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FEDERAL GRADES
HELP MARKETING
Organizers of Cooperative Asso-
Citations Fail to Recognize
Value of Standard
HIGHER PRICES ARE SECURED
Florida Growers Pack cucumbers
Through Central Packing House
Thus lnsurins Uniformity
of Product.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Growers of fruits and vegetables
are approaching more and more the
benefits possible through organisation
in marketing their products. 1t is
estimated that there are 14,OOO
farmers cooperative buying and SELL
ing associations in the United States
of which about 1000 represent fruit
and vegetable interests.
Will Find Bureau Grades Helpful.
Where the association is organized
for the purpose of selling, the
organizers often lose sight of the fact
that some standard must be adopted
for marketing their products. Indi-
vfduals or organizations will find the
recommended or proposed grades
formulated by the bureau of markets.
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, very helpful as basis for their
packs or brands.
One Florida truck growers associa-
tion adopted this past season the
tentative United States grades for
cucumbers as basis for their Fancy"
and "Choice" packs. marketing them
under their leading brand. An investi-
gator of the bureau of markets in
spected the association pack and the
individual shippers pack and advised
with them when any doubtful points
concerning grades were raised. This
inspection service gave the bureau
of markets an opportunity to deter
mine in the field whether the grades
as formulated would be practical, at
least under Florida conditions.
The association packed all cucum-
bers through a central packing She'd
each growers product thus being
graded by disinterested person. This
made for uniformity of the product.
Every car loaded by the association
was approximately 4 to 5 per cent
within the grade requirements. Nearly
every car inspected outside the central
packing house was below grade. rang
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STAKE TOMATOES FOR
BEST QUALITY FRUIT
Plants Are Thus Held off Ground
and Kept Clean.
In Pruning Remove All Side Shoots
and Suckers, Leaving Only Main
Stem-SmaII Saplings Are.
Good and inexpensive.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
1t generally pays to stake and prune
the tomatoes grown in the small home
garden because by this method the
fruit is held off the ground and is
clean, a larger number of tomato
plants can be grown on a given space
and the fruit generally ripens earlier
than If the plants are allowed to grow
in the natural way. In pruning the
plants alo side shoots and suckers are
removed, leaving only the main stem
with its leaves and clusters of fruit.
1t is easy to determine which are the
side shoots and which are the young
blossom clusters because the shoots
appear directly in the little pocket
where the leaf joins the stem, while
the fruit clusters appear on the naked
side Of the stem where there is no
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PLAN SEEDED FOR ALFALFA
Plenty Of Good sarnyard Manure
Should Be Applied II Soil Lacks
Humus and Fertility.

If you are planning five or ten
acre field of alfalfa, and you ought to
plan it if you do not already have al
falfa, see that the ground is made
ready in good shape. Alfalfa needs
hospitable soil, but 1t isn't so hard to
make a soil pretty fairly hospitable.
Apply lime If the soil is acid, and
plenty of good barnyard manure II 1t
lacks fertility and humus. Then re-
member this: You cannot get the
seedbed too fine for alfalfa; this crop
needs firm, fine seedbed and to get
the very best results, you should see
that it gets what 1t needs.
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Interesting to Read"

are well looked after, and who are
watched over by excellent farmers and
inspectors and by COW doctors who see
that we live in healtltful surroundings.
"They like to know all this, and
SO the milk company tells the people
all this.
But they tell them by writing it in
notices or advertisements in the news
papers.
II do think it is funny joke to
think that men and women who are
away from the country and who rath-
er think they're very much superior
to cows have come to the conclusion
that 1t is interesting to read in the
evening paper about the 10000 cows
and how they are being looked after.
mot only do they read about soci-
ETY. in the city papers, and not only
do they read about the money which
can be made or lost as the case may
be, but they read about cows, good,
everyday cows. That's a joke on
them! They thought they could leave
cows alone and have their city life
without a thought Of cows. but they
found they wanted our milk in the
first place, for the city people drink
a lot of milk.
"And now they're anxious to hear
about us, very anxious to hear about
US.
"They can't get away from the coun-
try and the cows. Ha, ha. hal"
II heard of some beekeepers who
went to school which taught all
about beekeeping," said Miss Cow.
ut shows that people aren't so su-
perior to animals and little creatures
after all. They must ask US for help.
and they must learn about our ways"
I'D hardly call cows little crea-
tures," said Mrs. Cow. MOO, moo,
I'd hardly do that"
II was speaking of us as animals,
and of the bees as little creatures,
moo. moo" said Miss Cow.
Il see, moo. moo. see." said Mrs.
Cow.
You have big enough eyes to see
with, too" said Miss Cow, grinning Q
slow, cowlike grin.
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always causes instant mirth among my
own ncqualntances (no matter now
melancholy they may have been reel
ing), possibly 1t might be worth wniie
introducing to the hder circle OF the
..public." But may be allowed, from
the beginning III such should be my
fortunel, to bar having blanc-mange
thrown at It, or myself being dropped
Ia the mud or rolled downstairs, as !
am not I gymnast In any form. Serl.
ousjy 4 .'face~ like this might De just
inch a. you require for sone quiet ano o
quaint really humorous enerscss1
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Stomach
on Strike
20 Years
EafOS1fC Settled M

'Eatonic is wonderful" snys &C. W.
Burton. II had been sufferer from
stomach trouble for 20 years and now
I am WELL"
Eatonic gets right after the cause Of
stomach troubles by taking up and
carrying out the acidity and gases and
of course, when the cause is removed.
sourness, belching, indigestion, fooc
repeating or any other stomach
trouble, take Eatonic tablets after
each meal and md relief. Big bon
costs only tribe with your drugsistsf
guarantee. III g;
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| became Widespread throughout the
| United States in the early DOS, and
at the present time there is practi-
cal1y not a commercial deciduous or
| chard in this country that does not
have to be sprayed once a year.
| Some idea of the burden which this
insect puts upon the orchardists of the
United States can be had when Il is
realized that the expenditure for ap'
paratus and spraying amounts to ap-
proximately $1O,000,000 annually. In
| addition to this are the losses that
the insect causes in spite of this con-
troll treatment, and they are very large,
especially in small orchards and house
hold paintings where spraying is not
commonly practiced. This insect alone
undoubtedly has cost this country dur
ing its presence here upward of $780,
100000.
The San Jose or Chinese scale in
fects practically all portions of its
host plants that are above ground
the trunk, limbs, and branches-and
when abundant may occur on the
leaves and fruits. Injury results from
the extraction. by the scale insects,
of the juices of the plant. AT first this
merely checks the growth, but as the
insects increase In number the speedy
killing of the branches and twigs fol-
lows, resulting finally in the death OF
the plants. This insect Is about the
size of pinhead, the insect proper
being beneath the so-called scale.
which is merely Il waxy covering
secreted by the soft, helpless insect
for its own protection. 1t Is distriD-
uted from one region to another prin-
cipally on nursery stock, scions, or
budding and grating material, but
once established in locality II
spreads by various agencies such as
birds, grasshoppers, beetles and ants
or by the young being blown by strong
winds from tree to tree.
Among undesirables from Japan have
been two or three peach destroyers.
Europe has contributed corn borer,
and from Mexico has come the noto7
rious boil weevil. The oriental peach
moth, which gained entry a few years
ago with imported oriental CHERRY
trees from Japan. has just begun lts
spread and depreciation. 1t affects
practically all deciduous fruits, ana
bids fair to be as destructive as the
'well.known coddling moth, the cause
of wormy apples. This insect Injuries
both the twigs and fruit of trees In
stances being known where 1t has IN
jured 90 per cent Of the twigs.
The japanese beetle, brought III
about the same time as the peach
moth, has already gained such a foot
hold that In view of It's habits and pro-
longed flight 1t is probably impossible
Of determination and may ultimately
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EuYY Q1zRU M.Ma4WsI Isx12S5

overspread the United States. 1t at
tacks not only practically all fruits
but also many garden vegetables and
corn. Since its first appearance in
the United States this beetle has null
tiplied and spread at an astounding
rate. In the middle of August. 1916,
when it was discovered, only about
dozen beetles could be collected, even
though the search was made in the To-
cality which is in the center of the
infestation, while at the present time
$1,000 to 10000 beetles can be col
lected by hand by one person in n sim
gle day. Attempts to check the spread
of this pest are being made by means
of federal and local quarantines. I'm
der this quarantine the government
maintains supervision over the move
ment of articles likely to carry the
pest from infested areas to other sec
tions of the country. But the greatest
drawback lies in the ease with which
if may be carried by individuals on
clothing. and in vehicles. Numerous
instances have been noted where
beetles have thus been accidentally
carried out of infested areas.
Another foreign pest in comparative
ly recent years which has made its
appearance in this country is the Eu-
ropean corn bOrer InfeStations have
been discovered in several Eastern
states, and recently heavy infestations
lave been discovered in Canada, pre-
senting more immediate menace to
our corn belt. AS its name implies,
this insect bOres into the corn plant
and kills it, thus effectually prevent
ing the maturing of ears on the plant.
The chinch bug, an ally of the corn
borer. does greatest damage to corn.
1t Is the usual habit of the chinch bug
first to attack fields of wheat, rye. or
barley; and its presence often, Is un-
noticed because the injuries inflicted
upon these crops are obscure or OF no
apparent Importance. About harvest
time the bugs leave the small grain
and crawl over the surface of the
ground to the nearest fields of corn,
where they begin at once to wreak Sc
we're injury.
Cornfields may he protected and the
migrating bugs trapped about the time
of wheat harvest by plOwing deep
furrow around the edges of the field.
The bugs will fall into the ditch and
can be easily killed by crushing them
with log dragged back and forth
through the ditch. Another method Is
to dig shallow post holes in the bottom
of the ditch, Mt intervals of about twen-
ty feet into which the bugs, crawling
along the ditch bottoms. will fall. They
can then be destroyed by kerosene.
Another notorious insect whose func-
tion 1t Is, in the order of nature, to take
bread out of our mouths, is the Hes
sian fly, so called because the Hessian
soldiers were believed to have brought
IT over from Europe during the Revo-
luton. This pest gives its attention
almost wholly to wheat, upon which IL
levies nm average annual tax of ap-
proximately 10 per cent. In certain
years when 1t was most act.ye It
DESTROYED as much as 1O0,OO0OOO BUSH
ole of wheat. After the Hessian fly
has once thoroughly infested the crops
Of wheat there Is no known means OF
saving 1t, and the only known means
of preyenting damage from the E.cs
,s to keep them out Of the wheat.
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Uniform in Size, Shape
and coloring Are Much More At
tractive Than Defective Specimens.

and Colorinq Are Much More At
tractive Than Defective Specimens.
ing 3 to 20 per cent in excess of the
10 per cent tolerance allowed for de-
fective or Gull stock.
1t is interesting to study the prices
received by association members for
stock packed under Federal grades
through their central packing house
and prices received by farmers out
the accompanying table are f. o. b.
car lots in bushel hampers.
No straight cars of No. 3 were
loaded on the street because it is
customary to include certain portion
of such cucumbers In both the No.
and No. 2 grade.
Grades Fixed on Some Products.
The Bureau of Markets has officially
recommended grades for potatoes,
sweet potatoes. Strawberries, northern
grown onions, Bermuda onions, and
formulated tentative grades for
barreled apples, cabbage, peaches, to-
matoes, cucumbers. lettuce, celery. and
asparagus. These grades are the re-
suit of investigations conducted in
the leading fruit and vegetable sec
tions. as well as in primary markets.
The adoption of such definite grades
by fruit and vegetable shippers.
whether individuals or associations,
would assist very materially in in
creasing returns and no doubt tend
toward better understanding between
shippers and receivers.
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HAS A FUNNY FACE.

(os % - slr; Herewith are two recent
III sa ~, =, myself, taken within a min
tha eacn other. One il my natural
tlv ~ =, o.ner f. shows what / can in.
|hs,n 10 with my face even without
~ ot % makeup. Whoevsr sees
Stsr 'nlo uncontrollable fits Of
,es Is an ability to % tbs sort
rs.,', - snd to keep It up for ens'
= ss,red in .ehafactsF actf6 4
0' q any ~ to ~ "A 4
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Tomato Vines Tied to Stakes Froouee
Cleaner Fruit Than Those Permitted
to Trail on the. Ground.
leaf. Pinch out the side shoots, but
be careful not to injure the blossom
or fruit clusters.
Tomato stakes should be from 4
to 6 feet long and to 1h inches
through at the thickest part. They
may be small saplings cut in the woods
and sharpened at one end, or they may
be split from log that is free from
knots. Sometimes strips of waste ma
terial from a sawmill or planning mill,
known as edgings, are used. 1t makes
little difference so long as the stakes
are strong enough to support the
plants and are inexpensive. The stakes
should be driven firmly into the
ground, one on the north side of each
tomato plant, and the plants tied to
them once week during the active
growing period with soft cord or mar
row strips of muslin. Sometimes the
tomato plants will reach the tops of
the stakes and then hang over until
lhS UP VIII touSh Slouhd' NiuotNis
of fruits being formed all along the
stems.
Twenty-Five to so tomato plants
trained to stakes will supply the aver
age family with all the tomatoes
needed for use while fresh, also for
canning. 1t pays to go to some little
trouble to have them early, also to
stake and prune them so that the
quality will be the best.
The Ordway new era., 1921-07-15
WAR ON INSECTS

Preventive measures are best
against insect enemies. Rotate
the crops, avoid introducing in
sects and diseases, practice fire.
quent cultivation, and employ
fertilizers to stimulate plant
2growth. a vigorously growing
! garden may produce . crop In
Z rite. Of Injurious ipsectA but In
atAsins insscss y thcFoush.
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study.-Application Received by :
London Motion Picture Corporation.
III. DErth. Largely Water.

trIfle more than seven-tentns Q.
the surface of the globe Is covered
bv waters Of the oceans. The to-
tsl area covered by the latter exceeds
the total area Of the lands Of the
world by S3,0OO,OO0 square miles
Reckoned In terms Of quantity, the
.orcans contain S24 cubic miles o.
f,nid. or IA tinies the bulk Of all the
lands in the world above - lsvs
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Alas, for Example.

Father-I hear. my boy, that you
have lately told your mother several
talsehoods. This grieves me to the
heart. Always tell the truth, even
though It may bring suffering upon
you, You will promise met
Bay Yes. iath9r. ia
Father Very wall Now % and
see who 4 knockips e ~ d9pr. 4
m - lsNsl.ais i .
The Ordway new era., 1921-07-15
DISCARD ALL BoARDER HENS
In Small Flock Owner Can Determine
by Observation Which Fowls
Are Layers.

In any flock some hens will be
found to be much better producers
than others. Often there are few
hens that are such poor layers that 1t
doesn't pay to keep them. Where the
flock is small the owner car, determine
by observation which hens are merely
boarders; and these are the ones to
eat. F
The Ordway new era., 1921-07-15
BY ROBERT H. MouLToN.

UN
LNI L<SJ man but for insect pests
ri Fl of cultivated crops and do
p S nestle animals as we'll Full
EITSI ly one hundred of these
foreigners have made their
Nay TO American shores, and inciden-
fally to American gardens and fields.
pr to the present. They have multi
piled so that today their destruction
~ orchards, gardens and crops is esti-
nated at approximately S5OO,00O,00O Il
gear. Their havoc would be much
pore than this were it not for the
uarantines and control work con-
|ucted by the federal government and
ctivitles of the states.
The group of federal horticultural
Experts pictured herewith has Just
ZEN discussing in Washington an eff
ectlve method of fighting the pink
pllworm which now threatens the cot-i
pn Of the United States. 1t came
ere from Mexico in 1917 and approxi-
ately S2,O00,000 has been spent to
amp 1t out. 1t is estimated that fail
Fe to control this insect menace will
can the annual loss of 20 to 40 per
ut OF the cotton crop-which means
loss of hundreds of millions.
lhese Specialists are Cleft to right
= X. f. kellerman, plant physiolo-
st federal horticultural board;
eorse h. Sudworth dendrologist. for
service; c. L. Marlatt, entomolo-
st' bureau of entomology; w. d. Hun
entomologist, federal horticultural
Pard, in charge of field work against
pink boil weevil.
lhese imported pests keep on COM
Inc latest arrival has Just been
'ected at Mama, Fla. 1t is not un-
pnmon In the tropics but according
u. +. Moznette, entomologist in
urge OF the federal experiment sta
at Miami. one never before, was
gu IN the United States. 1t is the
ios'odoris luteolus and the visitor
!ourneyed from Cuba to sample the
aity of the tender shoots of the roy,
palms here.
'ecause 1t is sucking insect and
Fus upon the leaflets of the trees,
Moznette considers the bug an
ueslrable citizen and war already
Deen declared. The defenders are
enpting to repel the invader with
ppray composed of one part OF nico-
su'phate and 1900 parts of water.
insect is yellow and an adult specl-
@ ~ ABOUT one-half inch in length.
ms Is the first record of a xylos-
0r,s iuteolus in this country" said
Moznette. "The insect was re-
described In Cuba by Barber,
'he most plant given as oreOdoxa.
aentity was determined by Hubert
eorhe of the Ohio State university"
al the insect pests and diseases
a''ack cultivated crops and cut
ne profits Ofsthe American farm
severely there are relatively few
ne more Important ones that are
I'VE TO the United States. Like
other baneful things, insect pests
,.,..s,, diseases have followed the course
~. n'''Hation. They are carried in
ways from one country to an
una 1t Is the work of the Depart
s, W agriculture to guard the Uni
sW'es against their entry and 10
ent their spread.
s E,,, many OF the pests have come
n.y., european countries. Asia has con-
ns su its share of them. Prominent
,s ~ ,nese FOR Its destructive activi-
o., a. .he San Jose scale, which ,nnde
90 - appearance In the United
nOf'y or fifty years ago, having
"s way here from China. It
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FARMERS
ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before
For all these workers the frequent use of
Aliens Foot=Ease, the antheptic, healing
powder to be shaken into the shoes and
sprlnkled in the foot-bath, increases their
efficiency and insures needed physical COM
fort. Aliens Foot=Ease takes the Friction
from the Shoe, keeps the shoe from rub
bing and the stockings from wearing, fresh
ems the feet, and prevents tired, aching
and blistered feet; Women everywhere are
constant users of Aliens Foot=Ease. Don't
get foot sore, get Aliens Foot=Ease.
More than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army and Navy during
the war. Sold everywhere.
Smashing.
Eyes, he's baggage man now"
Doing well?"
Doing smashing business"
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The Barter Returns,

have my portrait painted?
Artist-Twenty-two prescriptions.
Evening journal., 1921-08-19
PULL THE TEETH.

x7ouR most powerful instinct is self-presewaton-he
Il desire to keep living.
Self-propsgation- craving to have chdren-is second
Vanity comes third
On this is built the science called psychology.
Those things are common to Delawareans they
are TO the people OF other States
The impending disarmament conference in Washington
viii interest you keeny. For thing your taxes can
be lowered the world lays down its More basic,
appeals because it is tnkerng with your instinct OF
sef-preservation. That strikes home
Let's hold this instinct OF self-preservation up by the
hair and take look at It from all sides.
Every form OF life. animated by the instinct Of self
preservation, develops form OF defense.
The mule kicks The rattesnake attacks Its enemy with
poison from its hypodermc-teeth. The dog bites. The
cat claws
II science could evolve a animal or plant without
any mode OF defense It would soon develop weapons
For instance the rhinocerous. II once had soft skin.
But it developed It's thick hide to protect itself against
poisonous insects. So, too the wild pig grew a tough
hide as protection against snakes
Small 1sh have needle-ponted dorsa finds These rise,
when frightened making hard for big FISH to swallow
the small
A South African plant called the Mesembrysnihemum
is attracting considerable attention among scientists
This plant so closely resembles the quartz pebbles.
among which It grows that it often picked up mis-
Scientists say that this plants camoufage means OF
protection developed by its instinct OF selfpreseya
ton
Similarly, the ptarmgan Y0kon bird changes It's feath
ers to white, in winter time TO make it invisible against
the snow
Mlitarsts for thousands OF years have preached that
every form OF life develops Of defense-hat
armies and navies natural processes human life.
The falacy OF this that conquered world
Of beasts All OF his natural enemies under control
Mans only remaining enemy is himsef-and is
mans enemy only when be is armed
Disarmament by country might be dangerous But
when the whole world disarms eventually it WILL each
man. each nation will be relatively we-protected if
all were armed
Lions in lighting thank Providence for their teeth and
claws But pull the teeth and claws OF every lion ami
each lion would be safer and possessed OF the rea
tive defense against other lions as before.
Disarmament is the perfect protection for man. pro-
vded It be carried out the level by all those Who
been armed