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Meat. Best home news of the week to many a citizen was Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson's prediction that beef would go off the ration lists within a few weeks. Reasons: 1) a heavy run of cattle; 2) Army suspension of "set-aside" orders by which it got first call. The pork outlook is not so bright, but Clinton Anderson thought that all meat rationing .might be ended by fall; if not, point values at least could be lowered...
Butter. Butter production has been picking up steadily, but is still insufficient; butter may not come off the ration lists for several months...
Sugar. Probably the last to go ration-free, perhaps not before...
Almost no one manages to find enough food to use up his ration points. Beef was sometimes obtainable until the end of last year. Since then people have been eating dog and horse meat. Fish has been almost non-existent since last fall. Chickens and eggs are only for children, expectant mothers and hospital patients. There has been no beer or sake since last February...
...Rationed Cabbage Leaves. Everybody raises vegetables, even in window boxes, or in boxes inside houses or in air-raid trenches. Last March the cabbage ration was one cabbage leaf per person every three days...