Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-01
iENRULE6FORU Use
or WHEAT FLOUR
Mr. Hoover Changes Regulations:
Puts Americans on An
Equality With Allies.
TWENTY-ElGHTY RATIO
INSTEAD OF EFTY-FiFTY|
Thi. Mean. rhst Only 20 Per Cent
Of Substitutes Are
Required Now.

5s.E.@--" $3.50 ssSSSs SS sVOvSv .4.-s
In the new wheat flour regulation:
recently announced by Herbert c
Hoover, United States food admin
strator, in q message to A. D. Wilson
federal food administrator for Mime
sofa, it is declared to be the intention
to place the United States, England
France, and Italy all on an equality a,
to war breads, that all may share and
share alike" Consequently II. is pro
vided that the wheat bread of all shall
contain 20 per cent of other grains
than wheat.
In line with this plan, the new regu
lat1ons call for the s and sale Of
fours to be known as Victory Mixed
F1ours" and to be labeled with the in.
gradients in the order Of their proper
ton. The mixed f1ours, however, must
be mixed and milled in accordance
with the standards of the food admin.
stration. The rules for mixing the
Victory Mixed Flours follow:
Mixed wheat and barley -four
shall be in the proportion Of four
pounds Of wheat four for every
pound of barley flour. :
Mixed wheat and corr flour shall
contain the proportions of four
pounds OF wheat, flour to one pound
of corn -four.
Mixed wheat. barley and corn
n9ur shall contain eight pounds Of
wheat Hour Done pound Of barley
and one Of corn flour.
Mixed wheat nd rva h0ur shall
contain the proportions Of three
pounds OF wheat flour to two pounds
y OF rye flour.
Whole wheat. entire wheat. or
tain at least IS per cent Of the
wheat berry.
All Of these mixed fours may be
sold without substitutes. but at no
greater price from the miller.
case of standard wheat -four.
Present stocks Of mixed fours.
containing 20 per cent or more of
substitutes, may be sold without
OF substitutes, a pound Of substi-
tutes must be soAl with every four
pounds Of the mixed flours.
Pancake and se'f-rising flours con-
tanning substitutes may be manu-
featured only upon special permit
from the food administration. and
may. be sold without substitutes if
they contain 20 per cent or more Of
substitutes other than rye.
Fifty-Fifty Rule Suspended.
The new regulations do away with
the $3.50 rule. The retail dealer. sell
ing standard wheat -four is required to
carry in stock either barley flour, corr
meal, or corn -four, and with every
sale Of wheat -four must sell in COM.
bination one pound of. substitute for
every four pounds Of standard flour.
The following flours may also be sold
in combination: Kafir -four, milo
-four, feterita -four or meal, rice flour,
cat flour, peanut flour, bean flour, pc.
tato -four, sweet potato -four, buck
wheat, flour. Pure rye flour or meal
may be sold as a substitute in the pro-
portion Of at least two pounds of rye
to three pounds of wheat flour.
Baking Rules Changed.
The following changes have been
made in the rules governing the bak,
Ing trade:
I;ule l. ~A.Tequiring hat the con-
sumption Of wheat III bakery prod
Of the 1917 consumption, is re-
rscinded.
Rule 2 A, with regard to wheat
-four substitutes remains as here
be a substitute when used upon a
basis Of not less than 40 per cent.
or two pounds Of rye flour to three
pounds Of wheat -four. II less a
this nrnnnItinN 0f rye fn1lr. Ia 1lQa6 ks
the difference between the amount
used and 40 per cent must be made
up from other substitutes.
.rI Rq u u.s., $ q on Will non noT q fe ss9bsft .5ak:
hour. in all products save Class sA
Crackers. In which only 10 per cent
be required.
The use Of the word Victory" will
be allowed in naming all products COM
with any of the foregoing re-
quirements.
All limits N quantity sales to con-
including the thirty days sup
ply to consumers and supplies for q.
specified period to farmers on ex-
transactions are removed. The
food administration expects the con-
sumer, however, to purchase with mod.
and practice consservation with
great care. !.
Manufacturers 81 Victory Mixed
Elours must take out internal revenue
and pay special taxes as here
On all custom and exchange trans
actions, mills, elevators, or grain deal
ers must either deliver to the farmer
wheat, graham or prescribed
mixed fours or sell him the required
Of substitutes in combina-
Hon with standard wheat -four, except