The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-06
Wheat Conservation Program

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10 County Food Administrators:
Effective on Sept. /. 1918, the follow
ing wheat conservation program will be
enforced:
All households and public eating
places will use only wheat -four that is
mixed with some substitute in the pro-
portion of four pounds ofstandard wheat
flour to'ope ofsdbstitutes. If the Vic
tory Mixed Flour hereafter described is
purchased and used no other substitute
therein is described But where the
standard wheat a0ur is purchased then
the substitutes should be added before
being cooked.
In addition the households and eating
places are expected to consume their
ordinary amount of corn mealand other
non-wheat cereals. The use Of breads
and pastries made from the standard
flour alone and then the ordinary and
usual consumption of corn meal will not
be compliance with this program sihce
its purpose is to effect a real saving of
wheat from the ordinary consumption.
lsVIcToRY MIXED FLOUR 1T is desired
to insure supply OF ready mixed flours
on the market and to have pillers and
dealers to encourage the use of such
fiours, so that the country may be on a
mixed flour bases without the necessity
except ptGwhere itcannot be well avoided,
of, making combination sales Of -four
and substitutes.
All mixed flours made according to
the regulations shal be labelled Vic
tory Mixed Flour" and to be labelled
with their ingredients in the order of
their proportion.
No mixed fours Except pancake
-FOUR shall be made or manufactured
except in the exact proportions as out
lined below: a
Mixed wheat and barley flour shall be
made in the proportion of four pounds
wheat -four to one pound barley -four.
Mixed wheat and corn -four shall be
made in the proportion of four pounds
wheat flour to one pound of corn flour.
Mixed wheat, barley and corn -four
shall contain proportions Of eight pounds
of wheat flour to one pound barley flour
and one pound corn -four.
Mixed wheat and rye -four shall con-
tain the proportion of three pounds of
wheat flour and not less than two pounds
of rye flour.
Whole wheat. entire wheat or gra-
ham flour or meal shall contain not less
than 95 per cent Of the wheat berry.
No INCREASE IN PRICE --All the
above Victory mixed flours may be sold
without substitutes. but at no greater
price from the miller. wholesale or re-
tail dealer, than in the case of standard
wheat flour.
RETAIL SALE OF STANDARD WHEAT
FLOUR. These regulations supercede
the "ifty-fifty" rule. Every retailer
selling standard wheat flour is required
to carry in stock either barley -four,
corn meal or corn -four and with every
sale Of wheat flour sell a combination
of one or more of these in the proper
tion of one pound Of substitute to each
four pounds of wheat -four. No dealer
may force any other substitute in COM
bination upon the customer and these
substitutes must conform to the stand
ards fixed by the United States Food
Administration.
If the Gus toner so demands, the fol-
lowing substitutes may also be sold in
such combination in lieu of the above
iiours at the ratio Of one pound to each
four pounds OF wheat -four: Kaffir -four,
milo -four, feterita -four and meals. rice
-four, oat -four, peanut -four, bean
-four, potato -four. sweet potato -four,
buckwheat -four. Pure rice Hcur OF
meal may be sold as a substitute. but
must be sold in the proportion Of at
least two pounds Of rice to three pounds
of wheat -four.
EXCHANGE TRANsAcnoNss--The fore
going rules apply to all custom and ex-