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Show WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE i' IS DOING SOUTH TO THE FRONT IN ROAD, BUILDING Recent reports reeclved by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture on federal aid road projects, ehow tho routh moving forward In tho road building campaign, with projects showing .higher grade construction. con-struction. Of the sixteen Georgia projects approved for April, two were for bridges, seven for concrete and ono for either a brick, concrete or bituminous road, tho others being for sand clay roads. The concrete I roads will cost from $30,000 to $32,-1 K000 a mile, indicating the highest! typo construction, for the cost In tho south Is usually less than that In the ' north. Louisiana will build a short bituminous macadom road at an estimated es-timated cost of -$3(5,377 a ratio. VIr- ' glnla has ono bituminous macadem and three concrete roads In nine pro-( f JcctB approved. LKAItN SKWINfJ IN A ItAILWAY STATION Arizona women are ' hustlers, it those who attend the clothing school held In that Btato are typclal examples. exam-ples. These clothing schools nro con ducted by tho homo demonstration agents undor tho illrocftlon of tho United States Department of Agrl- 1 culture and tho Btato college. Tho women who attend thorn are taugh various phases of dressmaking and millinery. Such a school was recently recent-ly held at Salmarlta, Arizona, Tho waiting room at the railway station was tho only available place to meet. Before It coud bo used tho walls and floors' needed a thorough scrubbing and they woie given It by tho committee com-mittee in charge. Threo machines nnd two work tables woro Installed and twelvo women came for Instruction Instruc-tion the first afternoon. Tho amount am-ount of work accomplished during the cntiro week by those In attendance attend-ance was a surprise to the home demonstration agont and tho commit tee In charge. One woman in tho threo days she attended made a votlo 'Mr- dress, a gingham dress, a shirt (froir. 'old material), a hat and a baby cap. While doing this she also - minded tho baby she had brought with her. When tho youngster grew restless, she ran her sewing machlno with one foot and rolled tho baby carriage back and 'forth with the other. All during her work she sang a Dutch lullaby to tho baby. MICIIiaAN INCltKASKS MIIiTC CONSUMPTION To Increase- the use ot dairy products pro-ducts especially whole milk, skim i milk and buttermilk Is a project .that is bolng conducted In Michigan undor the direction of tho Extension division of tho Michigan Agricultural College nnd tho United Slates Depart jiuent of Agriculture In previous years largo quantities of surplus milk had boon poured Into the sowers sow-ers during tho "flush" season In tho spring nnd summer because thoro v-as no markot for It. Kvery effort Is now being mado to utlllzo'nll of this valuablo food. At Flint, Michigan, through tho efforts of tho home demonstration agont, tho schools Oiavo been used na tho contor for tho distribution of wholo milk. Tho children are examined ex-amined by tho school teacher and nurse, and to tho parents of thoso found undernourished a note Is gent by tho homo demonstration agent requesting re-questing thnt they bo allowed to bring 3 conts each day for a glass or milk and a slice of bread which Is served every morning at 10 o'clock. Tho responso from tho parents has boon oncournglng. Only flvo of the manv children who needed tho luncheon wcro fed nt public oxponso and a marked Improvement In tholr condition condi-tion has already beon demonstrated. At Saginaw, through tho efforts of tho homo demonstration agent nnd tho anil-tuberculosis nurse, distribution distribu-tion of milk has been established In tho factories and schools. Toh milkmen, milk-men, of Saginaw-recently raised a IJjOO fund to supplement $1,500 talscd by the Fedorhllon of Women's clubs to provldo proper lunches for the undernourished chlldien in tho public schools. In addition the homo demonstration agent by a series ot demonstrations. Is giving Instruction In tho value ot milk. Other cities and small towns In the state have awakened to the need of providing growing children with plenty of whole milk. A marked improvement is shown by the children who now have milk as a part ot their daily ration ra-tion and thus new converts are bolng made among the parents relative to the Importance of uslnug mote milk In the diet. . y DKMONSTItATi: (ill A IN (iUAl)IN(J Demonstrations showing how grain Is graded at terminal markets from tho first to tho last step, ale being shown by tho federal grain supervisors super-visors to farmers, millers, ulevntor men and others In a series of meetings meet-ings now being held In several of the states. The olllclals in ehargo demonstrate the equipment UBcd by Inspection otllccrs nt terminal markets mar-kets and the methods employed In grading grain according to tho fed-eial fed-eial standards. They demonstrate how to apply tho grades with limited limit-ed and Inexpensive set of equipment rtt he county mill and ulevntor. Samples of vaiious grades ot wheat, coin uiur oats me can led with tho doiiioiisrtatlons, besides typo trays and charts showing tho various grading grad-ing factors under the standaids, and the effect ot mixtures of foiclgn material ma-terial on the milling and baking quality of flour. Samples ot wheat, corn and onts are taken from cars with tho probe. These samples aro mixed, nnd mctlibdH of taking nu average av-erage cnmplo by mechanical means Is demonstrated. Special equipment which tests for moisture, dockage dock-age and weight per bushel, is also used. The main object is to demonstrate demon-strate methods by which the United States Department of Agriculture, In carrying out the provisions of tho grain standards act, determines grain grades as princlpnl markets. Prices paid for wheat and shelled corn are based upon the grades of federal standards. Demonstrations are being be-ing held In a number ot cities In Ohio, Indiana, Iowa,, Nebraska, Oklahoma Ok-lahoma and Texas. Similar demon stratlons are to be given In Michigan nnd other Btatcs In tho near future. ItKCLAMATION FA1LMKKS HKIJj WOOL TOOCTIHW Farmers on the Belle Fourcho, Minidoka, and Shoshone reclamation ptojects aro engaging In tho coop-eiatlvo coop-eiatlvo marketing of wool In tholr respective localities under tho direction direc-tion of the United States Department of Agriculture. Tho plan of concentrating concen-trating tho graded wool at central points where It Is really acccsslblo to tho buyers assures better prices and lnigor net profits to tho producers. Flock owners are paying from 17 to 2(1 cents n head for machlno shearing, shear-ing, an nverago of about 21 cents being common. A fow yonrs ago tho cost of machine shearing was only about 10 cents a head. This increase in-crease of over 20 per cent Is notnblo ns another reason why woolen clothes cost bo much. ui:i:kki:imnc; ron sor,iinns Hecnuso successful beekeeping requires re-quires moro work, study and attention atten-tion than mnny people aro willing to give it, bco specialists of tho United Unit-ed States Department of Agrlculturo aro dovotlng their tfforts to dovol-oplng dovol-oplng better beokceprs of thoso now In the work rather than make moro beekeepers. There Is one outstanding outstand-ing oxcoptlon tho specialists say, to this policy tho returned soldoer who Is disabled nnd who Is not now qualified quali-fied for tho work In whlchlio was engaged en-gaged before entering the army. Tho government through tho fedoral board for vocational education, offers of-fers disabled men training In whatever what-ever lino of work they decide upon for le-educution. To give somo of they an opportunity to seo the advantages ad-vantages In beekeeping tho bureau of entomology of the department recently re-cently invited somo of the boys from the Walter Iteed hospital In Wash- ) HHHHHBilWPI ItiK'on to tho now bee culturo labor atvr in Somoiset, Md Talks wcro git en on the lite history ot bees nnd on the requirements ot successful beekeepeis and demonstrations were held in handling bees. A tow ot tho men who hurt heroically gone through gns attacks nnd barrage tire took to the bushes when they were hnnded frames ou which the bees were busily at work. Others bravely went Into the aplniy without veils and removoa hone from the hives. Perhaps tho most Ititciestlng part ot the afternoon after-noon for the more timid men came afti'i tho honey was In a bucket. With hot biscuits and coffee served by the women of the local lied Cross Uiu i ,i large quantity of honey was consumed. While the commercial beekeeper neeiN to bo In fine physical condition t" iln his best tho beo specialists point out thnt It lemulns true that the inos Imporant pait of n beekeeper beekeep-er Is the part nbovo the neck. Thoio aie.i lready moro beekeepers than nio needed ten times over porhaps hut it Is tin that ten times tho piesent number ot good beekeepers are necled, thoy add. m i |