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Garbage is valuable. Don't waste it. Explosives, fertilizers, soaps - vital war necessities are being made from kitchen refuse. Clean garbage is also excellent food for hogs. Keep it free from broken crockery - glass, tin cans, sweepings and other household rubbish. Use every ounce of food fat for human consumption, then - make the garbage pail do its part

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Title: Garbage is valuable. Don't waste it. Explosives, fertilizers, soaps - vital war necessities are being made from kitchen refuse. Clean garbage is also excellent food for hogs. Keep it free from broken crockery - glass, tin cans, sweepings and other household rubbish. Use every ounce of food fat for human consumption, then - make the garbage pail do its part
Creator: United States. Food Administration
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917/1918?
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution
Collection: Hoover Institution Digital Collections
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Type: image
Identifier: XX343.26052
Relation: Poster collection

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