The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-06-14
Flour and Sugar Regulations.

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As there appears to be some mis-
understanding in regard to present
regulations in food economies, the
county chairman, Geo. S. Rix,
hands US the following as the res
ent regulations:
Wheat -four and substitutes
Dealers must not sell more than
24a lbs Of wheat -four to town Gus
t6 mers, nor more than SO pounds to
rural customers, except west of the
Missouri river, except Gregory
county, where rural customers may
obtain up to one barrel.
In all cases they must sellan equal
amount of the substitute" with
all wheat -four sold.
The sale Of all wheat flour and
its substitutes must in all cases be
substantially one transaction.
Corn meal made by farmers at
home may be treated as substitute
but the customer must satisfy the
dealer in writing that he has such
corn meal and that he will use it for
human consumption pound for
pound with all wheat flour purchas-
ed. Such statements must be kept
on file by the merchant.
There are only fifteen substitutes
for wheat flour. These are buck
wheat flour, corn meal, corn flour,
edible corn starch. potato flour,
sweet potato flour, hominy, dried
not canned. corn grits, barley -four.
soye bean flour, feterita fours and
meals, rice, rice flour, oatmeal,
rolled oats.
Breakfast foods. canned goods.
etc, unless they are specially named
IN the above list Of substitutes,
must not be considered as substi-
tutes.
N Wheatless days, Mondays and
Wednesdays, and meals, every even
ing meal apply only to public eating
houses.
individuals are urged to use
wheat -four only at the rate Of six
pounds per person per month.
Meats
There are now no meatless days
or meals, but the food administra-
tiion requests that the consumption
of all meats, including poultry, as
nearly as possible be reduced to two
pouns per week per person over
four years Of age. The two pounds
represents the weight of the meat
purchased from the dealer, and not
the weight Of the meat after exclud
ing bones and trimmings.
Sugar
Sugar should be sold to town and
city consumers in not more than
five pound quantities; and farm
and rural customers in not more
than ten pound quantities; except
west OF the river, outside of Greg
ory county, sugar may be sold to
rural customers residing within
twenty miles Of the nearest store
or trading point in not more than
twenty-five pound quantities; and
to rural customers living not more
than twenty miles from the nearest
store or trading point in not more
than fifty pound quantities.
General Regulations
Individuals are expected to con-
serve sugar in every possible way,
and are restricted to three pounds
per person per month for all uses.
Public eating houses are also re-
quired to conform to this rule.
Sugar may be secured for canning
and preserving purposes only, in
addition to the amount secured for
ordinary household purposes, in
quantity not to exceed tive nty five
pounds for each household for the
season upon execution Of the off,
cial sugar certificate issued forfthis
purpose, which will be supplied by
the dealer and must be returned by
him to the federal food administra-
tor within one week of its execu-
tion.
There are no exceptions to this
rule.
C. N. Herreid,
Federal Food Administratr for
NJ