Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-30
LAUNCH POTATO CAMPAIGN
HERE week APRIL %
Food Admlnlstrator Merrill Urges IN
crease Uss Of epuds 70 save Wheat
for shipment Abroad.
EXCEPTIONS TO $3.50 RULE

Orono. Maine. Aprl
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Tho week COM
S mencing April 2sth
3331Ik and ending May +th
viii be observed as
Nl Potato Week" In
II Maine and an sp-
peal for every in
dividual In this State
bo eat more potatoes 10 made by
Federal Food Administrator Leon 8.
Merrill.
People are confronted With the
problem to consume not only the
surplus potatoes grown by the far
mers in 1917. but also the surplus
which accumulate from tho cutoff In
normal potato consumption brought
about by transportation difaculties.
An intensive campaign to increase
potato demand will be waged by
every agency cooperating with the
Food Administration and every effort
will be made to move potatoes rapid
y to where demand arises. School
children, churches, voluntary work.
srs. grocers will be enlisted in the
service to urge the people to eat more
potatoes.
Grocers are urged to secure plenty
Of potatoes In order to take care OF
the demands of their customers who
will buy heavily in order to aid the
Government in winning the war
against German autocracy.
In addition to urging people to eat
potatoes In all forms. and particul-
arly to serve baked potatoes without
wheat bread on the table. the Food
Administration is doing everything
possible to create other new uses for
he spud. It has recently made q
survey Of plants where potato -four
can be made and has encouraged It's
manufacture. Owners Of such plants
have been quick to see their oppor-
tunity and on April 1st. there was
5000 tons Of natural potato hour In
sight.
Plants for the making Of potato
aour and edible potato starch are now
at work in our own State of Maine.
and in New York, Ohio. Michigan.
Colorado. Idaho. Oregon and Wash
tngton.
FIfty.Fifty Exceptions.
BY this time nearly everybody un-
derstands the pound-for- pound or
"60-50" ruling. to the effect that when
you buy wheat -four you must pur-
chase at the same time an equal
weight of food products selected from
the following: corn meal. corn -four.
edible corn starch. hominy. corn
grits, barley -four, rice, rice -four. po-
tato -four, sweet potato hpur, oat-
meal. rolled oats. soya bean flour.
buckwheat -four. feterita -four and
meals.
This is clear to all, as well as the
Iact that 1t does not matter whether
the buyer sticks to one substitute or
distributes his choice among several
30 long as the total weight Of subsu'
tutes equals that Of the wheat -four.
Somewhat less well understood are
the two exceptions to the "6o-s0~
rule.
The first Of these concerns graham
-four and whole wheat -four. Botn
OF these because Of the process OF
milling. use larger percentage OF the
wheat berry than regular wheat
hour; 1. e. a bushel Of wheat Will
make q greater weight Of graham
or whole wheat -four that 1t does OF
the ordinary wheat hour. In other
words, graham and whole wheat
fiours are In themselves making
wheat go farther. For that reason, Q
person buying certain number OF
pounds Of graham or whole wheat
-four, need get only s-6 OF that
weight in substitutes.
The second exception applies 10
mixed Aours. When any mixed fouf
contains 80 per cent or more OF the
INGREDIENTS other :han wheat, 1t may
be sold alone for 1t is observing the
$3.50 rule in itself. But II this mixed
fiour contains less than 30 per cent OF
substitute ingredients. that purchase
must be made up by other purchases.
For instance, suppose q person bought
four pounds of mixed fours composed
of three pounds Of wheat -four ana
one pound substitutes. Along WIN
that mixed -four he would have 70
buy two pounds Of some Of the spsc'-
fied substitutes. In 20 doing, ne
would be carrying out Of that store,
a total Of three pounds Of whest and
three OF substitutes. The mere fact
that part Of the substitutes had been
mixed with the wheat before II was
bought would not matter at all. 90.