Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-21
AGRICULTURE

416,439 hogs were slaughtered under
Federal inspection in 1922 and 5,64O,
O61 of them showed LESSONS of the dis
ease.
Hogs are infected principally by fol
lowing diseased cattle in the feed lot
and by drinking milk from tubercu.
lous cattle. Because of the short.
feeding period of hogs, the tubercu.
lous LESSONS are usually localized; the
head and glands of the neck are most
: commonly affected. However, it is
estimated that in 1922 more than 49,.
100000 worth of pork was condemned
as unfit for human food on account OF
tuberculosis. This is but a part OF
the total loss sustained by the Nation
on account of tuberculosis in hogs.
Animals affected with the disease can
not make the best gains, and the dan
ger to human health is a factor al
ways to be considered.
The vigorous campaign being con-
Quoted for the eradication of this
dread disease has resulted up to
March 1, 1923, in 24,132 accredited
herds in the United States, in which
more than a half million cattle have
been pronounced free from tubercu-
COSTS. Every herd that is freed re-
duces the menace to the hog industry.
Birds of Feather" a one-reel
film, produced by the United States
Department of Agriculture in coope-
ration with the College of Agriculture
of the University of Kentucky, has
just been released. This film deals
with poultry standardization, showing
the advantages that accrue from COM
munity. specialization, on one standard
breed of chickens.
"Jim Buck" the central figure of
the story on which the lesson of this
picture is threaded, is "from Missou-
ri" on the question of standardization,
but as soon as he is "shown" he be-
comes an enthusiastic advocate of the
one breed system. AS the story un-
folds scenes are shown illustrative of
the plan for establishing county
standardization that has been worked
out successfully in Kentucky. The To-
cal banker backs the enterprise and
buys the eggs for setting taking notes
from the farmers to be liquidated in
the fall by public pullet sale. This
feature is illustrated by an interesting
series of pictures made during the
course of county pullet sale in Hen
derson, Ky. Nest Of the other scenes
were photographed near La Grange,
Oldham county, KY, where the stan
dardization idea has been applied with
notable success.
The film will be circulated through
the Department of Agriculture distri-
button system, and prints may be
bought by authorized purchasers at
the laboratory cost.
Fifty rural children in Glasgow,
Valley county, Mont, are being served
with hot school lunch daily as a di.
rect result of nutrition work conduct
ed by extension agents, according to a
report received by the United States
Department of Agriculture. Twelve
quarts of whole milk are bought dali
ly land used for soups, cocoa, or a
cooked cereal. A woman is employed
to do the cooking and to serve one hot
dish daily, with the help of the girls.
The local Woman's Club financed the
undertaking.
The outlook for q good potato year
on the Eastern Shore is favorable.
This is the prediction of various po-
tato brokers in Northern and Western
markets. Though the potato crop
will be about 10 days later than the
average for Northampton and Acco-
mac counties due to weather condi-
tions at planting time, the indications
are that the recent freezing weather
did no material damage. Since the
fields have been dragged off the
sprouts are showing through quite
satisfactorily, except perhaps in plac-
es where water stood a considerable
length Of time, rotting the seed in the
ground during the first part of March.
The demand for>advanced sales in
Northampton has been lively during
the last two weeks at prices starting
with A per barrel for June 20 deliv-
cry, advancing to $3.50 and SIS the last
week. Quite q number of farmers
have sold few hundred barrels at
these prices.
Considering the fact that there is
considerable outstanding Indebtedness
to be provided for from revenues re-
ceived for this spring crop of pota-
foec tho outlook for q uood cron RI.