Show MIXED FLOUR UNPOPULAR BUSINESS the bureau of chemistry is making these experiments in spite of the fact that there is is a law which makes it difficult for manufacturers to make mixed flour satisfactorily this law surrounds the manufacture of mixed flour with so many restrictions strict ions that the business has not become a popular one the result is there is very little mixed flour at present manufactured and offered for sale the mixed flour act was passed in 1898 before there was a food and drug act and was passed for the purpose of raising a war revenue at a time when many of the common articles of foo food d did not command so high a price as now the tax of four cents which is now imposed on every barrel of mixed flour is not in itself a heavy one it is the condition of it with the attendant regulations and restrictions that hampers any manufacturer who would like to make such flours it should be stated in connection with the n mixing of other materials with wheat flour in making bread that this cannot cannot always be done economically there must be taken into consideration the prevailing market prices of the commodities to be used this article is written prima primarily ri for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the public the fact that in order to obtain good nutritious and wholesome some bread it is not necessary to use an entirely ly wheat flour A mixture in in many cases produce a bread which is quite as satisfactory with this a matter of common knowledge it is believed in times of overproduction over production and the consequent favorable market price of substances suitable for mixing with wheat flour that bakers in may wish wish to experiment with certain mix mixtures tures care should be taken however lo wever in marketing or selling of bread to which has been added in n appreciable amount any in ingredient other than wheat that no deception is practiced and that hat the consumers are aware of the he kind of bread being furnished them |