The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-06
NEW SERIES: VOL. XII. mo. 10

change transactions as we'll as sales Of
flour to farmers; provided, however,
that farmers having their wheat ex-
changed for flour may obtain flour
| without the purchase of substitutes
upon the presentation Of the toll card
J hereafter described.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS. The present
stocks of mixed hours may be sold
without substitutes if they contain at
least 20 per cent of recognized substi-
tutes
PANCAKE AND SELF RISING FLoURs.
Pancake and self rising flours con
! tanning substitutes may be manufac-
tured only uponspecia permit from the
Food Administration at Washington and
after the permit is obtained may be
sold without substitutes, if containing
20 per cent more of substitutes other
than rye.
LIMITS ON SALES. : All limits on quan.
tity sales to consumers and supplies for
specified periods for farmers on ex-
change transactions are hereby remov-
ed. But reliance is placed onsthe sub
stitute rule and our appeal to the pa
triotic devotion af the people to accom-
plish the necessary conservation.
When you give notice of the removal
of these restrictions you should never
fail to couple it with an earnest appeal
to the consumers to buy in moderation
and to practice the most rigid economy
in the use of flour. Farmers who, on
exchange transaction, get supply of
-four for several months, are obligated
in the use thereof to mix at least 20 per
cent of substitutes with it, and also in
addition to consume not less than their
ordinary and usual amount of corn
meal.
DUTY of RETAILERS. Retailers are
no longer obliged to buy substitutes in
purchasing standard wheat -four, but
they must, as provided above, have on
hand at all times supply of some of
the substitutes enumerated and sell to
the consumer for purpose of mixing
with the standard flour purchased, the
required proportion of substitutes.
REVENUE LICENSE. Manufacturers
of the Victory Mixed Flour must take
take out the revenue license and pay
the special tax.
INSPECTION OF Mills. The milling
section of the cereal division will peri
odicaly inspect the mills TO see that the
required amount of substitutes are used
in the manufacture of the Victory
Mixed Flour.
MILLS ON EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS.
-On all custom and exchange tranaac-
tions mills, elevators or grain dealers
must either deliver to the farmer whole
or entire wheat Cor Graham) flour or
the prescribed Victory Mixed Flour or
sell him the required proportion of sub
stitutes in combination with standard
wheat flour, unless the toll card here
after described is used
| Millers who sell flour as retail dealers
are under the rules and restrictions
which are herein enumerated and which
apply to the retail dealers.
STANDARD TOLL CARD Farm RS who
grow their own corn and have the same
ground into meal, may purchase stand
, ard wheat -four. without at the same
time, buying 20 per cent of substitutes
by presenting toll card signed by the
miller, from whom the meal was OBJ
tanned, certifying that such farmer did
have ground at such specified amount
of corn meal. The farmer having such
toll card may buy against it, in the pro-
\ portion of four pounds of standard
/ wheat flour to one of meal.
4 However, such farmer IS under obli-
cation to his country and it is his patri-
otic duty to use standard wheat flour
purchased by him only when mixed with
20 per cent of substitutes, either corn
meal or some other recognized substi-
tute, and in addition to consume his
usual and ordinary amount of corn
bread. In other words it is expected
that the farmer. having the privilegebf
securing bis own meal 10 this manner,
/ will be Just as moderate in his use Of
wheat flour and will conserve to the
same extent that other classes of the
population are asked to conserve. IL
will not be compliance with this re-
quest to use the standard wheat flour.
without substitutes, and then simply
use the ordinary amount of cora bread,
for that would not effect any real con-
servation Of wheat flour.
The following toll card is the only
card, statement or certificate that can
be used in the purchase of standard