WHEATEN BREAD.
[To rna Eorroa or THE " Spserrroa."3 Srs,—What I, and doubtless many other people, wish to know i3 this : Is the shortage of flour confined exclusively to wheaten flour ? Is there an ample supply of barley, maize, rice, &c., to carry us on to the next harvest ? If so, where is the danger ? When the wheaten flour is exhausted, we can fall back on these substitutes (no hardship; I have lived for the last week on barley bread made in the proportion ilb. wheat flour, lilb. barley flour; it was excellent, and tie same price as ordinary bread). If it is not so, why are we urged to eat barley bread, &c., without a hint of restriction am, Sir, Ie., R. K. Wsrars. 9 Queen Anne Terrace, Cambridge.
[This question should be addressed, not to us, but to the Food Controller, and if he furnishes no direct answer, then our corree spcmdent should ask his Member to interrogate the representative of the Food Controller in the House of Commons. Unless we are greatly. mistaken, the answer when obtained will be that barley and oats are almost as short as wheat, and that even when all cereals are pooled we shall be short for many months.— ED. Spectator.)
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