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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
2
Parched cornmeal forms the base of these wheatless biscuits. Combine salt peanut butter and water, heat then stir in hot cornmeal until smooth. Drop spoonfuls into an greased pan and bake into 16 small cakes, each with about one sixth ounce of protein.
The message urges voluntary sacrifice to conserve food during the 1918 winter. It emphasizes local responsibilities, pricing limits, and necessary consumption to sustain health, linking these measures to the U S Food Administration’s mission to feed the world.
The United States Food Administration urges American stock breeders to conserve flocks and herds to meet Europe’s war driven meat needs. Europe’s livestock has fallen sharply with Germany and France each seeing large declines while England shifts pasture to grain. Future U S shortages likely to hinge on meat and dairy production, not cereals.
The article explains England’s bread program where the government pays about 200 million dollars yearly to subsidize loaves. It notes grain is taken at set prices, imported wheat bought at market price, and mills sell war bread loaves at 18 cents for four pounds, 9 cents for two pounds, and 6 cents for one pound.
E H Nilea writes in the Hotel Gazette that meat shortages may persist for five to six years after peace. He urges permanent meatless menus using grains vegetables and fish with cereals and other proteins to replace meat in daily meals.
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