Evening star., 1915-03-07
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.

Hello. Buddy; where's the meat in
spectors?"
Such was the cheerful greeting that
| a messenger boy gave Charles c. Car
| roll, chief clerk of the bureau of ami
| NAL industry, the other afternoon.
Only for second did the genial chief
| clerk of the bureau Of animal industry
| look a trifle astonished at the unusual
salutation. Then he smiled, and gave
/ the boy the proper direction.
| Assistant Secretary Vrooman greeted
| the visiting boy and girl farmers from
T>Iowa, Illinois. Pennsylvania, Massa-
| chusetts, New York, Nebraska and New
Jersey the early part of the week. The
boys and girls were in Washington all
week as reward for efficient work
| in corn and other agricultural club
work in their various states. Mr..
Vrooman presented the youthful farm
| ers with certificates of efficiency, as
! is the custom. o. H. Benson, in charge
of corn club work, had the difficult but
not unpleasant task of plotting the
| visitors around the city during the
week. All the points of interest in the
city were observed, and in addition the
Zoo. Mount Vernon, Alexandria, Ar
| 1ington' and other outlying historical
places were visited.
DR.. j. R. Mohler. assistant chief of
the bureau of animal industry, and DR..
NJ. Dorset, chief of the biochemic di-
vision of the bureau, were in Phila-
delphfa during the week to deliver ad-
dresses before the Pennsylvania State
Veterinarians Association.
William Pinkert. a laborer in the
fungicide and insectfcide office. was on
the sick list during the week
Two deaths occurred in the force of
the division Of publications recently.
Mrs. NJ. X. Hemingway, a clerk in
the bureau. died Saturday al week ago
and Miss Mary Mcnamara died during
the same week.
L. N. Cleveland. clerk in the bureau
of animal industry. was in the hospital
during the week, undergoing an opera
tion.
A. a. Ormsby. assistant chief clerk
of the department. was on the sick
list during the week.
Paul Jameson Of the bureau of crop
estimates returned to his desk Mon
day after an absence of about six
weeks owing to illness.
Wednesday the bureau of chemistry
inaugurated prosecutions in TIE local
courts against New York firm which,
1t is alleged. has been adulterating
apple vinegar with the distilled va
riety.
DIR. Jones of the bureau of crop esti-
mates is to leave soon for Gainesville,
Fla, where he will instruct C. c. Hare
a newly appointed field agent, in the
work which the department expects of
field agents.
B. B. Hare is the name of field
agent in South Carolina and c. C. Hare
is the name of the agent in Florida
Officials of the bureau of crop esti-
mates are now looking for an A. A
Hare.
Potatoes in many parts of New York
state are now selling below. cost, de-
clares an official of the department
who knows about such things. He
says the reason for this state Of af-
fairs is large production. In the very
state where there is such a hue and
cry about high bread prices, he says,
potatoes are going begging. Poor dis
tribution facilities are mentioned as
one trouble.
iably brings to the producer small
return" he said. "In thirty-seven years
out Of the last forty-eight years a
yield smaller than the preceding year
has given larger return"
Fred J. Blair. truck crop specialist
of the bureau of crop estimates, left
Tuesday for trip to Florida, North
CaTOllnd anu south Carolina on DuSl-
ness of the department He will be
gone during the month of March.
Henry E. Lang has been appointed a
skilled laborer in the division of pub
lications.
Canadian stock correspondents have
some curious ways of phrasfng condi-
tions relative to their industry, accord
ing to some letters seen in a recent
Canadian publication. Below are a
few:
II am sorry to find the most of farm
ers going out of pigs" {
Many calves are raised. OF late very
few are vealed."
stock cattle have never been as high
as at present and all are on the buy"
Feed is short here, but ranchers
seem to think they can rough through
on straw"
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