The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1914-01-01

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 tho
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 flexi
BILE to permit improvements in pro-
duction.
Organization Of the Department Of
Agriculture.
There were 14,47S employees in the
department on July I, 1913. or these,
1924 were employed in Washington
and 1854 outside of Washington. or
the entire force, 1,St2 were engaged
| in scientific investigations and re-
search; 1923 in demonstration and
extension work: 6S7 in administrative
and supervisory work; 6,02l in regu
latory and related work and 1885
were clerks and employees below the
grade OF clerk
The Production of Eggs.
According to statistics of the de-
! partment of agriculture. the products
OF the American hen aggregates a to.
tai value of over $600000,000 annual.
| ly. Poultry and eggs are produced
In all sections of the country, but II
| is noticeable fact that the bulk OF
these important products is produced
| by the farmers of the Mississippi val
ley. In this section there are practice
! 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-
verting material which would other.
wise so 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, vermin-free
nest for every four or five hens.
Conclude all Matching by May Is
and sell or confine 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 a cool. dry room.
Use all small or dirty eggs at home.
Market frequently. twice a week II
possible during the summer.
The department has also issued the
following suggestions to the country
merchant and cash buyer:
| Candle all eggs and buy on the loss.
Off basis.
Allow the farmer to see you candle
the eggs occasionally and return those
rejected II he wishes them.
|
cases or filters.
| Do not keep In a musty cellar OF
near oil barrels or other odoriferoui
merchandise.
Ship daily during warm weather.
BouIIlon Cubes Not Concentrated Meat
| Essence.
| The belief of many people that
bouillon cubes are concentrated meat
essence and OF high nutritive value
Is shattered by a bulletin of the de-
partment Of agriculture. The depart.
ment authorities say that while they
are valuable stimulants or flavoring
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 bouillon
cubes, according to this bulletin, con.
sist of from one-half to three-quarters
table salt AS they range in price
from ten to 20 cents an ounce, pur
at high price.
The departments meat chemist has
carefully analysed semi-solid meat eX
tracts, fluid meat extracts, and com.
mercial meat Juice, which are offered
on the market to the American pub
lie, in addition to the bouillon cubes
He has also conducted experiments In
making homemade beef broth. and
meat and vegetable soup.
Both the bouillon cubes and the
meat extracts are stimulants and fla,
voring agents, but have only slight
food value and are more expensive
than homemade soups.
The bulletin recommends whole
sale meat and vegetable soup which
will furnish enough for a family OF
| five, at a cost of approximately 16