Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-29
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE is DOING
Little Items about Big War Jobs That Helping American
Farmers to Feed Nations

only pass the test of the laboratory
specialists but must also meet the
test of actual experience in the
hands of a housekeeper who stu
dies it for it's practical value in the
average kitchen.
Weather Forecasts for Aerial Mail
Special daily forecasts of wealth
err conditions between New York
and Washington are being furnish
ed to the Post Office Department
by the Weather Bureau for use in
connection with the airplane-mail
service between these points. The
forecasts are telephoned each
morning as soon as they are made
up.
Hurricane Warnings June 1
Reports of observations from %
stations in the West Indian and
! Caribbean Sea region and from 43
vessels plying those waters, for
use in connection with warnings
of hurricanes developing there,
will begin to be received on June
/ by the Weather Bureau. The re-
ports are to continue during the
hurricane season, June to Noven-
Der inclusive.
Seed Corn Distribution
Reserve stocks of corn suitable
for seed have been placed by the
Department Seed Stocks Commit
tee in all States north of the Ohio
River, where the situation has been
considered serious. The seed corn
will be sold for cash at cost to
farmers needing it, who should get
in touch with their country agents
or State Directors of Extension
Fortunately the season has thus
far been favorable and the re.
planting would be less than usua,
but for the poor quality Of much
of the seed that has been planted
Final plans for meeting the seed
corn situation were made at {
meeting in Chicago in the week 0.
May Is by State and Federal agri
cultural officials headed by DR.. R
A. Pearson, Assistant Secretary o:
Agriculture.
Protecting Fighters From Bad
; Meat
. DR.. J. w. T. Duvel, in charge O.
| grain standardization investiga
5 tions for the Bureau Of Markets
{ is now in Australia investigator!
| the quality and condition of tn
| wheat crop that has been accum
= ulating there since the war began
with a view to its import into tn
United States for milling.
A Month Survey of Food Stocks
An inventory of Commercial
stocks of grain, -four, meal an
other food products is being take,
each month by the Bureau of Mar
kets and the results published i
:. new monthly publication Gale
Food Surveys" two numbers o
which have already been ISSUED
These monthly surveys bega
, April l, 1918.
= Cold Storage Space for Butter
e and Eggs
\ In view of the heavy demand
: for cold-storage space growing GU
S of war shipments, the Bureau @
e Markets is making surveys G
S space available for the cold stol
age of butter and eggs Throughout
n the United States.
public Roads Magazine Issue
Il May saw the birth of a ne7
y monthly periodical in the Deparr
ment of Agriculture, "Publi
Roads," issued by the Office c
Public Roads and Rural Engineel
ing. It's 48 pages, some of them i
e Illustrated, contain material intent
q ed primarily for State and count
: highway officials actively engage
f in the construction and mainter
n ance of highways. The princip;
h object of the publication is to az
}, as a medium Of exchange of know
d ledge and experiences betwee
2, highway departments Of the 4
= States. The magazine is desinge
h to be a permanent and complet
t. record of activities and constru
l. ton under the Federal Aid Roa
l. Act. Because of the limited allo
s ment for printing expenses Il
lie circulation has been restricted
e Federal, State, and county officia
1t actively engaged in road work.