Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 1, 1920, Page 3

rading Apples for the Ma ; Growers of Many Kinds of Fruits and Vege: i tables Are Required to-Accept Relatively Low Prices Because Their Prod- [ ucta Are Not Sold According to Standard Grades. " \(Prepared by the Unitea States Depart- ment.of Agriculture.) Farming by rule of thumb is becom- ' ing obsolete. But_many farmers still ““want to be shown” the value of grad- ,ing fruits and vegetables and ‘certain ¢ -other farm products, . Without com- ."monly accepted Standards for many ‘' ‘products a conmsiderable part of the s profits due to a systematic agriculture A8 -lost.. { . il izBenefits -of Standard Grades. i/, The" bureau of. markets, United States department of agriculture, in Dointing ‘out the importance. of grading & larger ‘number of farm products, summarizes the benefits: as follows: It would encourage better methods of production ‘and handling. It would provide a standard trading basis, o 2 ; It would enable the buyer to procure -8 stock ‘of anysize and quality de- sired. B . It would aid in eliminating fraud, thereby promoting confidence among i ! “producers,” dealers, and’consumers. .."., The federal grain and cotton stand- -ards have come to be generally recog- T 'mized as desirable, and the war-time Ppotato grades, though no longer com- pulsory, are still widely adhered to R fact that is good-evidence of their ,/"value." Several states, including Penn- s8ylvania, New. Jersey, California, Tex- .88, Wisconsin, -and-North Carolina, through their own marketing bureaus, are establishing or have established “.istandard grades for one or more prod- ucts. The federal bureau of markets has been glad to aid these agencies (" various ways, having made an ex- tensive study of the problem and ac- .cumulated much valuable data. It is repared to ‘offer helpful suggestions to.any state or trade organization in- tercsted. In establishing standard les for the following products: ' potatoes;- onlans, sweet potatoes, apples, fresh tomatoes, and cabbages. It niso. has investigations under way dealing with ‘several other products. /7. Grades'a Universal Language. ‘udents of present-day complex 0ds of distribution assert that it 18 fpossible to have ‘adequate market ‘ ‘quotations until' ‘farm* products_are d according to commonly accepted ‘:standards. . Terms -used in standard gm'fles are in effect a universal lan- mage. They permit:each agent in I with the market to speak and pken to with clear and full un- derstanding of the sort of products aunder- discussion. . 'The total value, for the United ‘States, of such representative items as eggs and poultry indicate the mag- pitude of the interests now suffering from lack of adequate grading prac- tices. These products for 1919 were £ &AL § estimated’ to be worth more- than $1,000,000,000. Various attempts have been made to establish egg and ‘poultry standard grades, but the various exchanges are not in agreement regarding grades, and the trade has been ‘handicapped be- cause Of resulting diversities. The difficulties constantly arising be- cause of the lack of common stand- ards are illustrated by the experience of a New York broker who made a bid to a western shipper for a carload of eggs classed as “refrigerator firsts.” The offer was accepted, and when the car arrived it could not be discovered that these eggs fitted any known grade of “refrigerated firsts.” ‘In the rather heated discussion that followed the western shipper finally announced that he had graded the eggs according to a standard of his own! These are days when American pro- ducers are looking to foreign markets. ognized grades are an asset. Again eggs may be used as an' illustration. Prior to 1914 the largest amount of eggs exported to the United Kingdom by this country was less than 100,000 dozen in a year. Since 1914 it has varied from 4,900,000 dozen to 7,700, 000 dozeén. The way-has been opened for the development of this immense trade: beause there have been small imports from continental Europe. But, in spite of the lead given us by the war, Canadian eggs have been bringing from 2 to 4 cents more in the British market than American eggs. Nor was it a question of sentiment with the Englishmen. The Canadian shippers, anxious to continue merchandizing connections established during the war, have been grading their eggs, and that fact has uppealed to the discrim- inating British public. Standardizing ' is- Fundamental. The lesson to America is obvious. It applies not only to eggs, but to many other farm products. A repre- sentative of the bureau of markets bas stated the case thus: “Standard- ization is fundamental to progress in every. field of effort—in the arts and sciences, and in industry and com- merce as well.” Coal is sold on grade. Grades of lumber have been known to the trade for years. Grades of cotton and wheat, though recently established, are now recognized as absolutely nec- essary to the marketing of these prod- ucts. Eventually we must adopt grades for a larger number of farm products. If eventually, why not soon? The ex- pert services of the bureau of mar- kets are available to any state or trade organizatidn desiring to promote this needed improvement. * JUDGING LIVE STOCK _ PROPERLY IS AN ART ; Relatively Few-Persons Ever At- o4 tain Highest Standing. .Various Feliurn on Subject Discussed /1 'in Popular Language by Circular { | lssued by the Department ;g " of Agriculture. 3 /A real need in agricultural regions ‘today is more widespread knowledge .of: how to judge live stock properly. *“While the judging of the finest ani- * mals I8 ‘likely to remain an art in ' which relatively few persons can at- tdin the highest standing, nevertheless firmers. as a whole should be thor- oughly familiar with the general prin- ciples of judging stock. Knowledge «of this sort is a real asset. ““The art of judging beef cattle is the -foundation of all beef-cattle shows, E also is largely the means of de- 'te'n‘ninlng the value of cattle offered 4in-public sales. It serves as a basis £or every man who buys and raises cittle to seek improvement along Awell-recognized lines. ‘Sample score cards for fat and feeder beef cattle and for breeding sbeef. cattle, together with a model .card for comparative judging by class .OF team, constitute part of the mate- rial contained in a recent Farmers’ Bulletin issued. by the Department of ,Apiculture. entitled ~“Judging Beef ~Cattle”” The 21 pages of text discuss in popular language the various fea- thres of judging beef cattie; and’it , contains suggestions regarding their seoring. The bulletin may be had t:’e- L BEST TIME TO WEAN CALVES Allow Them Some Time on Grass in Autumn if Winter Pasture Can- not Be Provided. Spring calves should be weaned be- fore the end of the pasture season in the fall to allow them some time on grass, -says the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 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