The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26
FOOD SAVING
PROGRAM ISSUED
Frequent Changes Made Nee
essary BY Needs Of Allies
and Our Own People.

To clear up any confusion that may
exist In the minds OF housewives con-
corning food conservation, the follow
ing definite program of food saving Is
| issued by the Food Administration
with the explanation that frequent
changes are made necessary according
to the needs Of the Allies and our own
people:
All kinds Of staple foods, especially
wheat, meats, fats and sugar should
be most economically used. Use sub
stitutes for these four commodities.
No food should be boarded Hoard
ing is the holding. contracting or ar
! ranging for food by any person In ex-
cess OF his reasonable requirements
for use or consumption by himself and
dependents for a reasonable time.
This does not refer to stocks Of home
grown vegetables and home-canned or
preserved fruits.
! All householders who can entirely
eliminate the use Of wheat until the
, next harvest, about September LIST.
should do so.
Householders who are obliged to
use wheat should not use more than
total Of IL pounds OF wheat flour
| or prepared wheat, in any form, per
person per week. including the wheat
flour In Victory Bread, and including
the wheat flour or prepared wheat in
crackers. pastry, macaroni, breakfast
| and other foods.
| Victory Bread Is bread manufac-
tured by bakers under the rules OF
the United States Food Administra.
| ton. In estimating flour consumption,
~ pounds Of Victory Bread may be
considered equal to / pound OF wheat
flour.
In buying wheat flour an equal
weight OF other cereals as substitutes
Tor wheat flour must be bought pound
for pound. This is the $3.50 Rule. In
buying mixed flours. the substitutes
/ In them may be counted SO that 4
smaller proportion Of substitutes may
be bought with these flours than with
white flour. In buying graham and
whole wheat flours containing not
less than $3.50 Of the entire wheat)
| gao pounds Of substitutes shall be
purchased with every pound of such
flours.
| Wheat flour substitutes are hominy.
corn. grits. cornmeal, corn flour. edible
cornstarch, barley flour, rolled oats.
oatmeal. rice. rice flour, buckwheat
Hour. potato flour, sweet potato flour
soya bean flour and feterita flour and
meals and milo maize flour and meal
Householders in towns and cities
may not buy more than Y Of a barrel
OF flour or pounds OF sugar at anv
one time. Householders In rural dis.
tricts may not buy more than n Of a
barrel OF flour or pounds of sugar
AZ any one time. In no event shall,
any purchaser have more than 30 davs.
supply OF Hour on hand,
Householders should not use mora
than 3 pounds Of sugar per person ner
| month.
| IN ADDITION to the above, however
20 pounds OF sugar may be used for
nome canning, and win be available
10 the householder for that purpose
upon signing certificate that such
sugar Is desired and will BE- used for
that purpose only. Additional amount.
ior canning and preserving NAV bs
purchased only by special permission
OF county food administrator.
NO wheat flour, or prepared whs.,
IN any form should be used for anv
purpose other than human consumn-
ton.
Meats Of all kinds should be uo.,
economically used, eliminating an
J waste. al
FRESH milk and milk in eyapor,,.a
ana condensed form and cheese uav
be literally used.
Butter may be used for normal oo,
sumption. ''n'
To save transportation loc., .,,
piles should be grown and used