Smyrna times., 1938-07-07
FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN
WILLIAM r. ALLEN


which may be as important to tu-
berculOsis control as was the dis
covery of the tubercle bacillus. The
program entails estimated expendi-
lures Of nearly $2OO,OOO,O 900 includ-
ing $140,0O0,OOO for the construc-
ton of 10000 hospital beds for tu-
berculosis patients and provision
for x-raying every person who has
had family contact with known
case Of tuberculosis.
MILK PRODUCTION SET IS
NEW RECORD Total milk pro
duction and production Of milk per.
capita set new high records for
early June. Though the seasonal
peak in production probably has
been reached production for the
next several months will likely con
tinue higher than a year ago.
Rather large supplies Of feed are
still available; crop prospects are
good; and though prices of dairy
products are lower than in recent
years, they are about average in
relation to feed prices.
FEDERAL HOUSING - More
than a million and a half homes,
small business establishments and
institutional properties have been
modernized and repaired under the
FILA Property Improvement Pro
gram. Over $6OO,OO0OOO all of it
private capital advanced by private
lending agencies is involved in the
FHA's Property Improvement
Plan, perhaps the most extensive
campaign ever devoted to property
repair and maintenance.
SOCIAL SECURITY Young
men and women not more than %
years of age make up over one
third Of all those now applying for
social security account numbers.
Since last December, 2,417,983 ap-
plications for account numbers
have been filed, bringing the total
to 39,1O6,321 az Of May 81. An
analysis Of the applications receiv-
ed during this period shows that
approximately 38 per cent were
made by persons not more than p
years old; about one-third of these
were women.
TIMELY PAMPHLET FOR
HORSE OWNERS Horse owners
are urged as hot weather ap-
proaches to be on the lookout for
symptoms Of encephalomyelitis -
"encephalo" for short-an infec-
tious disease that caused serious
losses among horses and mules
last summer. AS means Of aid
| ing horsemen to become familiar
with the symptoms, the different
stages of the disease, and the
means by which it is transmitted,
the U. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture has just issued 9-page MINI
eographed pamphlet with illustra-
tions. It is by veterinarians in the
Bureau of Animal Industry. The
disease, also known as blind stag
gers, sleeping sickness, brain
fever, and by other names, is
characterized by mild indisposi-
tion, rise in temperature, distince
nervous symptoms, and sometimes
complete loss Of appetite and abil-
iity to swallow feed or water. In
the final stage of the disease the
animal may 60 down and beat its
feet and head about violently caus-
ing severe bruising. It is not in
tended that the pamphlet take the
place of a veterinarian; it merely
provides the essential information
to those requesting it.
BULLETIN ON COLD STOR-
AGE OF EGGS AND POULTRY
This country has a billion dollar
egg and poultry appetite and its
people want eggs every day of the
wear. But the hens insist on lay
ing the bulk of their eggs in the
spring. This gap between the
large fresh egg supply in the
spring anu IuC yCeiA -AOuAiN NNAAiS'AAN
has been bridged by a huge cold
storage industry and is described
in a new bulletin which the U. S.
Department of Agriculture issued
last week. The title Of the bulletin
is "The Cold Storage of Eggs and
Poultry, and can be obtained by
writing to nv office. More poultry
is stored during November than
during any other month, with peak
holdings usually reported on Janu-
airy 1, and the low point in some
month from June to September.
The bulletin described the con-
struction of cold storage warehous-
es as well as their operation and
preparation of goth eggs and poul-
try that go into storage and the
preparation of refrigerated goods