The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-08
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly BY Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A, A.
Washington, D. C.
Egg Grading Is Popular

Consumers aren't the only ones who
like to buy their eggs graded by Gov
ernment experts. Retail distributors
prefer graded eggs, too, because then
they can be sure of the quality of the
product that they are handling.
That's the conclusion Of the Federal
State supervisor of egg grading in
Ohio after 5 years of grading, as re-
ported in the CONSUMERS GUIDE,
publication of the Consumers, Counsel
Division of the AAA.
"There has been a steady increase
in the demand for the official grading
services from retail distributors and
consumer organizations" he says.
"These organizations as we'll as the
consumer public have had egg quality
and grading misrepresented to them
so often when they made purchases
of one dozen or one case of eggs that
when they learn the United States
standards for egg grades do not
change from one purchase to an
other they demand graded
eggs"
Backing up his statement are figures
showing that the volume of eggs
graded in Ohio increased over Is per
cent from 1885 to 1871 jump from
100000 dozen to 1905, 300 dozen.
In that five-year period, the report
shows that 43 out of every 100 eggs
fell in the "U. S. Extra" or "Retail
Grade A" class, the kind that rates
honors at breakfast. Forty out of
each 100 graded eggs were classed as
|"U. S. Standard" or "Retail Grade
B." recommended for cooking. An
other out of each hundred graded as
"U. S. Trade" the quality suitable for
dishes where egg flavor does not
count much.
Consumers who buy eggs according
to these Government grades, like
Ohio's consumers, can be sure they
are getting full value for their egg
dollars. For more information on
Government-g graded eggs send 10
cents to the Superintendent of Docu
ments, Washington, D. c., for copy
of the Consumers Counsel publication,
CONSUMERS LOOK AT EGGS.
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Figuring Your Sheet Sizes
Don't trust to guesswork when
you're deciding on the size sheets you
need; a few minutes with tape meas
ure can save you needed pennies if
you want to know the exact sized
sheets you should buy, writes the
CONSUMERS GUIDE, publication of
the Consumers Counsel Division of
the AAA.
First, measure the length of your
bed, usually about IA or rs inches.
Then measure the depth Of your mat
tress Ian ordinary mattress is inches
deep, inner-spring 6 to Z inches) and
multiply it by 2 for the two ends of
the bed. Allow 5 inches for the hem
of the sheet, since the labeled size of
the sheet almost always means the
size before hemming. Allow another
S inches for shrinkage and about Id
inches for tuck-in C to 10 inches each
end).
Adding all of these figures will give
you the approximate length Of the
sheet you should buy.
Figure the width by getting the
width of your bed standard widths
SO, 80, 48, and 81 inches). Add to this
the depth of your mattress multiplied
by 2 and the tuck-in allowance of
about IL inches.
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When You Park Your Bacon!
Chances are your bacon will keep
fresh in the refrigerator for two
weeks wrapped in it's original paraf-
fin or parchment paper wrapping, re-
ports the CONSUMERS GUIDE, pub
lication of the Consumers Counsel Di
vision of the AAA.
Research at the Iowa State Expert
ment Station has shown that the ba-
con will keep well for this length of
time.
If you're going to store the bacon
longer, keep it in glass dish with
the temperature in your freigerator
below As degrees +. If your refriger-