The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-04-25
FOOD REGULATIONS

Flour Regulations: All flour sales
limited to thirty day supply on basis
Of ~ pounds per person per week
No -four sale to a family living in
! town in excess of 24k pounds at one
time. No flour sale to family in coun-
try in excess of 40 pounds. Excep-
ti0ns: Farmers or ranchmen living
long distances from stores and having
large families or large number of EN-.
ployees, may buy full thirty days sup.
ply on basis of " pounds per person
per week, even should this exceed 49
pounds. e.
Substitutes: No sale of wheat flour
!; will be permitted to any person with
out the purchase of an equal amount
Of the specified wheat flour substi-
, tutes. For each pound Of wheat flour
sold, there must be sold one pound of
! the following substitutes: hominy,
corn grits, cornmeal, corn flour, edible
corn starch, barley flour, rolled oats,
oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat
flour, potato flour, sweet potato flour,
soya bean flour and feterita flour and
meals. Potatoes may be sold as a
substitute in limited amount on the
basis of four pounds Of potatoes with
each pound of flour. Potatoes may
only be used as a substitute for one
quarter of the amount of flour pur-
chased. Rye flour may not be sold as
a substitute after April 18TH Bran
and shorts may not be sold as substi-
tutes.
When a merchant sells substitutes
without flour dated due bill may be
given to the customer and if the GUS
toner returns same within thirty days
this due bill may be redeemed for an
equal amount Of flour but not In ex-
cess Of III pounds per person per
keek.
Bakers, hotels, restaurants and
boarding houses, who have taken out
a license, are permitted to buy wheat
flour for baking bread and rolls on the
basis of one pound of substitutes for
Those not licensed must buy one,
pound Of substitutes with each pound
Of wheat flour.
Gard regulation: After April 18th
no sale of wheat -four, substitutes,
(see list above) or sugar, shall be
made without the customer signing a
card giving date of last purchase,
amount of present purchase and num-
Der in family. Samples of these
cards have BEEN sent to all merchants
in the state. Any merchant who has
failed to receive sample should APP
ply at once to- the Federal Food Ad-
ministrator, Agricultural College, N.
D. Merchants must have own cards
printed. Cards after being signed
must be retained by merchant and re-
turned to Federal Food Administra-
tor, Agricultural College, N. D., at
end of each month.
Flour, Victory bread containing rs
per cent? substitutes and sweet dough
products containing 80 1-3 per cent
substitutes may be sold on Wheatless
Days.
Sugar Regulations: The amount Of
sugar to be sold for home consump-
ton is limited to three pounds per per:
! son per month. Families in town may
! purchase from to 10 pounds at one
time. Farmers coming long distances
may purchase rs pounds Of sugar pei
month. No sale to a family in tow
may exceed 10 pounds. No sale to {
person living outside of town may ex
coed Is pounds. Exception: Ranch
men, living long distances from &C
cessible markets, may receive at on
time sugar to supply their needs o.
limited basis Of not to exceed thre
pounds per person per month. TIL
Food Administration will do every
thing possible to furnish sugar 70
home canning and jelly making bu
merchants should urge consumers
save as much as possible out of thei
present allowance for use in the car
| ming and preserving season.
, The regulation prohibiting shil
ment or sale of freshly killed hens q
pullets between Feb. II and Marc
80 has been modified to end April
instead Of April 80. After April
there will be no restrictions on tn
sale of hens or pullets. There is no
no restrictions on the sale of meat {
meat products.
Il All conflicting regulations void.
. e. F. Ladd,
Federal Food Administrato
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