The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-20


calculations the world will be far be-
low it's normal supply of fats for at
least two or three years. Those cal
culations include our present out
put and the estimated splendid eff
forts of producers for the future.
Restrictions against the shipping
of wheat flour to the West Indies,
Mexico, Central and South America
have been lifted and pre-war ship
ments now may be resumed. The
export of -four rather than wheat is
made possible by increased ocean
tonnage made available since the
signing of the armistice.
Effective December 10, the special
regulation governing the distribution
of fresh fruits or vegetables in
GLIDING potatoes will be repealed.
This means that the shipment Of
fruits returns to pre-war regulations
and that the food administration no
longer plays part in the matter of
the grading of potatoes.
The farmers of the country are no
titled by the food administration that
more mill feeds are in prospect and
will be available about the Christ
mas holidays. The return to all
wheat bread for general. use, the re-
Taxation of the substitute regulations,
the recently increased purchases of
-four by the food administration
cancellation of the so-called mill
extraction rule, which as war
time measure diverted into flour a
considerable proportion of the whea.
berry which ordinarily was used for
feed; all have combined to increase
the mill feed output fully one-fifth.
In the face of this increase, however,
the food administration warns
against too great optimism since, it
is declared, there will be a continued
shortage of mill feed compared with
pre-war years and continued con-
servation will be necessary.
The food administration notifies
retailers that the regulation concern
ing the advertising of combined sales
is still in effect. Special license reg
ulations providing for uniform
weights for packages of cereal prod
ucts and for uniform packages for
x,aco.nInI ThnSc
products now may be packed or sold
in sizes to suit.
The pea-pack of 1918 reported to
December and covering more than
95 per cent of the total pack of the
country reaches total equivalent to
1O,889,222 cases, each containing "a
number two cans. The pack this
year is about one million cases lar
ger than last year, which in turn was
greater by more than $4,000 cases
than the previous record pack of
1915.
The poultry raisers are being
asked by the food administration for
a record-breaking output of winter
eggs for which there is an urgent
necessity this winter. The storage
stocks are Fl per cent less than a
year ago and are rapidly being con-
sumed. The United States is shar-
ing those storage eggs with the AL
lies whose production of poultry
products is low. Domestic demand
too for eggs has been large, due to
the Improvement in quality as re-
suit of compulsory Gambling. The
fact that the importation of Chinese
dried eggs was stopped in February,
j 31S, has added to the shortage az
bakers since that time have been
using the shell eggs.
Every farm poultry house in the
United States" says A. D, Wilson,
federal food administrator for Min
nesota, SHOULD be made busy egg
factory this winter. Consult your
county agent, state experiment sta
ton or the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture for the best methods"