Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-09
Observation-Disclosures"

conscience of Vermonters to get the
full benefits from the splendid crop of
wheat which has been raised in Yer
mont this summer by farmers. Yer
mont needs the flour. Vermont needs
the middlings and bran for cattle
more than ever. Vermont cannot get
these from this product only as
wheat is ground into flour here in
Vermont. Vermont needs to help not
only the railroad transportation prob
lem, but needs to save transportation
charges as well.
Vermonters must, therefore, as a
patriotic and economic and agricul-
tural necessity, gladly purchase the
flour that will come from this prod
uct of Vermont.
The plan releases in some innpor-
tant respects the restrictions hereto
fore in effect, but the main object is
to increase the acreage of wheat an
other year. If the plan will accom-
plish this it will be a truly economic
and conservation measure of prime
| Importance.
! The plan is as follows:-
The farmer who has grown wheat
in 1913 can take back from the mill a
years supply of flour without substi-
tutes, not exceeding one barrel per
person for himself, family and help,
and retain seed for next seasons
crop. The farmer, however, will be
strongly urged as a patriotic effort to
use at least 300 in substitutes. He
may also sell such portion of his sur
plus wheat left, after his require
ments are cared for as above, to any
miller, or to his neighbor, or to any,
one else. The miller, or person to
whom the farmer sells must in every
| 1xy with tho 90
20 rule as regards substitutes unless
wheat so purchased is ground and
used in conformity with regulations
hereinafter prescribed.
| Vermont Grown Wheat may be dis
posed of in one Of the following
ways
1. 1t may be taken to the mill and
ground into entire wheat flour for use
without substitutes.
g. Where mills are equipped to do
so Vermont Grown Wheat may be
ground into Victory Mixed Flour,
which must contain at least 300 of
some one Of the substitutes now re-
quired. The miller under this meth
cd must observe the same rules as re-
ferred to in number 3.
| 3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wheat may be
ground by the miller by old stone or
roller process into wheat flour, the
miller charging not to exceed 35c per
bushel for each 60 pounds of cleaned
wheat. On such basis the miller
must return flour and hard or soft
wheat feed as per schedule in Rule M.
S. 20.
4. 1t may be gathered at some
central point through the agency of
any miller, county agents, farm bu-
reaus, for shipment in CARROTS to the
Food Administration Grain Corpora
tons Agent, J. E. Southworth,
Chamber of Commerce, Boston. The
price delivered at Boston on the cha
Sic wheat, such at No. l Red Winter,
is $2.39k, less 10 administration fee
to the Grain Corporation. Wheat so
offered must be graded by the Grain
Inspectors, and the price would be re-
lated to that of "basic" wheat accord
ing to the grading. The Vermont
mills will doubtless pay a price equal
to what could be obtained by market
| ing to the Grain Corporation or high
| er.
There may be some difficulties in
| finding Vermont market for all the
Vermont Grown-W Wheat. The farm
ers have been encouraged to grow
wheat with the idea of helping Yer
mont to meet it's own food require
ments, to save transportation, and to
help provide mill feed for stock and
dairy use at a time when Vermont
needs every ounce of the bran and cat
tie feed stuffs to come from Vermont
Grown Wheat. If it is used by Yer
monters, instead of shipped out in
carlots only to be replaced by other
carlots of wheat and feed stuffs being
shipped in from outside, Vermont and
its loyal farmers will be greatly ben
Gifted.
The farmers have responded splen-
didly with patriotism that has in
creased the wheat acreage to over
$4,000 acres this year. 1t is estimat-
ed that we have raised from 800 to
400 thousand bushels of wheat this
year.
Now, will Vermonters as whole be
as patriotic as the farmers have
been? Will they see that Vermont
reaps the full benefit of this splendid
crop of wheat? Vermonters have
never failed yet on any patriotic move
in this war period. l believe they are
going to stand by the farmers and
the war this time, too.
If Vermonters do their part, it may
be that in year or SO the farmers
will raise enough wheat to supply the
! wheat needs of Vermont. This is not
at all ideal. It is fact that may be
realized very shortly if Vermonters
will stand by Vermont grown prod
uct.
The millers are periodically doing
their part. Many mills for grinding
wheat are being installed in Vermont.
We will soon have a chance to taste
real bread from wheat sweetened by
the sun, the wind, and the air, that
only Vermont's hills and valleys are
| blessed with.
1t is proposed to inaugurate cam
paign at once that will urge the farm
ers, the miller, the dealer, the house
holder, the public schools, the press,
the churches, and fraternal organiza-
tons and every factor that can and
will influence everybody to be proud