The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-10
Russen-Mller Milling Co.
OF NORTH DAKOTA
MERCHANT MILLERS


Valley City, N. Dak, January 8, 1918.
To Our Customers:
Your attention has been directed, no doubt, to-
wards the Food Administrations Regulations re-
garding the manufacture of Flour and Feed, which
became effective December 18th. Until now we have
been unable to give you any definite information as
to the working out of this regulation. We are CIV
ing below Rule II of the Regulations which is Of vi
tai interest to you, also future policy in serving
you and the great cause Of the country
Kindly note carefully this Rule No. II of the U.
S. Food Administration which follows:
"No censee engaged in the business of milling
flour and feed from wheat shall, after December
25th 1917, use more than 264 pounds of So pounds
per bushel or heavier clean wheat in making 1876
pounds Of 100 per cent flour. From 100 per cent
-four produced the licensee may at his option re-
move and sell or deliver as separate product not
more than per cent Of clear, or low grade hours;
the remaining product representing 95 per cent
of all the flour produced shall not be subjectto
further separation or division. None of the above
fours so miled shall be mixed with or sold as feed.
All Contracts outstanding on December 18th, 1917,
in Stock or grades of flour which cannot thereafter
be milled under this rule shall be cancelled"
These new regulations find us particularly we'll
fitted for making high quality IS per cent patent but
very much unprepared for making per cent low
grade We have never found it desirable to equip
our mills for skinning the last ounce out of our
feeds. In consequence mills went down on De-
cember 18th and will remain down until the latter
the per cent low grade.
Aside from the 5 per cent low grade flour we
will manufacture and offer only one grade of -four
viz high grade per cent patent which under the
circumstances expect to give excellent satisfac-
ton. We will discontinue making all bran, shorts,
flour middlings and red dog and will run our feed
into mixed feed, named OCCIDENT WHEAT
FEED. The per cent low grade will be very dark
-four but can be used for mixing in rye and dark
coughs. This flour cannot be sold for feed
We will put out the 95 per cent patent under
the regular "Occident any of our special patent
brands conspiciuosly marked WAR STANDARD"
across the face and back of sack
In order to simplify Government checking and
to better control profits discontinue quoting de-
livered prices and hereafter all prices and quota
tons will be made F. O. B. Valley City. The buyer
will pay the freight and tax on freight. In case
we prepay the freight same will be charged to buyer
Terms on Flour and Feed will be Net Arrival
Draft Flour, and on mixed cars of Flour and
Feed and Net Sight Draft on straight cars of Feed
The prices on Less Car Load shipments will be
zoe per barrel higher than our Car Load prices all
F. 0. B. Valley City, terms Net Arrival Draft
You will be advised shortly regarding the prices
on the WAR STANDARD OCCIDENT FLOUR.
Kindly write us for information on any points
not clear.
Yours very truly,
Russell Miller Milling Co.