Thursday, August 14th, 1910
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
GROWERS CAN REDUCE WASTES
BY SHIPPING NO RAD POTATOES
Department of Agriculture Finds That Producers as Well as Dealers
and Railroads Must Share Blame for Loss ; Serious
Damage from Careless Handling.
Much of the loss In marketing po
tatoes due to shipping ungraded.'
carelessly handled, diseased stork
tan bo eliminated by the grower with
a resultant increase In his profits. I
Every rotten, frosen or under-grade i
potato that Is loaded, and every!
potato spoiled while In transit or in
storage, reduces the grower's profits
and means a waste of time and labor.
It also means a waste of time and
labor for every person handling It, a
waste of car space, and consequently
It amounts to an appreciable loss to
. the community as a whole. The
United States Department of Agri
culture, through its markets ine pec-
duct. Even the breaking of the pro
tective skin frequently proves -serious..
Such injury not only damages
the appearance and necessitates deep
paring of the tuber, but affords ready
entrance to Infection. Loss of this
sort lies in every grower's and ship
per's power to control.
In grading potatoes too much de
pendence should nol be put in sliing
alone. A potato, for example, may
be covered with second growth
knobs that it will not pass through
the meshes of the grader, but it does
not rightly belong in the first grade.
The knobs mean mtfch waste and re
quire extra time in preparing the
ies or disease of which there is no
evidence without cutting the tuber.
Freeilng injury, or hollow heart, il
lustrates cases of this kind. The
grower should not be blamed for
losses which result from these
causes, but to a great extent field
conditions are the primary cause of
the troubles which appear when the
potatoes are marketed.
In its study of shipments of pota
toes on the principal markets, the
inspection service finds that late
blight tuber rot, which is frequently
followed by slimy soft rot, causes
heavy losses. This disease la appar
ent at the time of loading, and the
bad tubers can be sorted out. There
Is no business economy In paying
freight for shipping potatoes when
rejection is a foregone conclusion.
Scab is another example of a geld
disease which causes severe depre
ciation in the valve of a crop of po-
t '. The pr s-nc f a re cab
by potatoes may lower the grade of
an otherwise fancy lot. In some sec
tions scab can be controlled by seed
treatment, but in many cases careful
grading will prevent scabby potatoes
as well as those affected with wire-
worm, white-grub, nematode .and
flea-beetle Injury from reaching the
market
Other Troubles Cause Rejection.
Other field troubles, less apparent
at the time of digging than these.
often play a role in the rejection of
shipments. Among them are browln
rot pf southern potatoes, and the
group of rots associated with fusar
ium wilt. During the winter the har
vest losses are due to rots which
start In wounds Inflicted in digging,
loading and hauling. These rots,
known as fusarlum tuber rots, are
caused by fungi which live In the
soil, and can attack tubers In any
sort of break In the skin, whether
caused by bruising, fork injury,
Jamming, freetlng, or disease such
as late blight tuber rot. These rots
progress rapidly in storage and
transit, and cause enormous losses.
Freexing due to improper loading
or heating of cars Is also very com
mon. In warm weather, the greatest
losses are due to slimy soft rot,
which Is caused by certain bacteria
attacking potato tissue which has
been killed by bruising, water-logging
of the soil, scalding, freezing,
or other causes
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Unloading Potatoes Prom Freight Car to Truck. Careful Handling is
Essential From the Fie Id to the Consumer.
tkra service, is trying to eliminate
this waste.
The original purpose of the mar
kets inspection service was conceived
to be a protection to ' the shipper.
By a recent Act of Congress the in
spection Law has been so amended
that anyone with an interest in a
shipment can ask for an. inspection.
If a shipper receives word that a
shipment has been rejected by the
consignee, he can wire the markets
inspection office in designated mar
kets asking for an Inspection to de
termine the cause and Justice of -the
rejection. The result, as was an
ticipated, has been the almost auto
aaatio elimination of - unjust rejec
tions. Knowing that an inspector .is
available to the shipper, a receiver
who discovers that he has bought on
a falling market does not feel so free
to reject the shipments consigned to
kim. The mere establishment of the
Inspection service has almost done
way with that practice.
Fault Found in Shipment.
A second type of protection this
. service was designated to afford ship
pers was in settlement of claims
made when shipments were received
In bad condition. Inspections have
demonstrated that the railroads
etten are responsible for losses, espe
cially for freezing Injury, and for
troebles which may arise because of
4elay in transit. .These results were
expected, but to a surprising extent
rt has been found that the grower
and shipper also are responsible, in
that they often ship poor, under
grade, diseased potatoes.
Growers and shippers must be
keld responsible for much of the
lees which results from shipping dis
eased potatoes, since a large portion
f such losses can be controlled,
if not entirely prevented. In the field.
Serious damage results from care
less handling when the potatoes are
harvested. Too many people handle
potatoes as though they were cobble
stones rather than a perishable pro-
potato for fhe table. Or, a potato
may measure up satisfactorily to the
standards of size and yet be so dis
eased as to be worthless. A. potato
may even present a fine prize-win
ning appearance on the surface and
be far below grade because of injur-
FLOUR
Selling Plan of
United States Grain
Corporation
The United States Grain Cor
poration is prepared to divert
from Its regular flour purchases
and sell straight wheat flour in
140-pound jute sacks at
$10.00 Per Barrel
delivered in carload lots on track
at any point in Nebraska.
Jobbers and wholesalers pur
chasing such flour must guaran
tee to sell it at not more than 75c
per barrel profit and said whole
salers . and jobbers must in turn
require that the retailers will not
sell said flour at more than 11.25
per barrel profit when in original
packages, and at a price not high
er than 7c a pound for broken
packages of any size.
Cbaa. T. NeaJ, Vice-President,
United States Grain Corporation,
Grain Exchange Building, Omaha,
Neb., will answer any inquiries re
garding this Flour Selling Plan.
Statement No. 4.
AN INVESTMENT IN
OMAHA REAL ESTATE
Assurer. V
i Income
' " Growing Value
Location
LOCATION:
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Omaha Real Estate Is located In the na
tion's strategic city from a business point of
view where Safety, Income and Growing Value
are assured:
(1) Omaha Is in the center of the greatest
agricultural producing territory in the world.
This fact can't change.
(2) Cities become truly large and great
when la the center of great producing terri
tories. This rule never changes.
(S) The entire world now needs our
iroducts more than it ever needed them bo
ors. This condition will continue.
(4) Omaha is in the center of the United
States, north to south, east to west This sit
uation won't change.
(5) Since January 1, 1019, there have
been started in Omaha, 131 new industries,
owners of which recognize the strategic loca
tion of Omaha,
An Examples Omaha's strategic location caused the Bell Telephone
Co. to erect in Omaha, Its 19 story headquarters for Nebraska, Minns
seta, Iowa and the Dakotas. Also, this strategic location caused the
Western Union Telegraph Co. te make Omaha its divisional headquar.
ttrs for seven states.
OMAHA HEAL ESTATE BOARD
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OLD AGE STARTS I
WITH , YOUR KIDNEYS
Ketone eays that rOd age begins with
weakened kidneys and digestive organs.
This being true. It Is easy to bellev
that by keeping the ktdnejrs and dl
r net We orajens rleaneed and In proper
working order old eve can be deferred
and life prolonged far beyond that en
Joyed by the average person.
For over 100 years OOIiD MED At.
Haarlem Oft has been relieving the
weekneaaee and dleablllty due to ad
fencing years. It la a standard old
time home remedy and needs no Intro
duction. UOM) MKDALi Haarlem Oil ta
inclosed In odorleas, teeteleee oapeulee
tontatnlng afcout 6 drope each. Take
them as you would a pill, with a small
swallow of water. The oil stimulated
the kidney action and enables the
organa to throw off the poleons which
cetuee premature old age. New life an4
strength Increase as you continue the
treatment. When completely reetore
continue taking a rapaule or two each)
day. OOUD MBUAti Haarlam Oil Cap
sulea will keep you In health and vigoa
and prevent a return of the dleeeee.'
Uo not w.lt until old era or dleeeee)
have settled down for good. Go te youn
druggist and get a box of OOIOJ
MRUAL Haarlem Oil Capaulee. Von en
refunded if they do net help you. Thre
elaea, But remember to ak for the)
orlgfne.1 Imported GOLD MEDAL brand
In seeled package.
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