The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-14
IMPORTANT RULING
FOOD OFFICIALS
USE OF WHEAT AND SUGAR ARE
DISCUSSED BY ADMiNlSTRA-
TON.


federal food administrator:
SUGAR IN EEER.
In response to query from Oregon
as to the use of sugar in brewing beer,
it was answered that no cane or beet
sugar is used in brewing The present
sugar distribution plan makes no pro-
vision to brewers. Sugar is net used
fermentation, and for this purpose
only a very small amount Of glucose
is used.
WHEAT IN BEER.
In regard to the use of wheat in
brewing beer, the following telegram
was written by Mr. Hoover On June
21st.
you may oategorically deny state
ment that American brewers are now
using four million bushels wheat per
month in making beer. Facts are no
wheat at all now being used for max
ing alcoholic liquors and kind In fis-
cal year 1917-191S ending June 30 tot
al of 43,617,O00 bushels barley and
11,950000 bushels barley and corn to-
Eether per month. These and smaller
amounts broken rice are the only
grains now used in America in max
ing alcoholic liquors of any kind You
may also deny statement being cir
culated that wheat sent from America
to England is there used fer brewing.
This is absolutely untrue"
RECIPES FOR NEXT AUTUMN.
In response to an inquiry from a
baking company as to the prepare
lion of recipes for bread for publica.
ion in October and November maya
zines the following reply was sent:
Cannot anticipate conservation re
CURED October and November until
We can accurately guage this years
crop, and determine the requirements
If Allies. You will be quite safe in
preparing your recipes to include not
more than seventy-five percent wheat
=CoNOMlzE SUGAR IN CANNING
AND PRESERVING.
In canning and preserving veget-
ables and foods, sugar should be econ
| 0mized to as great an extent as pos
sible, Much may be accomplished in
this line, though it is hard to lay down
hard and fast rules which will be of
| use to the housewife. The main idea
| is to can as much as possible using
as little sugar as possible The sugar
| Division suggests that the following
slogan be adopted: use one tea
spoon Dump of sugar where two
were used before"
USE OF SLOGAN FOOD WILL WIN
THE WAR" TO BE DIscoUNTINU-
ED.
Mr.. Hoover has issued a request
That the use of the words Food will
Win the War" be discontinued. and
that the idea should not be expressed
that the Food Administration is more
than one of many parts of our wal
machine. 1t is felt that this expression
has fulfilled its task.
SALES IN NAME OF FOOD
ADMINISTRATION.
In response to a query as to the ad
visibility of the Food Administration
selling stickers to merchants at a pro
it, it is felt that it would be mad
yisabie for he Food Administration
TO sell anything of this nature at ;
profit
ARMY CONSERVATION.
Steps have been taken by the
Quartermaster General to prevent al
waste of food stuffs in the United
states Army and to reclaim and sal
wage all worn out and cast off mate
rial. 1t is believed that the new Army
Division CT Conservation and RecIama.
ION will accomplish large saving of
war supplies as well as provide fol-
more satisfactory disposition of gar
page and manure. The new plan for
saving food, however, will not re
strict the amount of food that the sol
dlers may eat, but it will save much
that was formerly wasted through
carelessness.
! FLOUR AND FARMERS.
1t appears that at many points in
the South farmers have grown a GER
tain amount Of wheat in a patriotic
attempt to make Themselves self SUI
porting in localities where there has
been, hitherto, no wheat grown where
the milling capacity is either non
existent or very limited. Also that
therule allowing only three months
supply until October first will work q
hardship as the miller is not able to
store and the farmer is afraid to keen
! The wheat on account Of weevils
. Therefore. plans are making whereby
farmer NAV he allowed. to draw 2