Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-31
GRADING POTATOES
PUBLIC WILL NOT BUY INFERIOR
QUALITY PRODUCT At
HIGH PRICES.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the sunshine state.

the SUO8UUOS state
Pierre
Potatoes should be graded before
placing them on the market, urges
the South Dakota food administrator
at Aberdeen, who authorizes the fol-
lowing statement:
American people in 1917 produced
the largest crop of potatoes on rec
ord, but unfortunately the quality is
not equal to the quantity.
Many of these potatoes are still
held by growers who are confronted
with the problem of moving them
before the next crop comes in. The
food administration is interested in
this problem because it wants these
potatoes in order to save wheat and
other foods that can be shipped.
In order that poor stock may not
be foisted on the people at high prices
the food administration and the state
bureau of markets are urging the
grading of potatoes before they are
placed on the market.
Unless potatoes are so graded that
the consumers are protected from an
influx of frostbitten, injured, diseased,
and small, deformed stock, they will
rebel as they did ten years ago when
an attempt was made to force a crop
of inferior apples through the mar
kets at high prices. Use of apples al
most ceased. Apple growers and
handlers lost millions of dollars, and
thousands of bushels of fairly good
apples were never consumed.
Uncle Sam Needs Help.
Uncle Sam needs blacksmiths, car.
penters, plumbers, machinists, electri-
clans, telegraphers, accountants, Ste
nographers and bakers during the per-
Tod Of the war, and to meet this need
has called on all state universities in
America to report the probable num-
Der Of men the institution can train
in each Of these trades, the length of
time necessary to train them, and the
facilities for the work. BY running
extra shifts in shops and class rooms
the University of South Dakota can
train about 100 men. Special work
in telegraphy is already being given
The department of economics can
train stenographers and accountants
The home economics department re-
ported on the training of bakers. All
the other special training courses
would be in the College of Engineer
ing.
College Stock Wins Prizes.
State college won first, second
third and fourth prizes on Aberdeen
Angus cattle in the recent state i'm
proved live stock show at Mitchell
Polo Boy, winner Of first place, son
Of the famous Black Poe, was auc-
toned to ]. R. Spiers, of Rec Heights.
for $1,000, the largest amount ever
paid for an Angus bull at the state
sale. Judge Kennedy said at Mitchell
that Polo Boy is the best bull of his
breed in the United States. Other
sons of Black Poe were also sold to
South Dakota buyers. Prof. ]. w. Will
son, head of the animal husbandry
department at State college, believes
the institution performs real serv-
ice for the state in thus distributing
.,ss breeding stock among the
farmers.
Shorten Second Semester.
For the first time the University
Of South Dakota will enroll all stu
dents who expect to enter the second
semester during examination week in
stead of during the two days follow
ing the end of examination. This
plan saves two days of the second Sc
mester. Enrolment will be handled
by the deans of the various colleges
and by thus expediting this work it
will be possible to cut the length of
the second semester. The second Sc
mester will come to an end, so far as
class work is concerned, on May II.
All holidays ordinarily given during
the second semester, including Wash
ington's birthday and the Easter re-
cess, will be eliminated.
Farmers Overcome Anthrax.
The farmers of Haakon county
cleaned up an outbreak Of anthrax,
protecting 2,478 cattle at a cost of
less than 26 cents a head, including
vaccination, isolation of affected ami
mails and a general cleanup, by burn
ing all carcasses. Leon Anderson,
county agent. enlisted the help of the
state live stock sanitary board, the
extension specialist and the head of
The state college animal health lab.
oratory. The cooperative plan of &C.
ton called for farmer committees
with foreman to isolate infected ami
mails, to burn dead cattle, to secure
veterinarians and necessary materials
and to keep night watch over the unin.
eected animals.