Evening journal., 1914-12-23
TRAFFIC IN BAD
EGCS ON Increase
Department Of Agriculture
Learns of Heavy Sales
in the West
IAIL SENTENCES
FOR OFFENDERS
BY The United Press.


are worrying the Department OF Agri-
culture It has discovered well or :.
ganized traffic in bad eggs, centering
in Chicago II considers the situation
So serious that Il has inauguratcd a
vigorous campaign, aided by State and
city authorities in all parts Of the
country, to break up the traffic and
send the promoters to jail
The common impression that bad
eggs are usefuI only in demonstration
of disapproval is dispelled by the De
partment in an official statement 1t
admits that inedible eggs may be
utilized for technical purposes, such
as tanning leather" The trouble is,
it says. the bad egg trafiickers deceive
the public into tuying the product for |
food purposes.
From evidence already gathered, |
the department states, there seems to
be a definite market in Chicago for !
"rots and spots" at 81 case OF 80 !
dozen. In consequence. rots and spots |
from all parts OF tho country are being
shipped into Chicago.
The department is going to get
quick action in its campaign against
the traffic. il states. The delay neces-
sary to secure authorization froin
Washington TO make seizures of unfit
shipments has been eliminated
through the cooperation of State au-
/ thorities, who are acting with great
promptness. The aid Of the State au-
thorities, not only makes immediate
seizures possible. but facilitates the
gathering Of evidence for criminal
proceedings against the offenders.
Most of the rots and spots that
reach Chicago are first broken and
frozen" the department says I'm its
official statement. They are then
sold to bakers for use in cakes and
other forms Of food. In one in
stance. at least. a shipment Of these
eggs was traced to a firm which ad-
mitted that they had no use for them
except in food.
"As a matter Of fact. Federal in
gpectors have been able TO secure
ample evidence Of the use Of unht
eggs for this purpose. With state
and federal authorities working to-
gether IL is believed the traffic can
be broken up very rapidly In this
connection Il is pointed out that most
of the firms using these UNIT eggs
I probably do so reluctantly. believing
that the competition of others forces
them into the traffic. However, II
4 has been amply demonstrated by the
4 department that the frozen and dried
eggs business is a successful and I'M
3 portant industry only when based
y on the use of good eggs, handled I'M
q der special conditions
Because OF the abundant supply Of
y cotton seed meal that there is like
4 " 10 be I'm this country this year
q SPECIALISTS in the Department of Agri-
culture believe that the farmer has
a better opportunity to make money
& by feeding beef cattle than for some
\ years past
The department estimates that
about 10000 tons of cotton-seed
meal will be available this year at
3 prices ranging from % 10 "a ton
81 as compared with q to 81 demanded
p last year. Experiments Of the de-
& partment have proven that the sub
q stitution of cotton-seed meal for corn
n and clover hay results in great saw
a ing in the feeding Of cattle.
While lilacs. snowballs, and certain
other shrubs should be let alone dur
ing the winter, being neither TRIM
L med nor covered with straw and
- manure. other bushes need special at
- tention, says the Department Of Agri-
culture in bulletin just issued on
the winter care OF the garden.
n "As a rule shrubs should not be
trimmed In tho fall" says the de-
partment This process is timely
immediately after the blooming
period. and this Is in the spring, a.
i'm the case Of the SNOWFALL. If The
shrubs bloom in the fall as do som'
hydrangeas, the rose of Sharon, an,
some lilacs. they should not be Gu
3 directly after blooming but in thu
spring of the following year."
Hydrangeas in the South can b.
cared for out-of-doors by protection
OF straw or brush. In the Nortl
they should be taken up, planted 4
tubs and placed in the cellar. Roses
south OF the latitude Of Washing
ton, need little attention but nortl
of this line they should be treate
by cutting the shrubs off about 3
inches from the ground and protect
ing them with leaves.
Experiments recently completed b
the Department of Agriculture sho'
N that peanuts can profitably be use
as forage for cattle in the South Al
. lantic States, where they grow S
abundantly. Animals display an a
. most human fondness for peanuts an