“In the day of plenty, prepare for the day of scarcity. The principle of the fat and lean kine is as applicable
today as it was in the days when, on the banks of the Nile, Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream. Officials
now warn us, and warn again, that scant days are coming… We urge every Church householder to have
a year's supply of essential foodstuffs ahead. This should so far as possible be produced by each

householder and preserved by him. This course will not only relieve from any impending distress those
households who so provide themselves but will release just that much food to the general national stores
of foodstuffs from which the public at large must be fed. The utmost care should be taken to see that
foodstuffs so produced and preserved by the householder do not spoil, for that would be waste and
the Lord looks with disfavor upon waste. He has blessed His people with abundant crops; the promise
for this year is most hopeful. The Lord is doing His part; He expects us to do ours.”
First Presidency Message, Ensign, Apr. 1942

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