The Mountainair independent., 1918-09-12
NEW RULES
CONCERNING
WHEAT FLOUR
All dust Use Some Substitutes III
Order that Allies and Soldiers
May Not Suffer

fectivc Sunday, September /, new
wheat conservation program was an
nounced by the United States Food
Administration which is OF para
mount interest at this time. The re-
vised regulations are herewith printed
and should be carefully read and fol-
lowed:
THE recent careful survey by the
Food Administrators of the United
States, France, England and Italy or
the food resources of the 220,OOO,OO0
people fighting against Germany
shows that to maintain enough sup
plies and necessary reserves against
disaster there must be maintained IN
all countries a conservation OF wheat
flour during the coming year. 1t mas
been agreed that the wheat Tread OF
Allies shall contain 20 per cent other
grains than wheat and it is only just
that we should bear our share in this
saving and our bread snoui be at
least universal with those VINO are
suffering more greatly from the war
than ourselves.
redistribution and transportation
circumstances in the United States
render it necessary to rely very large
" on voluntary action to enforce this
mixture. The victory bread so MADE
is wholesome and there is no diff
Guilty in preparation. We desire to
emphasize the fact that mixtures out
lined below are for wheat bread and
the saving of wheat -four but they are
not intended to displace the large use
of corn brad We must use the mix
ture with wheat -four in addition to
our normal consumption of corn
bread. For this purpose regulations
are formulated below, effective from
September l, providing first, Tor the
preparation and marketing, by the
manufacturing and distributing trades
of the country, of a mixed Hour com
plying with the international policy
which will be available for purchase
by the household. Second, in regula-
tions covering the case where straight
wheat flour is sold by retailer, that
at the same time 20 per cent of other
cereal fours must be sod colncldent-
ally. Third, requiring that all bakers
bread shall contain 20 per cent of
other cereals and the Food Admins
tratiCn relies upon the householdcrs
of the coun ~ to mix at least 70 per
cent of the substitute cereals into the
wheat flour at home for all uses. Corn
meal for use of corn bread should be
purchased separately from combina-
ton sales.
Victory Mixed Flour
1T is desired to insure supply OF
ready mixed nours on market and to
have millers and dealers o. all kinds
encourage the use and sale OF THIS
-four so that the country may be able
10 be on a mixed -four basis without
necessity of retailers making combl-
nation sales of -four AM substitutes.
All such mixed flours 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 flours
20 mixed must be milled in accordance
with the standards of the United
States Food Administration No
mixed flours Except pancake t1ours)
shall be made or manufa ctured except
In the exact proportions as outlined
below. Mixed wheat and barley flour
shall be in the proportion OF four
pounds wheat -four to one pound bar
lev -four, Mixed wheat and corn flour
shall contain the proportion Of four
pounds wheat -four to one pound corn
-four. Mixed wheat. barley and corn
Novr shall contain the proportions OF
eight pounds wheat flour to one pound
barley and one pound corn hour
Mixed wheat and rye -four shall con-
tain the proportion o: tlree pounu|
wheat -four and not less than two
pounds rye -four. Whole wheat, en-
tire wheat or graham -four or mea
shall contain at least ninety-five pei
cent of the wheat berry. All inc
above victory -four may be sold with
out substitutes but at no greater pric;
from the miller, wholesaler or retail
dealer than In the case of STANDARD
wheat -four
Standard Wheat Flour
The new regulations supersede th'
ntty-fifty rule. The retail dealer sell
ing standard wheat -four Is required
to carry in stock either barley flour
corn meal or corn -four. and will
every sale of wheat -four, must sell
combination of some one. or more o
these in the proportion of one poun'
substitutes to each four pounds o
wheat -four. No dealer may force an!
other substitutes in combination upoi
the consumer and the substitute
must conform to the standards fixe'
by the United States Food Admins