Casualty of War 
€y Wir the sincerest 
of regrets the Exchange’s management 
reports the necessity of discontinuing 
— among other items — Eastern States 
Dog Feed. 
This decision was reluctantly made 
under pressure of circumstances dic- 
tated by the war. While dogs are not 
an economic necessity, the friendly and 
useful farm dog is very much a part of 
American farming. 
The facts behind the decision are 
these: there is a drastic shortage of fish 
and meat scrap — the stuff that sup- 
plies animal protein for poultry feeds. 
With resources so limited, we are’ face 
to face with the choice of which will 
get enough animal protein to continue 
living under as nearly normal condi- 
tions as possible: poultry or dogs. The 
farm dog’s animal protein can come 
from table scraps, but a flock of a 
thousand laying hens cannot get theirs 
that way. Next, the already barely 
sufficient supply of toasted cereals es- 
sential in a satisfactory dry dog feed 
was lately jolted badly when fire 
destroyed one of the few suppliers. 
Now, and for a long time in the future, 
there will not be enough of this item 
THIS 1S THE COMMANDO WHO REALLY 
HAS THE AXIS SCARED 

FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR 
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to sustain Eastern States Dog Feed pro- 
duction according to formulas that 
would be consistently satisfactory. To 
continue producing Eastern States Dog 
Feed, the Exchange’s mill would have 
to run water uphill somehow. 
Recent production of dog feed — 
distributed mostly in 25-pound bags — 
consumed much time in loading East- 
ern States assorted cars. Here again, 
dairy and poultry feeds must have 
““priority.”’ 
Adding up the circumstances, there 
is no sensible alternative except to 
cease producing Eastern States Dog 
Feed. To do so eliminates one of the 
best friend-makers the Exchange has 
ever had. Curiously, no matter how 
reluctantly members and patrons seem 
in admitting the virtues of Eastern 
States selective purchasing of general 
farming supplies, the family whose dog 
thrived when fed the Eastern States 
way became unqualified Eastern States 
boosters. Many a city family who 
““discovered”’ Eastern States Dog Feed 
sang the praises of the Exchange's 
program to country friends with the 
result that they were “‘sold’’ on the 
Exchange before they began using the 
Service. 
We all want Eastern States Dog Feed 
back soon and the quickest way 
to get it back is to do everything we 
individually can to win this war. 
Scrutiny 
€3 Wits wages and 
salaries at an all-time peak, and the 
United States government going in the 
hole billions a month, why should the 
United States government subsidize 
milk to school children and cheese to 
all consumers? Remember, that the 
federal officials responsible for placing 
such burdens on the taxpayer know 
that the price dairymen are getting 
under the program — subsidies and all 
—are lower than they were when 
parents and consumers generally were 
receiving less pay for their services. 
Stimulating farm production and 
““protecting’’ consumers through sub- 
sidy under existing conditions deserves 
closest general scrutiny by us all. 
KENNETH HINSHAW 
Editor 
WALTER ELLIS. 
Associate Editor 
OFFICERS 
President, Raymond Taylor, 
Newtown, Pa.; Vice-Presidents, 
George Fuller, Deerfield, Mass.; 
Fred J. Nutter, Corinna, Me.; C. 
Marsden Bacon, Middletown, 
Ct.; Chairman, Executive Com- 
mittee, Roy D. Hunter, West 
Claremont, N. H.; Treasurer, 
Harry L. Lane, Springfield, 
Mass.; Clerk and General Man- 
ager, Quentin Reynolds, Spring- 
field, Mass. 
DIRECTORS 
Connecticut — C. Marsden 
Bacon, Middletown; S. McLean 
Buckingham, Watertown; Rob- 
ert E. Foote, Andover; Tudor F. 
Holcomb, West Granby; Louis 
S. Moseley, Scotland; Walter C. 
Wood, New Canaan. 
Delaware — H. C. Milliken, 
Newark; Alden P. Short, George- 
town. 
Maine — Frank B. Day, Lisbon 
Falls; George P. Findlen, Fort 
Fairfield; Frank W. Lord, Kezar 
Falls; Fred J. Nutter, Corinna; 
Carl R. Smith, Exeter. 
Maryland — William H. Hollo- 
. way, Newark. 
Massachusetts — Charles S. 
Bliss, Attleboro; Clark P. Com- 
stock, Housatonic; Jonathan 
Davis, Sterling; William M. 
Fiske, Westhampton; George 
Fuller, Deerfield; Alfred G. 
Lunn, Halifax; Horace A. Moses, 
Springfield; E. B. Parmenter, 
Franklin; Curtis Peckham, 
Taunton; Floyd Verrill, Con- 
cord. 
New Hampshire — J. Ralph 
Graham, Boscawen; Roy D. 
Hunter, West Claremont; W. 
Thurston Whittle, Milford. 
Pennsylvania — C. G. Bucher, 
Lebanon; Wilmer Claar, Queen; 
J. Howard Cliffe, Ivyland; Noah 
Hershey, Parkesburg; Ben W. 
Jacobs, Waynesburg; Frank E. 
McCoy, Emlenton; Floyd M. 
Merkel, Hamburg; John 5S. 
Miller, Somerset; James SG. 
Nicholson, Muncy; William H. 
Oaks, Greencastle; Clark Pol- 
lock, Marion Center; Francis 
Reiter, Mars; Reuben H. Ringer, 
Schnecksville; Joseph W. Sieber, 
McAlisterville; H. H. Snavely, 
Willow Street; Harry W. Stuart, 
Newville; Raymond S. Taylor, 
Newtown; M. W. Wert, Rebers- 
burg; Mark N. Witmer, Dal- 
tatia. 
Rhode Island — J. W.S. Lilli- 
bridge, East Greenwich. 
Vermont — Henry Chamberlin, 
Brattleboro; Arthur H. Packard, 
Underhill; Seeley Reynolds, 
Middlebury; Will F. Sinclair, 
Copyright 1943, by 
The Eastern States Farmers’ 
Exchange 
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