Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-10
SIGN PLEDGE TO CARRY OUT
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM.
POST CARDS IN STORES
Explain New Wheat Ruling to
Thousands Of customers-In-
sures Greater Food Saving.

purcnose OF Nueat uour end are doing
their utmost to explain the new regu-
istion TO the housewife This ruling by
the U. s. Food Administration requires
each purchaser Of wheat -four to bug
one pound Of cereal substitute. one
kind or assorted, for every pound Of
wheat -four. II was necessary to 70
strict the use Of wheat -four In order
Tint the allies and our lighting forces
abroad might b. assured Of an ade-
quats supply Of wheat to meet their
vital needa This supply must come
from our savings because We have al
ready sent our normal surpluA
Wheat saving pledge cards were for.
warded By the Food Administration to
all retail food merchants and these
are being signed and posted In stores
throughout the country. This card
states. 1--WE pledge ourselves Loyalty to
carry out the Food Administrat ton pro-
gram. m accordance with this order
we will not sell any wheat -four except
where the purchaser buys an equal
weight OF one or moro Of the following,
greater use OF which IN the home
will save wheat:
"Cornmeal. corn hour. edible corA
starch. homlny. corn grits, barley 0ouh
potato -four. sweet potato Hour. COY
bean -four, feterita -four and mealA
rice. rice -four. oatmeal. rolled oats and
buckwheat -FOUR"
Some confusion has resulted On he
part OF the consumer In construine
this -o0-50' ruling to mean that an
equai amount In value Of substitutes
mist be purchased with wheat hour.
This Is a mistaken idea The ruling
states that the consumer In purchasins
flour shall buy at the sams time a
equal weight Of other cerealas
One exception TO this ruling n con-
corning graham -four and whole wheat
nour. which may be sold at the ratio
Of three pounds to I've pounds of
wheat dour. This provision b made
because approximately % per cent
more OF the wheat berry In used In the
manufacture Of these nours than stand
ard wheat -four.
Another except, h that concern
Ing MIXED nours containing lee than
80 per cent. Of wheat -four. which may
be sold without substitutes RetatIersI
however. are forbidden to ssfl mtxed
fours containing more than 20 PEE
cent. OF wheat -four TO any persou -
less the amount Of wheat -four subsfk
tutes sold Is sufficient to make the 10
tal amount Of substitutes. including
those mixed In fours. equal 10 the to
tai amount In wheat -four In the mixed
nour. For instance. n any MIXED nous
Is purchased containing % per cent
wheat -four and 20 per cent 1nhakk
tutes u Is necessary that an additional
20 per cent OF substitutes b puFs
chased This brings II to the basis of
one pound Of Substitutes for seeh
pound Of wheat hour.
A special exemption may be granted
upon application In the case Of special
ly prepared Infants and invalids' food
containing -four where the necessity =
shown.
Some Misunderstanding seems ID bD'[
ist on the part OF consumers In Assam.
ing that with the purchase Of wheat
nour one must conhns the additional
90 per cent purchase b one of ~
substitutes This 10 not TIE casa o.
may select from the entire rango
substitutes a sufficient amount -
TO bring the total weight Of an I'D
tutes equal to the weight Of TIE ~
-four purchased. For Instance. q
purchase Of "a pounds Of wheat "a
10 made Q range Of substitutes mi
selected as follows;
Cornmeal. Q poundss corn q
pounds: rice. Z poundss buckV
pounds; corn starch. I pound; ~
Q pounds; rolled cats. 3 poundH
These substitutes may - ussd ;
the following manners 1
Cornmeai. o PoundA-Corn bread
hour; corn mufins o. spoon br<
one-fourth nour OF oos-third rc
one third hominys 70 Per cent e
tutes In whole bread.
Corn Starch. I Pound-Thiq
gravy. making custard. onsthI
stitute In cake.
Corn 0rita Z PoundA-Ffs
mush. used with meal In maxim
bread
Rolled Oats. . Pounds One
to one-third substitutes In bread
half substitute IN mufnns; br,
porridge. use freely; oatmeal 9 3
oatmeal soup.
Buekwheat Flour. . Poundsl
fourth substitute In bread. buck
eakeA
Hominy, . Pounda Boiled =
ner, baked for dinner. with W.
sauce AWII
Rice, 4 Pounds. fourth q
tuts In wheat bread. onsthir 4
tuts In corn bread. Boiled for
bread eut). a. Q breakfhst |X ;
thicken soups. rice padding
cake or pie. rice batter eake
Several groesrs have 81 Il u.
their customers who strif
the II whestiess meals e. N.Y. WA
II necessary to buy sues e. ~ ~
dition TO thess srdsrsd ~ ~ IA
20 plan ~ ~ q