Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-06-20
POULTRY BUYERS.

The United States Food Admins
tration considers poultry and eggs
such important foods that effective
June | 1918, il will require all per-
sons, storekeepers, hucksters, dealers
ETC., not now under license, who buy
and sell eggs and puoltry, to take out
license under the United States Food
Administration law. This does not re-
fer to farmers or consumers, nor to
retailers unless they sell to others
than consumers.
Application should be made to the
License Division, Law Department,
United States Food Administration,
Washington, D. c., asking for a lie
epse to buy and sell poultry and eggs.
Pending receipt of license all those
mentinoed above shall be subject to
the rules and regulations the same as
If license has been received.
Regulations Governing the purchase
of Eggs
All license shall, between the dates
Of June 1, 1918, and January Is, 1919.
(a) Purchase eggs only on a cand-
led basis and make no payment either
in cash or merchandise, for those that
are unfit for food.
~ A statement shall be given Gus
toner from whom eggs are purchas-
ed showing number of good, damaged
and bad eggs in each lot.
A pad form should be carried by
hucksters' and dealers wagons or
trucks and record given on each
] nchase this applis
nal packers in large distributing CEN
ters.
Buyer making payment for eggs
unfit for food either in cash or trade
shall have his license revoked.
Pen or sell all roosters from May
Is until Sept. 1.
1t is suggested that wire hook file
be carried on wagon or trucks used
ingathering eggs and a duplicate (car-
bon copy, of each purchase record
be kept on this file until the trip is
made, the duplicate receipts can then
be taken off and kept by buyer until
the end of the candleing season. In
case of original packers in large dis
tributing centers this statement, or
similar record, must be kept.
(c) A copy of each statement shall
be kept for the duration of each can
dleing season and be subject to exam
inatiqn by the United States Govern
ment, State, County and Municipal
Food Inspector.
(d) All lots of eggs greater than
80 dozen sail be packed in good,
strong, standard egg cases and filters,
and in accordance with railroad speci-
cations, carefully protected to prevent
breakage. Cracked eggs shall be plac-
ed in separate cases from those with
sound shells.
(e) Each case of eggs shall contain
signed candling certificate printed
in accordance with Letter No. 237.
(f) Eggs shall be kept during hot
weather in as cool place as possible,
away from flies, and marketed fire.
quently.
After this year the Gambling season
shall extend from May 10th to jan
uary 18th.
SECTION G (of Letter 244) is
hereby amended to read as follows:
No licensee shall purchase eggs on
another licensees Gambling certificate
unless sales are made from and be-
tween Original Packers and Shippers
and Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers
for the purpose Of
(1) Concentrating carload lots for
immediate shipment.
(2) Immediate placing in cold ster-
age for future use.
(3) Immediate sale to retailers, hot
els or institutions.
No substitution of Gambling certifi-
Gates is permissible unless each case
of eggs is actually recandled.
Yours very truly,
H. A. Morgan.