Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-09-27
AGRICULTURAL LETTER.

mon with the other members oil the
Cabinet, has consented to remain In Of
flee until the end OF President Roose-
vet's term. 1t is generally agreed
that II would have been a national d..
asier had MIR. Wilson retired at th,
time from the post he so well fills. u
der his control the work of the Depart
ment has been enormously extended
and is still growing, to the incalculaoe
benefit OF the farmer. For the fist
time since IL was established, the D..
/ partmept has head who Is at ouc=
practical farmer aud an able execu,iv
1 with braius In his head. Il Is easy 20
secure either one or the other. bu III
! CON mbination Is somewhat rare. Wi. .l.
! er it is in connection With the reioass
tation OF the country, the building ~
of our butter exports, or the est8b. ~
rlent of American fruits Ia EurGTsaL
markets (Go mention only his most ra.
cent lines of developmenU Secretary
Wilson has proved himsel; the t-l.
man In the right place. FORTUNATE j
is, that his work is not to be interrupt
ed.
The effects OF the July drought are
now coming home to the people OF the
country In the increased price for all
staple vegetable foods. Potatoes, cab
bage, turnips, beans, etc., on which
most people live to a very large extent
are now from three to four times as
high as ordinary at this time OF the
year In most OF the country, and have
consequently become luXuries, ca.ts-
than the necessities they have aiway>
be en- considered. As u result, -oa5
deal Of discussion is going on as 70 -.
will take the place of these, and by 5cE.
mon consent, rice has been pis51e
upon. Few people outside OF the sol.l
! have any idea OF the variety Of ui-ae,
that can be made from this artil 8,
which In the north is eaten slinost a.
together as pudding, or rs plain triel
or boiled. Iu the south, it is used far
more universally in combination with
other foods, making 1t more palatahle
and more wholesome. IL is fortunate
that this crop has been increasing all
the time. This year the home product
will be larger than ever before and OF
finer quality, while from Japan comes
word that the product is above the av-
erage.
In meats and grain the country is
we'll supplied. The monthly summary
of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics for
July, reports that winter wheat ship
ments at Toledo, Detroit, St. Louis aud
Kansas City for July have been l0,472,-
S1l bushels, compared with S,94S, $50
bushels during July 1900. The live
stock receipts At the five leading west
ern markets for the first seven months
of 1901 exceeded by l.247,609 head
| those OF the like period year ago.
The shipments OF cut meats at Chicago
exceeded those Of last year by over %
million pounds. and the receipts ex-
ceeded those OF last year by IA million
pounds. At ST. Louis the gains have
been, In shipments million pounds,
and in receipts 2l3 million pounds. AT
Cincinnati there has been gain of 10
million pounds in receipts and 33i mil
lion pounds in shipments. These move
ments serve roughly to indicate the
progress in the consuming capacity OF
the country, as a factor In maintaining
the volume OF internal trade.
An account OF the process by which
eggs are tested by commission mer-
chants may be OF interest to the farm
ers who supply the "hen fruit" oil the
country. Each egg Is "candled," as it
is called. The inspector picks up six
eggs at time, three In each hand, and
, by simple turns OF the wrist, presents
them, two at time in front OF screen
in which there are two holes approxi-
mately the size Of the eggs, single
glance being sufficient to enable a
trained man 10 grade them as fresh"
or ''selected, }" checked" or seconds"
''spots," "leaks" and "rotten." A good
lively Inspector will candle between TO-
600 and 10000 eggs day. II the egg
looking through it to the light is clear
and translucent, without spots or flaws,
it Is graded as ''select" and Is sold at
the highest price. In growing stale
the white of an egg shrInks, and this
Is shown to the "candler by line in
the large end Of the egg. This egg
goes into the second grade which also
includes checked" eggs. A checked
egg is a cracked egg, but a flaw is not
no!iced until betrayed by The candle.
When the yolk cllngs to the shell the
egg goes in with the other "spots"-
'leaks" are broken eggs.
Postmasters are requested to display
conspicuously in their Offices the crop
report cards sent to them each month
for the information OF the public. Cor
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