The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
LOCATED IN ST. ALBANs.
War Emergency Food Survey to Assist
Dealers and Others.

To facilitate the taking of the nation
al inventory OF foods in the state OF
; Vermont, the bureau of markets of the
'nited States, department OF agriculture
which has the war emergency food sur.
vey in charge, has placed an agency OF
the survey with its local office at 81,
Adams. in care of the commissioner OF
agriculture. NJ. h. Tolstrup, in charge OF
the st. Adams office, has received sup
ply of the schedules and will distribute
them In response to personal or mail re-
quest ON or after Jan. 2
Copies of the schedule have been
mailed from Washington to most dealers
in food materials in the state OF Yer.
mont. The names OF new concerns, and
of few others were not available, how
ever, and arrangements have been made
Therefore TO supply them locally. Appli.
cations for schedules should not be made
to the local agency before Jan. ,. This
win permit schedules mailed from Wash.
ington to reach their destinations, and
thus eliminate duplication.
Persons Required to Report.
NJ X. Tolstrup points out that the act
of Congress providing for the war emer-
gency food survey requires every dealer
in, and manufacturer of, foods or food
materials, and every holder of such com
modties in lots substantially greater
than family supplies, to fill ont a sched-
ule and mail il TO the chief of the bureau
OF markets Washington, ID. C., by Jan.
10, 1918. and fixes the penalties for fail
ure 10 do so. This includes not only all
wholesale and retail dealers in foods and
feeds, public warehousemen and food and
feed manufacturers, regardless of the
size Of the stocks which they hold, but
those in charge of hotels, restaurants,
commissaries of Industrial concerns,
schools, institutions, etc, providing that
their stocks on hand have a value of
$3.50 or more. Even manufacturers are
included who use food product in the |
preparation Of another product which |
cannot be considered food such as bot !
Ting. chewing gum and drug manufac
turing concerns.
Holders of foods of the classes named |
above who have not received schedule /
through the mails by Jan. 2s, or who
need additional copies, should obtain .
them from NJ. r. Tolstrup, St. Adams.
The war emergency survey will be the
most comprehensive inventory of foods
ever made in the United States It's 4
purpose is TO show the total stocks of 4
food and food materials on hand in the
country so that the public and the Off
cials OF the government may have the
necessary information ON which to base
plans for conserving and distributing
supplies already on hand, and for pro-
dueing the foods needed next season
To Show Total Food Holdings in the
United States.
To large extent the food survey will
be carried on by means of schedules or
missionaries In addition, inventories
will be made of stocks held by several
thousand representative families in va
-ious parts of the country The average /:
holdings 80 determined viii be used az
basis for an estimate of total holdings by
families throughout the country The
otal quantity OF food stutfs held ON
arms viii be determined by estimates
made by the bureau OF crop estimates OF
he United States department of agri
,ulture The addition OF the stocks in |
he hands of these three classes of hold
rs will give the total supplies in the 1
ountry Dec. 81 SO far as il is possible to |
eckon them II
TO furnish figures with which to check
he accuracy of the mail survey OF stocks
eld by the hundreds OF thousands of 1
etail food dealers, the bureau OF mar
,ets. through the active cooperation of
ocal officials, will make store to.store
urvey of the main classes Of such deal,
RS in forty.three selected counties which i
est represent their types, geographical.
Y, lndustrlally and economically These \
ounties range from Cuyhoga county, o.. 3
the city OF Cleveland, to rural
ouill leS ha Nlne no NlliH9e OF more thah y
500 population, .