The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
ONLY ONE POUND
 OF SUBSTITUTE ID 4 POUNDS FLOUR Paul Earle Explains New
 Rules of Administration Regarding Flour
NUMBER SUBSTITUTE
 CEREALS REDUCED
Ready Mixed Flour Sale Is Encour' aged by the Administration, Con taining Substitute Cereals
 With Wheat Flour

Paul H. Earle, county food adminis- trator has issued the following sum mary and expla anation of the new ruies of the food administration, enectlVe September 1, pertaining to the saie oi wheat flour in so far as they afect the aon,estic consumers of Jefferson county:
 "The old 5o-5o' rule requiring the purchase of a pound of supstltu'e oereal for each pound of wheat huor' has been rescinded. The new rule re- ouires the purchase of one pound or substitute cereals with every four pounds of wheat flour.
 .Reduction in the number Of suosti- tute cereals Under the new rules the retail dealer should carry in stock l either cornmeal, corn flour or barley flour, and must sell, with every iour pounds of wheat flour. pound or any one of these substitute cereals or lcombination of two or more Of them in the ratio of one pound to every ioui | mounds of wheat flour. These cereais must conform to the standard fixed by the national food administratlon.
 REGARDING CEREALS
 
 on localities where the following cereals are available, they may De usee lin combination with the cereals naines lin fhe same proportion of one pouhe to every four pounds of wheat nour Kaffir flour, milo flour. feterita nour
 rice flour, oat flour, peanut nour' neai
 hous, potato flour, sweet potato nou and buckwheat flour. "Rye flour is reinstated as suosu tute. It must be sold, however, in tn proportion of not less than two pouno or rye flour to three pounds or Whea
 flour. x ,no, line consumer any substitutes othe
 than those enumerated in the forego ing. ac,~-DCn
 "Beginning September l, the rule re
 stricting the sale of flour to six pouna Iper person per month is rescindeo doing this the food administration ias ? inc burden of wheat conservat sl upo line honor of the American peoph trusting them not to apuse theil .. . llarged privilege and urging them lcontinue tor keep the consumptlon
 wheat flour within the bounds or thel
 ,actual needs.
 lcorn having his own corn ground at , lregistered or licensed mill and recei' e ling the proper certificate issued py ,n' h miller, may buy his supply or ilo' '- without the purchase of substitute e e reals upon the presentation of his ce
 tificate to the retail dealer, on II t. basis of four pounds of flour 10 eas y pound of meal ground.
 READY MIXED FLOUR .rrhe food administration IS encou " apaing the sale of read-mixed no IS containing substitute cereals and whe h flour mixed in the proportion or 4 10 e fixed by the national food administr "a tion's regulations, which can pc so ,I without substitute cereals. This "a known as Victory flour, and snou r- be available in this market shortly al r. CT September l.
 .d "In resembling its former rules as tv wheat flour substitutes 1t IS the desi f. of the national food administration th m the present consumption Of corn ore n. be maintained The public IS expect V. ito buy corn meal for the purpose y- making corn bread, in addition 10 | Y. wheat flour substitutes required.