Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — SPECIAL LICENSE REGULATIONS NO. 2—SECOND ISSUE. [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL LICENSE REGULATIONS NO. 2 —SECOND ISSUE.

The following momorandum for Federal Food Administrators for Indiana counties has been sent out by the Milling Division, under date of October 3: Custom and Exchange Grinding. The miller who receives wheat from farmers’ wagons and grinds such wheat on a toll basis, or exchanges such wheat for flour and feed, shall charge not to exceed thirty-five cents per /bushel for each sixty pounds of cleaned wheat so received, and on such basis he shall return to the farmer flour and feed in accordance with the following schedule: Test Weight of No. Lbs. Flour Wheat per bushel Returnble 58 lbs. or heavier 44 lbs. 57 lbs. or heavier 43% lbs. 56 lbs. or heavier 42% lbs. 55 lbs. or heavier 42 lbs. 54 lbs. or heavier 41% lbs. 53 lbs. or heavier 40% ibs. 52 lbs. or heavier 39% lbs. 51 lbs. or heavier 39 lbs. Millers Shall Continue Custom and and Exchange Grinding. The wheat miller who prior to July 1, 1918, had customarily ground wheat for farmers on a toll or exchange basis shall continue to operate upon such basis when the farmer offers wheat, grown on his own farm, to the mill for grinding or exchange, and where the farmer takes in exchange flour of the character made from his own wheat. Note 1. Nothing in the above rule prevents a farmer selling some portion of his wheat to the miller at an agreed price and using the purchase price to cancel the charge per bushel made for milling. •Note 2. Size of Exchange Transactions. There is no limitation on the quantity of wheat that may be exchanged if the substitute rules are complied with, and if the farmer does not take more than a permitted supply for his household or establishment. Note 3. Where the flour or feed given in exchange is in mill packages, an additional charge may be made to cover the cost of the Note 4. This rule applies only to mills in actual operation and does not cover exchange operations

by elevators or feed dealers. Note 5. Mills cannot accept any part of the flour or feed as payment or part payment of the milling charge of thirty-five cents. Wheat Mill Feed to Be Sold for Certain Purposes Only. Wheat, mill feed shall not he sold for any other purpose than the feeding of dairy cattle, poultry, op of pigs under tjiree months old, young calves under three months old, or the preparation of a weekly bran mash for work animals. . Ketailer Must Require a Pledge. Before selling wheat* mill feeds to the consumer, the retailer must require a pledge in the following form; In order to assist the Food Administration in the equitable disNo. Lbs Hard No. Lbs. Soft Wheat Feed Wheat Feed Returnable Returnable 15 lbs. 14 lbs. 15% lbs 14% lbs 16% lbs. 15% lbs. 17 lbs. 16 lbs. 17%. lbs' 16% lbs. 18% lbs. 17% lbs. 19% lbs. 18% lbs. 20 lbs. 19 lbs. tributlon of wiheat mill feeds, 1 hereby undertake on honor not to use wheat mill feeds for any other purpose than the feeding of dairy cattle, poultry, young pigs or young calves, or the preparation ’of a weekly bran mash for work animals. I will not feeq any more wheat mill feeds than is customarily fed to such animals, and ’I further' agree not to have at any one time more than a 60-day supply of WHEAT FEEDS on hand. x (Signed) . Note:-—The above pledge when signed must be kept on file by the retailer. It will not be necessary to secure the pledge’ of each sale but the dealer must see that each customer is pledged. Certification. Certification by the' consumer, when purchasing wheat flour, that he has on hands, has contracted for, or will purchase, the necessary amount of substitutes is not /permitted. The substitute requirement is so reasonable that It is no hardship to purchase substitutes when purchasing flour. The only modification of this regulation that is permitted, is where the purchaser takes corn to the mill and has it ground into meal suitable for human consumption.—Advt. -