Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-11-09
TO TEACH FARMERS
GRADING Of PRODUCE
BERGSTROM TO HAVE ASSISTANT
WHO WILL ALSO AID ARMY
POST ASSOCIATION.

FOoI ASSOClAIlON.
A. ]. Seltzer of the Pullman State.
College will arrive in Olympia next
week to take a position as assistant.
to County Agent c. H. Bergstrom. to
devote his time to helping local farm
ers standardize and grade their va
rious farm products.
His salary will be paid by the state
and his expenses by the Thurston
County Dairy & Farm Products AS
sociation, which has the big army
post concessions, and because the
Association will pay his expenses, he
will act as field agent for it in han
ding the vegetables and produce It
will need.
Wants to Eliminate Loss.
Zone of the main things we want
to eliminate Is loss in handling vege-
tables and produce by the Associa-
ton, and Mr.. Seltzer will show the
farmers how to grade their produce
so they will be able to get tho most
for it," County Agent Bergstrom said
In speaking of his assistants work.
This instruction, which will be in
regard to the standard grades. will
be Of permanent value, for by It our
farmers will learn the standardixing
and grading the various markets re-
Quire.
"Mr. Seltzer will also learn for the
Association where 1t can obtain DIFF
ferent vegetables for which calls viii
come and the quantity different
farmers can furnish, and so will be
OF great assistance to It,"
Work on the Associations build
ing at Camp Lewis is going ahead in
such shape that 1t expects to begin
the shipment Of vegetables next week
and hopes to have the structure COM
pleted and all the machinery in
stalled SO that 1t can begin the delfv-
cry of milk the first of next month.
Director George Kelley is devoting
most Of his time to supervising the
construction work.
The Association now has pur-
chased all the machinery 1t will need
and has assurances from the manu-
facturers that 1t will be on hand
when the time comes to install IT.. All
the sewer and much of the plumbing
work on the building has been m
ished, the work Of pouring the con-
crete was started Thursday afternoon
and Kelley expects to put carpenters
to work on the superstructure the
first Of next week. The warehouse
to be used for handling the vege-
tables will be finished first.
Inspecting Diaries.
State Dairy Inspector Carman and
Director w. D. Cook are spending
considerable of their time inspecting
the dairies of Association members
who will supply the milk for the
camp concession, instructing them a.
to the governments requirements as
to sanitary handling of milk.
Quite a number of the merchants
of the city, realizing the stimulus the
Association will give to the agricul-
tural development of the county,
have volunteered to assist it finan-
cially in getting started. and the
directors expect to raise several thou
sand dollars in this way. The mer-
chants will not be members Of the
Association or have any voice in its
management or conduct. but will be
merely loaning their credit to get 1t
established.
Membership in the Association is
increasing right along, 175 farmers
of the county now being enrolled,
and the campaign will be carried on
, until 800 have Joined.