The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-06-13

of the area under quarantine for cat
tie scabies in the entire United States.
There still remain under quarantine
for sheep scabies ten counties in Cali
fornia, eleven counties in Texas and
three parishes in Louisiana.
Grades for Sweet Potatoes
After a study of the possibilities of
grading sweet potatoes the Bureau of
Markets has submitted tentative
grades to list of dealers, growers
and operators of sweet potato stor-
age houses for their suggestions and
criticism. Over 90 per cent of the re-
plies are decidedly in favor of the
grades. One of the letters Of approx
al was from the Eastern Shore of
Virginia Produce Exchange, which is
composed of producers and is one of
the largest sweet potato marketing
organizations in the country.
Aiding in Aeronautical Work
Suitable sites for additional. aero
L. Sical stations for the observation,
measurement and investigation of
atmospheric phenomena in the aid of
aeronautics have been selected by the
Weather Bureau at Broken Arrow,
Okla; Glendale, N. OAK; Droesbeck,
Tex; Leesburg, Ca; and Royal Cen
ter, Ind. This was done under the
Army appropriation act for the year
ending June 80, 1918, authorizing
100000 for this purpose. Installa-
tion of equipment has been completed
at the Glendale station and daily
free air observations are being OBJ
tanned. 1t is expected that. free air
observations will be begun at the other
four stations about July 1. The work
to be conducted at all of these sta
tions is similar to that at Drexel,
Neb., where daily kite flights are
made, and about twice each month
the atmospheric changes during the
day at different attitudes are studied
by means of successive flights contn-
ung from 80 to 40 hours.
Reports on Manufactured Dairy Pro-
ducts
Monthly reports on dairy products
manufactured in the United States
are being issued by the Dairy Market
ing project of the Bureau of Markets,
which include condensed, evaporated,
and powdered milk, butter, cheese,
other manufactured dairy products
Oleomargarine. The reports, taken
together with the reports of cold
storage holdings and exports, are of
much service in making an analysis
of the dairy products situation in the
United States, such as is essential to
an understanding of existing condi-
tions and to the direction of efforts in
production and conservation.
City Workers to Prepare for Heavy
Work of Harvest
Many thousands of boys and men
twho havetI enrolled for emergency
work on farms during the rush of
harvest will be trained for the ser, d.
ice in courses offered by Y. vi. C. A.
organizations and athletic clubs in
response to a request of the u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture.
Better Balanced Farming in South
Here is good news from the agri-
cultural front in Southern Alabama.
-Four years ago not carload Of hogs
was shipped from II counties in that
section of the State. In the year end
ing April 1, 1918, 1852 carloads of
hogs were shipper from these II
counties. This change, illustrating
the better balanced agriculture made
necessary by boll-weevil ravages, is
accredited by officials of the States
Relations Service to the efforts of the
county agents of the Department and
the State agricultural colleges in dem
onstrating hog production to farm
ers and showing them hof to ship
hogs comparatively.
Women Establish Milk Stations
Several milk stations have been es-
tablished in hothern cities by urban
home demonstration agents of the u.
IS. Department of Agriculture and
the State agricultural colleges. The
purpose of these is to encourage a
wider use of milk among the poor. In
some places whole milk is handled and
in others skim milk only is sold. All
of it is bottled except that served in
glasses over the counter to children.
Community kitchens are being run in
connection with the stations in some
cities. This makes it possible to
serve wholesome lunches at a very
nominal charge. Many women patron
ize these stations and receive instruc-
tions in the making of milk dishes.
To Discourage Saturday Holiday in