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These were his words, "For the first time in many 

 years there exists a deficit in the supply of corn, 

 wheat, rye, barley and oats estimated at a total of 

 130,000,000 bushels less than the normal require- 

 ments for countries open to trade. 



"The situation is worse than was expected last 

 October. We must profit by Europe's experience 

 before meal tickets become necessary. We can avoid 

 high prices by the elimination of waste, by the grow- 

 ing of more food and by eflfective organization of 

 our food supply, a thing more important than get- 

 ting men into the army. 



"Two months after the beginning of the war Ger- 

 many forbade the use of wheat or rye for feeding 

 live stock and two months later requisitioned all sup- 

 plies of food." 



To-day we convert priceless wheat and corn into 

 manure. A thousand pounds of corn plus 10,000 

 pounds of other foods are turned into 500 pounds 

 of dressed beef, one-third of which, in the form of 

 bone, tissue and trimmings, is inedible. 



Far better would it be for America now if we took 

 over our packing plants and cold storage warehouses, 

 killed our steers, ate them and converted the whole 

 grain upon which they partly live into unbolted hu- 

 man food than to go on manufacturing manure 

 and misery. 



Milk cows are just as important to the juvenile 

 population of the United States as war bread and 

 whole meal foods are important to all the people. 

 Our milk cows must be provisioned. ~ Without milk 

 our babies and younger children cannot live. War 

 demands sacrifice. We must face that sacrifice tjow. 



Steers are not reproductive. Even though we 



