Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-06-20

Patriotic Tennesseans.
Nashville, Tenn.-Rigid restrictions
h2ye been imposed on the dealing II
poultry and eggs by the United State.
sood administration. Especially is tbs
4 true OF eggs. So important are egg.
as an article of 1000 that they cannot
a the future lie purchased without
Gambling them. The object of this ruls
is Of course 70 stop the buying and
shipment of e, gs that are unfit for hui
man consum 9tion. This affects a bic
savings in transportation and in the
end will mean more to the producers
Of the country and will reduce at the
same tine the cost to the ultimate
consumer.
Flour Returned.
! Probably $1,000 barrels of flour havs
been returned or are in process of be-
1 ing turned over to the United States
food administration in Tennessee by
the patriotic people of the state for
shipment to the soldiers, sailors and
our allies. The movement has sue.
ceeded beyond expectations Although
in a number Of counties the people
were slow to realize and appreciate
the necessity for surrendering the
flour the movement has made soma
headway in majority of the coun-
ties. There are now more than
score of wheatless counties in Tonnes
see, that is counties in which the sale
of all wheat flour has been voluntarily
ended and a majority of the people
Lave ceased to use wheat products.
The handling of this flour has en-
tailed an immense volume of work
on the federal food administration for
Tennessee. The details of shipments
and paying for the flour have been
handled by J. I. Finney, the educa-
tional director for Tennessee, and tho
correspondence would fill an immense
volume. individual checks have been
made out and sent to every person
who surrendered flour, regardless Of
the size of package. Checks have
gone out varying in amounts from
$3.50 to $4,000. Hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars have been and will stu
be paid out for the flour.
Sugar Restrictions.
The appearance of submarines off
the American coast and their destruc.
tion Of large amount of coast line
shipping has added to the difficulties
of the food administration in handling
the sugar problem. Two boats sunk
by submarines carried not less than
$4,000 100000 pounds of sugar. The
food administration is determine l. !
however, that the-needs of households
for preserving, canning, etc, will >
supplied and non-essential industries |
will be the first to suffer.
Sheep campaign.
The movement launched by the food
administration to increase the sheen
production of the state has met win
splendid success in large number of
the sheep growing counties. Reports
are very encouraging, and it is EST,
mated that sheep production will be
naxt year The slogan, "Clothe a
soldier, kill "a dog" has proven to be a
popular one with the patriotic farmers
OF the state.
Labor Shortage.
Every effort is being made by tn
food administration in cooperation
with the labor department of thu
United States to afford some measure
Of relief for the acute labor shortage
on the farms OF Tennessee, especially
in Middle Tennessee, where. owing to
the enormous governmental und J,
takings at Hadley's Bend and Shelf.
field, Ala, the situation is gravest.
Never in history have the farmers had
TO grapple with such situation 1T
harvest time, but they have brayely
and resolutely undertaken the seem
ngly impossible, and how well they
have succeeded is shown by the eno:-
nous acreage of small grains that hay
been cut and shocked. The problem
or thresher hands is going to be an
,ther serious one.
Saving Small Grains.
The food administration has ~
,efyed numerous inquiries from over
he. state as to what should be done
where farmers have sown small grain
o be "hogged down" The reply VI
he food administration has been that
ZACH case must be decided on its own
merits, where it would be an economic !
waste to try to save the grain on such !
ields, where the labor would be more
used In other food produc- 1
ion activities, the farmers should be i,
ermitted to hog down" or otherwise
asture these isolated areas that were y.
own for the purpose of being pas
ured. But where the fields can be
ut and the grain saved it is the duty y
the farmer to harvest them. The
eed for great wheat and other small !
rain yields has never been so urgent :
A the history Of the world as 1t 10
oday. =
Community Meeting. :
Farmers of the Greenwood section ii
Wilson county held an enthusiast. v
ar meeting on Saturday. J. /. Fin. p
ey, Of the food administration, was 81
10 speaker OF the oceasisa. The mess, b
e was featured By the sale Of outfit A