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"NIFORM GRADES fOR FARM PRODUCTS AIDS MARKETING Iead to Mutual Understandlng and Confidence Between Farmers and Buyers-Assures Producers of Fairer Prices-War-Time Potato1 Regulations Proved Merits of Uniform Grades. If an expert conclusively demon strated a method to you whereby you could increase the profits from your business 10, 20 or 50 per cent, would you throw him out of the house ? Or would you embrace him as did a group of Michigan potato growers when the Bureau of Markets, United States De partment of Agriculture, offered sug gestions-expert advice-regarding the formation of a potato growers' ex change and the business methodis that the exchange should use? Today the potato grower% concerned are very glad they adopted the latter course. For in less than a year's time it placed in their pockets more than a quarter of a million dollars over what they would haVe had otherwise. There is no dark secret about how this was accomplished. &n fact, the achievement can be duplicated by others. Although, to be sure, the suc cess of the Michigan potato growers was due largely to the cooperative feature of the enterprise,, an indivi dual may secure a proportionate re sult by applying the same business principles in marketing his farm pro ducts. The fundamental principle that has animated the Bureau of Markets in its work is that distribution of farm pro ucts requires mutual onderstanding and confidence between producer and 4. - BEAR * WO41 DI TH GREA * .1'Ilual WlI (1 r(\ thitt W * oun it iiV nIone anal( Ilutve s< IluoughII il our lniy~\ liv <b( ii I*ie the atslorntishlig <l~ i 1lu hI'2( ofI i bis atl Verise1 s 'slitl vall1 ii i;tI i'u lItS l lh is1 lit Worl1l. k wants lie <lenlerjsi tin It. nue rrt. Wa h Distribu Huffman 'rucks. A buyer. If a farmer states that he ha shipped to market a carload' of high grade, produce which upon arrival i found to be of inferior quality, natura ly the purchaser !uestions the farm er's integrity and does not depend up on his word in the future. On th, otber hand, should a buyer allege tha produce was received in bad condition when, as a matter of fact, it was il flunt-class shape, the farnier loses con fidence in the buyer and regards hin as .ishonest. To Eliminate Distrust These are conditions that should nol exist, and the Bureau of Markets ha, set about in a very practical way t< help eliminate them. It maintaint that in the marketing of produc there should be a common and Uni form basis of understanding. Thi various kinds of marketable produc should be known by grades, and the specifications for any particular grad( should be the same everywhere. Foi example, potatoes of No. 2 grad( should be No. 2 potatoes throughoul the entire country and not No. 1 grad( in certain sections. And if the farm er agrees to ship No. 2 potatoes, thc should conform to the . specification for that grade. By eliminating th( qonfusion resulting form a particulat grade of produce having one meaning to the farmer and another to the buyer, a foundation of mutual under. standing i sestablished. That the use of standard grades iq readily appreciated by producers and buyers alike,, was evidenced during th( war, when the Food Administration required licensed dealers to use potatc Zrades recommended by the Bureau ol Markets. The results were so satis 'actory that when the regulation was !anceled the use of potato grades, tc COUMIKNIAL MOTOR CAST( IRON ZN RADIATOR . - C mas CAMRO ~m s maee fEST TRUCK VALUE 0 have s-ol(1tiI00'C t Ihal .300 ill Ilers 11T i lie i ,edinollf, inil spe'cifieni oln sh~lowni at -'< uider' $2,000'? The~ li Uuf ater,' ini a c'lass alIone. WeT( (r S~outh ( 'a iolinta whlo eat von to th le liniit in sericei(( i s, ain 11We are h11lildhilig a(1 W rite us today for our in OAN & SO Lors for North and South Ca las Trucks, Elcar and Huff ANDERSON. S. C. a large extet, .wL4iU'eqtit4le filun tarily. 3 The Bureau. of Markets hag recom, I mended grades for potatoes, Berraud; - and northern grown onions, strawber. - ries, and rice. It has - establishe< 3 grades for wheat, corn,.oats, and cot t ton. In the near future it expects t< , recommend grades for hay and othei produce. It has recently, prepare( . tentative wool grades'with a view ul timately to recommending standar< grades of that commodity. A com. plete classification of cattle, calves hogs, sheep, and goats has been adopt. ed by the bureau for use in reporting livestock market prices. A similai classification is in use for reporting wholesale meat quotations. Considert tion is also being given the -questior of having representatives demon strate United States grain grades tc European. countries for the purpose ol familiarizing dealers there with the standards upon which' international transactions with the United Statec should be based. Hay Producers Feel Need In the matter of hay, farmers ad mit that the marketing of the com modity is a hazardous undertaking because of the possibility of loss 'due to misunderstandings, lack of inspec tion, variations in grades in different markets, differences in the manner in which rules for grading are interpret ed, and because of sharp practices. In fact, many farmers have stated that nine-tenths of the losses in the hay business are due to lack of stand. ard grades and a uniform, impartial inspection service. Not only does the use of standard grades result in better understanding and confidence between producers and buyers, but in greater satisfaction be SWAM rho luffmani rruck IFFERED $1,695 F.I0. B FACTORY NS, Inc. rolirna man Automnilen - mst <J4,am oi Lnioia: Iam solemnonans3e cas o nresdmoeay euns lntae caue by thenreau monetarketus. h Liat acue bureau wC ~ill be gladl to adlvise anyone or F'ordhook desiring to secure full information re- 19ye ; p)umpk garding the various grades it recoam-- Large Chees mends. or Sutee-isi, - -o- --- - field cabbag< G~ARI)E)FNING'lTO BEAT HI. C. L- collards for - d(uring late C lemson College, May :30--Ord in.. arily the average Southern gardlen isMake pre! a spring gardlen,-a one-season af- duig late fair, few vegetables being available I ecn or fa at any other time. Comnparatively hv oku few people scomn to realize the possi- deirbt v bilities of the all-season garden. The bttePe valu of such a gade normally is Triumph, or inestimable, hut under presenlt highbesstut an nrasing pri!es and1( the prae.- as ep tically certain great shortage of food- July and Am stufi's, the all-season garden is a and rutabagan go-send. Tfherefore, suggest Ex- or faln tension Service horticulturists, it is Continue imperative that all gardeners, l arge ........... or snall, look ahead and1 arrange a rotative system toi utilize all possible space wvith succession crops, consecu tie latigetc. The four essen tials of goodl gardening,-thorough liiepara ition, careful planting, fre qluent shallow cultivation, and( con secutive cropping, must be0 kept ini ind( to get nininur results. During late Maiy and1( June lanl1t vege*tales' for late summer and fall use: tomatoes, cabbage, collards, Southern prize turnips, and( a few.v lows of coin for camr:nliig. For hest] result. in dIry weather, small seed honub( be sowvn in uhnlIlow furrows 'fn the level aniIl firmed into the soil StOCI by ro)lling a wheelbarrowv or wheel hoe over them. Make conseuivye plantings (if thme early mturing varieties of beans,* beets, corn, cabbage, tomatoes, and ye mustardl. Rome goda rienies toMM .... . . M. 0-hey, fellers -c'mon over! Lem-onrCrushi Hurry up! Gee - whilikens, but it's good!! .Yes, the kids can drink all they want-for it is made by the exclu sive Ward proess from nothing but the pure d'icious oil presse from California lemons, finest granulated sugar, carbonated water and citric acid, the natural acid of the lemon. Lemon-Crush is the companion drink to Ward's Orangie-Erush. __________ in bottles or at fountains * repared by Orarge-Crush Co., Chicago * Laborato: Los Angeles Carolina Coca-Cola Bottling Works-dumter, S. C. Smnd fn. * book ' e Storu of Orange .Crush and :Lemon Crush." snap beans,-Bountiful, Greenpod; sugar corn,gri rvt.Weepataeno Evergreen; lima bcans; viiI, se6t8-nho-la or Henderson's Bushvieutg. uimbers,-Green Prolific, Pickling; peas, Bflack 'RMISBIl SLCE ins,-Striped Cusawv, or, s. Also make plantings A~~igoMy2.-poct f o amn .1 Charleston Wake-thil eitngfrrs'laer 3, and Georgia Southern rnhmn I rmno ri rwr transplanting to the fieldlt abn o oletv aktn >arations ror planting,th ueutspprc aondl June or early July, the t~y~ol oc h eilto 1I crop of Irish potatoes. truhteHuebfr h ovn Mountain is the mosttires. iriety for fall planting eesnaieWlhRpuic, less, Green Mountain,ofasicuetlethfgtagit Rural New Yorker may tcbl n uceeli ocn ~ ad. 'The ground should juneto h is ih eso pai-ed at this time for tnptlbyheoueoceate igust planting of celery lgsaieclna eoetccn as, both valuable cropsveiorcs, winter use. L.sLthis c, ropwl ae fe h Ele trcaiC n tarvet Whrpatsaeo avaihy heg inethetlectrical ione-leaf Let us figure ne u etings.~ Nngshildgtand, May 2.-oponeao