The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, d. C.

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What Does Soil Erosion Cost?
If all the accountable costs of soil,
erosion were divided up among every
one. in this country, they would cost
each man, woman, and child over Sc
apiece.
Not all the costs can be added up
in dollars and cents, but those that can
be come to the staggering total OF
S844, 1000, ,000 a year.
Farm lands are not the only ones
to suffer from soil erosion. It damages
cities, too. Within cities, the annual
injury done adds up to 00,C00.
Damage to highways is $1s0,00O,-
900. Railways have to spend $780,
100000 year because of erosion. In
jury to streams and harbors costs $42,-
10000; to reservoirs, $29,0O0,000; to
irrigation bitches, s1s,000,O00; to
drainage bitches, s15,O00,OC0; to wild
life, $5,OOO,0O0.
Highest cost Of all, of course, is
losses on farm lands. This comes to
$400 $1,000.
Add to these measurable costs,
those that can't be run through the
cash register, and you get picture
of the tremendous liability Of lands
that are not properly cared for
Incomes go down as soil fertility de-
clines. Irrigated areas dependent ;on
reservoirs must be abandoned eventu-
ally as erosion continues.
Helped on by erosion large argi-
cultural sections become ghost regions.
Western farmers dependent upon
grazing, see their land waste into des-
ert.
Rural communities disintegrate, de-
posting hundreds of thousands of per-
sons on relief rolls, upsetting tradi-
tional and established patterns OF
community life. Erosion, of course, is
only one of the many causes of this.
But it is an important cause.
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Can You Leave Food in An Open Tin
Can?
You wouldn't hesitate to leave pie
in tin pie plate and there is like
wise no good reason for not leaving
food in an open tin can.
So declares the Consumers Counsel
Division of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
If the contaner is kept in the re-
frigerator, then you can rest assured
that the food will not be spoiled by
the tin.
Remember that the can and food
were both sterile when they left the
factory. If you handle them careful,
ly and keep them both away from con-
tamination, they will stay that way as
long as any food kept in dish will re,
main fresh, ,xsse b ~u. ii
Keep Your Shoes in Condition
Shoes that split seam, get-run
down at the heels, or wear through
the soles should be sent to the repair
shop promptly, advise Department o.
Agriculture researchers Repairs made
in time will save you unnecessary ex
penditures later on.
But it is not only wise to keep you
shoes repaired to get long service from
them; they also need proper care.
Shoe trees or paper pads or stuff
ing both keep shoes in shape when no
being worn. Alternately on day-to
day wear between two pairs Of shoes
particularly in hot weather, cuts dow
the damage done by perspiration t.
leather. This allows the shoes to Or.
out, and prevents cracking or ripping
of the leather.
Remember that mud, water, exces
sive dryness are all damaging t
leather Oil and grease keep shoe
pliable and water resistant, and mak'
them wear longer. Shoes worn TO
hiking and outdoor work should be oil
ed or creased often. Shoes for stree
wear should be polished frequently will
wax polishes so that the leather will
remain soft and pliable. For paten
leather try light even oiling with ;
little castor oil spread on cheese
cloth pad once or twice a month.
When you polish or oil shoes, b'
sure to wipe all dirt and mud from
them first. IL they are wet, massage
them with light application of cas-
tor oil, stuff them with paper to keel
their shape, and then let them DIR,
slowly in moderately warm atmos
phere. .
Tips on Tea
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