The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-10-31
Food Administration Notes.

Food Administration Notes.
Notice has been given by the Unit
ed States Food Administration that
persons who have canning sugar LETT
over must return it to the grocers
from whom they bought and who
will report it to the county food ad-
ministratOr.
fixed as the dates for the return OF
this sugar, in pursuance OF the sign n.
ed agreement of purchasers that
It as they did not use for canning.
Anyone falling to make return Of
such sugar will be deemed guilty OF
boarding and may be proceeded
against accordingly. All canning
sugar certificates signed by consum-
paratory to following up the return
Of sugar on November LIST to Srd with
an investigation as to whether or
not the sugar obtained under writ
ten agreement has been used for the
purpose agreed.
In the new food administrator
rules governing hotels and public
eating places in Iowa there IS ne nc
limit as formerly on the, number OF
sandwiches that may pc seryed:
This exception to the old rule has
been made because SO many persons
ers, make one daily meal entirely Of
sandwiches; and a substitute seems
difficult to find. Because of the
necessity Of providing suitable dlet
for workmen who are. engaged IN
certain occupations, it I'M mas a,,an offn
restriction from bread served in
boarding camps and places where
men are engaged in hard physical
labor.
In telegram signed by Mr.. Hooy-
er state food pygng
tail and wholesale trades to handle M u.
for household use, only Victory mix NIX.
ed flour. Administrators are also
asked to exert their influence with
mills in the territory under u;d thelr
mixed flours. Manufacture and sale
Of Victory mixed flour in which the
: 20 per cent of substitutes already is
contained, would avoid kitchen eX,
periments with mixing and WOULD
save the grocer the necessity o.
weighing and handling the suDsll-
tutes.
Owners of threshing machines,
binders and all grain handling equip,
ment are now asked by the Unltea
States food administration 10 puI
them in readiness for next season.
Emphasis is placed on ORDERING re-
pair parts at once.
The sugar division of the United
States food administration for iowa
has Just been advised that unless
something unforeseen happens we
may expect our full. pounds per
month of sugar LOT luG
balance of the year.
The new public eating place rules
on meat announced by United ota1es
food administrator Deems proylues
that ''if patrons desire IT, one one n Vol
chop or one pork chop should be
served to an order and reduced por-
fions of ham and bacon should be
served. Prices should be adjusted
accordingly" This does not mean
that a portion shall consist OF only m
Il does mean that if you are serving
more than one mutton chop, one one
lamb chop, etc, the patron may call
for only one. If your portions OF nam
and bacon are large, the. patron may
call for reduced portion. many
ministration which have CRITICIZED
narticularly of these two kinds of
me meats. OF course, it should be I'M
= derstood that when one mutton
chop, one lamb chop, etc., or re
duced portion Of ham or bacon i
served, the prices should be adjusted
accordingly.
OF thirty-three grain states where
efforts toward cleaner threshing were
conferred the past summer by !ne
United States food administrator o =
two-thirds have already repo rno ar an
bushels of wheat. Many OF the 9th,
er states, although not prepared &c
make estimates, reported greatly re-
duced harvest losses.
The demand for Victory mixee
flour is growing rapidly because it,
use would save the housewife from
her otherwise unacceptable moral Cd
legation to do her own mixing o.
wheat flour with cereals in conform
ity with the 1920 rule.
The Wholesale and retail division
Of the food administration has inau'
gurated a new pledge campaign FOL
retail stores. Every retail grocer IN
the United States has been asked by
the statesmen of the wholesale groc'
ers to sign pled1gef; to c co the foo &c
administration, and to cooperate
fully in the conservation program
All dealers who sign the pledge VIII
receive direct from the food admin
istration certificates which are to DC
posted in the store windows.
The new sugar rule follows: the
wholesaler and retailer shall distrlb
ute sugar equitably among his Gus
toners SO that no one of such Gus
toners receives more, than his faiI
be available for distribution. u.
shall not deliver from the 1st to tn,
18th day of any month, nor from the
18th to the last day of any month
to any individual consumer more
than one pound for each person II
vided that the Federal food admins
traitor of any state may authorize tn
monthly allotment of two pound: