I remember gas was rationed during WWII in Canada. Dad farmed and gas for tractors was tinted so it was a different color than gas for cars --- and boy, you better not have got caught driving the family car with tractor gas in the tank. Sugar was rationed as well and if there were other foodstuffs, I don't remember. We always had a huge garden so we barely noticed shortages.

Gas is still coloured (at least in parts of Canada.) See the enclosed excerpt from the insurance corporation of BC booklet: Tax-reduced coloured fuel or "farm gas" may be used to operate: . a tractor when used on a highway by, or on behalf of, a farmer for the purposes of the farmer's farm . a farm truck licensed as a farm vehicle under the Commercial Transport Act, and being used by a farmer or other person in the operation of the farm. For detailed information about coloured gas and Social Service Tax exemptions, visit www.gov.bc.ca/sbr. -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Sent: July 4, 2009 9:04 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] old letters I remember gas was rationed during WWII in Canada. Dad farmed and gas for tractors was tinted so it was a different color than gas for cars --- and boy, you better not have got caught driving the family car with tractor gas in the tank. Sugar was rationed as well and if there were other foodstuffs, I don't remember. We always had a huge garden so we barely noticed shortages. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All kinds of things were rationed in the US as well, including gas and sugar. http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=18231 My grandfather could not serve in the military due to health reasons, so he got a job as an electrician on the army air base in Roswell, NM during WWII. The family drove to NM from Rhode Island. Gas was rationed at that time. My grandmother said that near the end of their trip, one of the stations did not collect their ration tickets. If it had, they would not have had enough gas to complete their trip. When I lived in Boston, I had a victory garden. They were started during WWII to provide garden plots to city people so they could grow their own veggies. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan" <tattoo@golden.net> >I remember gas was rationed during WWII in Canada. Dad farmed and gas for > tractors was tinted so it was a different color than gas for cars --- and > boy, you better not have got caught driving the family car with tractor > gas > in the tank. Sugar was rationed as well and if there were other > foodstuffs, > I don't remember. We always had a huge garden so we barely noticed > shortages. >