The Monmouth herald., August 30, 1918, Image 2

AMERICAN FOOD
SAVINGS LARGE
United States Sent to Allies
141 ,000,000 Bushels
of Wheat
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Allies Got (44,(00,000 Pounds Mora
MMt and Fata In 1t1MI
Than In Yaar Before,
AMERICAN FOOD SHIPMENTS
TO ALLIES
MEAT.
1918-17 2,106.300,000 lbs.
1917-18. 3,011.100,000 lbs.
Increase. 844,000,000 lbs.
CEREALS.
1916- 17. 250,800,000 bu.
1917- ia 340,800,000 bu.
Increase... 80,900,000 bo.
In spite of a subnormal food supply
In this country the American people
bare been able to ship to the Allies
as well as our own forces overseas
141,000,000 bushels of wheat, besides
844,600,000 pounds of meat, during the
year ending June 30 last This hat
been made possible by the whole
souled co-operation of the people,
who, besides ' practicing self-denial,
bare speeded up production and re
sponded nobly to the appeal from
abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, In
letter to President Wilson, gives a
brief summary of the results of food
conservation In the Cnlted States and
of the activities of the Food Admin
istration to this end. The conserva
tion measures have been put through
practically on I voluntary basis which
Is regarded as a splendid tribute t
the patriotism of the American people.
Meat shipments were Increased 844,
000,000 pounds during the first fiscal
year, as compared with our meat ex
ports during the year before America
entered the war.
"The total value of these food ship
ments," Mr. Hoover wrote President
Wilson, "which were In the main pur
chased through or with collaboration
of the Food Administration, amount
to, roundly, $1,400,000,000 during the
fiscal year."
In 1916-17 the Cnlted States sent
the Allies 2,166,!5OO,OO0 pounds of
meat In 1917-18, with voluntary con
servation practiced In America, and
aided by extra weight of animals, we
sent the Allies 2,011,100,000 pounds of
meat, an Increase of 844,000,000
pounds.
Wheat 8aving Enormous.
When the Food Administration be
gan operations In the summer of 1917,
this country was facing a large deficit
In wheat Counting In all carry-over
wheat from the 1918 crop, we bad at
the beginning of the 1917 harvest year
Just enough wheat to take care of
America's normal consumption, not
bushel it surplus.
At the close of the 1917-18 harvest
year the Food Administration's official
reports showed that our total wheat
shipments to the other side had been
141,000,000 bushels. Every bushel
shipped was wheat saved by the
American people from their normal
consumption.
In cereals and cereal products re
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations were
340.800,000 bushels, 80,900,000 bushels
more than the amount sent In 1916-17.
Included in these figures are 13,900,
000 bushels of rye and the 141,000,000
bushels of saved wheat In addition
we sent the neutrals dependent on us
10,000,000 bushels of prime breadstuffs.
"These figures do not fully couvey
the volume of the effort and sacrifice
made during the pnst year by the
whole American people," the Food Ad
ministrator wrote. "I am sure that
all the millions of our people, agricul
tural as well as urban, who have con
tributed to these results should feel
a very definite satisfaction that In I
year of universal food shortages In
the Northern Hemisphere, ail of those
people Joined together against (Jer
many came through to the new har
vest, not only with health and strength
fully maintained, but with only tem
porary periods of hardship.
"It Is difficult to distinguish be
tween various sections of our people
the homes, public eating places, food
trade, urban or agricultural popula
tionsIn assessing credit for these
results, but no one will deny the dom
inant part of the American women.
Silkworm's Fast Growth.
In 28 days from hatching a silkworm
Increases 4,000 times its original size.
DAIRY
FACTS
STUDY NEEDS OF LIVE STOCK
Dalrynien and Stock Raisers Are Cau
tioned to Feed Only Balanced
Ration to Animals.
(Prapartd br th United State Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In order to save feed to see that
none of It Is wasted dairymen and
live stock men should study the needs
of their animals and see that only the
required feed Is given In a balanced
ration. This Is particularly Impor
tant at the present time, since an In
crease In feed and more live stock
are needed to supply the needs of this
nation and the allies.
To reduce the problems Involved In
the selection of feeds on the basis of
their nutritive value which are meas
ured In terms of protein, carbohydrate,
and fat contents In order to make
them apply to every-day feeding, baa
not been simple. In a bulletin re
cently Issued by the United States de
partment of agriculture tables are
given which make the balancing of
rations a simple matter of multiplica
tion and division. It is explained that
protein, carbohydrate, and fat con
tents of feedstuff are not the only
factors affecting Its feed value. Pro
teins differ In their nutritive quali
ties, while some substances not In
cluded In the classes mentioned are
necessary to the proper maintenance
of the bodily functions. The paya
bility and succulence of a feed has
much to do with Its value as feed.
Many feedstuffs have physiological ef
fects, entirely apart from their nutri
tive qualities. A ration may be per
fectly balanced from the standpoint of
relative content of protein and en
ergy producers, and yet be quite Im
practicable, the specialists point out,
because It Is too bulky or too con
centrated. Consideration of a feed
stuff or a ration based only on chem
ical composition, therefore, Is to be
taken merely as a guide, It Is ex
plained, to be followed In the light of
all the knowledge obtainable about ani
mal nutrition.
The selling price of a feed Is not a
reliable guide to Its relative feeding
value. The carbohydrate feeds com,
oats, barley, kaflr, and various others
and the protein feeds cottonseed
meal, tankage, and brewers' grains-
are found on the market at various
prices. The feeder desires to know;
with certain given prices, which Is
the cheapest feed to buy the true
value of a bushel of oats, rye, or bap
ley for feed when corn Is worth 80
cents a bushel He wishes to know
the value of a ton of brewers' grains,
Unseed meal, or bran when cottonseed
meal Is worth $30 a ton and corn fl
a bushel By the nse of the tables
presented In the bulletin, which show
comparative costs based on nutritive
values, these questions can be an
swered. Barley Long Known to Man.
Barley was originally a wild grass
of western Asia. It Is believed to be
the most ancient cultivated vegetable
food of mankind. Three varieties of
the grain have been found In the pre
historic lake dwellings of Switzerland,
dating back to the Stone Age.
A Legal
War Bride
By ELIZABETH FORREST
(Copyright, 1818, br th McClurs Newspa
per Syndicate.)
Robert Peters, attorney at law, with
a newspaper In one hand, a pen In the
other, sat before his office desk, a very
picture of perplexity. "Thunder" he
finally exploded, dashed the pen onto
the desk, and swerved around to bis
startled stenographer.
"What Is the proper thing to write
to an engaged girl?"
"It all depends on how well yon
know her."
"Humph! If I tell you all about It,
will you help me with this matter of
etiquette?"
"Agreed." And Mary Borden lis
tened. "Well, Ruth Hampton and I grew tip
together. She was a good pal and
everybody's friend; she appealed to
me because she had Intellect and good
nature. I always have liked girls who
can really 'do' something.
"Then after both mother and dad
were gone, Euth and her mother were
like sister and mother to me. So when
I took up low, It was with Ruth that
I studied and I do bellevo she could
have passed the bar exams when I did,
hurt sho been rut -rinded There WPH
never anything mora than sincere
friendship between us, so I have had
no ties to draw me back to Morton dur
ing these busy years here In New York
It has been nearly three." He hesi
tated, but Mary Borden's twenty years
In the business world bad molded her
sympathetic nature Into a-chnrscter by
which harried men were ever Inspired
to confidence. v
"But," he continued, "although I was
fast forgetting Ruth, she was vividly
brought to mind this morning. While
reading my newspaer I chanced on
a picture of her, and the announcement
of her engagement The picture doeitn't
look like the Ruth I used to know, but
time, I suppose, does effect changes.
Now, Miss Borden, the really funny
part of my tale Is this: I feel actually
angry that Ruth has become engaged,
and Pve concluded that I'm what yon
might call, well er Jealous I And
thanks, awfully, but Pve Just decided
that ry not write her at nil he didn't
send me a personal announcement."
"But Is It reasonable to expect that
of her? Do yon write to her? Does
she know where you are?"
Peters flushed. "Well," he grinned,
"you've got me ta a corner. I believe
It has been some eight or ten months
since I last wrote,"
"May I see that paper, please?"
"Certainly." . Then Miss Borden
busied herself some minutes In the
rending of the article in question. She
started to read It agnln. At a sudden
exclamation from her Robert looked
at her Inquiringly.
"Where did yon say yon used to
liver
"Morton. Ky."
"But, look, this notice reads. Mts
Ruth Hampton of Berkeley, CaL,' so It
enn't be your RuthV
Robert snatched the paper eagerly
from her and for a long time studied
the cut "No,", he said at length,
"there can't possibly be two Ruth
Hnmptons who look sufficiently alike
to be sisters.
"There has been time enough for
them to have traveled clear around the
world, for all my knowledge of Ruth
and her mother; so without a doubt
the simple trutjj Is that they have gone
to California to live."
He sat a while In troubled silence,
and at last tried to fix his attention on
some briefs. It was useless. His mind
wnndered. continually ; and he asked
himself over and over "Why do I care,
why do I carer There could be but
one answer I
At noon he lunched absent-mindedly.
Before returning he visited a Western
Union office and sent a telegram to
the postmaster of Morton. Of course
the message was an Inquiry regarding
Ruth. But his conclusions of the morn
ing were confirmed by the answering
wire, sent collect: "Ruth Hampton and
mother left Morton last October.
Whereabouts unknown." And It was
now April ! After some time spent In
gloomy penslveness he roused himself.
Robert Peters was not back boneless
and given to mooning. Frequently, to
be snre, he thought and wondered
about Ruth ; but "the world Is full of
a number of things" and wise men
keep busy. Robert was wise, hence
oblivions, and not troubled by sleep
less nights.
Clean-minded, red-blooded, energetic,
Robert grew dally more alive to his
country's needs. So by June he had
enlisted, since, so he said, "the law
schools are yearly turning out hun
dreds of young men as brilliant
and as capable as I" further argu
ments were lengthy, superfluous.
A few days before he was to leave
for camp he had his last case, a short
case, but rather difficult There had
been trouble getting a lawyer for the
defense, so Robert did not know who
was to piny opposite him, who bad the
prosecution. .
The trial lasted three days. The
morning of the second day Miss Ruth
Hampton, counsel for the defense, re
ceived a fragment bouquet and a note
asking If Mr. Robert Peters might call
that evening. Of course, for obvious
reasons overlooked In Mr. Peters'
haste, he "might not" The morning of
the third day history was repeated.
That night he called.
As the maid removed his coat
crackling within reminded him of some
thing. When Ruth and her mother en
tered to greet him they found him
seated stiffly, with a dingy, edge-worn
newspaper across his knees. Their
greetings were cordial, but Peters' em
barrassment Increased ; his tongue was
about as active as the limbs of an
athlete who has been bed-ridden for
some weeks. Mrs. Hampton, being of
the same cloth as all tactful mothers,
presently withdrew.
"Bob," Ruth demanded, "what on
earth Is that newspaper that you have
been clutching so madly?" He handed
It to her silently, the cut and article
folded en top.
She glanced It hurriedly through and
returned it. If Bob bad looked he
might have noticed a hope-raising
twinkle In her hazel eyes; but being
perverse and foolish, he was engaged
in that universal occupation resorted
to In times of stress: tracing the pat
tern In the carpet I His lingers closed
absently over the proffered paper.
"Well?" from Ruth.
"Er oh. yes er d-doesn't that
"Mr? What the Ruth Hampton
mentioned In that notice? And If I
were?"
"Then you art. I knew Itt
When
are you to be married r
"Married?" aha echoed. "Robert, uso
reason. Do you suppose my flu nee
would allow me to run off to New York
to dtihhle In taw?"
"I beg your pardon, Ruth. I bats to
ask, but Is It er er "
"A broken engagement V she sup
plied. "No, Never been engaged In
my life. But listen ; Til not tease yon
any more. The Ruth of Berkeley Is
my own cousin my father's twin
brother's daughter. Yon see, that ac-1
counts for our extraordinary likeness
to each other. This brother ran away
when he was eighteen, to the West
evidently, but was never heard from;
so I never knew I had such a relative
until this Ruth's engagement was an
nounced. Being curious, I wrote for
Information,"
"But her name?"
. "Fnther's mother's name was Ruth,
and both boys named their only child
for her. Hence the coincidence."
"I don't like coincidences. Don't tell
me It was one that made you active
In this murder easel"
"It wasn't I passed the bar exam
over a year ago; you surely aren't sur
prised at that I Last October I took an
office In Syracuse."
"Ah, that's why-"
"Sh-h-ht And when I read about
this case and the difficulty In getting
a lawyer to defend the girt I was In
clined to do It myself.' What decided
me was your being In It I thought It.
would be rather much of a surprise,
yon neglectful boy!"
e e
Well, even legally-Inclined
war
brides like to be married In June.
LAKE HAS APPROPRIATE NAME
Body of Water In f astern Turkestan
Resembles a Pendulum In Its
Regular Swing.
Lake Lop-nor, the. wandering lake of
the desert of Tayla-mnkan, In eastern
Turkestan, Is the termination of the
River Tarkln. Like a pendulum, the
lake has swnng from the south to the
north of the desert, and back again,
since the memory of man. The wan
derim of the lake are a tradition
hAndnd down from father to son for
Trains into Monmouth
L've Portland 71.6, s in, Gerlinger 1020, Independ'ce 10.32, Monm'th 10:60
" Salem 9.!5, " " " " " " "
' " 1.40, pm Dallas 2:46 " 8:10
" " 3.45, " Gerlinger 4:24, Independent 437, Monmouth 4:66
" " 6.00, " " 6:45, "
" Portland 3.30, Connects with above
" Corvallis 6.45, a m Independence 7:35
" 1.15, pm " 2:14
" Dallas 7.00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
1 Airlie 8.30, am and 8:45, pm. Arrives Monmouth 9:06 a m and 4:13 p m
Leave Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.35, 12.20, 1.30, p m, 2.20, 8 50,
4.40, 7.00
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:05 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30
" Same as above Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:45, pm, " 2:14. " 2:27, Salem 8:10
" Same as above Portland 6:50
" Monmouth 4:05, " 4:40, " 4:55, Salem 530
" " 9:06, am Dallas 10:00 " 11:IK)
" " 4;30, pm " 4:45, " 5:35
" " 9;05, a m, Independence 10:32, Corvallis 1150
" " 4;55, pm, " 6:67, " 7:45
" " 7;25 a m and 3;10 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 8;40 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.06, a m, 8.15 9.05, 10.50, 12.30, M, 1.45, p m, 2.36, 4.16,
4.65, 7.13 . .
If you have pride in the farm that gives you a home and a
living why not show it by naming the farm and doing your
corresponding on printed stationery? Ask us about it.
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tors.
At present Lop-nor Is In the south
ern part of the desert; a shallow
reedy body of water hardly deserving
the name of Inke, ' Murky and unplens
ant, It furnishes a livelihood to the In
hshttants of Its banks, the majority of
whom are fishermen. In their frail
shallow boats they rut through the
rewls, Ashing and hunting for water
fowl along the banks. In some places
the reeds are too thick to admit the
passage of the boat; In such cases,
however, It Is possible to walk over
the water on rafts of dried and rotting
stems. The chief native delicacy la
the eggs of the rced-blrds.
Lake Lop-nor Is one of the hottest
places on the map In the summer and
the coldest In the winter. During the
winter months the take Is entirely fro
sen over, the temperature diving to 20
degrees below sera. In the summer
the combination of a temperature of
100 degrees snd th Innumerable flies
and mosquitoes which swarm on the
banks make Lop-nor anything but a
summer resort.
The explanation of the lake's wan
derings lies In the fnrt that Turin car
ries every year quantities of slit to the
Inke bel, which slowly rises. In time,
a hundred years or so, tho river must
seek a new outlet, and the pendulum
swings to the north or south of the
desert, as tho case may he.
A Hard Loser.
"Ignorance, sheer Ignorance," said
a government official, discussing an at
tack by a war expert
"This armchair critic," he went on,
"Is ss Ignorant as the lady who got
up at the B. P. C. A. meeting and said :
"Can't something be done, dear
friends oh, can't something bo done
to prevent horses from being scratched?
The horse Is man's noblest friend, and
yet we rend about Its being scratched
almost every day In the papers. The
process must be very painful.
"'Scratching a horse I Oh, dear
friends, 'm sure It Is a cruel and pain
ful thing to do, for my husband at
tended the races last Saturday, and
all Saturday night In his sleep be
groaned and moaned and went on aw
fully about a horse that had been
scratched. If you could have heard
blm, dear friends I Ills grief would
have melted a heart of stone.' "
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