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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION New Quarantine Rules For Potatoes Federal Begnlatiaai Published to Prevent the Spread of Powdery Scab. new regulations governing the shipment of potatoes from Maine, -which tha presence of powdery ub la that state has neoeaaitatod, have aaw beea promulgated by the U. S. De partment of Agriculture and will take effect oa August 1st. These regulations aapenede the inspection hitherto car tied oa by the state authorities and are jenmarUr designed to prevent the spread f powdery seah to other sections of Gm country. "With this end in view the inspection is made especially strict for all seed stock. This must be grown from elean seed and in soil not infected with powdery scab and have been free from odd tart with anything through which they might have become infected with the disease. The regulations provide that no po tatoes shall be moved from any quaran tined area unless they are duly certi fied as fit for either table or seed use and are packed in accordance with cer tain specified roles. To obtain the necessary certificates for shipments, growers must apply for inspection by a federal inspector and all potatoes in tended for seed use most be stored and handled according to certain prescribed methods. Lots in which any of the po tatoes are found to be infected with powdery scab or any similar disease will Mai be certified under any circum stances for seed use. They may, how ever, be certified for table use after the diseased potatoes are removd and destroyed. The inspection will not be earned out in any warehouse in which the light is inadequate or where conditions are unfavorable for thorough work. The in spectors must at all times have access to any part of the warehouse or ear. Furthermore, all seed potatoes must be packed for shipment in sacks or other suitable containers which do not hold more than 180 pounds net weight; and these sacks must never have been used before for holding potatoes. It is pro vided, however, that associations of shippers having suitable facilities out side of the State of Maine may ship to themselves in carload bulk under cer tain stipulations. All containers that have been passed for shipment are to bear a card ;with the words "seed po tatoes" or "table potatoes" printed on it This card will be issued by the Federal inspectors only and must be signed or initialed by the man who issues it. A certificate must also be issued for each separate consignment, one copy of which will be retained by the inspector, another copy by the rail road and the third by the consignor of the goods. The rigid enforcement of these regu lations will, it is believed, afford the necessary protection to all purchasers of seed potatoes while interfering as little as possible with the business of the growers. Copies of the regulations can be obtained from the U. 8. Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. 0. Potato Question Iff "THAT'S the matter with the pe lt af tatof" is one of the first ques tions attacked by the Depart ment of Industrial Survey in the new School of Commerce and Administration at the University of Oregon. The direc tor of the survey, Hon. H. B. Miller, is collecting a vast mass of data on cost ft production, transportation cost, mid aeenuuTs profits, priee to consumer, quality of product, shipping conditions and facts and figures tending to show tie probable effect oa the potato in fantry of the resent removal of the protective tariff. The Oregon Agricultural College is cooperating with the university in this work. The college will supply data as regards cost of production in Oregon. Tha university is collecting data as to taie. eoat of production In other state, aie aa Maine, Colorado and Idaho; for eign aoantrua, such aa Germany, Bel gian, Netherlands and Japan; and fraight rates from railroads, steamship lines and those agencies which provide for the teaming required for getting the prodnet to market. Nearly a dozen dif ferent bareaaa and departments of the Federal Government are contributing their data, as are such organizations as tam Transportation League of the Cham twr of Commerce of Portland and other clubs and various corpora tions in the East and elsewhere. All this makes a mass of data never before aoBeeted. "Sometimes the potato dealer has a lair general knowledge of his particular phase of the potato business, bnt this knowledge is not at the serviee of either fie producer or the consumer, ' ' says Director Miller. "We are collecting this material for the general good of all con cerned. There is not in existence, any where, a comprehensive analysis of the potato industry, such as we are work- i35 out Who knows what will be the effect of the recent removal of the tariff 1 Who knows just how many po tatoes Japan wdr be shipping to our stores in one year or twof What po tato grower really knows with what con iitioni he is competing! Think of the advantage to him of being able to fig- . ore the exact cost of plowing, of fer tilizing, of planting, of cultivating, of hipping, of marketing his product, and f knowing how these costs run in other nrodneing districts. Now, he doesn't even know what his handicap is, or if Im has any. "I am perfectly amazed at the vast mass of undigested data which is com ing to our department I am amazed. too. at the fact that this expensive in formation has never before been put tato usuable form. Then, again, it's surprising to realize the degree to which industry has been hampered by the lack of just such exact knowledge. Who knows where a starch factory would be a safe in vestment f An investor now has to invest largely by guess. "The purpose of our Industrial Sur vey Department is to eliminate guess ing so far as possible from one indus try after another in Oregon, and to give that loondation of fact which will make Oregon investments safe and profitable, and bring prosperity to all ' TJTTLIZATION O? POTATOES. HE industrial use of potatoes in Europe, but especially in Ger many, has been treated at length in a monograph by Consul General Rob ert P. Skinner, of Hambung, entitled "Utilization of Potatoes in Europe." The manufacture of Btareh, alcohol and dried potatoes for fodder is described. and some attention is given to the pos sibility of further developing these in dustries in the United States. The monograph has recently been issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and copies may be obtained at 10 cents each from the Superintend ent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington. THE KAKSAB CALL. Her grain la standing in the field Aad only waits the harvesting. The bank account and auto yield II ready for th gathering. So with insistent load demands Kansas catting; nam tat hands. Tha poor an poor, the rich an rich. The world with discontent is sick, Bat Kansas does not can for aieh. She does not call for feet to kick, Bnt op and down through all the lands Binge oat her huty cry for hands. The worM is tail of untried schemes, Bat Kanns means to let them lad She has prosperity, not dreams. She does not call for tongues to waft So over ;U the hills and strands Her holler comes for hands, HANDS, HANDS. And we couldn't sleep la dew dams nveor or fen ' For when we called atentio nto bis tale, ear folks would mention That times had changed aa awful lot sues We're returning sow, you'll notice, to the . lovely Land of Lotos, And the "night air" doesn't cease bat cures a cough. We defy the windy season now, for "listen, there s a reason " Clothing cures consumption, (if yom take it off). Our grandmothers wen silly when they warned ns that a chilly : Day was rather hard on narrow chested men. And we moderns hear no more of what, per haps, was a role a scon of Years ago. Ton see the times hare changed since then. ASK ME NO MOBS. Ask me so more. The moon may draw the sea. The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape. With fold to fold, of mountain or of cape. But, oh, too fond, when hare I answered theel Ask me no mon. Ask me no more. What answer should I giro. I love not hollow check or f added eye; Yet, oh, my friend, I will not hare thee diel Ask me no more, lest I should bid thee lire. Ask me no more. Ask me no more. Thy fate and mine an sealed I strove against the stream and all in vain Let the rrea river take me to the main. No more, dear lore, for at s touch I yield. Ask me no more. Alfred Tennyson. Elaborate Tests After the most elaborate tests the TJ. S. Government finds that Aluminum Com pounds such as used In Baking Powders ABE NOT HARMFUL. Write us for copy of U. E Bulletin No. 103 Dept of Agriculture. Uniform Price 25c per pound ALL GROCERS Crescent Mfg. Company Seattle, Wn. TYPICAL ANDERSON BUNGALOW An yea coming to Portland t Why not boy one of my Bungalows now! I will sell it to yon on easy terms, and rent It for yon for almost enough to meet your payments until you an ready to occupy it. I hare four Bnngalows that MUST be sold regardless of eoat. My loss, your gain. Writ me for description aad location. TONY 0. 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