Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-17

records of their dairy cows. He urgeC
them to do this, so they would be able
to pick out the "boarders" in the herd
i. e., the low producing COWS, and elm
mate them and build up the standard
of their herds.
The farmer who stays away from q
school like this is the farmer who
needs ii most and the one who will dc
the most complaining about his condi-
tion,' declared J. J. Higgins, pure food
inspector Of the department of agri
culture, during an address to the
school Thursday morning on Pure
Foods Lack of support of the school
hampers its work, he said, Just as fail
ure to support the pure food movement
hampers it.
In opening his talk, Mr.. Higgins
spoke of the amount of money the
government is spending to protect the
people by governing the quality of
food, and gave Governor Lister great
credit for establishing the department
of agriculture, enabling it to do excel
lent work by concentrating the efforts
of the heads of different departments
into one office.
Twent thousand cans of canned
goods have been confiscated in the
state since last July as unfit for con-
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mense quantities of hamburger and
sausage which had been treated with
sulphite to restore original odor and
color but which is detected frequently
because it gives the meat an unnat-
urally glaring red. Ptomaine bacteria
originate in goods remaining in tin
cans too long, he said, and are a dead
ly poison. Among the canned goods
that have been confiscated are some
from IL to 25 years old.
"Women's votes will aid in bringing
about better conditions" Mr.. Higgins
said, "for the women are already TAX.
ing ,a:>.ve interest in city affairs by
framing ordinances for housewives
protection"
Mr.. Higgins displayed can of corn
ed beef hash he said he had obtained
in Olympia just previous to his lecture,
which he said was at least 20 years
old. 1t had ben ,re-labelled and looked
all right on the outside, but an inspec-
tor, he said, could check its age by the
lack of serial numbers of the factory
which have been required by federal
law in recent years.
There were only Is farmers present
when the course opened Monday morn
ing, the general subject of berry grow
ing being the topic for discussion by
the experts. How to prepare the soil
for planting and then how to plant the
berries, telling of the various meth
DDS employed and the ones found most
successful, were discussed by J. L.
Stahl of the Puyallup experiment sta
tion, followed by an interesting talk by
H. L. Rees on vegetable gardening, the
morning session ending with a short
talk by ]. H. Perkins, state commits
sioner of agriculture, on "The Rela-
tion of Our Department to the Farm
err"
o. M. Morris, horticulturist at the
state college, led the afternoon discus
sion with lecture on the cultivation
of orchards, following which the far
mers got together with the experts and
talked over particular points upon
which they desired further informa.
tion. The same subjects were discuss
ed at Tuesdays meetings. when the at
tendance was somewhat larger, about
25 farmers being present.
State Horticulturist T. O. Morrison
of the department of agriculture, who
addressed the school Tuesday noon,
called the farmers attention to the
fact that much fruit had been display.
ed in Olympia during the last year
that was wormy or blighted in some
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credit to the county and announced
that next year all such fruit would be
condemned. THE farmers must learn
to take care of their fruit trees" he
declared, land with the department of
agriculture, the experiment stations
and this short course to teach them
how to do it, there is no excuse for
wormy or poor fruit"
During the lectures of Monday and
Tuesday the farmers were told the
correct and incorrect methods of
spraying, when to do it and what to
use, and Mr.. Morrison asserted that
with this information presented to
them, the department of agriculture
would make a rigid inspection of all
trees and condemn fruit that had not