Smyrna times., 1927-08-31
WEEKLY FARM NEWS CLEANED
FROM DE[-MAR-VA PENINSULA
NUGGETS OF FACTS OF GENERAL
INTEREST TO THE FARMERS
Gathered and Compiled by the Del.
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association
at Salisbury, Maryland

1
"Makes f1rmer egg shells, brings
more cash, "Cedliver Oil, mixed with
mash"
Last spring some cream was sent
to Philadelphia where the City Inspec-
tor held it for two days, thinking that
the sweetness was due to dope. The
Inspector was not familiar with the
fact that certain cream is absolutely
sweet. When Philadelphia cream US
ers learned of this, an order for eight
(8) carloads was placed.
Due to the activity of the Mexican
fruit worm, and in an effort to eradi-
cate the worm, the infested area of
Texas has been quarantined by the
Department of Agriculture. Regula-
tionS have been propagated whereby
the shipment Of all fruits, except
grape fruit and certain other approx
ed fruits, is prohibited from the in
tested districts of Texas.
Apple shippers should secure a copy
of the address delivered by G. W.
Kitchen, Assistant Chief of the Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics, be-
fore the International Apple Shippers
Convention, at Louisville, Ky. Mr..
Kitchen explains the operation of the
Produce Agency Act, recently passed
by Congress.
According to dispatches from Mos
COW, a delegation of importers of the
State Fruit and Vegetable Union, and
the State Export and Import Depart
ment, is on the way to California to
buy fruit packing machinery and
study California fruit industry. The
delegation is commissioned by the
Soviet Trade CommiSsiariSt to open
negotiations for the sending of Amer
lican exports to Russia to aid in the
development in the mechanical end Of
the fruit industry there.
An editorial in The Washington
Post Of August Is says "From the
fertile valleys of California have come
many additions to the menus served
in the East, including the hybrid pro-
ductions from the wizard garden Of
Burbank. California melons come in
their own skins, and California peach
les, plums and apricotS arrive skinleSs
and in cans. And now the Golden
State promises an entirely noval addi-
ton to the food supply in the form of
dehydrated sweet potatoes. ground up
into -four. This California has
accomplished through the teaching Of
an expert dehydrator. In one of the
Il : -. A,,r-
Igot together, secured supplies of
sweet potato flour and introduced the
new bread, without explanation or ex-
cuse. Since the first batch was offer
Cd the supply has never been equal TO
the demand, and Chamber of Com
merce of that California town is now
arranging to manufacture the flour in
commercial quantities and to spread
the news of discovery throughout the
length and breadth of the land ~.
The Department Of Agriculture has
Just completed a report of Statisti-
cal review of production of potatoes
leading markets and their sources Of
supply, time and volume Of crop
movement, competition in the mar
kets, and the extent of market re
quirements as they have occurred dur.
ing the six years 1920-25, with view
to assisting in the solution of market
| ing problems Of producers Of The
crop. Potatoes made up approximat
ely 25.5 per cent Of the carload ship
ments of fruits and vegetables in 1872
and had an estimated value of S605,
327 900, or 43.5 per cent Of the tota
value Of all fresh fruits and veget
ables, according to the report, which
was prepared BY J. ". Strawbridge
/ principal marketing specialist assist
| ant, Division of Fruit and Vegetables
i Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
i All farmers should make a specia
i effort to secure a copy of U. S. Sec
i retary of Agriculture, w. N. Jardine'
II recent article entitled, Stabilizin.
Il Farm Prices. In this article Secre
II tary Jardine states that there ha
II been a general thought involved il
II the relation of industry to agriculture
II prices, but there is ample room 70
II improvement. Some sections are ia
II behind others in recovering from tn
postwar slump. An increase in tn
II domestic output of a given groul
from one year to the next may no
i necessarily present a surplus problem
but il may be correct for our presen
purpose to say that a bOuntiful har
II vest of a given crop usually create
surplus problem
II The secretary offers two lines of ap
proach. to a solution: first, controlling
surplus that is due mainly to weath
er conditions; second, through a bet
ter adjustment of production and mar
II keting conditions. By the latter i
II meant, the adjustment, in kind, quail
ity, and means of production. II
said, "In handling surplus due {
n weather conditions. I believe tha