The Saint Jo Tribune (Saint Jo, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1927 Page: 2 of 8
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ST. JO TRIBUNE
National Grades
Eggs and Poultry
Standardized Products
Known Quality Are
Market Essential.
of
(Prepared by the United Statet Department
of Agriculture.)
A national poultry and egg stand-
ardization program involving the use
of national grades in the purchase of
eggs and poultry, the marketing of
these products on the basis of such
grades, and the ultimate sale of the
products by retailers on the basis of
established retail grades, was outlined
by Roy C. Potts, chief marketing spe-
cialist, bureau of agricultural econom-
ics, United States Department of Ag-
riculture, addressing the National
Poultry, Butter and Egg association
at Louisville, Ky. «
"Standardized, graded poultry prod-
ucts of known quality are essential
for efficient marketing," Mr. Potts de-
clared. "National programs for eco-
nomic production or for efficient mar-
keting, to be of greatest value to the
poultry industry, must be nation-wide
In scope and provide a co-ordinated
program for industry Improvement.
This improvement, if It is to be of
greatest benefit, should extend from
the producer to the consumer. It
should serve to stimulate an increased
demand for a more uniformly graded,
higher quality product. It should
carry the benefits which accrue to the
consumer and for which he pays back
to the producer, there to serve as an
Incentive to produce a better or high-
er quality product.
Both Sides Benefit.
"The agencies between the producer
and consumer also should be bene-
fited because a healthier, more stable,
more orderly situation would result.
The risks and losses of the middle
man would be minimized and 1 hereby
better results could be obtained by
them. Such a national program of
poultry and egg standardization in Its
ultimate or complete stage of develop-
ment would require:
"1. The use of national grades as a
basis for the purchase of eggs and
poultry from the producer and the
payment of prices with a proper price
differential between the different
grades.
"II. The marketing of eggs and poul-
try through the various wholesale
channels of trade on the basis of es-
tablished national grades.
"3. The ultimate sale of eggs and
poultry to retailers and by retailers to
consumers on the basis of established
retail grades."
Laws Regulating Sales.
Mr. Potts pointed out that Califor-
nia and New York already have passed
legislation which makes mandatory
the retailing of eggs in accordance
with established retail grades. Simi-
lar legislation is expected in other
states, such legislation possibly ex-
tending to wholesale transactions and
even to buying from producers at
country points.
"The practical question for the poul-
try industry to consider," he declared,
"is how can the various branches of
the industry help in shaping the pro-
gram and in making it of greatest
benefit to the industry. For a number
of years this association has from one
angle or another been considering the
question. The mercantile and produce
exchanges have been considering it.
It seems that the time Is ripe for
some definite concerted action by the
Industry."
New Variety of Fiber
Flax Been Developed
Experimental work begun 17 years
ago by the ollice of liber investigations
of the United States Department of
Agriculture has resulted in the de-
velopment of a variety of fiber flax
adapted to conditions In the United
States, where the climate is generally
warmer and drier than in the flax
growing regions of northern Europe,
from which seed is generally obtained.
The new variety known as "Saginaw"
was grown on 1.0(10 acres in Michigan
last year and produced approximately
8,(MM) bushels of seed.
The few growers who have been
growing Saginaw say It Is the first
fiber flax that has ever grown that
does not "run out," a characteristic
of the imported seed which makes It
necessary to import fresli supplies of
seed.
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| Agricultural Hints ^
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Lime and legumes are friends.
The lime content of the poll Is most
Important Iti growing nlfalfa.
• «
The farmer who rotates doesn't run
abound in circles—he gets somewhere.
• • •
Every silo user, every agricultural
college, every experiment station, ad-
vises the use of the silo.
• • •
Pop corn that has become too dry
can be aided somewhat by putting a
few drops of water on it before put-
ting into the popper.
• • •
One of the greatest advnnlages of
fall preparation of ground Is that
seeding can go on seasonably early in
the spring.
• • •
If your mow is full of good quality
hay of good leaf and color, well cured
and palatable, It means that the big-
gest single protective source of nat-
ural food supply la on hand for the
Itoerd this winter.
"Dockage" at Market
Has Value at Home
Increased Quantity of Weed
Seeds Found in Wheat.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The quantity of weed seeds In
spring wheat shipped to market has
been increasing so rapidly the last few
years that the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture Is trying to in-
duce wheat growers to eliminate the
losses that result. In the case of flax
the proportion of weed seeds, or "dock-
age," is even larger. The primary
and principal loss Is, of course, in the
fields where weeds cause a loss of
wheat due to crowding and to the
plant food and moisture the weeds
take In competition with the crop.
Hut the losses do not stop with the
growing crop. It costs as much or
more to harvest and thresh weeds as
grain. The common practice Is to
send the weeds to market with the
wheat. Hauling it to market Is ex-
pensive and directly or Indirectly the
farmers also pay the freight on weeds
as well as wheat. At the terminal
market the wheat Is likely to he grad-
ed lower if it is full of weed seed, and
In any event the dockage is deducted
before the wheat Is paid for. The
seller Is paid only for the wheat.
Dockage is not suitable for milling,
but It does make a very fair feed for
animals. The value of "screenings,"
as the dockage is called when it is
sold, compares favorably with oats.
Agricultural advisers suggest that It
would ho profitable either to clean the
wheat on the farm or at the country
elevator, In this way retaining the
feed value of the screenings. Seed
wheat, in particular, should lie cleaned
carefully so that weed seeds will not
be planted with the wheat. The an-
nual farm feed value of the dockage
produced in North Dakota alone U
estimated at more than $5,000,000.
Morgan Mare Owned by
Government Wins Race
Covering 80 miles of mountainous
roads in the remarkable time of 8
hours and minutes, the registered
Morgan mare, Jana, won first place
among eight contestants in the endur-
ance ride held this year at Brandon,
Vt.
Jana Is a five-year-old chestnut
mare owned by the United States Mor-
gan horse farm, Middlebury, Vt., hav-
ing been previously used in farm work
and trained only a short time for this
ride. She was ridden by one of the
boys on the farm and finished in ex-
cellent condition. The distance was
covered in two consecutive days, 40
miles out one day and the same dis-
tance back on the next.
This contest was held in place of
the 300-mile endurance ride which had
been an annual horse event of promi-
nence held at Iirandon, Vt. Owing to
the death of Chauncey C. Stillman,
the principal sponsor of the event, no
funds were available for the exten-
sive five-day contest of IKK) miles. New
England horse enthusiasts were not to
be denied the thrill of an endurance
contest, however, and locally spon-
sored the shorter ride for tills year.
The 80-mile ride, over rough and
mountainous roads was considered a
worth-while event to test the speed
and endurance of weight-carrying
saddle horses, and the time made con-
stitutes a record for an event of this
kind.
Sand Used in Concrete
Can Easily Be Tested
Sand to lie used In making con-
crete can he tested with an ordinary
quart milk bottle or fruit Jar. The
Jar is filled fo a depth of two Inches
with a representative sample of the
sand. Water Is then added until the
bottle or the Jar Is about three-fourths
full. The mixture Is then shaken vig-
orously for one minute, the hist few
shakes being In a sidewise direction.
After the shaking has been completed,
the Jar Is allowed to stand for one
hour. If at the end of this time, the
sand lias on If a layer of silt more
than one-eighth inch thick, It Is un-
suitable for concrete work unless the
slU is removed by washing.
Dogs Are Valuable in
Ridding Farm of Pests
Dogs of the right sort and plenty
of help are the most valuable aids in
getting rid of the rodents. Exhaust
from automobiles driven Into the
holes and runs frequented by the rats
and mice will also drive many from
cover so that they can be killed. Cal-
cium cyanide, placed In the burrows
In small quantities, is also a good
remedy to use where It Is impracti-
cable to dig the burrows open or drive
the rodents out. Care should he tak-
en in using calcium cyanide, however,
to place it far enough down In the bur-
rows to prevent any domestic animals
from reaching It before it lias all
disappeared.
Plan to Eliminate Smut
Entirely From Fields
It Is possible to eliminate stinking
smut entirely from wheat fields by olt-
serving the following recommenda-
tions: (1) Treat all wheat from in-
fected fields with copper carbonate.
(2) lie careful about purchasing seed
from unreliable sources. The safest
policy Is to treat all seed when there
Is any doubt about stinking smut be-
ing present. (3) Badly Infected fields
where winter wheat Is grown should
be nlunted to corn or oats for a year.
View of the Pittsburgh Explosion Wreckage
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One of the big buildings that was wrecked by the terrific gas tank explosion In Pittsburgh, Pa.
lives were lost and hundreds of persons were injured, while the property losses were immense.
Scores of
Fort Amador in the Canal Zone
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Had a Bad Cold
But Accepted!
The theatre that evening, though her
nose was red and eyes were running!
For six hours is enough to conquer al-
most any cold. Here's what to do:
Take a plain, pleasant-tasting tablet
which the smallest drugstore is never
without. I'upe's Cold Compound Is what
they call it. Harmless as It is, it will
knock the worst cold—so quickly you'll
think It was luck the first time.
A stubborn, chronic cold is broken
up the same way; it just tukes a little
longer.
PAPE'S
COLD COMPOUND
An aerial view of ."ort Amad r in the Panama Canal Zone, made by an army flyer,
siderlng strengthening the zone's defenses.
The government is con-
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At the eighth annual convention of
the California Association of Highway
Patrolmen, held in Los Angeles, ("apt.
Otto Larger, chief of the San Diego
county traffic officers, was elected
president for the coming year.
CHAMPION STOWAWAY
Marries Her Grandfather's Chum
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Blooming
health is ev-
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WHAT CAUSES BOILS.
Boils and carbuncles are the result of Im-
proper diet or infection of the skin. It is hard
to determine the exact causo but. CAKBOll,
v/ill srivo quick relief. No expensive operation
la necessary as one application of CAKBOll.
promptly stops the pain and continued use
dra-w^out the core. Get a generous EOc box
from ^rnr druusist. Money back ii not i.tisfied.
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Martin I.. Wheeler, seventy-six-year-old wealthy Colorado pioneer, nnd
his young wife, who was Madge Glenn, aged twenty. Miss Glenn was a lone-
some fanner girl in Bverton. .Mo., and when she and Wheeler, her grand-
father's ohuin, exchanged letters, she derided to go to Colorado and marry
Wheeler. Miss Glenn is now ste|igrimdmother to grandchildren older than
herself.
Relic of a Vanished Forest
Iietty Simpson, champion stowaway
of the world, as she arrived In San
Francisco after having iieen trans-
ferred at sea from the I>ollar liner
President I'olk on which she was dis-
covered when It was only one day
from Honolulu, her goal. Rett.v has
stowed away on Ave different boats,
traveling 01,000 miles.
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Here is a giant red cedar, or the stump of It, on the Vancouver hlehwav
which catches the eye of ninny n tourist passing that wav. it is estimated tn
he 1,280 years old. The stump hns been roofed over and the roadway l«
right through the center of the huge trunk.
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