Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-27

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matters OF primary Importance and as
| sistance Of the farmer is being sought
/ in an attempt to solve them in the most
| economical and satisfactory manner pos
sible. Viewing the situation from the
/ broad basis indicated above the food ad-
ministration has advised and ruled that
I the farmer who is a producer of wheat
should be permitted to have twelve
{ pounds of flour per capita per month for
himself. the members of his immediate
family and the bona fide tenants and
members of their families living on land
which he owns and operates.
a three months supply of wheat flour
may be ground at one time. AS our
southern mills have little storage ca
pacity and there is great likelihood OF
the wheat being damaged by the weevil
fnfestatiOn. the food administration has
further advised that the producer of
wheat may have a years supply of flour
ground under the following conditions:
He should go to his county food admin
istrator and obtain from him permit
granting him the authority to have a
six months supply ground. This permit
should be taken to his miller and filed
with him. The farmer under any cir
cumstances must, of course, sign mill
certificate before he can have any wheat
ground. This mill certificate states that
he is a producer of wheat, indicates the
number of persons he is entitled to 90
tain flour for, and the length of time
for which the supply of wheat ground is
expected to last. This pledge also con-
tains a statement which the farmer Is
asked to sign, 10 the effect that he viii
use an equal amount of other cereals
with the flour and that he has these on
hand at home in condition fit for human
I v,g,N ir1u N
respect and particular from the one
which has now been in use for some
months past
1t will be seen from the foregoing
that the farmer who is producer of
wheat is allowed to have twice as much
flour as the man who is non-producer.
In other words, he can have practically
a normal supply of this highly desirable
foodstuff if he undertakes to produce
wheat himself. This liberal interpreta>
ton of the rule in his favor has been
made in recognition of his patrlouc
effort to help the country in the pro-
duction of an essential food, and II IS
wise and proper that the southern
| farmer who produces wheat under more
costly and difficult conditions than pre-
vail in some other sections OF the couh-
try should be encouraged for his pa
triotic effort by permitting him TO nave
a satisfactory ration of flour FOR MINI
self and family made from wheat
which he has ground for this purpose
The non-producer of wheat is stlll on
a six mounds per capita per month basis
and unless he is a producer of cereaIs
and holds a flour card permitting MIN
~ have flour without the offset ce-
reals he must buy on the fifty-fifty pa
sis. He is restricted as in the case
Of all other citizens to a thirty-oay
supply. He can, of course, purchase
wheat from any farmer who might nave
a surplus and take it to the mill. the
miller. however, could only grind 1T for
him on the basis of a six pounds per
capita per month supply and could only
allow him to have a thirty-day supply
at one time.
The farmer who is a non-producer OF
cereals will be required to sign mill
certificate the same as the producer
Someone has said that occasionally
non-producer might be willing to SUD
scribe to one of these certificates. This'
however would be nothing short OF per-
iurv and is a risk which few people
would be willing to take. The miller
NJ course, is held responsible to see
that the certificates taken by him are
correct and represent on their race the
real merit of the transaction involved
The regulations now in effect permit
ting the farmer TO have IL pounds OF
flour are very liberal because our av-
erage consumption of flour per month In
normal times is only is pounds. In
the south we probably did not consume
in the pre-war period more than about
AZ to { pounds of flour, in opposition
70 a consumption of 3 to 3.5 pounds OF
rorn meal Therefore. the farmer VINO
Is a producer of cereals is now allowed
/ a larger amount of flour than he nor
nalIv used. This liberal Interpretation
/ NJ the regulations in favor OF the pro-
Queer Of wheat has been made Tor the
| purposes already set forth and because
/ NJ the national necessity of inducing the
farmers of the south through patriotic
effort and self-sacrifice to produce the
greater mart of the wheat needed to sup
| plv the flour needs of this section OF
| tbe country. Every farmer who culti-
| Yates wheat. therefore; should feel that
he is contributing to the national de-
| Tense In a manner worthy of both emu
lation and praise.
For the information of the public. IL
is desirable to state that wheat milling
| &c now conducted on a different basis
from that which prevailed in pre-war
times In other words, we are obtaining
| from a given amount of wheat a higher
| Hour return than was true previous TO
1914 Every time the miller takes 264
mounds Of cleaned wheat of an average
weight per busheI of So pounds he must
produce therefrom 1876 pounds of flour.
/ This regulation, requiring an extraction
/ Of between "a and as per cent as conn
pared with an extraction of about 10
/ and II per cent in pre-war times, has
done away with what is known as the
white or patent flour of commerce. AS
| a result the -four now obtained is
| somewhat darker in color and contains
| n little more of what was previously
sold as red dog or shorts. The quality
| Of the flour has in no sense been in
/ jured. In fact. from a nutritive point
Of view its food value has been in
creased and a great national saving,
| essential under existing circumstances,
| effected. There is an impression on the
/ part of the producer of wheat that he
should receive a certain return of flour
and shorts per bushel This is a mis-
/ take, however, as the weight of wheat
varies materially, and in order that this
point may be made clear to our readers
| the following extracts from the regula.
tions are printed for their information
/ The first Of these tables sets forth the
details with reference to minimum -four
| extraction as set forth under rule No. 4
OF the milling regulations. This table
| shows hat in grinding wheat of other
/ test weights than So pounds per bushel
/ the miller shall not use an amount in
| excess CT that shown in the following
schedule in making 196 pounds of -four:
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