FOOD ADMINISTRATION PERMITS POTATOES AS SUBSTITUTES
Medford, Oregon (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, March 16, 1918, Jackson County food administrator W. A. Folger received a telegram from the National Food Administration which read...
"Owing to the extreme scarcity of substitutes in this state, the Food Administration (will temporarily allow potatoes to) be added to the list of substitutes..."
*The National Food Administration was responsible for the administration of the U.S. army overseas and the allies food reserves. One of its key tasks was to stabilize the price of wheat on the U.S. market.
SOURCE
"Spuds Substitute Temporarily For Wheat Products", Mail Tribune, March 16, 1918, www.mailtribune.com/
United States Food Administration
World War I Poster
www.archives.gov/education
Medford, Oregon (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, March 16, 1918, Jackson County food administrator W. A. Folger received a telegram from the National Food Administration which read...
"Owing to the extreme scarcity of substitutes in this state, the Food Administration (will temporarily allow potatoes to) be added to the list of substitutes..."
*The National Food Administration was responsible for the administration of the U.S. army overseas and the allies food reserves. One of its key tasks was to stabilize the price of wheat on the U.S. market.
SOURCE
"Spuds Substitute Temporarily For Wheat Products", Mail Tribune, March 16, 1918, www.mailtribune.com/
United States Food Administration
World War I Poster
www.archives.gov/education
