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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
Apple Packing Method

Community apple packing houses are likely to solve the problem of labor in handling, in short period, the increasing apple crop of the Pacific northwest The success of the centralized packing plants in 1916, not previously tried to any con- siderable extent in this region. was in- dicated by the wide adoption of this plan last season when perhaps one fourth of the crop in Oregon and Wash ington was packed in community houses. Investigations of the new enterprise last season conducted by specialists in the bureau of markets in the United States department of agriculture, and now pub lished in preliminary report. make available for interested organizations and individuals, suggestions as to best meth ods of constructing, equipping and op- erating such packing plants.
 COMMUNITY PACKING
 The advantages of the community over the individual or ranch plan of packing, according to the specialists, are better and more uniform grading and packing, obtaining experienced labor more readi- ly and using inexperienced labor more saving equipment such as sizing machines and gravity conveyors, which the small grower could not afford, and the simpli- flying and facilitating of inspection work
 The community packing house scheme is new and consequently an imperfect pha SC of the apple industry. Although the idea was widely employed last year, it's adaptations were largely experi- mental. Investigation by department spe' cialists was undertaken to sift from the various plans tried the best and most economical method of handling apples through all the operations of neSine hauling from the orchard, receiving at the packing plant, grading, sizing, pack ing, storing and loading on the cars. Six ty packing houses at or near Spokane North Yakima, Wenatchee, Cashmere, Entiat, Pateros, Brewster, Okanogan Omak, and Walla Walla, Wash, and Hood River and Medford, Ore. were in- cluded in the study. Of these 60 houses. 8 were operated as community houses seven were operated by dealers some what on the community plan, and 20 were ranch houses Individual or ranch packing houses and operations were in cluded in the investigation so that the efficiency and economy of the two sys- tems might be compared.
 While the investigators preferred not to draw definite conclusions from single seasons work, the discussion of equip ment organization and personal, floor unit general operation and specifically the operations in two typical houses, which make up the report, provide for growers of the northwest what shonld prove a helpful summary of methods that were most successful last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
Sweet Potato Storage

There is no mystery about building . satisfactory storage house for sweet po- tatoes Southern farmers who are pay ing large prices for patented plants and equipment alleged to provide tho only successful way of storing sweet potatoes are being defrauded. Special ists of the United States department of agriculture whose attention recently has been called to instances in which farmers have paid as high as s75o for sets of plans, do not hestitate to brand such activities as plain humbuggery.
 Plans of houses that incorporate the simple principles of storage and com- mon sense methods of construction, and which have proved successful by years of careful trial, are furnished free by the department to any farmer who will ask for them.
 MISLEADING REPORTS
 Because reports have been made and circulated in the south that storage houses recommended by the department are not satisfactory, it is believed nec- essary, now that the time to provide adequate storage for the coming har- vest is at hand, to correct such state- ments. One man with plans to sell has said that the shrinkage of sweet po- ldlOcS SlOTCu III uOuScS QeSlBHGQ Oy lIi0 government specialists is from 6 to 20 per cent, while in houses of his de- sign there is practically no shrinkage. The fallacy of such Q olaim, depart ment specialists point out lies in the fact that shrinkage is essential to good keeping of the potatoes. Sweet po- tatoes stored in the type of house rec commended blythe department shrink from to 10 per cent-in weight, not l. l. s>wx 1N plus moisture. Proper curing of sweet potatoes means getting rid of surplus moisture, and the type of house which the specialists suggest accompi1shes this by combining the ordinary principles of good ventilation with common sense methods of construction.
 DEPARTMENT PLANS
 Storage houses built according to suggested by the department have been in use in every state of the south for five or six years. The department has no knowledge of failure in. any house built and operated strictly &C., cording to recommendations. Four years of investigation with 100 houses under observation showed that the average 1sss of decay, after an aver age. storage period of 124 days, was less than 2k per cent. In determfn- ing this loss representative of the de- pertinent personally graded the pota- toes in each house-a total of 22S,00o bushels. Every potato that had a de- cayed spot was thrown out and classed as decayed In each case the potatoes were harvested, stored, and cared for by farmers. Tn the departments own house at Arlington, Va, sweet potatoes stored in October last year and removed the latter part of June showed loss of less than 1 per cent
 Farmers intending to build storage houses should write to the division of publications, department of agricul- ture, Washington, D. C., for Farmers Bulletin 54S, Storing and Marketing Sweet Potatoes. This bulletin gives plans and lists of materials needed and also tells how to convert build ings such as abandoned tenant houses into storage quarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
IRISH POTATOES

Irish potatoes can be stored in pits, root cellars or above ground, frost proof storage warehouses; Small quan- titles. or even carload lots of potatoes are often placed in pits in the field when other storage facilities are not
 available. Immature potatoes cannot b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02

successfully stored for any consider able period even in the best of stor- ages, and should never be pitted or buried Well matured tubers of either early or late sorts, if sound and Tn a dormant condition upon the advent of freezing weather in the autumn, may be kept until required for table use or for planting by pitting, storing in potato cellars. of which there are many designs, or in above ground, frostproof buildings. The commercial storage of Irish potatoes is discussed in farmers bulletion SAT, potato stor- age and storage houses
 SWEET POTATOES
 Sweet potatoes should be thoroughly matured before harvesting, dug while the ground is dry. carefully handled and thoroughly cured by holding them at a temperature of 80 to S5 degrees for a week or 10 days after harvest ing. After this they should be stored in a place where the temperature re- mains in the neighborhood of 55 de- grees Such a location is usually near the furnace in a cellar. or near the furnace chimney on the second floor of the house. There is little merit in wrapping them in paper or burying them in sand. Sweet potatoes are stored in outdoor pits or banks, but this method is not to be recommended ex- cept where no other facilities ar avail able. Sweet potatoes stored in pits are not as good in quality as those stored in houses. For further information on storing sweet potatoes write for farmers bulletin 54S.
 ONIONS
 Onions should be we'll matured be- fore harvesting. and should be allowed to become thoroughly dry before be- ing stored. They may be put in bas- kets, crates or bags and placed in cool, dry place. The attic Is better than the unheated cellar for storing onions. Temperatures slightly below the freez- ing point do not injure them, provided they are not moved or handled while frozen. The commercial storage of onions is briefly discussed in farmers bulletin 354.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
PREPARE NOW TO STORE YOUR FOOD CROPS FOR WINTER USE
Home Storage

In order that householders may util- ize spare time during the summer to put their cellars in shape for the win ter storage of the surplus vegetables which will be grown on the home gardens that have been planted this year, or that they may make plans for other methods of natural storage, the United States department of agri- culture has prepared the following dis cussion on the storage of vegetables:
 STORAGE OF VEGETABLES
 To those persons fortunate enough to possess land for the growing of vegetables sufficient in quantity for the needs of the family, storage is an economic necessity. Likewise it is an economic necessity to grow vegetables to store. A half-acre garden should produce far more vegetables than the average family can consume during the maturing period of the crops. Only a small portion of the garden should be planted to those vegetables which must be used as soon as they reach maturity. The remainder should be de- voted to crops that are to be canned, dried or stored. It is comparatively easy to keep by storing such vege- tables as potatoes, beets, carrots. pars- nips, salsify. turnips, cabbage, celergy, onions sweet potatoes, dry beans, and dry Lima beans. Some of the crops may be stored in the cellar under the dwelling, in pits or banks, or in caves or outdoor cellars. Others can be kept in any dry place, such as the pantry or attic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
PURPOSES OF STORAGE

PURPOSES OF STORAGE
 The primary purpose of storage, it is pointed out are to protect the tubers from extremes of heat and cold and from light. Account also must be taken of conditions of humidity and ventila tion and of the size of the storage pile.
 est at which potatoes can be main tained firm and ungerminated and which will at the same time hold fungous diseases in check. Experi- ments of the department with artifi- cially refrigerated storage indicate that 36 degrees Fahrenheit is suffi- ciently low for all practical purposes and that in the earlier portion of the storage season temperature of 4U degrees is just as satisfactory as lower one except where powdery dry rot infection occurs.
 All natural light should be excluded from potato storage houses, because when the tubers are exposed to even modified light they are soon injured for food purposes. A practical rule in regard to humidity. the bulletin al- ready mentioned says. is to main- tain sufficient moisture in the air to prevent the wi1ting of the tubers and at the same time to keep the humidity content low enough to prevent the deposit of moisture on the surface Of the tubers.
 If potatoes are piled in too large piles they may become overheated and deteriorate. Six feet is a good maxi mum depth to which to pile tubers irt bins. and the area covered by each pile also should be limited. A good plan is to insert ventilated division walls at intervals through the pile or bin. These may be made by mailing relatively narrow boards on both sides of two by four uprights, one-inch spaces being left between the boards. General ventilation for the whole stor- age house usually is accomplished through ventilating shafts in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
Irish Potato Storage

The storage of potatoes of the main crop can be accomplished most sat- isfactorily throughout much of the United States in the dugout pit or potato cellar in some of its various forms of construction. says farmers bulletin 847 of the United States de- partment of agriculture, potato stor- age and storage houses. In general, the bulletin says. no attempt Is made to store potatoes of the early crop since usually they are sold for immediate consumption.
 While the dugout storage house is in most general use. concrete or masonry houses with frame superstructures are, perhaps, most satisfactory in cold cli- mates. In some sections. especially in the south where drainage is poor, insulated frame structures built en- tirely above ground must be depended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
OUTDOOR PITS OR BANKS

OUTDOOR PITS OR BANKS orally used for keeping potatoes, beets, carrots, turnips, parsnips, cabbage and salsify. Select we'll drained location and make a shallow excavation, some six or eight inches deep, and of suit able size. This is lined with straw, leaves or similar material and the vegetables placed in conical pile on the material The vegetables are then covered with straw or similar ma terial, and finally with earth to a depth of several inches. The depth of the earth covering is determined by the severity of the winters in the par ticular locality. It is well to cover the pits with straw. corn fodder or ma nure during sever weather. Such pits keep the above vegetables very well but have the objection that it is hard to get the material out in cold weath CT, and where the pit is once opened it is desirable to remove the entire. contents. For this reason several small pits rather than one large one should be constructed. so that the entire con- tents may be removed at one time. In- stead of storing each crop in a pit by itself, it is better to place several vegetables of similar keeping qual- ity and requirements ing the same pit, SO lIdl IL Wlll Oilly OC HCCCoodAS tO open one pit to get a supply of all of them. Tn storing several crops in the same pit it is a good plan to sep arate them with straw. leaves or oth- CT material The vegetables from the small pit may he placed in the base ment storage room. where they can be easily secured as needed for the table.
 CABBAGE
 Cabbage may be stored in special kind of bank or pit The excavation is made long and narrow and about the same depth as for the other veg etables The cabbages are pulled and placed in rows in the pit with the heads down and roots up. The whole Is covered with dirt-no straw or litter need be used. These pits are made as long as desired. as it is possible to re- move portions of the stored product without disturbing the remainder. Cab- bage need not be covered as deeply as potatoes. as slight freezing does not injure the cabbage. The heads of ca abbage are sometimes stored in banks or pits in a manner similar to pota- toes, turnips, etc. This method is open to the same objection as when it Is used for potatoes-it is hard to get at the material when it is needed. An other method of storing cabbage con- sists in setting the whole pant Tn trenches side by side with the roots down and as close together as they can be placed. Dirt is thrown over the roots and against the stalks to the depth of several inches. A low fepse is built around the storage placey and rails, scantling. or other supports laid across the top. About two feet of straw or other material is then piled on top of the storage pit.
 IRISH POTATOES
 Irish potatoes can be stored in pits, root cellars or above ground, frost proof storage warehouses. Small quan- titles. or even carload lots of potatoes are often placed in pits in the field when other storage facilities are not available. Immature potatoes cannot bt
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
SUGGESTION TO STUDENTS

During the October interim from
school, your time will be worth as
much to your country as the soldiers
in the first line trenches, tho the re-
sult of your neglect of duty would
not smell disaster in the same hour.
The effect of your activity or the
lack of it shows later.
TRY to make arrangements IN ad-
vance for rendering the greatest pos
sible service, and do not measure
this service entirely by the ready
coin it brings to you. Put the IN
terests of your employer and your
country into the equation along with
your own.
If YOU have work OF your own
to do. try to get it done before the
adjournment of school so YOU can
work for others.
Soldiers have to drill several
months before going into actual SER
vice. You should drill each day
when not in school, to be getting
physically fit to hold your own in
the trenches bayoneting sugar beets
and rendering first aid to potatoes.
Our men in the training camps drill
from five to eight hours a day and
study four hours, SO they can be
effective when they reach actual ser
vice. We hope all of you will make
the most of yourselves, and especial
ly during the October enterim. Try
carefully to render dependable
service, u
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
TO TOWN OAR OWNERS

For three or four weeks in Oc-
tober a good many students will be
working in the country, and they
will need you and your car to take
them out on Sunday evening, and
perhaps to bring them home Satur-
day evening-tired and sore.
See if you can't render them a
real service with your car. Tell
them to ring you and ask for what
they want and that you will gladly
do what you can. Be good scout
and good comrade in this matter
and allow yourself to feel that you
are filling an assignment in the am
bulance corps somewhere in France.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
Puts Price on Bed.

That the ears Of little children are
quick to pick up the strange terms they
hear their parents use is indicated IN
an incident in the household of Judge
Deery Of the city court.
Mrs. Deery had been shopping with
her little daughter and when they re
turned home, the daughter started t.
"sell" everything In the house as she
had seen the clerks do.
When she reached the bedroom sky
announced that she would sell the bA
for item dollars and costs and pena
Acknowledgements News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
Working 81 Hours a Day.

A Chicago plumber has been arrest
ed for leading a double life. BY day
he piled his trade, and by night he
was a robber. We don't know much
about the robber business, but we
have had some experience with plumb
ers, so we arise to ask the question
where his double life comes in.-Grit.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
WILL FIX PRICE
OF SUBSCRIPTION

The long-delayed adjustment Of
the price of subscription to this
paper will be made and published
the first of October
In March we announced that ow-
ing to a doubling Of the price of
print, we would double the subscrip-
ton price. In April war was de-
clared and we doubled the service.
All spring and summer the circula-
tion increased and now 1t seems ad-
iusted to the present population Of
this county and the new price can
be intelligently fixed,
Kindly watch for the announce
ment and it will save us the trouble
and expense of notifying you by
letter. tt
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
Holy Lands Only River.

Jordan, the one river Of the Holy
Land, has course Of little more than
200 miles from the roots Of Anti
Lebanon to the head of the Dead sea.
Not a single city ever crowned the
banks of this river.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-21
RTMMAGE SALE SEPTEMBER p

The ladies of the Blackfoot Third
ward will give rummage sale IN
the V. l. S. rooms at the city nall
Saturday. September p. ANY one
having clothes or other articles that
they would like to donate to TINS
cause will kindly notify Mrs. Nell
z Boyle or Mrs. r. L. Archer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-29
Gilman News.

Mrs. G. p Wyckoff, Of Grinnell Wis
iited Thursday with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. II. Sutherland.
Mr. and Mrs E. r. Nesly have is
sued invitations for the marriage OF
their daughter, Ruby Evalyn, to Ralph
Hobbs on Feb. s.
The Twentieth Century Club met
Friday evening at the home of Mrs
Peter Cannon The subject of the les
son was, Child Study and was led
by Miss Hazel Pickett.
A. G.. Ingersoll went Saturday to
Ames to visit indefinitely with his
daughter, Mrs. r. j. Stewart. and fam
lily.
Miss Ethel Westby of Rock Island,
H., came Friday for few days visit
with her aunt Mrs. E. L. Parmenter.
and family.
The Gilman Womans Club met Fri
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs. J.
A. Stansberry. Nineteen members
were present. After the usual business
session the lesson in United States his
tory was led by Mesdames H. E. Clark
and ]. B. Ramsey. Mrs. J. w. Doze
led the magazine lesson the subject of
which was The Empire of the Pa
cific.'' A. two-course luncheon was
served by the hostess.
Mrs. Robert Kerr is visiting her aunt
Mrs. ]. b. Ramsey, and family.
Miss Margaret Hill, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs, ". b. Hill. of this place. has
been given the position of secretary to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-29

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-29
Ferausen ltanna.

y. r. aTdso, v. A, Reese and n
Buckles returned Wednesday from !
weeks trip to Brownsville and other
Texas points
K Mrs. H. j. Lawrence was called to
Gilmore. Mimi, Tuesday by the death
OF her father.
Miss Florence Hickey returned TO
Colfax Wednesday after spending a
week with her mother. Mrs. M.sgF
Hickey, who, has been sick but Is now
improved, r;s q " Y sss
MI. and Mrs. Carl Hoover are par
ents Of a boy, born Wednesday.
Y The Ladies' Aid Society met Thurs
day and surprised Mrs. L. w. Sears
The women took their dinners with
them. About forty were present and
had4a very enjoyable time. The Sears
family will move to farm near Des
Moines in about three weeks.
Principal Drinks, who has been sici
Of pneumonia. resumed his school
work Monday.