fuel for fighters

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WWIDuring WWI the people in the U.S. were encouraged to eat less wheat and meat so there would be more to send to the soldiers. It was called the "fuel for fighters."

bread facts

Assuming a sandwich was eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it would take 168 days to eat the amount of bread produced from one bushel of wheat. A family of four could live 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat.