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
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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. ANDEBSOJJ
S28 Chamber of Commerce Bldf.
Portland, Oregon.
TEMTOBA MTJTANTUB.
remember when, not vary Ion (ago, oar
vonthful merry
Bports were frowned upon, when night was
fwminf fin.
When a guardian with gumption would be
scared we d get consumption
If we stayed outdoors between the dusk
and dawn:
When, a boy discovered lying on the ground
was mourned as dying
Or as good as deadl And I remember
when
'Twas reckoned simple suicide to cast s shirt
or shoe aside
But times hare changed s little bit since
then.
We eonld read of how our fathers didn't
have such pesky bothers,
How the old-time Injuns slept upon the
rraas:
How Arcandal Amaryllis never heard of s
bacillus.
Though she lived among the lilies lucky
laasl
Endymion might charm ns, but his
light naps would harm us,
Steel tapes repaired
One break, 50c postpaid.
New Rings, Drums, Screws.
The Barthold-Barg Co., Inc.
289 Stark St Portland, Ore,
I have on hand some of the best Vio
lins that can be bought for the prices
charged. If interested, write for prices,
and send this ad.
I Handle All Musical Instruments and
Sheet Music.
N. Hodgson
111 Twelfth Street, Portland, Oregon.
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Write for Catalogue ai d Details.
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