PAGE EIGHT _ QRADE SUPERVISORS FOR POTATOES LICENSEL | | I'UBERCULOSIS IN CALTLE HEAVILY CUT In meeting a wartime emergency Tuberculosis infection in cattle on in the state's food production effort, | “¢nnsylvania farms has been reduced approximately 125 persons have pass- | by more than 88 per cent in seven ed a practical test as potato grade | years, according to Dr. H. C. Kutz, supervisors at one of 14 one-day mar- | Chief of the Bovine Tuberculosis Er- keting and training schools, D. M. | adication Division, Bureau of Animal James, supervising inspector in the | {naustry, State Department of Agri- Bureau of Markets, Pennsylvania De- | culture. Partment of Agriculture, announces. | Pennsylvania has been a Modified The qualified grade supervisors are | Accredited State since 1936 and the hard at work in the potato storage | percentage of reactors has been re- cellars of growers in all the princi- | ducd to one-half of 1 per cent and Pal potato growing centers of the lower, showing that by continuing state, assisting in the grading and | the tuberculin testing throughout the packing of the 19 million bushel po- | State the cattle now are comparative- tato crop. The series of 19 meetings [ly free of tubrculosis, Dr. Kutz ex- in as many counties, started in Au- | plained. gust. Five more schools are schedul- | During 1935 a total of 655,894 cat ed for the second half of October and | tle were tested in Pennsylvania and early November. {of these 15,079 showed the presence The training and retraining of the | of tuberculosis and were removed grade supervisors is but one part of | from herds. In 1942 number of cat- each program. Other cooperating [tle tested by State and Federal Bu- groups include the local County Ag-|reaus of Animal Industry and prac- ents who arrange and conduct om The veterinarians totalled 547,711. meetings, extension specialists from | The tradication campaign in this pe- the Pennsylvania State College, and | riod was so effective that only 1,756 officers of the Pennsylvania Potato | cattle were found to be infected in QOrowers Association, who combine to | 1943. discuss potato packaging, storage “To reduce the tuberculosis infec- and marketing problems. The meet- | tion in cattle to a greater extent,” ings have had an average attendance | says Dr. Kutz, in a new Pennsylva- Yo date of about 30 potato growers |nia Department of Agriculture Bull- and their employees or a total atten- | etin on Tuberculosis of Livestock and dance of more than 400. The Associa- | Pcultry, published as General Bulle- tion grants special certificates to|tin No. 500, “it is essential and ne- those who pass the examinations for | cessary to continue the good work grade supervising work. | by tuberculin testing the cattle pe- — V | riodically, If we relinquish our efforts PA. HIGHWAY EMPLOYES | sooner or later the tuberculosis in- SAFETY RECORD LAUDED| fection among cattle will be as great | as before the eradication campaign Secretary John U. Shroyer com- | ¢AMmpaign started. : “The Pennsylvania control program tnended employes of the Pennsylva- | p i a is | Nas proved conclusively that by a co- h this | ) fia Department Of Jighways this | ordinate program supported by cattle UNION PRESS.COURIfR Thursday, October 21, 1948, — PLAY FAIR WITH AME PRODUCE IT! arow your own, and devote all the y time you can to helping on a farm, or In a processing plant. America must put every bit of food to work! CONSERVE IT! Wasting food prolongs the war. Make every crumb count! Today over 8% of America’s food supply is wasted in our homes. Stop this waste! Starve your garbage pail! x x § AA 4 MAKE FOOD FIGHT FOR FREEDOM! ~FISHTS nbs RICA’S FOOD SUPPLY! vn SHARE IT! Substitute plentiful foods for scarce and rationed foods. Don’t buy more than you need. Pre- serve, brine, and can all you can! PLAY SQUARE! Respect food for what it is—a vital war weapon. Don’t patronize black markets. Don't accept rationed foods without surrendering ration cou- pons. Pay no more than ceiling prices! & SERVICE SUPER MARKETS _ Owned and Operated By The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. BUY MORE WAR BONDS GOLD MEDAL - ENRICHED FLOUR.... 31> (35 SOFTASILK FINE QUALITY NUT week for their excellent safety rec- | bi 3 ord and said they have no means of owners, agricultural agencies, veter- placing the Department in the fore- | narians. physicians and the public at front in accident prevention work. large, tuberculosis and other diseases Safety Award Cards will soon be affecting livestock and poultry can be issued to the Supervisory personnel | “ontrolled. who have had no lost time accidents mn) — in their working crews for one or | AUTUMN COLORING more consecutive years, as well as| DUE TO CHEMICAL to equipment operators who have han- | CHANGE, NOT FROST led their equipment in ey a man- irs fier so as not to become involved in| ‘:Jack Frost can whitewash the au- &n accident. {tumn woods but he cannot - paint “It is not unusual for the Depart- | them” James A. Kell, Secretary of ent of Highway employes to estab- | the State Department of Forests and lish an outstanding safety record,” Waters, says. Bhroyer said. “But it is particularly | “Ripening of the leaves is the gratifying at this time when the ur- cause of the change in color of the gency of the war effort demands ex- forest foliage and not the action of fra care to avoid any interruption of frost,” he added. Production as a result of accidents The green coloring matter of leav- affecting manpower, to know that cs is known as chlorophyll, which is safety record can be maintained.” the only substance in the world which Early this year the Secretary com- can make starch or sugar, both pri- fnended employes for establishing an mary products in the economy of all @ll time low record in lost time acci- | plants as well of mankind. dents, buth in number and propor- It is made during the entire grow- to man-hours worked. ing season, i We Frost may hasten the action but it Do your part. Buy a ticket Now to! does not produce the brilliant colors. “This Is the Aarmy.” | With the arrical of autumn and cold- —— er weather the normal activities of Faster Than Sound the ke are greatly slowed up and the death of the leaf may occur in- CAKE FLOUR. . .... Ib. 28g d BLUE LABEL i exo KARO STRUP...... 2 Us 25c GERBER'S BABY FOODS (1)....... = Te N. B.C. DANDY OYSTER GRAGKERS... 21" 36¢ COLONIAL GRAHAM CRACKERS... LX 19c DAILY KIBBLED DOG BISCUITS... ... 5% 380 BOND BRAND DILL PICKLES........ 2 8c CAMELS, LUCKIES, ANN PAGE “TENDER COOKED” BEANS -- .. "11g A&P GOLDEN SWEET CORN «-+,...%'11¢ STALEY’S CREAM CORN STARCH OLEO SLICED A&P FAMILY BREAD 1009 PURE HYDROGENATED STORE ’EM FOR WINTER — U. S. No. | MAINE POTATOES . .:: 1.49 CIGARETTES =: For Perfect 1-Lb. Puddings Pkgs. 0 Fortified With 2 3 1 Vitamin "A" = Lbs. 0 Fresh Daily 20-0z. Enriched ER Loaves C LEY 4 Brown Points Vegetable Shortening tb. - 4 Points Per Pound BH ® Size 0 RALEIGHS, CHESTERFIELD, ETC. = 156 its flavor A § owas in your : Does A Wot = cup that CL 2 Lbs. Ale) dependently of frost. It is then that | the remnant of leaf-green decompos- es and lifts as a curtain to show the vivid hues beneath. Chemical changes in the mineral substances within the minute leaf cells produce the shades of color. Leaves fall from the trees because | they are worn out and have been | drained of all the pulp that was stor- | ed in the twig. The leaf has done its | work, and the tree lets it go, because lwith the coming of cooler weather | | growth must stop. It is nature's fru- gal way to save all the useful green leaf pulp. vy. | DROUGHT WEAKENS TREES—FEEDING IN FALL IS ADVISED The unusually dry weather during the summer and early fall weakened | many ornamental and shade trees throughout the state, Research For- ester Albert B. Mickaltis, of the De- partment of Forests and Waters, de- = clares, LIEUT. ROBERT H. KNAPP, Army | — flier of Norwich. N Y., ts credited | .by intelligence officers with hav- ing flown at the rate of 840 miles @p hour, the fastest speed ever reached by man and faster than the speed of sound Lt Knapp made his record in a sky battle over Emden, Germany. when his controls froze and he dove vertical= Ivy 23,000 feet. (International) | ea ! MAKE EVERY BB = Better Eyesight FOR EVERYONE who needs glasses! Men, women and children, too, can enjoy the | benefits of our optical service. Finest quality | of eyewear, in a large variety of shapes and Z. styles, scientifically fitted to your eyes. ; EYES EXAMINED DR. J. P. MITCHELL OPTOMETRIST BARNESBORO % next spring he added. can be safely and advantageously ap- plied to each thirty or forty square feet of ground area under a tree's ELA UNRATIONED POULIRY! Fresh, Fully Dressed and Drawn, Head and Feet Off | CHICKENS FOWL ev. 49¢ his | -43¢ 6 Lamb Rib Chops ER ER Lb. 42c 6 Leg of Lamb i. . ...» 35¢ 7 Hamburger “aii, ™ w 25¢ 4 Meat Loaves sora , , wv 35¢ 6 Sliced Bacon ow , , » 4lc 6 Fresh Pork Sausage i 37c¢ HEADQUARTERS FOR SEAFOOD! FRESH ' MACKEREL FILLETS....... Lb. 32¢ OYSTERS | SALT HERRING ~orwegian .. “> 18¢ Stewing BLUE PIKE Fresh Dressea Lb. 35¢ Pint 59¢ FRESH DRESSED CARP....% 2ic Frying. .Pint 67c Bh. FRESH DRESSED MACKEREL *- 33¢ FRESH FRESH SPECKLED TROUT... 4c POL Ok FRESH DRESSED CATFISH.. ™ 35¢ SMOKED WHITING. .. ..... 1. 3g . 27¢ CHERRYSTONE CLAMS. . .. Po 25¢ WHITE HOUSE EVAP. Tall 1 Point 10 2. 85¢ = ER PALMOLIVE SOAP * Cake 1c The long drought will lower the ef- | crown. Weakened valuable trees can often | be safely applied vary greatly = but| soil in proportion of one pound to| the sixty square feet, The fertilizer that 2 Lbs. 4Tc |2 Lbs. 5ic counts!’ sa) There are also many good|is chosen can be forked into the soil, pruned and burned at practically any fiency of root systems of some trees|cemmercial fertilizer mixtures and placed in holes made with a circular | time of the year. Cuts having diame- in supplying sufficient water and|plent foods that could be used for| tool or scattered over the ground sur-| ters or two inches or more should be mineral nutrients to the new growth | this purpose. The quantities of these | Dead or diseased branches can be! use. Enriched! Dated! Thoro-baked! MARVEL BREAD REGULAR SANDWICH PECAN RINGS. ........ 5 22¢ DEVIL'S DINNER ROLLS. ........P 8¢ FOOD sanpv:icH pots.......>= 9c | CA K E RANKFUR Phe Two. CF URTER ROLLS 10c Joe 39 Dated Sugared DONUTS. ®°* (5¢ ANGEL FOOD BARS. ... * 3f¢ “The Perfect Gift’ JANE PARKER FRUIT CAKE. iy 99c¢ FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES Direct from Orchards, Groves and Gardens to You PENNA. BLUE LABEL POTATOES . . =. 49; SOLID HEADS, DANISH CABBAGE. . =. 1.79 NEW YORK STATE (11's-12) CAULIFLOWER: 31¢ CRISP JUMBO PASCAL CELERY ® am aus 35¢ CRISP ICEBERG (60's) LETTUCE . . 2+.:23¢ FLAME—RED TOKAY GRAPES ... 2 .. 29¢ NEW FALL PENNA. SPINACH . . 2 . 23; CLEANSER [CLOROX 3..14c | 219 face, Most satisfactory results are ob- | properly coated with orange shellac i materials which are desirable or can tained by applying fertilizers on soil | or other suitable wound dressing. which has been well watered. Nitrate of soda applied at any time be saved by applying rotted manure \recommended amounts are usually] Maintaining a mulch of leaves, |from April 1 to July 1, is especially peat, composts, cottonseed meal, soy- | designated by the dealers. An effect-| W00ds mulch or other organic mat- | valuable as a quick acting food to bean meal and other organic matter |ive fertilizer can be made by mixing ter ] to the soil during the fall. About one | equal portions of nitrate of soda, mu- {in reviving feeble or sickly trees. The | ght, disease, insect injury, or malnu- pound of either of these fertilizers|riate of potash, ground bonemeal and | Mulch should have a depth of sever-| trition. Approximmtely one-fourth 1b, acid phosphate. This is applied to the|al inches and cover the area under| of nitrate of soda for each year of a during the winter is also helpful trees and shrubs weakened by drou- spread of a tree's crown. [tree's age 1s a sufficient amount to w10¢ * wille [| ‘mation. $B -= 0 Lig! 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