The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-08-16
CONSERVE FLOUR;
HELP WIN THE WAR
PooO ADMINISTRATION eF TEN.
kaeeRE RxERTs EVERY EN.
ERoY TO SAVE WHEAT.
ENFORCE LIMITS ON SALES
Sat Corn Bread and Save the Wheat
Bread for Our Boys In the
Trenches" ls the Slogan
In Tennessee.

Nashville, Tenn.-Wheat conserys
tion' the saving Of flour, so that one
half OF the amount ordinarily needed
Tor consumption by the American peo
pie may last until the next har It Ii
the crying need Of the hour. .ha
end the Food Administration in Ten
nessee Ia bending its energies. In
every way possible, through the news
papers. the pulpit the schools. the
campaign for wheat conservation u
being carried on. In order that there
may be enough flour in the country ia
go round and at the same time do our
duty to our allies, consumption must
be reduced In the nation TO less than
six pounds per person per month. The
average family of five therefore should
not use more than thirty pounds OF
wheat flour in any month.
However, Dr. Morgan, Federal Food
Administrator in Tennessee, appreciat.
ing the fact that in some sections il
will be impossible to reduce the flour
consumption to this amount, appeals
to the people of Tennessee to use less
than the minimum. DR.. Morgan says:
In the great industrial centers like
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, De,
troit, Pittsburg. ETC., where millions Of
people have never baked their bread
at home, but who live altogether on
bakers bread, they simply cannot ad.
Just themselves to the change that we,
who bake the greater portion of our
bread in the home, can easily make.
We must avoid as far as possible any
laboF discontent as q result of the
food rules. In Tennessee and the
South generally our people have been
eating large quantities of corn bread
from choice Now | appeal to them
to largely increase this consumption
as a patriotic duty to the nation, in
order that there may be plenty OF
wheat flour in the great industrial cen.
ters where millions of laborers are en-.
gagged in making machinery of war and
building ships, etc. The bread sold
from the bakeries must have a larger
wheat content than flour baked at
home because it must have keepins
Qualities.
In Tennessee the people are es-
pecially fortunate because here our
,orn comes nearer maturing to per
ect for human consumption than in
my other state IN the Union. It Is no
reat sacrifice upon the part Of our
,eople who have for generations
Inown and appreciated corn bread to
Increase the amount used by them. |
Inow that II the people of this State
nee recognized that saving wheat
iour was necessary to the winning Of
bis war as 1t Is. that they would not
ESTATE to practically eliminate II
rom their daily menu"
Limits on Sales.
The Food Administration has In.
tructed all of its staff, the county ad.
illustrators, and the inspectors, CO.
perating with city, county and stats
fficials, to see that the new regula-
ons which limit the sales OF flour to
ountry customers to fortysnine pounds
nd to city customers to twenty-four .
nd onehalf pounds are rigidly enforc- |
]. Where q farmer has his own wheat 8
nd takes 1t to the mill he is under the b
lme restrictions that. he would be )
ader were he to purchase the flour 7
itright Not only Is the amouns.tAf lli
can obtain limited. but he mA.l
thsr buy or show that he has at !
,me an equal amount of substitutes !
fore he can obtain the flour, =
Food Sign on Capitol. /,
From Church street tive blccks ais- =
nt. visitors to Nashville can nov ess !
the south entrance OF the ornate
ate Capitol huge sign that 'rood
III Win the War" and appealing to :
to have share in = victory through >
Is means. Similar signs are icing n
aced at McKendree church in Cen p
nnial park, at the Elks' club and 9TH e
prominent places. They were the Il
trlotic contributions OF organizations v
d individuals and did not cost the II
dollar. :.
To Increase Production. Il
with the state and m. pi
nal departments Of agriculture. ths r
Cd Administration IN Tennesses j II
= in the midst Of Is big drive % =
mulate an increase IN production Of
i eommo6 ties during the eonife :,
ason. Especially is the Food Al. Z Z
anxious to have Erown :
much food for hone consumption =
possible. thereby helping to rsgisvs 70
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