Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1917 — Instructions From Indiana Federal Food Administration [ARTICLE]

Instructions From Indiana Federal Food Administration

' John Eger, federal food administrator for Jasper county, has received the following instructions from the federal food administrator for Indiana. Advise dealens and others that suclfling pigs shall not be killed and served as in other years during the holidays. The slaughter of immature must be stopped. Use every means to keep hogs on the farm until fully matured. « The practice of raffling food, oi giving prizes consisting of food, of holding turkey shoots is in violation of 'the purpose of the food control, and will not be permitted. Food must be distributed in its usual < channels to those who need it. Part of the high cost of milk is ! due to the fact that milk bottles* are I worth five cents apiece. These bottles are the property of the milk I dealers except when they are sold to the consumer. Advise junk dealers and others that they will not be permitted to buy or sell secondhand milk bottles, pop bottles, etc. Advise milk dealers that they will not be allowed to advance the price • of milk to consumers without first securing the permission of the fed-1 eral food administrator for the state. {