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World War 2 Food Rationing Stamp Plan Token, On The Token Reads U.S. Dept Agri.. (Agriculture), The Back Reads Farmer Jack's 1, These Tokens Were Given For Rationed Food In The USA During World War 2, Foods That Were Rationed In The USA Were Oleo (Maragine), Lard For Making Bread, Sugar And Flour Were Also Rationed During World War 2, This Token Was Used To Purchase These Things Mentioned, Other Things Were Rationed, Like Gasoline, With This Token You Could Purchase 3 Gallons Of Gasoline, Another Item That Was Rationed During World War 2 Was Silk Stockings For Ladies, There Was No Pany Hose Or Nylon Stockings Back Then, You Could Purchase With This Token 1 Pair Of Silk Stockings, There Was A Seam Up The Back Of The Silk Stockings, These Tokens Were Given Out Very Spareling During World War 2

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i also found this on the internet

May 17th, 2011 at 10:51:16 AM PDT by

Rubber and Gasoline
Controls over rubber, which was heavily in demand by the military, were significantly tightened during the war, especially since natural rubber supplies depended on conditions in the Far East. By February, 1942, the United States had been cut off from 90 percent of its natural rubber supply.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:14:00 AM PDT by

Gasoline rationing took place by means of a system that involved windshield stickers bearing letters of priority, with trucks being given a special "T" priority sticker. Most civilian automobiles carried "A" stickers, which limited the number of gallons to be used per week. Vehicles being used for higher-priority reasons were given "B" or "C" stickers. Between 1942 and 1945, a national speed limit of 35 miles per hour was imposed to conserve gasoline and rubber

May 17th, 2011 at 10:14:48 AM PDT by

Restrictions on wood pulp and paper affected magazines and newspapers across the country. By 1945, the newspaper industry was dealing with an availability of 600,000 fewer tons of newsprint than its normal yearly supply. Restrictions on wood pulp affected other manufacturing areas, since wood was used in producing many fiber products, plastics, and rayon. Cellulose sheets, including cellophane, came under restrictions early in the war.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:15:18 AM PDT by

The rationing of materials to industry had unexpected effects upon civilian life, including the virtual disappearance of low-price items from stores. Besides the imposition of pricing regulations, which made it difficult for companies to produce low-price items at a profit, manufacturers tended to reserve their small stores of scarce materials for the making of higher-ticket items.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:16:01 AM PDT by

i have sold my mom's red stamps on here, they were world war 2 rationing stamps

May 17th, 2011 at 10:20:21 AM PDT by

From the beginning of the war, one of Hitler's tactics against Britain was to use submarines to torpedo ships bringing supplies to Britain. This meant that imported goods were in short supply.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:21:13 AM PDT by

The government introduced rationing to make sure that everyone had a fair share of what was available.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:21:45 AM PDT by

Every man, woman and child was given a ration book for food and had to register with a grocery store. The grocery store was only given enough food for the people on their list. When someone bought rationed food, the grocer stuck a sticker in his or her ration book to show that that week's ration had been purchased.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:22:17 AM PDT by

At first only butter, sugar and bacon was rationed. By the middle of 1940 all meat, eggs, cheese, jam, tea and milk was also rationed. Clothes were rationed from June 1941 due to a shortage of raw materials and also to allow the factories and workers to concentrate on producing weapons, aircraft and ammunition for the war.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:22:53 AM PDT by

One Person's Weekly Food Allowance during world war 2

4 oz (113g) lard or butter
12oz (340g) sugar
4oz (113g) bacon
2 eggs
6oz (170g) meat

May 17th, 2011 at 10:26:09 AM PDT by

The rationing of consumer goods was taken another step further on December 29, 1942, when the WPB announced Order L-219, which limited the quantities of consumer goods that retail merchants, wholesalers, and stock-carrying branches of *manufacturers could keep on hand. Although a stock-reduction order, it was also designed to equalize consumer goods supplies around the country, and to help smaller outlets operate on a more even level with larger ones. The order affected some 25,000 merchants, 12,000 manufacturers, and 8,000 wholesale establishments, as well as, indirectly, all the nation's consumers. The order excluded inventories of food and petroleum.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:13:25 AM PDT by

Rationing plans. ... rationing experience, the u. s. department of agriculture food stamp program
, ...which are critical in the successful management of any protracted gasoline shortage

May 17th, 2011 at 10:51:51 AM PDT by

i really can't find anything on the internet that has a picture on this token, i am going by what i was told about this token

May 17th, 2011 at 11:00:51 AM PDT by

The OPA also issued nonmetallic tokens for use in purchasing rationed items.

May 17th, 2011 at 11:13:58 AM PDT by

you decide i wasn't around during world war 2

May 17th, 2011 at 11:17:22 AM PDT by

anybody have any information on this token coin, other than what my mom told me about it

May 17th, 2011 at 11:25:15 AM PDT by

i did find on the internet that farmers jacks first opened up in michigan in 1924

May 17th, 2011 at 11:39:07 AM PDT by

i'm on the phone with my mom right now, she said those were world war 2 rationing tokens for buying food at farmer jacks

May 17th, 2011 at 2:42:14 PM PDT by

yes it is a world war 2 token

May 17th, 2011 at 2:46:37 PM PDT by

and they were also used to buy silk stockings

May 17th, 2011 at 6:19:19 PM PDT by

The task of regulating food distribution was a major concern for the federal government from the beginning, with the Food Rationing Program set into motion in the spring of 1942. The Department of Agriculture unofficially handled administrative oversight until December 5, 1942. On that date, an executive order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt reorganized the department, putting a director of food distribution in charge of all agencies dealing with food processing, storage, allocation, and distribution. The Office of Price Administration (OPA) also played an important role in the rationing of food, issuing stamp-type coupons to be used by consumers when buying officially rationed goods. Affected foods included meats and poultry, eggs, canned fish, fats and oils, coffee, and sugar.

May 17th, 2011 at 10:07:35 AM PDT by

fanned:)

May 10th, 2011 at 9:06:48 AM PDT by

fanned you back, glad you like it, hope you bid on it

May 12th, 2011 at 8:19:15 AM PDT by

thanks for fanning, your fanned back

May 10th, 2011 at 7:47:07 PM PDT by

i like that where did u find that . that is so cool. nice wow !!!!!!

May 12th, 2011 at 11:15:28 PM PDT by

thank you, it was my dads

May 13th, 2011 at 8:15:02 AM PDT by

yes, farmer jacks has been out of business for many years in my state, yes it was a token coin used during world war 2 and after the war for a few years, it also says on the token coin farmer jacks, my mother is 86 years old going on 87 in august, my mom gave me the information on this token, it was my mom's and my dad's, my dad died last year at the age of 90 1/2, my mom told me these were used to buy rationed foods during world war 2, she said she could also buy silk stockings with this token because silk stockings were rationed during world war 2, my mother also said oleo and lard were rationed because of the oil they were made with, i am going by what my mother told me, my dad can't speak for himself anymore, he died august last year

May 17th, 2011 at 9:31:53 AM PDT by

i will look on the internet to see if i can find any information on this token coin, if i find out any information on it i will let you know, i am going by what my mom told me about this token coin

May 17th, 2011 at 9:33:39 AM PDT by

The OPA also issued nonmetallic tokens for use in purchasing rationed items.

May 17th, 2011 at 9:59:07 AM PDT by

you can read about tokens in this article, the comment i mentioned just above this one, explains somewhat, my mom couldn't remember everything that was rationed during world war 2, but she did mention a few, my mom said this a world war 2 token coin that was used for rationing

May 17th, 2011 at 10:02:43 AM PDT by

so heres what i found so far on rationing, i still need to find out more about this token coin for rationing, but this article does mention rationing token coins

May 17th, 2011 at 10:04:25 AM PDT by

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