The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-05
Urges Frank H. Brooks, the
Food Administrator
for Vermont
TO ENCOURAGE
MORE PRODUCTION
He Tells How the Wheat
May Be Disposed
Of

Frank H. Brooks, federal food admin
Istrator for Vermont, to-day announced
plan by which he vigorously appeals
TO the physical and patriotic conscience
OF Vermonters to get the fun benefit
from the splendid crop Of wheat which
has been raised in Vermont this summer
by farmers. Vermont 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 we'll
Vermont must, therefore, as a patriot
ie and economic and agricultural neces-
sity, gladly purchase the -four that will
come from this product OF Vermont.
The plan releases in some important
respects the restrictions heretofore i'm
effect, but the main object Is to increase
the acreage of wheat another year. If
the plan win accomplish this 1T viii be
truly economic and conservation measure
OF prime Importance.
The plan is as follows:
The farmer who has grown wheat in
1918 can take back from the mill wears
supply of -four without substituting. not
exceeding one barrel per person for him
self, family and help, and retain seed
for next seasons crop. The farmer, how
ever, win be strongly urged as patriot
ic effort to use at least 20 per cent sub
stjtute. He may also sen such portion of
his surplus wheat left, after his require
ments are cared for as above, to any
miller, or to his neighbor, or to anyone
else The miller, or person to whom the
farmer sells must in every instance
strictly comply with the 1920 rule as
regards substitutes, unless wheat so pur-
chased is ground and used in conformity
with regulations hereinafter prescribed.
Vermont grown wheat may be disposed
Of in any one of the following ways:
J. II may be taken to the mill and
ground into entire wheat flour for use
without substitutes.
3 Where mills are equipped to do so
Vemont-grown wheat may be ground
into Victory mixed flour, which must
contain at least 20 per cent Of some one
of the substitutes now required. The
miller under this method must observe
the same rules as referred to in No. 3.
g. Vermont grown wheat may be
ground by the miller by old stone, or
roller process into wheat -four, the mill
ler charging not to exceed 35 cents per
-bushel for each go pounds of cleaned
wheat. On such basis the miller must
return -four and hard or soft wheat feed
as per schedule in rule NJ S. 20.
4. 1t may be gathered ait some central
point through the agency Of any miller,
county agent, farm bureau for Shipment
In CARROTS to the food administration
grain corporations agent, j. +. South
worth, Chamber ~ Commerce, Boston.
The price delivered at Boston on the
"basic" wheat such as No. | Red Winter,
is S2.301a, less one per cent administra-
tion fee to the grain corporation. Wheat
so offered must be graded by the grain
inspectors, and the price would be relat-
ed to that of ''basic" wheat, according to
the grading. The Vermont mills will
doubtless pay price equal to what
could be obtained by marketing to the
grain corporation, or higher.
There may be some difficulties in find
ing Vermont market for an the Yer
mont grown wheat. The farmers have
been encouraged to grow wheat with the
idea of helping Vermont to meet its
own food requirements, to save trans
portatfon, and to help provide mill feed
for stock and dairy use at a time when
Vermont needs every ounce Of the bran
and cattle feed stuffs to come from Yer
mont grown wheat If it is used by
Vermonters, instead of shipped out in
carloads only to be replaced by other
carlots of wheat and feed stuffs being
shipped in from outside, Vermont and its
loyal farmers viii be greatly benefited
The farmers have responded magnifi-
Gently with a patriotism that has in
creased the wheat acreage to over $4,000
acres this year. 1t is estimated that we
have raised from 300 to 400 thousand
bushels of wheat this year
Now, will Veranonters as a whole be
as patriotic as the farmers have been?
VIII they see that Vermont reaps the
fun benefit of this splendid crop of
wheat? Vermonters have never failed
yet ON amy patriotic move IN this war
period. 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 a year or so the farmers win
raise enough wheat to supply the wheat
needs Of Vermont, This is not at all
ideal. It is a fact that may be realized
very shortly if Vermonters will stand by
Vermont grown product.
The millers are periodically doing
their part. Many mills for grinding
wheat are being installed in Vermont
We win soon have chance to taste real
bread from wheat sweetened by the sun,
the wind, and the air that only Yer
mont Is hilfs and valleys are blessed with
II is proposed to inaugurate cam
paign at once that will urge the farm