Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-10-24
POSTPONE HOME
CARD CAMPAIGN
MUCH SICKNESS, AND CLOSING OF
SCHOOLS ANC CHURCHES PRE-
VENT HOME GARD PLAN BEING
PLACED BEFORE TENNESsEANs.
DATE WILL BE- GIVEN LATER
County Food Administrators Requested
to Complete Their Organizations for
Distribution of the Cards During
the Early Part Of December.

Manufacturing to the widespread
prevalence of the epidemic Of infiu
enza the home card campaign has been
postponed by the food administration
from the week of Oct. 20 to Nov. 4, I'm,
til Dec |. In the meantime the county
food administrators are expected to
complete their organizations so that
the cards can be distributed to every
family during the week that will be
hereafter selected.
1t was found that because so maly
schools and churches would be closed
on account of sickness those valuable
agencies could not be used to get the
home card plan before the public.
lmmature Turkeys.
The federal food administration in
Tennessee is urging that no immature
turkeys be shipped this year. County
food administrators and Tennessee
poultry shippers have been sent the
following instructions by r. G. Giles,
the chief of the poultry division off the
food administration: From October 10
to December refrain from buying her
turkeys weighing less than eigGt
pounds live weight and young toms OF
less than II pounds live weight. That
licenses purchase no turkeys intended
for Thanksgiving markets for points
East of Pittsburg and Buffalo after
Nov. Is; that turkeys for points east
of Buffalo and Pittsburg be loaded and
ready for shipment not later than Nov.
10; that no licenses dress turkeys in
an atmospheric temperature above
forty degrees unless he is equipped
with ice or artificial refrigeration to
chill these bird Immediately after
dressing.
To Recognize Service.
The poultry division of the food ad
ministration has devised the following
scheme for recognition of the patriotic
efforts OF poultry dressers:
Every woman dresser who works 40
hours or more week and every man
dresses who works 4S hours or more
per week, during the month of Octo-
Der, will receive a sleeve band bearing
the food administration emblem.
Every woman dresser who works
40 hours or more per week and every
man dresser who works As hours or
more per week. through the balance
of October and November, will receive
an apron bearing the food administTa-
ton emblem.
Those who work continuously, 1t
least 40 hours per week for women and
4S hours per week for men from now
until Christmas, will receive a print
ed and signed certificate from the
food administration, printed on stock
prepared form. This certificate Ger
titles that these people have shown
their patriotism by working continu,
ously in the poultry and egg industry.
Sugar Situation.
From present indications there are
no immediate proc cects of any i'm.
provement in the sugar situation, it
was stated, at the food administration
On the contrary, the states allowance
for the months of November and De-
cember will be under that for the
month of October. Tie two-pound al
lowance for domestic purposes will,
however, remain unchanged but there
will be another material reduction IN
the amount of sugar that is allowed for
the non-essential and less essential
purposes. Comparatively speaking,
very little sugar is now allowed for
soft drink makers or candy manufact-
urers. Their allotments have been
decreased.
During November and December
there will be no sugar, from presen.
Indications, for some canning or home
1t may be that after Jan
lary LIST there will be slight improve
ment, but this does not now seem prob
able The food administration still
cherishes the hope that it will be able
@ supply those patriotic housewives
who canned without sugar in the hope
hat they could later get little to add
% their fruits will not be disappointed,
but upon this point 1t can make no al
,olute assurance.
Wheat Campaign.
Splendid response is being made by
he farmers of Tennessee to the ap-
peal of the sfood administration for
wenty per cent increase in the wheat
acreage. Reports from many counties
Indicate that the necessary increase in
he acreage has already been pledged
" farmers. Some counties in West !
Tennessee are going to respond to the
appeal with an increase Of hundred
,er cent instead oy twenty per cent.
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