The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29
Local Representative of the Bureau of Markets to
 Assist Dealers in
 Food Supplies ALL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS MUST REPORT THEIR STOCKS Food Survey Will Be Car ried on by Means of Cues tionnaires-Family and
 Farm Supplies Are
 Included

To facilitate the taking of the na- tional inventory of foods in Birming- ham and it's vicinity. the bureau of markets of the United States depart ment of agriculture, which has the war emergency food survey in charge, las placed an agency of the survey with its local office at S0S-Sl0 Jrffer- son County Bank building. 2. C. Bush field. m charge of the locli office, has received |, supply of the schedules and will d,.+rtbute them in response to personal oI mail request o- or after January 2.
 Copies of the schedules have been mailed from Washington to most deal CTS in fooG materials in Birmingham. Tho names cf new concerns, me of a few others were not available, how ever. and a.iangements h i've been made therefore to supply them locally. Application S for schedules should not he made to the local agency before January 2. This will permit schedules mailed from Washington to r, 'e,i Jbeir destinations, end thus eliminate dupli- cation.
 REQUIRED TO REPORT
 Mr. Bushfield points out that the act of Congress providing for the war emergency food survey requires every dealer in, and manufacturer of, foods or food materials, and every holder Of such commodities in lots substantially greater than family supplies, to fill out schedule and mail it to the chief I,,, af rJy otc ,S1,f y,frtN i,tt January 10, 1918, and fixes the penal ties for failure to do so. This includes not only all wholesalers and retailers in foods and feeds, public warehouse II en and food and feed manufacturers, of the size of the stocks which they hold, but also those in charge of hotels, restaurants, commits saries of industrial concrns schools and other institutions, providing that their stocks on hand have value of $50 or more. Even manufacturers are included who use a food product in the preparation of anothr product which cannot be considered a food, such as bottling. chewing gum and drug manufacturing concerns. Hold CTS of the classes named above who have not received a schedule through the mails by January ?, or who need additional copies, should obtain them from MT. Bushfield.
 The war emergency food survey will be the the most comprehensive inventory of foods ever made in the United States. Its purpose is to show the total stock of food materials on hand sn the country, so that the public and the of the government may have the necessary information on which to base plans for conserving and distrib- u1ing supplies already on hand, and for producing the foods needed next season.
 FOOD HOLDINGS IN U. S.
 To a large extent the food survey will be carried on by means of sched. lles or questionnaires. In addition, inventories will be made of stocks held oy several thousand representative families in various parts of the country. The average holdings so determined will be used as basis for an estimate ,f total holdings by families through put the country. The total quantity of foodstuffs held on farms will be de- ,ermined by estimates made by the bureau of crop estimates of the United States department of agriculture. The addition of the stocks in the hands of hese three classes of holders will give he total supplies in the country De- ,ember 31, so far as it is possible to 'eckon them.
 To furnih figures with which to ,heck the accuracy of the mail survey, If stocks held by hundreds of thou- ands of retail food dealers. the bureau # markets, through the active co-op- ,ration of local officials, will make a tore-to-store survey of the classes If such dealers in 43 selected counties which best represent their types, geo. industrially and economf- ally. These counties range from Guy lhoga county. Ono, embracing the city if Cleveland, to rural counties, having 10 village of more than 25oO popula- ion.