Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-29
Grain Standardization Work On

Grain Standardization Work On
Sixty-seven inspectors of the
Bureau of Animal Industry are
now with the army inspecting the
meat and meat products supplied
for the soldiers, and thirty others
are similarly engaged with the
navy. Operations are under FED
eral supervision from the time the
live animals are driven into the
Strengthening houses until the fin
ished product is delivered in good
condition to the mess cooks.
Demonstrations on Preserving
Eggs
To teach city people how to pre-
serve eggs with water glass, extern
sion workers of the poultry divl-
sion are holding demonstrations IN
large department stores in num-
Der of cities. Demonstrations have
been held in Washington, Chicago,
and New Orleans, and the plan is
tc extend the work to other large
cities. Similar demonstrations
have been held in rural schools
and at meetings attended by farm
ers.
Pig Club Membership Increases
One hundred thousand boys and
girls are now members of pig
clubs. This is more than twice the
number enrolled last year, when
$4,000 members produced approx
mately 100000 pounds OF dress
ed pork. These boys and girls are
raising pigs under the supervision
of local rig-club leader: who are
cc-cperat;lg with the State col
leges and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Breaks Record for Hauling Eggs
The first commercial truck load
of eggs from Vineland and Mill
Vile, N. j., into New York City
about 40 miles-arrived recently
with not one egg broken. Delivery
from the shipper to the whole
saler was made in Is hours, which
is faster time than that made by
express shipments and establishes
a record for motor haul of eggs,
according to the Bureau of Mar
kets of the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture which arranged for
the demonstration. The 5-ton
truck carried $50 crates of eggs
weighing nearly tons, the rest OF
the load being made up of Grated
grass. 1t left Vineland at about II
a. m. and arrived in the wholesale
district of New York City at 2
o'clock the next morning.
Uncle Sans Army of Extension
Workers
An army of 5,651 extension
workers is aiding in the Depart
ment of Agriculture's food produc-
ton and conservation campaign
This is an increase of 3,4O5 over
the number doing similar work on
July | of last year. Of this tot"
3,O49 are in county-agent work
serving 2,450 counties; 1880 are
in home-demonstration work, serv'
ing in 1876 counties; and 912 are
in boys and girls club work. lr
the Is Southern States 1924 work
ers are busy carrying out the plans
of the food campaign, and in the
SO Northern and Western States
1927 are employed. On July l OF
last year 1,64O were employed II
the Southern States, and COG in the
Northern and Western States. lr
the Southern States are $50 negro
county agents and 100 negro home
demonstration agents.
The Departments Experimental
Kitchen
An experimental kitchen where
substitutes for wheat are being
tested has recently been establish
ed and equipped by the Office o:
Home Economics. In this kitchen
some of the good old recipes which
were in use so and rs years ago
when corn, buckwheat, rye ant
barely were in more common use
are being revised and standardiz
ed, and new recipes in which
wheat substitutes play an import
ant part are tested and standard
lied. A group of women-labora
tory specialists and housekeeper
with special training-work sid
by side in the new kitchen. Befor