The border vidette., 1918-09-14
WHEAT SAVING
 RULES RELAXED SIX-POUND LIMIT RULE AND
 RATIONING CARD PLAN ARE ABOLISHED.
5O-5O RULING BANNED
CONSUMPTION OF CORN BREAD URGED AS ESSENTIAL
 TO CONSERVATION

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 The six-pound per person per month allowance, the ration card system and the purchase of flour on d fifty-fifty basis with substitutes have all been swept aside by the new plan which calls for the mixing of 20 per cent substitutes in wheat flour in the man. ufacture Until this new "ViCtory" flour is on the market present stocks of standard wheat flour will be sold in combination with substitutes in the proportion of four pounds of wheat flour to one of substitutes. Though the wheat regulations are relaxed to a great extent by the new program the food administration wish es to emphasize the fact that strict economy in the use of ail wheat pro- ducts is still necessary and the public is expected to continue in the con- sumption of corn bread to the same extent as formerly. If this is done it is felt that it will not be necessary for some time to resort to the drastic reg ulations which have been in effect for the past several months. Hoover Explains.
 The reasons for inaugurating a new wheat program are explained by Her bert Hoover as follows:
 "The recent careful survey by the food administrators of the United States, France, England and ltaly or the food resources of the 220,O0O,000 people fighting against Germany, shows that to maintain enough sup plies and necessary reserves against disaster, there must be maintained i'll all counties a conservation of wheat
 
 Ut has been agreed that the wheat bread of the allies shall contain 20 per cent of ether grains than wheat and it is only just that we should bear our share in this saving and that our bread al least should be universal with those who are suffering more greatly from the war than ourselves.
 ''Distribution and transportation cir cumstancce iii the United States rem der it necessary to rely very largely on the voluntary action of our homes to enforce this mixture. The Victory bread, so made, is wholesome, and there is no difficulty in preparation. We desire to emphasize the fact that the mixtures proposed are for wheat bread and the saving of wheat flour, but they are not intended to displace the large use of corn bread: we must use the mixture with wheat flour in addition to our normal cons'Im ption of corn bread"
 New Regulations.
 New regulations have been promul- gated governing manufacturers in the production of new Victory Hours. These call for mixture of four pounds of wheat flour with one pound either of barley flour or corn flour or of eight pounds of wheat flour with one pound each of corn flour and barley flour. Rye may be mixed with the wheat in the proportion of two pounds of rye flour to three of wheat flour. Whole wheat and graham flour must contain at least 95 per cent of the wheat berry.
 All of the above Victory Hours may be sold without substitutes but at no greater price from the miller. whole saler or retail dealer than in the case of standard wheat flour.
 Affecting Retailers.
 New regulations superseding the fiji ty-fifty rule require that the retail dealer selling standard wheat flour shall carry in stock either barley flour corn flour or corn meal and with all sales of straight flour must sell one pound of these with every foul pounds of wheat flour. TEc dealer Is not permitted to force other substi tutes in combination upon the con sumner and these substitutes must con form to the standards of tGe United States food administration.
 Such substitutes as milo maize corr and meal, rice flour. potato flour anC buckwheat flour may be sold on tho one to four basis with wheat flour 1 the customer desires. and the dealel has the same in stock.
 Previous Rules Revised.
 The previous rules limiting millers wholesalers. retailers and bakers tt thirty days supply of flour will b. changed to permit a stxty-days' supply
 The rule limiting the sale of flou by millers to-wholesalers, and whole EaIers to retailers, in combination with substitutes, and the rule restrict ing the sale to 70 per cent of pre- Vious sales are rescinded.
 Rules prohibiting the starting O new plants ready for operation prlo to July l, 1918, are rescinded.
 Millers selling direct to consumer will! be compelled to follow the sam regulations as the retailers.
 Wheatless days and wheatless meal are totally discontinued.
 The rationing of bread to restau rant patrons is also dops away with