FOOD AND CLOTHING

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1936, Page 20

FOOD AND CLOTHING

THE POSITION IN GERMANY

Important plans are announced to fulfil Herr Hitler's determination to render Germany as far as possible selfsufficient. These concern both food and clothing, says the "Daily TeleTo improve the food situation 1800 acres arc to be used for the experimental cultivation of soya beans. These provide both oil and albumen—two important nutritive elements which Germany is at present obliged to import in large quantities. Indications of steps that may bu taken to provide substitutes for fat. and butter are given by Professor Bickel in an article in a German medical, review. "Butter and margarine can easily be dispensed with," he writes, "if bread is spread with soft cheese or sausage. A little thought and ingenuity on the part of the housewife can make a shortage of fats pass unnoticed and have no ill effects.

"In any case," he adds, "it would do no harm to a large number of our fellow-countrymen if they ate less than they do at present. In their own interests, as soon as they begin to notice that they are putting on fat, they should discipline themselves in the matter of eating."

The clothing problem is being partially solved by the efforts now being made to increase the cultivation of flax. As a result it is estimated that 360,000 drill uniforms for the troops of the new German Army and 2,000,000 towels for the use of recruits can be provided.

Organised knitting is being encouraged among the peasant women, and it is hoped to produce 120,000 pairs of army socks, worth £21,000, by this means. The high price at which these, .socks are valued —about 3s Cd a pair —is an indication of the shortage uf woollen materials in Germany.

I It would take 2300 silkworms to produce lib of silk, and 27,000 spiders to (produce Jib ot web. ,