The Tupelo journal., 1918-06-28
FOOD RULES for HoUsEHoLDERs
Given Out BY the U. 5. Food Admin
istration.

economically used.
No food shall be boarded. Hoard
ing is the holding, contracting, or ar
ranging for food by any person in
excess of his reasonable requirements
for use or consumption by himself
and dependents for reasonable
time. This does not refer to stocks
of home grown vegetables and home
canned or preserved fruits.
All householders who can entirely
eliminate the use of wheat until the
next harvest, about September 1st,
should do so
Householders who are obliged to
use wheat should not use more than
total of l 1-2 pounds of wheat
flour or prepared wheat, in any form,
per person per week, including the
wheat flour in Victory bread, and in
Guiding the wheat -four or prepared
wheat in crackers, pastry, macaroni,
breakfast and other foods.
Victory bread is bread manufac-
tured by bakers under the rules of
the United States Food Administra-
ton. In estimating -four consump-
ton / ga pounds of Victory bread
may be considered equal to one
pound of wheat flour.
In buying wheat flour an equal
weight of other cereals as substitutes
for wheat flour must be bought pound
for pound. This is the $3.50 rule.
In buying mixed flours the substitutes
in them may be counted so that a
smaller proportion. of substitutes may
be bought with these f1ours than with
white -four. In buying graham and
whole wheat fours Containing not
lass than 95 per cent of the entire
wheat) clio pounds of substitutes
shall be bought with every pound of
such fours.
Wheat flour substitutes are hominy,
corn grits, cornmeal, corn flour, edible
corn starch, barley flour, rolled oats,
oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat
flour, potato -four, sweet potato flour,
soya bean flour and feterita flour
and meals.
Householders in towns and cities
may not buy more than 1-S of a barrel
of flour or 3 pounds of sugar at any
one time. Householders in the coun-
try may not buy more than Ia of a
barrel of flour or pounds of sugar
at any one time. In no event shall
any purchaser have more than 80
DAYS supply Of either on hand.
Householders should not use more
than ga pounds of sugar per person
per week.
In addition to the above, however,
sugar may be used for home canning
and will be available to the house
/ holder for that purpose upon hss
signing d certificate that such sugar
is desired and will be used ogaly for
that purpose.
] No wheat -four or prepared wheat
in any form should be used for any
purpose other than human consump-
ton. No wheat fit for human con-
/ sumption should be used for other
purposes.
Meats of all kinds and poultry
and more particularly beef, should
be most economically used, !eliminat-
ing all waste. Purchases of these
products should be restricted and the
quantity prepared for each meal re-
/ duced. Consumption of all meats.
including poultry, should be reduced
as nearly as possible to 2 pounds per
week per person over four years OF
age.
/ Fresh milk and milk in evaporated
and condensed form and cheese may
be literally used.
Butter may be used for normal con-
sumption.
/ No more ice should be used than
is absolutely necessary.
| Certain notifications of these
rules for householders are made by
Federal Food Administrators in GER
| tain States.
/ To save transportation local sup
plies should be grown and used.
These regulations are necessarily
subjea. to change at any time as the
needs Of the Allies and our own
needs demand.
Nv. S.S.
TO SCRAP IRON DEALERS