The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-08-08
RIGID RESTRICTIONS
Eccs IN Ttk FUTURE ARE NOT
70 s. PURCHASED WITHOUT
GAMBLING THEM.
4 Great Deal Og Fleur Has Been Re
turned Or ls n Process Of Being
Turned over 70 ere Government sy
Patriotic Tennesssans.

poultry and eggs By the United States
food ADMINISTRATION. Especially'is this
true Of eggs. So important are eggs
aa an article Of feed that they cannot
IN the future be- purchased without
candling them. The object Of this ruls
q ct course "a stop the buying and
shipment Of eggs that are unfit for hu,
man consumption. This affects Bic
savings IN transportation and In the
end viii mean more to the producers
Of the country and win reduce at the
same time tho cost to the ultimate
consumer
Flour Returned.
Probably $4,000 barrels Of flour HAYS
bsen returned Or are in process Of be
Ing turned over to the United States
food administration In Tennessee by
the patriotic people 81 the state for
shipment to the soldiers, sailors and
our allies. The movement has sue.
ceeded beyond expectations Although
Ia q number Of counties the people
we're slow to realize and appreciate
the necessity for surrendering the
flour the movement has made soma
headway in q majority Of the coun.
ties. There are now more than q
score OF wheatless counties in Tennes.
see, that is counties in which the sale
OF all wheat flour has been voluntarily
ended and . majority Of the people
have ceased to use wheat products.
The handling Qf this flour has en-
tailed an immense volume Of work
on the federal food administration for
Tennessee The details Of shipments
and paying for The flour have been
handled BY ]. I. Finney, the educa-
tionaI director FOR Tennessee, and tho
correspondence would fiji an immense
volume Individual checks have been
made out and sent to every person
who surrendered flour, regardless Of
the size Of package. Checks have
gone out varying in amounts from
$50 to $4,000. Hundreds Of thous.
ands Of dollars have been and win sen
be paid ont For the flour
Sugar Restrictions.
The appearance Of submarines Off
the American coast and their destruc-
tion of 4 large amount Of coast line
shipping has added to the difficulties
DC tho food administration III handling
the sugar problem. Two boats sunk
BY submarines carried net less than
d, O0O,O00OOO pounds Of sugar The
food administration Il determine |.
however. that the needs 81 households
for preserving, canning, etc, viii ~
supplied and non.essential industries
will be the first to suffer.
Sheep campaign.
The movement launched BY the food
administration to increase the shesn
production 81 the state has met With
splendid success In 4 large number Of
the sheep growing counties Reporta
are very encouraging. and It Is esfi.
mated that sheep production will be
increased BY several thousand head
next year. The slogan. "Clothe
soldier, XIII 4 dog has proven to be
popular one with the patriotic farmers
of the state.
Labor Shortage,
Every effort IA being made by TIL
food administration ia cooperation
with the labor department Of thu
United States to afford some measure
of relief Eor the acute labor shortage
On the farms Of Tennessee, especially
tn Middle Tennessee. whsrS owing to
the enormous governmental ind
takings at Hadley's Bend and Shel-
field, Ala, the situation IL gravest.
Never il history have the farmers had
To graprle with anch q situation a.
harvest time, but they have bravesy
and resolutely undertaken tina seem.
ingly impossible. and how well thsy
have succeeded is shown BY the eno.-
NOUS acreage of small grains that has
been cut and shocked. The problem
for thresher hands is going to be an
other serious one
Saving Small Grains.
The food administration has ~
ceiyed numerous Inquiries from over
the state as to what should be dono
where farmers have sown small grain
to be- shogged down The reply il
the food administration has been that
each case must be decided on its own
merits, where it would be an economic
waste to try to save the grain Oh such
fields, where the labor would be more
profitabiy used In other food prsdur-
ton activities, the farmers should bo
permitted to hog down. or otherwise
pasture these isolated areas that wers
aown tor the purpose Of being pas.
tured. But where the fields can b
cut and the grain saved it Is the duty
of We farmer ~ harvest them. Ths
need Tor great wheat and other small I
grain yields ban neyor been 20 urgent
Ia the history 80 world IS It Il
today.
commun Meeting.
Farmers OK sh8 Greenwood sectl0m
of Wilson count hald "a enthusiastic
war meeting 81 urday IL Fin.
neg, 81 the EooA administration. vas
the speaker g 4 secession Tha niece.
ing was featured the sale ii \ Guilt I
made 81 The en Of The club, TIE
proceeds bins sted to tha Red