The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-06-11
Graded Eaas Rrina Hiah Prices

0TdUcu Eggs 6Fin9 F1i9n Prices
Can it be that Canadian citizens are
profiting more by the advice of the
Bureau of Markets, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, regarding
the marketing of eggs than our own
people for whose benefit that advice
| is intended?
Because OF the superiority of Cana
dian eggs, due to grading, packing,
| and shipping methods similar to those
advocated by the Bureau of Markets,
Canadian eggs sell for 8 to II cents
higher in British markets than Ameri-
! can eggs.
Canadian eggs are carefully graded
as to quality, size, and color; packed
in clean cases with clean filters of
proper weight, and provided with ace.
quate refrigeration.
The wide difference between the
selling prices of American and Cana,
dian eggs should not exist. say mar
keting experts of the Bureau of Mar
kets. Canadian hens do not produce
better eggs than American hens. and
that being so, all that is necessary for
American shippers to secure high
prices is the use of CREATE care in
preparing eggs for foreign markets.
The same principles apply to eggs
marketed at home.
Full information as to methods to
be employed can be had upon request
to the Bureau of Markets, United
States Department of Agriculture.
Washington, D. G.
Give the Hogs Fish Course
me common domestic pig will new.
er be able to write book on table
manners, but he knows how to order
meal as well as anyone. He is in a
fair way to demand a fish course tn
supplement his salad and vegetable
diet. He will take his fish in the
form OF fish meal, the refined bv-pro.
duct made from sound, wholesome raw
material at the sardine, tuna, and sal
mon cannerieS, or from the menhaden
The fish meal is not to be confused
with fish scrap" a coarser by-pro.
duct much used for fertilizer. tho
meal IS made from clean, sound ma
terlal and is intended to be used as
1000 f"r cattle and hogs. Formerly.
the cannery waste was all made info
scrap for fertilizer purposes. but
the Bureau of Chemistry. United
States Department of Agriculture
knowing the extremely high protein
content or the scrap, has been active
In converting this material into
nlgn grade protein feed. The cleaned
selected portion is ground to a fine.
palataDle meal which may be used to
replace tankage in hog, poultry, or
dairy rations
FISH meal has been recommended
as supplementary ration before now.
OUT popular prejudice against badly
prepared product has discouraged its
use. The Department Of Agriculture
mas proved by feeding experiments
tnat fish meal equals the high-priced
tankage as a ration ingredient, and
better methods of selecting and mill
ing have removed the cause of pre.
judice.
The Oil content of the meal adds
materially to it's feeding value. So
FAR the experiments have shown that
the meal does not faint the animal
product, whether it be pork. butter.
eggs, or milk. Moreover, by diyerting
the fish meal to his animals instead
of supplying it directly to his land as
fertilizer. the farmer loses but trifle
OF its fertiliZing value and gains its
entire feeding value-thus making
the material yield two profits in the
place of one
Farm Notes From the County Aoent
A new poultry disease, affecting the
teet or chickens, has made its amer.
ance on few farms of the county.
ana has been reported from other
counties of the state So far very
nttle Is known about it. The disease
mas somewhat the nature of ground.
itch and may be hook-worm, tho this
IS only a guess. The toes and shanks
or chickens of all ages are effected.
Dut the young chicks seem to suffer
worse. Just how fatal the disease
may prove remains to be seen. Tn
10 now, no deaths have occurred
among the old birds but the percent.
age or deaths in the young chicks is
nlgn. Possibly the best remedy is
Iodine applied to the affected parts.
The watermelon acreage in this
county as reported by the agents of
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad to
Mr.. Robert Taylor. fruit and vege-
tble accountant of said line, is as fol-
lows:
Dunnellon, $50: Martel, 40; Agnew,
40; Evinston, 60; Orange Lake, so:
Reddick, 40; Lowell, 100: Martin.
ESQ; Kendrick, 40: Cornell. 120. East
Lake. 40; Stanton, go; Weirsdaie. S.:
This acreage is confined to ship.