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FC 1 Tsg - CUV ELLIOTT MITCHELL, ' f f 'J Id these days ol so much talk about pure foods, and with the protective legislation by Congress on the subject, the bulletin of the Bureau of Chem istry, Department of Agriculture, on "Some Forms of Food Adulterations and Simple Methods for Their Detec tion" is very timely. Since the middle of the last century the subject of food adulteration has attracted a constantly increasing amount of attention. In this country, however, very little was done in this line until about 18S0. In 1881 the Division of Chemistry began the study of food adulteration, and since then has given a great deal of time to the subject. Since 1898 the origin and place of manufacture of the foods Btudied by the Bureau have been care fully noted and special attention also given to imported foods. In 1883 the first practicable food Inspection law in the United States was factureri that the addition of a pre servative to food does not properly constitute adulteration because the pre servatives added are or greater com mercial value than the foods them' selves. Such a claim, however, seems to De not! ing but a play upon words. For Instance, benzoate of soda has a greater commercial value, weight for weight, than tomatoes, and the claim has been made that for that reason its addition to tomatoes actually in creases the expense of the preparation of tomato catsup. As a matter of fact, however, it permits the tomato pulp to be prepared in large quantities and preserved In barrels in a much less ex pensive way than can be done without its use. It is evident, therefore, that even though the preservative employed is more expensive than the substance to which it is added, the addition is really made for the purpose of cheap ening the product. It is not for this A WINNING PAIR OP BROWN CHINESE GEESE. FIRST PRIZE TOCLOUSE GOOSE, Fort Wayne. Ind., Dec., 1003. GROUP OF BROWN CHINESE GEESE at St. Louis Exposition. enacted in Massachusetts. Since that time other States have enacted and enforced food laws, until at the pres ent time twenty-five States are seri ously attempting to regulate the char- reason that such a substance is prop erly called an adulterant, however, but because it is an added foreign sub stance and is neither a food nor a con diment. These definitions cannot be acter and quality of the foods sold in emphasized too strongly. Adulterated their markets. In three additional States laws relating to the purity of dairy products are enforced, and in several others a beginning has been made. Tood Regulation Abroad. Food legislation has received much atiention abroad and the more ad variwi foreign countries have effective joi laws and enforce them rigidly, xue subject of the purity of foods Is i.iore widely studied in the United Spates now than at any previous time. '. .".e people as a whole are better ln 1 -rmed on the subject than ever before, ;r..l there is a constantly increasing i 'mand for definite information. In i sponse to a very large number of 3 .lquines regarding the matter the bul 1 tin of the Bureau of Chemistry has 1 3en prepared as a popular statement regarding the nature and extent of food adulteration, and includes simple tests by which the housekeeper or re tail dealer may determine some of the more prevalent forms of adultera tion practiced. The demand for information on this subject Is now very general, and, as Is often the case when public interest ii deeply aroused, there is an unfor tunate tendency toward exaggeration which trequentiy amounts to sensa tionalism. Such an attitude is of ourae to be deplored, and unlesV It Is checked must sooner or later react unfavorably. It la not unusual to speak of some of our typical foods as poisoned, and of the manufacturers as poisoners. Such characterizations are Jrequently exaggerations to the point of untruth. Deleterious substances nre in many tases added to foods. At the same time the word "poison" has a very strong and distinct significance find should not be applied to any one cf the substances ordinarily added to foods, except In the sense that they are harmful. The word "poisoner" signi fies a person who Intentionally and de liberately administers an article in tended to result fatally, or at least reery disastrously to health. The Juggling of Words. During recent years there has been a tendency to confuse the minds of many by an Incorrect use of certain -words frequently used In the discussion of foods. It is the policy of some man ufacturers to limit the word "adulter ated" to foods to which have been added substances of lower value than the foods themselves with the Inten tion of Increasing the weight or vol ume. This limitation Is certainly not justified by the English language nor by the facts, and such a restriction of the term is entirely unwarranted. The word "adulterated" properly describes a food to which any noncondlmental foreign substance, not properly con stituting a portion of the food, has been added. The fact that the added L substance may be at times of a greater commercial value than the food Itself faas no bearing on the question. Con versely, the word "pure" Is properly applicable to foods that are unmixed with any foreign substance. It may be wholesome or unwholesome, but this property la not Indicated by the word "pure" or "adulterated." This definition Is not, of course, complete. v The claim is made by some manu- foorts are not necessarily unwholesome foods. The bulletin published by the De partment gives in detail the various kinds of adulterants and additions to IFafer-Fotrl in Sew England. Broiler ducks are grown by the thou sands In several localities of Pennsyl vania, New Jersey and Long Island, as wen as elsewhere, the greatest num ber, however, coming trom the first named sections. One farm alone dur Ing the year just passed marketed 37,- 000 broiler ducks from Its plant But New England is the home or breeding grounds of the best quality of market geese sold in this country. The most careful, the most determined and the most successful breeders and handlers of high Quality market geese are scat tered from Rhode Island to the end of Massachusetts. The old-time common or gray goose has been largely displaced by the state ly Embden, Toulouse, African and China species. The Embden and the TouIoubs are the result of a union of the efforts of the French and the Eng lish. The African, the Hong Kong and the China geese came, perhaps, from the Asiatic countries. Recently, at the Boston Poultry Show, was exhibited the finest lot of geese that have been shown in this country for all time. One pair of Embden (pure white geese) reached the enormous weight of 58 pounds and the Toulouse (gray market geese) almost equaled them in size. Next to these in quality is the African, so much valued for the rearing of what are known as the mongrel geese. The white Embden, said to have originated from the visit of a swan to some of the commoner flock of a town of thesame name on the Continent, have been carefully bred and selected until they are very large, handsome white geese, which seem to be valued first as a true-bred variety for the producing of feathers and market poultry. The Toulouse that came from France are fully their equal in every way, except that the feathers are gray or mixed with gray instead of pure white. What Is known as ihe wild or Can ada goose, mated with an African, pro duces the mongrel goose,- so highly valued in the Eastern markets from Thanksgiving through Christmas times. When the Canada gander and the Afri can goose become properly mated they will be constant one to the other to the end of their existence, growing each year one or two broods of mongrel geese that are ready for market during Thanksgiving and Christmas times and dress to a weight at this age heavier than either of the parent pair. The quality of the meat is excellent, the price obtained ranging from $2.75 to $4 each, according to the season and the quality and finish of the Individual specimens themselves. These, with theTEmbden, the" Tou louse and the China geese furnish the high-priced geese for the winter mar kets. No one of these of the better qualities is ever sold for less than 28 to 30 cents per pound, and there Is a ready sale for all of them offered at these prices. In addition to these, thousands of geese are gathered from as far north as Nova Scotia, down through all the States of the Western part of the coun- Bunion ComtfoFft Guaranteed Wo Pay iff ujo Foil : WHITE EMBDEN GEE8E. the ordinary beverages and foods used in ordinary consumption, and also simple means of detecting the presence of the foreign matter contained In them. The pamphlet should occupy a prominent place In every household library, and can be obtained upon ap plication to the Division of Publica tions, Department of Agriculture. Feeds Fowls Automatically. A farmer In Oregon, who owns a small poultry farm, has devised a novel method of feeding h's chickens during this absence. In each yard he has erected troughs to hold food for the hens, and these are connected by wire with an alarm clock In the farmhouse. When the owner leaves home in the morning he sets the alarm clock at the hour of feeding the chickens, and by an Ingenious arrangement, when the time arrives, the alarm goes off, the connecting wire releases the troughs, and the foodls spread before the hungry fowls. The area of the new stats of Okla homa will be over 70,000 square miles. try, Into New England, where large fattening yards are conducted. These yards are large plants with lots, some thing like the stock yards of the large cities, only smaller In size. . The geest are placed In the enclosures and fed for heavyweight and fine finish to be dressed for market As many as 10, 000 geese are gathered at one or two points in Massachusetts, aqd fed In this way for the winter markets. It takes several weeks to properly finish them and new supplies are constantly coming In to replace those that are sold off. The profitable demand for geese of this kind extends over a period or from nine' to twelve weeks, begin nlng Just before Thanksgiving and end' Ing in January. No attempt has yet been made In this country for the excessive fattening of geese, such as is earned on In Ger many, those so fattened with us being only prepared to a nnish for roasting nor has fattening or feeding for the excessive size of the livers ever gained any consideration here. The major per cent of all the geese brought Into the markets for general consumption are sold, and the demand for them FREE TRIAL FOR TEN DAYOc To every thousand population in this country there are just 2 dozen people troubled with bunions. The torture they suffer is unnecessary, for there is a device that is absolutely guaranteed to remove the pain the moment it is applied. This device is available to try tor the mere asking. 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Fol lowing this, comes the sale of th6l capons and the virgin cockerels. 80 cignly prized In New England. The scientific part of the handling of geese Is growing them to a condition TAIR OF GRAY AFRICAN GEESE. where the feathers are Just right to be plucked from the carcass without hav ing the bad appearance that of neces sity must be present if there Is a large amount of down or short feathers showing. Geeee, to be properly mar keted at their best, should be plucked at the right time, then fed and cared lor bo as to be ready for killing Just as the new growth of plumage is full and complete and ready to be stripped clean and clear from the body at killing time. This is the scientific part, next to the experience In the handling, feed ing and caring for, which bring such large numbers to the finest finish and most desirable condition for selling in the market. It Is a sight one would never forget to see eight or ten thousand of these geese confined in lots or runways being fed and cared for by attendants to bring them to that perfection of mar ket poultry not usually eeen outside of New England and New York City. T. F. ucGrew. Selling Chicks a Day Old. The hatching of chicks in quantities and then selling them direct to poultry breeders and fanciers is a business that is developing all over the country, largely doing away with the bother of sitting hens and the detail and atten tion entailed by operating an Incu bator. The plan is simplicity Itself. Experienced Incubator operators put in substantial hatching plants solely for the production and immediate disposi tion of chicks direct to poultry people, Dotn amateur and professional. For the most.part the new method possesses some range m its application. It has been found that day-old chicks will bear shipment to a considerable dis tance, and that a car ride of from ten to fifteen and twenty hours Is not con sidered extra hazardous. Prices for day-old chicks are a matter of barter between seller and buyer, something depending on the breeds and strains, but usually ranging S1.60 and up per dozen. There are several establishments In this country which make this an ex clusive business, and enjoy a hatching capacity of from 1,000 to 6.000 eggs at time, ah report a neaitny demand for their living product at remunera tive prices. Why Land is a Good Investment. The statistician of the Department of Agriculture of the United States esti mates that In 1931 the population of this country will be 130,000,000, and the census bureau agrees that this Is a con servative estimate. To supply the re quirements of this number of people will necessitate the production of 700,. 000,000 bushels of wheat. 1.250.000.000 bushels of oats, 345,000,000 bushels of corn, 100,000.000 tons of hay: and cot ton, tobacco and fruits and vegetables In proportion. To produce this im. mensely Increased Quantity of food and kindred products will necessitate the bringing under cultivation of an addi tional 150,000,000 acres of land, and It Is estimated that we have only 108, 000,000 acres available for cultivation. Of course these estimates do not take Into account the efforts of Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agricul ture, whereby every acre will event ually produce double Its present crop. 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