VALUE OF FARM LIVESTOCK
ENORMOUSLY INCREASED
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, The total value of
live stock on farms and ranges of the
United States the first of the present
year was $6,685,020,000, as compared
with $6,020,670,000 on January 1 1916,
an Increase of $664,350,000, or 11 per
cent, according to a statement Issued
by the Department of Agriculture.
On January 1, 1917, there were on
forms and ranges of the country 21,
126,000 horses, valued at $2,174,629,000;
■1,639,000 mules valued at $548,864,000;
22,768,000 milch cows, valued at$l,
358,435,000; 40,849,000 other cattle
valued $1,465,786,000; 48,1S3,000 sheep
valued at $346,064,000; and 67,453,000
swine valued at $791,242,000.
Compared with Jan, 1, 1916, in num
bers horses have decreased 32,000;
mules Increased 46,000; inilch cows
j increased 666,000; other cattle In
creased 1,037,000; sheep decreased
142,000, and swine decreased 313,000.
In average value per head horses
increased $1,34; mules increased $4.94;
milch cows increased $5,74; other
cattle increased $2,35; sheep Increased
$1,97; swine increased $3,33.
In total value per head horses In
creased $24,843,000; mules Increased
$26,300,000; milch cows lncerased
$166,480,000; other cattle Increased
$130,858,000; sheep Increased $94,470
000, and swine increased $221,669,000.
Pre-war prices -show that live stock.
with the exception of horses and
mules, increased tremendously. On
January 1, 1914. the average price per
head was: horses $109,32; mules
$122,85; milch cows $53,94; other cat
tle $31,13; sheep $4.02, and swine
$10,40.
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nr FOOD VALUE OF POFATOES
IF IF ARE PROPERLY PREPARED
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON. The general use of
potatoes in the average family and the
better customs prevailing in many
homes In preparing the tubers for
food are bused on sound economic
and dietic reasons, according to spe
cialists of the department of agricul
ture Potatoes are easy to cook in a
variety of ways From the point of
view of dietics, they furnish starch
in a readily digestible form, qontain
mineral substances of importance to
the body and—a fact less generally
known—tend to make the tissues and
fluids of tlie body alkaline, so coun
teracting the tendency of meats, eggs,
fish and like foods to create acid con
ditions Since the body does its work
best when its condition is either neu
tral or slightly alkaline, potatoes, like
most vegetables, perform an impor
tant function in the diet besides fur
nishing energy-producing material.
Potatoes, however, while a valuable
addition to a mxied diet alone are
not suited to meet the needs of the
body because of their poverity In pro
telns and fat. Greater care than com
monly Is exercised should be taken In
peeling potatoes. Very often 20 per
cent of the potato Is pared away. This
results not only in thewaste of con
siderable potato but also in the loss of
the most valuable portions of the
tub. , since the soluable mineral salts
are pi (sent In the material near the
skin. Paring etore boiling may be
tlie most n.csi deslra'1c method of
cooking methods which through nn
undue exposure to light may have
acquired a bitter taste or other which
have beeh kept until late In the
spring since in this way more of a
disagreeable flavor Is eliminated. New
potatoes, after paring should be drop
ped Into holing water instead of be
ing placed on the stove in cold water.
Hy the latter method there Is twice
the loss of proteinB on tissue build
ing elements resulting from the form
er. Practically the only loss when
potatoes are baked in their skins
is the water which escapes as steam.
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WASHINGTON, A special repori 1
on American pearl fisheries issued by
the Pan American Union, says that
with scarcely an exception there are
American pearls in the famous crowns
of the European rulers. Most of these
are of a rather pncient date having
been among the first ocean gems to be
secured by the early English, Spanish,
Italian and Portugese adventurers Into
the new world.
The Pan American Union's report
says that the richest pearl fisheries
of North America are those lying
around the southern end of the Penin
sular of Lower California and along
the Gulf of Lower California as for
north as Tiburon Island. These fish
eries have been worked for many
years and still are being fished. Mil
lions of dollars worth of pearls have
been taken from them. At present
the pearl fishing is going forward
there but comparatively primitive
methods and equipment still are used.
With more modern apparatus It is be
lieved that larger harvests could be
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those of Panama produce the famous
black, green and bluish tinted pearls.
These fisheries extend as far south
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The first pearl fisheries of America
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the Pearl Coast which Is the strand
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Pacific News Servics, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON, Secretary of Agri
culture Houston has notified Repre
sentative Kahn of SanFranclsco that
plans for the establishment of an
animal quarantine on San Francisco
Bay will not be extertained at this
time. The department cites statistics
showing that existing embargoes on
the importation of foreign animals
because of animal diseases are so
stringently enforced that but very few
animals of any kind enter the United
States. This condition has main
tained for many years, the secretary
added.
Representative Kahn several months
ago requested the department of ag
riculture to Investigate the advisabil
ity and desirability of establishing
such a station, pointing out that no
such station exists on the Pacific
Coast of the country.
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crown jewels of Europe arc still being
fished, the Vcnezuelian Government
new having in effect a concession let
to a Venezuelan under which the lat
ter works the flshreies for a consider
ation of $800 a month paid to the
Governm- nt. Even at this high rental
It is said that the concessionaire has
a rich business. His concession shortly
will expire.
During the fishing season more than
four hundred vessels and more than
two thousand men ore engaged In
pearl fishing on the Pearl Coast.
Some years ago these waters were
overfished nnd as a result the Pearls
grew' less abundant but the Venezuelan
Government halted the fishing for a
time and now the fisheries are again
profitable
In 1689 King Philip of Spain ob
tained a pearl from these waters re
ported to have weighed two hundred
and flty carats and to have been worth
from $30,000 to $100,000.
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