1 8 THIRTY CENT BREAD 



slaughtered them all we would not by that act affect 

 in the slightest degree our meat supply of three years 

 hence. The beef -yielding steer can become neither 

 father nor mother. We can do without it at least for 

 a time, at least for as long as is necessary in order 

 thereby to provide against famine, malnutrition and 

 decay. 



D. T. Gray, professor of Animal Industry, Ala- 

 bama Polytechnic Institute, and his assistants have 

 demonstrated that cattle can be fed in Alabama at 

 a cost far below that common in the corn belt and 

 this often with inferior, underbred or scrub cattle. 



George M. Rommel, chief of the Animal Hus- 

 bandry Division, the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, speaking of the beef-cattle shortage which the 

 United States is facing, says, "The cattle ranges of 

 the west are every year being diminished in area by 

 settlement. In the South, east of the Mississippi 

 River, are enormous areas of practically idle lands 

 suitable for pasture where beef-cattle can and should 

 be raised and fattened." 



The government has all the information it needs 

 if it will put the United States Public Health Serv- 

 ice, the Bureau of Animal Industry and the other 

 branches of its scientific departments to work in' co- 

 operation with army, navy and civilian authorities. 



The consumption of grains by cattle and swine 

 when these grains are needed by the human family 

 can be vastly curtailed. 



§ 4 — FOOD REFORM OR FAMINE 



Give us war meal, war bread; save from waste 

 our rotting vegetables and fruits by dehydration; 



