The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-09-13


United States Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover, has made the follow
ing announcement:
The recent careful survey by the
Food Administrators of the United
States, France, England, and Italy Of
the food resources of the two
hundred and twenty million people
fighting against Germany shows that
to maintain enough supplies and ne
cessary reserves against disaster,
there must be maintained in all coun-
tries conservation of wheat -four
during the coming year.
1t has been agreed that the wheat
bread of the Allies shall contain 20
per cent of other grains than wheat,
and it is only just that we should bear
our share in this saving, and our
bread should be at least universal
with those who are suffering more
greatly from the war than ourselves.
Distribution and transportation cir
cumstances in the United States rem
der it necessary to rely very largely
On voluntary action in 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 outlined below are for
wheat bread and the saving of wheat
flour, but they are not intended to dis
place the large use of corn bread. We
must use the mixture with wheat fours
in addition to our normal consumption
of corn bread.
New Rules Promulgated
For this purpose, regulations are
formulated below, effective September
/, providing:
% For the preparation and mar
keting by the manufacturing and dis
tributing trades of the country of mix
ed flour complying with the interna-
tional policy which will be available
FOR purchase by the household.
(2) In regulations covering the
case where straight wheat -four is
sold by retailers that at the same
time 20 per cent of other cereal fiours
must be sold coincidentally
CD Requiring that all bakers
bread shall contain 20 per cent of 9TH
er cereals.
The Food Administration relies upon
the householders of the country to mix
at least 20 per cent of substitute ce-
reals into the wheat -four at home for
all uses. Corn meal for use in corn
bread should be purchased separately
from combination sales.
Ready-Mixed Flour For Sale As Vic.
tory Mixed Flour
1t is desired to insure supply of
ready-mixed f1ours on the market and
to have millers and dealers of all kinds
encourage the use and sale of this
-four, so that the country may be on
a mixed flour basis without the neces-
sity of retailers making combination
sales of -four and substitutes. All
such mixed fiours made according to
the following regulations should be
labeled Victory Mixed Flour and are
to be labeled with the ingredients in
order of their proportion. The fours
so mixed must be milled in accord,
ance with the standards of the United
States Food Administration. No mix
ed fiours Except pancake flours) shall
be made or manufactured except in
the exact proportions as outlined be-
low:
Mixed wheat and barley -four shall
be in the proportion of four pounds
wheat -four to one pound barley flour.
Mixed wheat and corn -four shall
contain the proportion of four pounds
wheat -four to one pound corn flour.
Mixed wheat, barley and corn -four
shall contain the proportions of eight
pounds wheat -four to one pound bar
ley and one pound corn -four.
Mixed wheat and rye -four shall
contain the proportion. of three pounds
wheat flour and not less than two
pounds rye -four.
Whole wheat. entire wheat or gra-
ham flour or meal shall contain at
least 95 per cent of the wheat berry.
All the above Victory mixed fiours
ay be sold without substitutes, but
no greater price from the miller.