INDEX

Agriculture, Department of.—Aids wheat production, 8; campaign for increased use of milk, 53.

Austria.—Wheat-supply, 4; meat-supply, 20-30; sugar-supply, 45.

Banana flour as wheat substitute, 20.

Barley as wheat substitute, 19.

Beans.—Varieties, 56; as meat substitute, 57.

Belgium.—Wheat-supply, 2; meat-supply, 29; sugar-supply, 44; milk supplied to children, 50.

Bread.—Advantages of wheat loaf, 22-23; bakers' bread regulated, 23; conservation of, by housewives, 24-25; restrictions on use in Europe, 25-26; rationing not necessary in United States, 27.

Buckwheat as wheat substitute, 20.

Butter.—Consumption in England, 39; uneconomical way to use milk, 53.

Calorie defined, 10.

Candy.—Manufacturers restricted in use of sugar, 46.

Canning.—Sugar allowed for, 45-46; importance of industry, 60; urged upon housewives for conservation, 61.

Cereals.—Defined, 10; food value, 12, 17; wide consumption of, 12-13.

Cheese.—Valuable protein food, 34; as meat substitute, 35-36; a use for skim milk, 54.

Corn as wheat substitute, 17-18; why Allies can not use, 26-27.

Corn-syrup as sugar substitute, 46.

Cottonseed meal as wheat substitute, 20.

Cream.—Extravagant use of milk, 54.

Drying.—Process, 60; importance of, 61.

Eggs as meat substitute, 35.

England.—Wheat-supply, 2; restrictions concerning bread, 25-26; meat-supply, 29; meat restrictions, 30-31; fat shortage, 39; sugar-supply, 44; milk regulations, 50, 54; cultivation of soil, 55-56.

Fats.—Food value, 37-38; shortage in Europe, 39; resources and exports of United States, 40-41; necessity for conservation, 41.

Feterita as wheat substitute, 20.

Fifty-fifty rule, 16-17.

Fish as meat substitute, 35.

Flour.—Manufacture of, 14-15; 74 per cent extraction allowed, 15; consumption cut by licensing millers, 15; by fifty-fifty rule, 16-17.

Food Administration.—Takes control of wheat business, 6, 8; licenses millers, 15; licenses bakers, 23-24; regulates sugar prices, 46-47; aids increased use of milk, 53; achievements in year of existence, 62.

Foods.—Importance of different kinds, 10-11.

France.—Wheat-supply, 1-2; bread regulations, 26; meat-supply, 29; meat regulations, 31-32; sugar-supply, 44; sugar restrictions, 45; production of fruit and vegetables, 56.

Fruit.—As sugar substitute, 46, 58; food value, 58-59; conservation of, by canning and drying, 59-61.

Garbage conservation, 41.

Gardens.—See Production.

Germany.—Wheat-supply, 3-4; meat-supply, 20-30; meat restrictions, 32; fat shortage, 40; sugar restrictions, 45; conservation of food by drying, 61.

Gluten.—Importance in bread, 22-23.

Graham flour.—Manufacture, 14; inferiority to wheat, 15.

Grain corporation, controls wheat trade, 6, 8.

Honey as sugar substitute, 46.

Hotels and restaurants.—Regulations in use of bread, 24.

Ice-cream.—Manufacturers restricted in use of sugar, 46.

Italy.—Restrictions on macaroni, 25; bread rations, 26; meat-supply, 29; sugar-supply, 44.

Jam as substitute for butter, 58.

Kaffir as wheat substitute, 20.

Legumes.—See Beans, Peanuts, Peas.

Macaroni.—Restrictions in manufacture of in Italy, 25; not a wheat substitute, 25.

Maple-syrup as sugar substitute, 46.

Margarine.—Use in England, 39.

Meat.—Shortage in Europe, 28-32; exports from United States, 32-33; consumption, 33-34; food value, 34-35.

Meat extenders, vegetables as, 57.

Meat substitutes, 35-36; vegetables as, 57.

Milk.—As meat substitute, 36; necessity for children, 49-50; shortage in Europe, 50; food value, 51-52; supply in United States, 52-53; economical uses of, 53-54.

Milk, condensed.—Use in Europe, 50; amount exported from United States, 54.

Milo as wheat substitute, 20.

Molasses as sugar substitute, 46.

Nuts as meat substitutes, 36.

Oats as wheat substitute, 19.

Oils, vegetable.—Use in Germany, 40; supply in United States, 40-41; as substitute for animal fats, 41.

Peanut flour as wheat substitute, 20.

Peanuts as meat substitute, 36.

Peas as meat substitute, 56.

Potato flour as wheat substitute, 20.

Potatoes as wheat substitute, 20, 57-58.

Poultry as meat substitute, 35.

Production.—Decreased in France, 1-2; of cereals doubled in England, 2; of vegetables in England and America, 55.

Protein.—Defined, 11; amount necessary in diet, 34-35.

Rationing: Austria.—Sugar, 45.

Rationing: England.—Bread not rationed, 26; meat, 30-31; fats, 39; sugar, 45.

Rationing: France.—Bread, 26; meat, 31; sugar, 45.

Rationing: Germany.—Meat, 32; fats, 40; sugar, 45.

Rationing: Italy.—Bread, 26; meat, 32.

Rationing: U.S.—Voluntary wheat ration, 25; reasons for not introducing system, 27.

Rice.—Chief diet in India, 13; as wheat substitute, 19-20.

Roumania.—Wheat-supply, 4; meat-supply, 29.

Russia.—Wheat-supply, 4.

Rye, as wheat substitute, 19.

Shipping.—Necessity for saving, 5; released by decreased use of sugar, 46.

Soy bean flour as wheat substitute, 20.

Substitutes.—See Meat, Sugar, Wheat substitutes.

Sugar.—Consumption in United States, 42; shortage, 42, 44-45; restrictions on, 45-46; price regulated, 46-47; conservation of, 47-48.

Sugar substitutes, 46, 58.

Tapioca flour as wheat substitute, 20.

United States: Exports.—Wheat, 5-6; meat, 33; fat, 40-41; sugar, 44-45; milk, 54.

Vegetables.—Importance in conservation, 55; production of, 56; as meat substitute, 36, 56-57; as wheat substitute, 20, 57-58; as sugar substitute, 58; food value, 58-59; conservation of by canning and drying, 50-61.

Victory bread, 24.

Vitamines.—Defined, 11; in fats, 38; in milk, 52; in fruit and vegetables, 59.

War bread.—See Flour, Victory bread, Wheat substitutes.

Wheat.—Necessity in war, 1; shortage in Europe, 1-4; distribution a problem, 4-5; supply and exports of United States, 5-6; controlled by United States Grain Corporation, 6, 8; conservation of by individuals, 8-9.

Wheat substitutes.—Corn, 18-19; oats, 19; barley, 19; rye, 19; rice, 20; miscellaneous, 20; keeping quality, 20-21; vegetables, 57-58.