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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
6
An editorial argues the world faces a prolonged food shortage after peace, with 180 million people at risk and 40 million adults withdrawn from production. It warns prices would surge if relief ends and calls on American farmers to supply allies with 17.5 million tons of foodstuffs this year, up from 12 million.
Amid rising horsemeat consumption in England the food controller issues a horseflesh sales order effective October 21, 1918. It requires full registration of retail horseflesh dealers and licenses for slaughterhouses and butchers handling meat for human consumption. Exceptions allow immediate humane destruction.
The British Food Controller assumes power to regulate milk distribution in each district and to seize premises of firms involved in wholesale milk and milk products. A representative committee will advise on the move as producers are asked to conference across counties.
Farmers are urged by US Food Administrator J F Deems to inspect straw stacks after fall rains for green sprouts indicating grain left by defective threshing. Report thresher name, threshing date, and details to local committees. Rebuild repairs and parts orders are requested to prepare for next season.
United States Food Administrator J. F. Deems predicts a statewide rollout of communal kitchens in towns of all sizes next year. Ot tumwa already hosts a permanent kitchen run by the council of national defense women and the U S food administration. The board includes Mrs Z C MacCarroll and others with plans to operate at the Bissell potato store in Ot tumwa for demonstrations and countywide education through the fall and winter.
The article outlines food conservation aims tied to patriotism. It cites U S pledges to send large food portions to soldiers and allies, notes 27 million tons shipped last year, and calls for 6 million more tons this year through saving, buying less, cooking less, and wasting nothing. It stresses precise allocation and public sacrifice.
A fragment argues no ship food imports this year unless all Americans improve by thirty percent, signaling a stance on national productivity and self sufficiency.
Pocahontas County board met with Sedlacek Hopkins Dooley and Klein present. Elsen absent. Claims against the county were audited including election boards for multiple townships and school rents. adjourned to December 8 due to lack of quorum. Drainage funds and county maintenance items were listed with payments to various individuals and firms.
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