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Potato Growers, Shippers Advised On Labeling Seed Potatoes If you market seed potatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that you familiarize yourself with the new U.S. grade standards for seed potatoes to avoid mislabeling. Use of the new grade standards 01 Everything about this deal is unbeatable Right now, your Oliver/ Mmneapolis-Mohne dealer has the go ahead to give you a free six-bottom plow . valued at over $2,000 when you buy either the Oliver 2655 or the Mmneapolis-Mohne A4T-1600 articulated tractor And what a plow it is The Oliver 548-Cushion-Tnp that cuts deep, wide, and fast. 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(IT'S FREE.) going is easy with all of them Equal traction on all four mammoth wheels means smooth han dling of heaviest drawbar jobs Adjustable wheel treads and plenty of down-under clearance makes it simple to work with row crops And the center pivot steenng makes cornering tight and fast While power on the front wheels helps pull you around even with tools in the ground In slippery, soft, or wet going, our articulated tractor is hard at work while othr are waiting for fael dry And when thi tillage is done, yoi have one of the finest power take tractors going Foi irrigation pumpmi heavy harvesting FARMERSVILLE EQUIPMENT INC. R.D. 2, Ephrata. Pa. bags labeled “U.S. No. 1” and failing to meet the higher requirements of the U.S. grade standards for table-stock potatoes, will be considered as mislabeled under the Federal law. Simply attaching tags to show the potatoes are of seed grade will not correct this. The new grade standards for seed potatoes went into effect in April. AMS points out that the grade was intended for seed potatoes, not those for table use. The seed potatoes packed under this grade should be in bags labeled, “U.S. No. 1 Seed” or U.S. No. 1 Seed Potatoes,” or be un marked as to grade. Under the new grade standard, seed potatoes can have more of certain defects than table DO YOU REMEMBER BLACK-OUTS & BROWN-OUTS TURN ON WITH ELECTROMEC STANDBY GENERATORS |P ELECTROMEC _ fj"! 34 NORTH READING ROAD liZ EPHRATA, PA. 17522 — 1 717-733-7911 And when you climb into the isolated cab, you’re protected from the heat, cold, wind, dust, and noise To help you weather even a long, 18 hour day's work in comfort A great tractor, a free plow, and no interest to pay'til March, 1973 That’s the unbeatable combination now at your Ohver/Minneapolis Moline dealer MM CBEIZB2S3CEI23 CHAS. J. MeCOMSEY A SONS potatoes. In the past, most seed potatoes were shipped under State seed grades that required the potatoes to meet U.S. No. 1 table requirements. These seed potatoes were generally shipped in bags marked U.S. No. 1, with State certified tags attached. If diverted from seed to table use, the potatoes would meet U.S. No. 1 quality standards for table potatoes. Most seed tags now in use contain the marking, “U.S. No. 1,” as a separate, distinct item. If these tags are used on U.S. No. 1 seed grade potatoes, AMS warns, it will be considered a misrepresentation, unless the potatoes also meet the higher requirements of the U.S. No. 1 table grade. The tags should be 11l Hickory Hill, Pa. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1972 — redesigned to show U.S. No. 1 SEED (or U.S No. 1 SEED POTATOES) in one word group of the same size printing if they are to be used for the U.S. No. 1 seed grade. When potatoes are marked as to grade, the labeling as to grade must be accurate, as required by the PAC Act. Other Federal and State laws require the name and address of the packer or distributor, the product, and th net weight of the contents to be shown. Grade Standard Proposed for Nest-Run Eggs The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed establishment of a standard for yield grade of unwashed, unsized eggs. The standard would be used to predict what the grade and size of these eggs—called nest run eggs— would be after washing, grading, and sizing. Commercial flocks are now generally made up of birds of uniform age and breeding. Such flocks produce eggs relatively uniform in weight and quality, making it feasible to provide sample grading of nest run eggs. Sample grading, based on the proposed standard, would make it possible to buy and sell eggs based on size and quality without the time and expense of an initial grading and packaging followed by another grading prior to final sale. As with all services provided in USDA’s Federal-State egg grading program, sample grading of nest run eggs would be voluntary and paid for by the user. By Another Name James Whistler’s famous painting, “Portrait of My Mother,” on display in the Louvre, Paris, was original ly entitled “An Arrangement in Grey and Black.” 7