The Farmington times., 1918-03-29
EVERYONE TAKE NOTICE
FOOD CONSERVATION
RoAcl+-FREEMAN DUO.

The Food Administrator at Wash
ington makes the following announce
ment under date of March 23rd:
If we are to furnish the allies with
the necessary proportion of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest-and this is a
military necessity-we must reduce
our monthly consumption to 21,000,000
bushels a month as against our nor
NAL consumption of about 100000
bushels, or so per cent of our normal
consumption. Reserving a margin for
distribution to the Army and for
special cases leaves for general con-
sumption approximately 1-2 pounds
of wheat products weekly per person.
Many of our consumers are depend
.ent upon bakers bread. Such bread
must be durable, and therefore re-
quires a larger proportion Of wheat
products than cereal breads baked in
the household. Our Army and Navy
require full allowance. The well-to-
do in our population can make great
er sacrifices in the consumption of
wheat products than can the poor. In
addition, our population in the agri-
cultural districts, where the other ce-
reals are abundant, are more skilled
in the preparation of breads from
these other cereals than the crowded
city and industrial populations.
With improved transportation con-
ditions we now have available a sur
plus of potatoes. We also have in
the spring months surplus of milk,
and we have ample corn and oats for
human consumption. The drain on
rye and barley as substitutes has al
ready greatly exhausted the supply of
these grains.
To effect the needed saving of
wheat we are wholly dependent upon
the voluntary assistance of the Amer
ican people, and we ask that the fol-
lowing rules shall be observed:
/. Householders to use not to ex-
coed total of 1-2 pounds per week
of wheat products per person. This
means not more than 3-4 pounds of
Victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and one
half pound of cooking flour, macaro-
nj, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat,
breakfast cereals, all combined.
2. Public eating places and clubs
to observe two wheatless days per
week, Monday and Wednesday as at
present. In addition thereto, not to
serve to any one guest at any one
meal an aggregate of breadstuffs,
macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies,
cakes, wheat breakfast cereals, con-
tanning a total of more than ounces
of wheat flour. No wheat products
to be served unless specially ordered.
Public eating establishments not to
buy more than 6 pounds of wheat pro-
ducts for each ninety meals served,
thus conforming with the limitations
requested of the householders.
3. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth of barrel of -four to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-quarter of a barrel
to any country customer at any one
time, and in no case to sell wheat pro-
ducts without the sale Of an equal
weight of other cereals.
A. We ask the bakers and grocers
to reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold by delivery of the three-quarter
pound loaf where l pound was sold
before and corresponding proportions
in other weights. We also ask bak-
ers not to increase the amount of their
wheat -four purchases beyond 10 per
cent of the average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March 1.
5. Manufacturers using wheat
products for nonfood purposes should
cease such use entirely.
6. There is no limit upon the use of
other cereals, fiours and meals-corn,
barley, buckwhcat, potato flour, etc.
Many thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat pro-