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Show AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM REGARDING STORED WHEAT AND FLOUR STOCK The State Food Administration has asked that all stored wheat and flour be given ''up in order to enable the country to fulfill its pledge to the allies to supply wheat until the harvest har-vest of 1918 is garnered. The instructions instruc-tions are that: Flour must be in original mill packages, pack-ages, but may be 24, 48, or 98 pound sacks. Flour must be "100rc flour or better" bet-ter" commonly known as straight grade or high patent. The price paid for the flour is $4.75 per 100 pounds, net weight, including sacks All flour should be delivered to the nearest milling company. Amounts to be released can be arrived ar-rived at after calculating the least that will suffice until harvest. This amount should include the use of substitutes. No blame will be attached attach-ed for having previously stored flour as has baen the custom any other year. All those who release flour are performing per-forming a patriotic service. |