal year 1010 17 bushels fecal year 1017 bushels increase bushels bushel a of these cereals our shipments of th prime breadstuffs bread stuffs in the fiscal year 18 to allied destinations were V neat bushels and of rye rya 1 bushels a total of 0 J bushels the ine exports to allied destinations arring the fiscal year 1016 IT 17 were wheat vi boat bushels and rye 2 bushels a total of b hels in III addition some bv b i hels of 1017 1917 wheat are now in port for f allied destinations or en route rou tn th relo oreto the total shin shipments ments to allied co marios from our bast last harvest of va ecat cat will he be therefore about OU bushels or a total of fit bi aiels hels of prime bre breadstuffs bread stuffs in ad dinon to this we have shipped some 10 bushels to neutrals dependent ent upon us and we have received soie boie imports from other quarters tills this accomplishment of our people in this matter stands out even more cl arly it if we bents bear in mind that we haj dal callable lable in the lie fiscal year 1916 17 bivin net carryover carry over and as surplus ON or IT our normal consumption about bushels of wheat which we A wire ie able to export that year without tr on our home loaf mr 11 II over said haid this last year however ov oving ing to the large failure of the 1917 blat crop we had aul a tillable lable from net cairy ry over and production and imports only just about our normal consumption therefore our wheat rito to allied destinations represent ap from our own wheat broad bread thesel figures however do not fully convey the volume of the effort and Favri flee made during the past year b by the whole american people de silie the magnia cent eff ort of our agri cultural cil tural population in planting a much increased acreage in 1917 not only was lore billere a very large failure in wheat bit also the corn failed to mature prop deiy ei y and our corn is our dominant crop 1 I am ain sure mr hoover wrote in concluding liis his report that all the millions of our our people agricultural an a well avell aj af urban who nho liane hae contribute i to these results should feel a very definite satisfaction that in a year of universal food shortages in the north ern hemisphere all of those people joined together against germany have come through into bight of atthe abe comani harvest hm not only falth adith wealth and a nd strength th fully maintained but with only temporary periods of hardship it Is difficult to distinguish between various sections sect ions of our people atie homos homes public eating places food liades li ides or agricultural floars ln in assessing credit for for these re stilt gulfs 3 but no one will deny the dows doat nant mint part of alie ahe american women |
