The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-04-01

an very cehnite way what may be
expected to result from it, summary
Of the work Of the agents in the 81
!! counties longest established discloses
that more than $500 farms have been
visited and more than 1900 farmers
meetings addressed, with an attend
ance exceeding 100000. Cooperative
work has been carried on directly
with nearly 1900 farmers, many OF
whom are being encouraged to select
and test carefully their seed corn.
Legal Standards for Food.
The establishment Of legal stand
ards for Judging foods would render
the food and drugs act more effective,
less expensive in it's administration,
and supply needed legal criteria. On
der present conditions it is necessary
in the individual prosecution to es-
tablish by evidence a standard for
each individual article This proce-
dure is very expensive, and sometimes
it's cost Is out Of proportion to its
value.
Moreover, it may result in Lack Of
uniformity in different Jurisdictions.
With legal standards established, the
control Of foods would be more uni
form and measurably less expensive.
The lack Of such standards is today
one OF the greatest difficulties in the
administration Of the food and drugs
act. These standards, however, should
be in the form Of definitions, because
numerical standards furnish recipes
for sophistication. The standards,
moreover, should be sufficiently de1i-
bic to permit improvements IN pro
duction.
Organization Of the Department Of
Agriculture.
There were 14,47S employees in the
department on July 1, 1913. OF these,
1924 were employed In Washington
and 1854 outside Of Washington. OF
the entire force, 1872 were engaged
IN scientific Investigations and re-
search; 1923 in demonstration and
extension work; 6s7 n administrative
and supervisory work; SOIL in regu-
latory and related work and 4,635
were clerks and employees below the
grade Of clerk.
The Production Of Esea.
According 70 statistics Of the de-
partment of agriculture. the products
Of the American hen aggregates TO-
tai value Of over s6o0,000,o00 annual
ly. Poultry and eggs are produced
In all sections Of the country, but 1t
is noticeable fact that the bulk OF
these important products is prod led
by the farmers Of the Mississippi val.
ley. IN this section there are practic-
ally no large poultry farms such as
are commonly found in the eastern
states and on the Pacific coast. Poul-
try keeping, therefore. Is usually incl
dental, the hens being considered and
treated generally as an agent for con-
ve7ting material which would other
wise 60 to waste into salable prod
uct. Consequently the poultry and
eggs produced constitute merely by
product Of the general farm.
In order that the farmer may sell
more eggs, better eggs, and obtain a
better price for them, the department
has issued the following suggestions:
Improve your poultry stock.
Keep one Of the general purpose
breeds such as the Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte. Orpington. or Rhode Is
land Red.
Provide one clean, dry, verm1n-free
nest for every four or five hens. .
Conclude all Matching by May Is
and sell or confne male birds during
the remainder Of the summer. )
Gather the eggs once daily during
ordinary times and twice daily dur
Ing hot or rainy weather.
In summer, place eggs as soon as
gathered in q cool, dry room.
Use ali small or dirty eggs at home
Market frequently, twice a week II
possible during the summer.
The department has also issued the
suggestions to the country
merchant and cash buyer:
Candle all eggs and buy on the loss
of basis.
Allow the farmer to see you candle
the eggs occasionally and return those
rejected If he wishes them.
Pack carefully IN strong, clean
cases or filters
Do not keep IN musty cellar or
near oil barrels or other odoriferous.
Ship daily during warm weather.
Roulllon Cubes Not Concentrated Meat
Essence.
The belief Of many people that
bouillo1 cubes are concentrated meat
essence and Of high nutritiye value,
is shattered by a bulletin Of the de-
partment OF agriculture. The depart
ment authorities say that while they
are valuable stimulants or favoring
agents they have little or no real food
value and are relatively expensive IN
comparison with homemade broths
and soups. The bulletin compares the
contents and food value Of bouillon
cubes with meat extracts and home
made preparations Of meat
The ordinary commercial bouil.on
cubes, according to this bulletin, con-
sist Of from one-haR to three-quarters
table salt AS they range in price
from ten to 20 cents an ounce. pur-
chasers OF these cubes are buying salt
81 & high price:
The departments meat chemist has
carefully analyzed .se:0:-sGliG neat e1-
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