Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-07
Sec. WILSON POINTS
OUT some Defects
yanNER DOf@>T atr LNOt GU
FOR His PRODUCTS.
Publicity Tor Consumption of Prv'i'
uctr ~ Well ~ Amount ~
Production Advocated.

WASHINGTON. Doc. . The con.
sumar pays a dollar for food the
farmer gets less than ffty cents OF
~. Who gets the rests"
This is question which Secretary
Wilson OF the department 81 agrlcui.
ture asked today ln bis annual re-
port Tho secretary does NOT attempt
10 answer it lie does explain ln
some detail the results of an lnyesfi
cation hls department has just con
eiuded into the effect Of cold store
age ln The WholeaomcnoRe and cost of
food iila investigation leads him go
recommend publicity for The amount
of food 81 cold storage. lusi as the
department nov giyea publicity io
tho condition Of crops FROM mouth 10
month
Instead oi food remaining ln siof-
axe fur longer than gear or t@o
years. na rule. the secretary de-
oiafes that hls inteaiiFation thoN"H
chat receipts into cold storage are
entirely or very nearly exhausted BY
fhc deliveries ont of cold cforaHe
within ton mouths
ionR storage b. the exception th"
secretary asserts wafehoufemen ~.
tlaiued 40 the department that en-
ccaslyely long storage was due to
+ Inwmits and other Circumstance OF
an uupommerclRi nature The cost
OF storage including storage charge.
interest and Insurance. rs considered
sa a barrier 10 very long storage
Cold storage. the secretary reports.
/ has raised the coat 81 living hy In
cfonsing the annual price level FOR
butter and orFs
The secretary says that an exam
nation of fhc record of prices gives
"A suspicion chat there has been
much speculation in some wears BIS
me men who knew commodities Iu
I cold storage
Iic refers 40 Fan apparent mis-
/ take OF tho storage ricn in Overcast
matlng the consumption of "gRn hf
the public at oxotbitaut prices last
winter with tho result thnt ln Tho
aprug the storage men had go sell
egra ai remarkably lOW pric"t and
send ahroad the largest amount OF
eggs ever exported ln order 90 set
rid of the supply
The secretary declares ihN The
warohouaemcn ought 90 Boz required
"a send 10 Washington each month
the amount of commodities placed iu
storage $40 that the public may D.,
ablo 90 Judge of the future trend Of
prices
A great yafioi, ~ subjects are
doalth with hy the secretary ZAP hi
report llc SAYS that ihe day H moi
0r distant when tbc United states
Win cease to import potash Florida
b ksnturiy Tennessee and Idaho 1901,
mentioned as dcuosItorloH
Recommendation .s made that nl
government agencies that conscrv'
mhlic health should be- grouped io
pother in one bureau
The success OF the department 70
the Southern states through ohlcc
LESSONS n tho fields is pronounce
10 have hceu such ns go Justify M
extension Of The work TO an th
states
The department announces tina
tho corn crop ls moving norihWarl
, hy seed selection
The American Nstcms nf rcutln
land are declared 10 be- faulty an
I. result Ia soil rohbinr u Is suggest
d that domestic animals be kcpt o
"a tarms. even n the land owner mus
furnish them. and that there he o "a
tation OF crops
!. After years ~ cNperlmcntatio
/. the department SAYS that Egyptia
!. cotton can be- erown la southcr
e California aud bulbs in the state q
q Washington
h The craytish W said 20 he scriou
}, pest IN the south Carbon hlsulphi
IN le said To he q sure remedy
rs The finest dates from tho sahar
u desert succeed in the Southwestern
le states
Poultry products Tor the past yel
are estimated to have hecn wort
s760.o0e. GOO
The forestcrs OF the forestry 81