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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 Beret and Bag Set Easy to Crochet /'CROCHETED accessories gaily team up with your tailored clothes this season. This jiffy cro chet beret and purse set is color ful, becoming and so economical to make up in straw yarn. Both pieces are done in just one long strip of crochet. • • • Pattern 560 contains directions for beret and purse; illustrations of stitches; list of materials required. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New York Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No Name Address WORLD'S LARGEST SELLER AT IQ‘ Wait and Hustle Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.—Thomas Edison. FOR QUICK RELIEF c arboil- A Soothins Q A I 1/ B? ANTISEPTIC W fc- W fci Used by thousands with satisfactory re sults for 40 years—six valuable ingredi ents. Get Carboil at drug stores or write Spurlock-Neal Co., Nashville, Tenn. For Only 10? 5 Now Less than a dose r TJse only as directed. Dr. Hitchcock’s LAXATIVE POWDER SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Considering cost of oil, gas. tires and upkeep, it is esti mated that the cost of driving tho avorago car for lOOO miles at4S milas par hour is *22.03. At 25 mph tho cost is cut to $14.38 and at 35 mph H is hsld to $17.88. Malaya and the Netherlands Indies were the only sources of n-iiural rubber in the world which had been succc ssfully ex ploited to an important extent prior to the present ’ far. Rubber and gas rationing did not drasticallycut motortruck operations last yaar. Official figuras show that during 1942 trucks haulad an sstimated 46 billion ton miles of freight on main rural highways, com pared with 46.7 billion in tho more normal 1940. Jkumoz peace REGoodrich Milk Takes Important Place in Nation’s War Diet; Dairy Industry Breaks All Production Records to Meet Needs By E. M. HARMON Released by Western Newspaper Union. In a time when milk has be come more important as a die tary factor than ever before, the U. S. dairy industry has tak en a front rank in the war effort by smashing all records for pro duction. During the first four months of this year, 37,157,000,- 000 pounds of milk were pro duced, 212,000,0^0 pounds over last year’s mark for the same period. That is enough increased pro duction in quarts of milk to make a row of milk bottles from San Francisco to Boston by way of Chicago and back through New York City, Washington, D. C., and St. Louis to the Carls bad Caverns in New Mexico. In other words, more than 26,000,000 dairy cows on American farms are greatly exceeding last year’s record- breaking production. With the single exception of April of this year milk production each month has been higher every month than for the corresponding month of the previous year since January, 1940. In January, 1943, production was 47,000,000 pounds over January of last year and 1,246,000,000 pounds over the average for January in the years of 1935 to 1939. In February, 1943, these 26,000,000 cows produced 53,000,000 pounds more milk than in February of 1942, and in March pro duction exceeded that of March last year by 133,000,000 pounds. Due largely to the lateness of the season this year April production is 60,000,- 000 pounds below last year but is still 1,317,000,000 pounds above the average for the years 1935 to 1939. Hard Work Does Job. But don’t get the impression that these record-breaking yields are being easily accomplished. Labor and equipment shortages are mak ing what is always hard work even more difficult. On the one and a quarter million dairy farms of the nation these producers, their wives, daughters and small children are toiling long hours to take the places of the big brothers and hired hands who have gone to war. On more than 3,000,000 other farms, where a few cows are kept as a sideline, equal efforts are being made. Always important to health and well-being of the nation, milk and its products become doubly so during the war emergency. The master menus of the army call for fresh fluid milk every day and for butter at every meal. They call for fre quent servings of cheese, ice cream and other dairy products. Field ra tions are made up very largely of milk in concentrated forms. Executives and managers of fac tories and offices are coming to real ize the part that diet plays in effi ciency of workers and to insist on a greater utilization of milk and its products. In many cases by simply installing a mid-meal milk service, accident rates have been reduced as much as 30 per cent and- the amount of work per employee mate rially increased. The nutrition program of the Na tional Dairy Council is of fundamen tal importance in developing this na tional health consciousness. Bom of research discoveries which pointed to the place of dairy products in correcting some of the nutritional deficiencies of the first World War, this program is now in its 25th year. For nearly a quarter of a century the Dairy Council has spearheaded a nutrition education program in the schools and among the more than 3,000,000 doctors, nurses, dentists, dietitians, teachers and other opin ion-forming leaders who largely de termine the food habits of the na tion. It is fitting that the results of these efforts should come to their maximum fruition during this emer gency period when such information is so much needed to achieve war efficiency. That the lessons on the value of dairy products to human health are being learned is shown by the fact that total consumption of all dairy products in milk equivalent rose from 806 pounds per person in 1935 to 1939 to 825 pounds per person per year in 1941 and from that to 854 pounds per person in 1942. Consump tion of fluid milk and cream per capita rose from 328 pounds in 1935- INCREASED DAIRY PRODUCTS FOR OUR ARMY Comparison of Daily Garrison Ration- World Wars I and II.* World War I % oz. Va oz. World War II 8 oz. 1 oz. 2 oz. V* oz. Fresh milk Evaporated milk Butter Cheese - ... • Ice cream is a favorite with men in the armed forces in World War II. It is served on the average twice weekly at regular meals and eaten in large quanti ties in canteens—in far larger amounts than in World War I. 39 to 381 pounds in 1942. Cheese consumption increased from 5.5 pounds to 6.4 pounds and ice cream consumption from a little over 7 quarts to 13 quarts per capita dur ing that same period. Consumption of milk in most other forms in creased. This growing appreciation of the food values of milk and its prod ucts has resulted in a realization by government that fighting forces must have adequate quantities of dairy products. It has caused milk and its products to be given No. 1 place among the protective foods. It is even made necessary the furnish ing of vast quantities of dairy prod ucts to our Allies. All of this adds up to the greatest opportunity and the greatest chal lenge that has ever come to the dairy industry. It means that the greatest contribution the skilled dairy farmer or dairy plant worker can make is to stay right on the pro duction line, feeding soldiers and war workers. Without foods of the right kind, army efficiency goes down and the war workers’ efficien cy declines. To feed these fighting forces and our Allies the government requires dairy plants to “set aside” 30 per cent of all the butter made each month. That will be approximately 535,000,000 pounds of butter a year. n^ekatteeb (fptoy fyoce**) c &^o J uzt&cL> 'MUk, QibeddaA, QPiee&e* Almost 11,250,000,000 pounds of milk are required to make that much but ter, or more than 30,000,000 pounds of milk a day. Stated differently, the milk that is required every day to make butter for government needs would fill a train of 37,500-pound ca pacity tank cars, 5.3 miles long. But that is only a part of the government needs for lend lease and for the army. Fifty per cent of all the American cheddar cheese is being called for by the government for wartime needs. It is anticipated that this will amount to about 375,- 000,000 pounds of cheese this year. Another 4,000,000,000 pounds of milk are needed to make this cheese. That is 11,000,000 pounds of milk a day. If we were to take an average farm from the one and a quarter million dairy farms of the United States and ask that they produce enough milk to meet the government’s cheese needs for the war emergency for one day, it would take that farm 120 years to do so. U. S. to Increase Purchases. During the period of heavy pro duction beginning May 1, the gov ernment is requiring that the amount of butter to be set aside for lend- lease and the fighting forces be in creased from 30 to 50 per cent. Likewise, the cheddar cheese re quired for these purposes is in creased from 50 per cent to 70 per cent. However, it is assumed that this is done to get the bulk of the government needs while supplies are the largest and thus leave fairly uniform amounts for civilians throughout the year. It is not antic ipated that the total governmental needs will exceed 30 per cent of the butter ahd 50 per cent of the ched dar cheese for the entire year. Evaporated milk is being called for by the armed forces to the ex tent of 20,000,000 cases a year. That calls for 2,000,000,000 more pounds. In addition fresh fluid milk is on the army master menus every day, and ice cream is served from 8 to 12 times a month. Milk is also served frequently in cocoa and various oth er forms. Of defatted milk powder there is practically no limit to the needs of the government, both for the fighting forces and for lend lease. Manu facturers are required to sell 90 per cent of all their “spray process” milk powder to the government. Many of them dispose of all of it in that way. Altogether about 611,- 000,000 pounds of defatted milk pow der was made last year from about 7 , /4 billion pounds of skim milk. Probably another 2,000,000,000 pounds of defatted milk powder could be made if the price were high enough to encourage diverting it from livestock feed and if milk drying machinery could be made available. In spite of every effort along the production line it will not be possible to provide civilians with all of the dairy products they want. Ice cream production has been reduced to 65 per cent of that made last year, in order to make the additional milk solids available for our fighting forces. That means there will only i be 8.5 quarts per civilian this year as compared with 13 quarts last year. After the necessary butter has been set aside for army and lend lease needs there will only be about 12 pounds each for civilians this year compared with 17 pounds in former years. Taking out the army re quirements for cheddar cheese, civ.l- ians will probably have to reduce their cheese consumption from 6.5 pounds last year to less than 5 pounds this year. These curtailments represent a distinct sacrifice on the part of con sumers. c$C&, (Ztecuru DAIRY PRODUCTS manufactured in the United States —1942 Shaded areas show amounts required for Lend Lease and Fighting Forces in 1943. SOURCE: U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE if Percentages of butter and cheese requirements are higher in heavy producing months and are expected to be reduced in the low producing period. Large Herd of Reindeer in Alaska to Supply Meat westernmost point. Laplanders \ Ten thousand reindeer are to con tribute a million and a half pounds of meat to Uncle Sam’s dining ta bles. Reindeer breeding in Alaska has been so successful that on Nunivak island a herd of 200, released at the close of World War I, now is a mndred times as large. Since Nuni- .'ak can pasture only 10,000 animals, the surplus will be butchered at roundup time next fall. Military and civilian menus from Alaska to Flori da will include this venison. This is the second time in half a century that reindeer have helped out in a food shortage, says the National Geographic society. By 1891, whalers had depleted the wal rus, seal, and whale, the main source of food and clothing in the Arctic. The government stepped in to avert a famine. Sixteen reindeer were imported from Siberia to Tel ler on Seward peninsula—Alaska’s brought over from northern Sea navia to instruct natives in the c of the animals. Thus a major / tic industry was born. Today, to some 15,000 Aleut, E mo, and Indian natives of Alas reindeer are important as a sot of food and clothing. The sin are used as thread; adult hides come sleeping bags; fawn sk parkas and underwear. The ant Shew up -as knife handles. Ground or chopped meat needs much colder storage and keeps a shorter time than other meat. • • • When soil in which house plants are potted becomes more like clay than loam it may be lightened by adding sand to it. Plants grow best in this kind of soil. • • • To separate lettuce remove the core, then let water from faucet flow into the head until pressure of water forces leaves apart. If still firm let head stand in cold W’ater to cover. • • • Unsightly scratches on dark- colored furniture may be covered by wrapping a swab of cotton on -a toothpick and dipping in iodine. Apply to the scratches and when dry rub with furniture polish. • • • A small window may be made to look larger by setting the cur tain rods beyond the casing on each side and using draperies of a material heavy enough so that casings will not be seen through material. Rinse in cold water or wipe ofl with a damp cloth all your mental vegetables and fruits, as soon m possible after they are delivered. Canned goods and bottles of m9i should be wiped off before they am stored in the refrigerator or <xqp> board. • • • To tightly fasten corks in bottle* boil the corks for five minutes he soften them and then, while hoi press them into the bottles. Whea cool the seal will be perfect. • • • Do not throw away used wmt jelly tumbler covers. Wash la cold water and dry them and placa in an empty tin can. When the can is filled, they should be melted together to form a cake and corn ered. Thus, they will be kept fredh and as good as ever for next sea* son’s jars. What is the most welcome gift you can send to a man in the service? Well, surveys among service men themselves show that one of the favorite packages from home are cigarettes. And first choice among men in all the serv ices is Camel, based on the actual sales records in Post Exchanges and Canteens. Though there are now Post Office restrictions on packages to overseas Army men, you can still send Camels to sol diers in the U. S., and to Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen wherever they are.—Adv. Languages in India More than 200 languages spoken in India. Kool/Ud ☆ In addition to serving Kellogg's Com Flakes as "meatless meals,"’ use them to extend your meat In meat loaves, hamburgers, cro quettes, stuffings, casserole dishes, patties, cereals blend well with meat flavors. SAVE TIME-WORK-FUEL-OTHER FOODS, TOOI %*e3* Kellogg's Com Flakes are re stored to WHOLE CRAIN NU TRITIVE VALUES of Thiamin (Vitamin Bi), Niacin and Iron. CORN FLAKES 7<U Ohifitul WAw — ■••• it iituil cssreef. MS III atm. DON’T Let Our Fighting Boys Down; ★ ★ Subscribe NOW for U. S. War Bonds " I INI I ME IHAV I " they say: u BELAY"for stop ,, eHOP-CNOP"for hurry up "STEW for commissary officer CAMEL for the Navy man’s favorite cigarette FiRST IN THE SERVICE With men in the Navy, the Army, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, the favorite cigarette is CameL (Based on actual sales records in Canteens and Post Exchanges.) (BcmdL COSTLIER TOBACCOS