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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1920)
MARINES RAISING STARS AND STRIPES AT ST. THOMAS nilRy BRANDS AND STANDARDS TEND TO DEVELOP BETTER FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MARKETS «ACTS M UST M A K E B E T T E R B U T T ER Im p o rts E m p h a siz e Im p re ssiv e Lesson fo r D a iry m e n — F o re ign C om petition A ctive. T o meet foreign competition, dairy fanners o f the United States must be able to produce u better quality o f product and produce and market it more economically und more efficient ly, according to specialists in the bureau o f markets, United States de partment o f agriculture. Arrivals o f shipments o f Danish but United States marines raising the Stars and Stripes over the fort at St. Thomas, once a stronghold for p ira te« ter are already affecting prices on the New York City market. Argentina is This “ paradise of Jolly Rogers” is now guarded and polieed by men o f the murine corps. producing nearly three times the amount o f butter and cheese con sumed, and some o f the surplus may be expected to come to this country or compete with our products in fo r eign countries. Before the war Si beria was rapidly extending its dulry industry and when conditions become settled in that country It may be ex pected to come back as a factor in the world’s market. Recently there have been signs o f Interest in dairy ing in South Africa, and the industry ns developed in New Zealand and Aus tralia must be reckoned with. I f the dairy products manufactured In the United States are o f a better quality than those from other countries they need not fea r competition. Can ada’s cheese Industry illustrates this. A strict system o f government super vision in the training o f cheese makers, in the operating o f the fac tories, and in the grading, marketing and exporting o f the product, exists there. This has tended toward an improvement in the quality o f Ca nadian cheese until It ranks with the finest on the English markets. The dairy industry In Argentina has A group o f big business and real estate men o f Chicago have formed the Chicago Housing association to project grown rapidly since the beginning o f plans for building homes at cost, to he sold to the public at cost. Members o f the Chicago Housing association, made the war. Before the w ar butter ex- u tour of Inspection o f the new homes which the association is constructing at Pleasant Gardens on the South side. One hundred and seventy-five houses, all fireproof, are to be erected by the association. About sixty are nearly completed at the present time. These homes will be sold to the wage earners at cost, approximately $4,(XX), on a basis of 10 per cent cash and the balance within 15 years. SOLVING THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN CHICAGO RETURNING TREATY TO PRESIDENT SLAYS MOUNTAIN LION Part of One of Shipments of Danish Butter Arriving in New York Which Have Caused American Dairy In terests to S cj the Possibility of Growing Foreign Competition. ports from that country totaled 3,262 tons a yea r; in 1918 they were five times that. Cheese exports were far exceeded by the imports In 1913. Now the conditions are reversed— over 6,000 tons o f cheese being exported In 1918. Today most o f these exports ore going to European markets, but should conditions become favoruble it may be expected that some o f these w ill come to this country. The bu reau o f markets warns dairymen to be prepared to meet this competition. By a vote of 47 to ¡17, file rejected treaty was returned to the president. L eft to rig h t: \V. I,. Van Horn and G. A. Sanderson, secretary o f the senate, who Is carrying the defeated document to the executive office o f the White House. SOLVES LANDING PROBLEM OF PLANES Mr. J. W. Howell with the mountain lion he killed. Mr. Howell was watch ing a full-grown cow elk which he had approached to within 20 feet, when this mountain lion leaped upon the elk und killed her, nnd Mr. Howell then killed the lion. FR A N C E'S G R E A T E S T B EA U T Y Mile. Lucille Bataille, selected by a committee o f prominent politicians, artists, nnd theatrical managers as France's’most beautiful girl, during re cent contest at Hotel de Vllie. She was awarded prize after careful se lection from almost 1,000 contestants, and crowned as the queen o f queens CANS B E T T E R T H A N B U C K ETS M o s t C on ve n ie n t fo r C o lle c tin g M ilk a t B a r n s and C o n v e y in g It to the House. Milk nnd cream from even a few cows can be much more conveniently handled In regular milk cans than In the shallow pans and wide-mouthed buckets commonly used. Cans are con venient fo r collecting the milk at the barn and transferring it to the house. These cans may be bought In vari ous sizes. For handling cream and sklmmilk where separators are used, or even where cream is set to sour for buttermaking, the "shotgun can” is very convenient. It can be easily cov ered nnd set in water and Is conven ient to handle. In sp e ctin g B u tte r P re p a ra to ry to S h ip p in g It to a F ore ign M arke t. O th e r T h in g s Be in g Equal, Inspected P r o d u c ts A r e Counted M o re D e s ir a b ly T h a n T h o se N o t Inspected. (Prepared by the United States Depart have developed some trade there In re* ment of Agriculture.) cent months. There may be nothing in a name, but there is a lot in a brand, especially In the export trade. Practically all ex port business of food products Is han dled on a basis of branded goods. To a much greater extent than the Ameri can producer realizes foreign buyers make use o f brands in purchasing products by cable, and importers in foreign lands depend upon brands in judging the ^quality of the products they handle. There are three ways o f buying goods for export. One way is by the use o f samples o f standard products, another by orders, often cabled, giving instructions to agents to buy specified quantities o f certain branded prod ucts; the third method, by fa r the least used, is fo r an importer to visit foreign countries in person and select products wanted. Advantages o f Brands. In the United States the use of standard and o f many copyrighted brands on domestic products has helped sell goods o f various kinds and trade-marked goods o f quality have en joyed wider distribution than non standard, unbranded products. Many concerns that have not developed any export business own copyrighted trade marks on products sold in home mar kets which they value among the chief assets o f their business. O f course it is not enough merely to use brands, but their use today is com ing more nnd more to be hacked up by quality in the goods so labeled. Es pecially is this true where products nre widely advertised. There are some commodities fo r which a brand is in itself an advertisement and when this brand becomes known nmong buyers as a guaranty o f quality or grade, it serves to expedite the sale o f the prod uct. Take butter, fo r example, o f which the United States exported over 30,000,000 pounds during the first ten months of 1919. A large amount of American butter is shipped without inspection or grading; it is not han dled so that foreign buyers know whnt they nre receiving and as a result it does not sell as well in foreign mar kets as butter from countries where inspection and branding are practiced. Investigators in the dairy market ing division o f the federal bureau of markets has found that unbranded but ter from the United States, while sell ing freely during the present scarcity o f butter in other countries, is not like ly to retain a hold on foreign buyers after other countries resume exporta tion. In this fact is an important les son not only fo r dniry interests but other producers desirous o f expanding their trade abroad. Creamery men cannot expect to develop a foreign market fo r their products unless they establish reputations fo r their goods Just as manufacturers In other lines have done— and standards or brands are a great aid In such business devel opment. B u ild in g a F ore ign Trade. Before the war Denmark was a large factor in the International trade In butter. She has been famous for her dairy products fo r years, not only on the continent, hut in South America, where even In out-of-the-way comers o f the tropics travelers found the only butter available came In cans with a Danish label. New Zealand has built up a trade with Europe in butter through a government inspection serv ice, and butter must measure up to certain standards before the Inspect''—' w ill place their stamp upon It. Inspection Service. This Idea oi inspected nnd branded D IF F IC U L T CH URNING CAU SES butter is not new in the United States, for the federal department o f agricul A m o n g O th e r T h in g s C re a m M a y Be ture has been Inspecting Interstate and Canal zone shipments o f butter for T o o T h in and T em p eratu re M a y some time. This Inspection, however, N o t B e R ig h t. Is not compulsory, and has not ns yet been applied to export trade to any Difficult churning may be due to sev great extent. Recently a large purchase eral factors: o f hotter fo r export was in sp e cted hr T oo thin cream. It should test be a United States government inspector tween 30 to 35 per cent fat. W rong churning temperature o f the at the request o f the purchaser who bought the butter subject to inspection. cream. Sixty degrees is about right. In a few instances It may be due to This is said to he the first time that inspection by any government hns been the action o f certain germs. In some Instances it may be due to asked fo r on any large amount o f but feeding foods which produce a large ter exports. Exporters in the United States who ship to Central America percentage o f hard fats. Sour cream churns easier than sweet usually us» brands on their butter and 5.868 Filipinos Served in Navy. The "Uyroooptor,” Henry A. Berliner's new machine that is designed to It is not generally known that 5,868 enable an airplane to rise or descend on a very small area. This machine, which w ill operate Independently when tilted forward, will fly horizontally. Filipinos have served In the American cream. navy. The tilting Is accomplished by changing the center o f lifting pressure. I f the United States is to keep its present export trade in dairy products and not suffer from possible competi tion in home markets, it is necessary to pay more attention to the quality o f Its products and make fuller use o f brands and scores in handling its but ter production. What applies to dairy products applies to many other lines as well. SMALL HOUSES BEST FOR CHICKEN FLOCK Size of Building Should Be Gov* erned by Number of Hens. Smaller Breeds Being More Active and Restless Require About as Much Space as Larger Ones— Make Structure Square. The size o f the hen house should be governed by the size o f the flock. From 40 to 50 seems to be about as many birds as are safe to keep together. With flocks o f this size from four to five square feet of floor space should be nilowed to each bird. Tills will suffice in most cases where careful at tention is given to cleanliness and ven tilation. I f the fow ls are kept in smaller flocks more floor space to a bird w ill be needed. In sections where the climate is so mild that it is unnecessary to keep fow ls confined, except fo r a fe w days ar a time, less space to a bird should be sufficient. The smaller breeds, being more active and restless, require about as much room as the larger breeds. F or tlie greater nmount o f floor space for the least cost a building should be square. Other things being equal, the nearer square a house is the less lumber it w ill take according to poultry specialists o f the United States department o f agriculture. H ow ever, It is sometimes out o f the ques tion to build a large house square. A building should not be so wide that the sun cannot reach the back o f the house, otherwise it will be damp. Fourteen feet is convenient- width. Build the house as low as possible without danger of attendants humping their heads against the ceiling, fo r the low house is more easily warmed than a high one. POOR H A T C H ES A R E COM M ON C o n d itio n of E g g s P re v io u s to H a tc h ing I s M o re A p t T h a n In c u b a tion to B e Cause. Poor hatches are common with poul- trymen, but what causes them is a much discussed question. The answer depends on a great variety o f circum stances. The condition o f the eggs previous to hatching is more apt than the incubation to be the cause, al though Improper handling in either case w ill produce the same results, says the United States department o f agriculture. When eggs fail to hatch, first see whether the breeding stock Is kept under conditions which tend to produce strong, fertile germs in the eggs; next, whether the eggs have been handled properly before incuba tion ; and lastly, whether the condi tions were right during incubation. When an incubator is used a daily temperature record should be kept o f each machine. The operator can then compare the temperature at which the machines hnve been maintained. This may prove o f value in the fu ture, especially i f the brooder records can be checked back against those o f the incubator. N E V E R P LO W U N D ER M A N U R E W h en Seeding F ie ld to C lo v e r F e rti lizer and D is k in g Le ave M u ch t o C o n se rv e M oistu re. N ever plow under manure or fer tilizers when seeding a field to clover. The manure and disking leave an ex cellent mnlch on the surface o f the I ground which conserves moisture, es pecially during the hot dry weather , In midsummer. >
