THE DALY BULLETI
College Station, Texas, Thursday, April 8, 1920
Number 162
MR. FARRAR TALKS REGULAR MEETING
TO THE STUDENTS
IN HORTICULTURE
Marketing Agent of the Cotton Beit
Talks on the Marketing Problems
in Eastern Texas
Mr. Farrar, marketing agent for
the St." L. &-S. W. R. R., visited
the College upon the invitation of
Prof. Potts to talk to the Horticul-
tural students upon the marketing of
perishable products. He has had
several years of experience in this
line of work and is doing much to
improve marketing conditions along
his line.
Mr. Farrar’s talk was along gen-
eral marketing lines though illus-
trated with his experiences in hand-
ling peaches, tomatoes, berries, etc.
He said in part:
When we consider marketing is
the ultimate aim of every ounce of |
culti-
every other
expended in sowing,
vation, harvesting and
operation of production—when we
recognize the fact that increased
production in any industry without
a correspondingly increased outlet
for the finished product means econ-
omic loss—then we can get some con-
ception of the paramount importance
of agricultural marketing work.
Marketing consists of more than
merely selling a crop. It should in-
clude every step from harvesting un-
til the crop is on the consumer’s
table. Selling bears about the same
relation that powdering a girl’s nose
bears to the whole operation of her
preparation for a ball or the opera,
It is very necessary, but only one of
the finishing touches.
Marketing must include the prop-
er time to harvest and harvesting
methods, assembling of the goods in-
to salable quantities, the segregation
of grades and sizes, the exclusion of
all unmarketable goods and of find-
ing the scattered points of consump-
tion.
vice and if a single one of the steps
mentioned above neglected all
may be a failure.
In order to perform all of these
the middle man is necessary to some
extent but the farmer has neglected
some parts of his work and so al-
lowed parasites to creep in.
energy
is
Some of the worst faults of the |
Texas growers are due largely to
shortsightedness and to lack of un-
derstanding of the value of a good
reputation. A man buys a car of
goods and takes a chance on it be-
ing good and that he can sell it to
some one else before it rots.
quently he has to buy it far below
what he expects to get for it that his
margin of profit will take care of the
hazard as well as the legitimate
profit he is entitled to make Much
fruit that is started to market should
have gone to the cull heap. This
would tend to eliminate the element |
of chance that is so largely to blame
for the great difference in the price
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Good marketing is good ser- |
Conse- |
ANIMAL INDUSTRY
COUNCIL MONDAY
| Dr. R. P. Marsteller, R. M. Sherwood,
R. F. Miller and J. A. Clutter
Talk at Last Meeting
At the regular meeting of the An-
imal Industry Council, Dr. R. P.
Marsteller, Prof. of Vet. Med. and
Surgery, in discussing “Regulatory
| Laws Pertaining to the Interstate
| Shipment of Livestock”, went into
‘detail in explaining some of the dis-
| eases which were the direct cause of
[this law. He lauded the veterin-
|arians for their common interest in
| keeping down contagious diseases by
[their strict enforcement of these
laws. He emphasized the importance
of breeders acquainting themselves
| with both the interstate and intra-
| state laws before making a shipment.
He also commended the pure bred
live stock breeders for their constant
cooperation with the veterinarians in
keeping down contagious diseases.
R. M. Sherwood, Poultry Husband-
man of the Experiment Station, in
reviewing current topics pertaining
to poultry, related some of his ex-
periences with tuberculosis of chick-
ens. He showed a number of pic-
tures which typified examples of this
disease. The manner of testing the
flock for the disease is very similar
to the test for tuberculosis in cattle.
R. F. Miller, Sheep Husbandman,
commented upon results of the meet-
ing of the National Wool Growers’
Association which was held last Jan-
uary. He advised that this Associa-
tion had taken steps to improve wool
marketing and to prevent the dealing
in wool futures, that is, buying the
wool while it is still on the animal’s
back. “Increasing the American
Peoples’ Appetite for Mutton Cam-
paign’’ was heartily endorsed by the
Association. It was recommended
that the bounty be increased for the
trapping of coyotes, as this is grow-
ing to be a greater menace to the
sheep industry each year.
Finally the . Association went on
record as approving the passage of
the Pure Fabric Law which law, if
passed, would have the same effect
as our Pure Food Law.
J. A. Clutter, Associate Professor
|of Dairy Husbandry, stressed some
| of the recent records that have been
| made in the production of milk and
| butter. One interesting record was
that of the Jersey cow, imported
| Prospect’s Rose Des Houard’s, who,
as a two year old, produced seven
{hundred twenty-six pounds of butter
| fat, won the grand championship at |
the National Dairy Show, and at the
‘end of the test produced a calf.
| Professor Clutter strongly advocated
the adoption of the yearly butter fat
test for dairy breeds and, particular-
ly, where cows on these tests pro-
duced a calf at the end of the test.
He said that seven and fourteen day
tests are entirely too artificial.
THE PRELIMINAR
MATCHES BETWEEN
ORGANIZATIONS
Twenty-four Highest Men are Pick-
ed Who Will Compete for Places
on Gallery Team
The preliminary matches between
the
Signal Corps, Field Artillery, Infan-
different organizations of the
try and Cavalry firing for places on
the College Gallery Team have been
completed, and the twenty-four men
in all the organizations scoring the
highest have been picked. The
names of these men and the score
made by each is as follows: A. L.
Park, Co. A Signal Corps—175; W.
N. Roper, Bat. B.,, F. A.—174; R. O.
Holsafrel, Co. E, Inf.—173; R. O.
Bartholomew, Co. E., Inf.—173; W.
W. Walker, Co. A,, S. C.—172; C. T.
Sprague, Troop A, Cav.—168; J. T.
Stovall, Co. D, Inf.—166; E. C.
Ward, Co. H, Inf.—166; F. L. Park,
Co. H, Inf.—166; R. W. Hall, Troop
A Cav.—164; R. E. Bridges, Troop
A. Cav.—164; E. B. Wilson, Co. B,
S..-C~—=163:+-J.. A. Albritton;=Co. 'C,
Inf.—162: W. B. White, Co. B, Inf.
—162; W. ‘H. Beazley, Bat. B, F. A.
—162; W. B. Muncey, Co. A, S. C.—
162; N. L. Franke, Co. B, Inf.—160;
P. D. Cretian, Co. C, Inf.—160; De
Stefano, A., Co. D, Inf.—160; L. L.
Hargis, Co. F. Inf. J. Fuchs, Troop
A, Cav.;"R 5G“ Mewry, "Co." F, "Inf.;
R. H. Maxwell,  Co.=L,-Inf.;: H.R.
McDonald, Co. F, Inf.
Only ten men will be on the gal-
lery team which will fire in the gal-
lery range competition among the
Senior units of the R. O. T. C. of the
Southern Department and these ten
men will be chosen from the twenty-
four men already picked. They will
now enter competition for places on
this team.
When the College gallery team
is picked an officer will be sent here
by the Southern Department to
keep all of the scores made in the
competition, an officer will also be
sent to all other institutions enter-
ing the competition. All instutions
having gallery or range practice fa-
cilities will enter.
Each institution is also asked to
contribute ten dollars as an entrance
fee, and the money will be used to
purchase suitable trophies for the
winners.
The total score of the different or-
ganizations made in the preliminary
matches are as follows: Company A
Signal Corps—824; Battery A Field
Artillery—780; Company B Signal
Corps—778; Company C Signal
Corps—T778; Company D Infantry
—T769; Company E Infantry—762,
Company G Infantry—761; Battery
A Field Artillery—760; Company C
Infantry—752; Troop A Cavalry—
748; Company A Infantry—747;
Company H Infantry—746; Com-
pany B Infantry—731; Company F
Infantry—>585; Company I Infantry
—558.
AGGIES SHUT OUT
THE BALORITES
IN A FAST GAME
Making the Thirty Fifth Straight
Athletic Victory for This School
Year.
The Aggies won their thirty-fifth
straight athletic victory for this
school year here yesterday by defeat-
ing Baylor 3 to 0 in one of the
fastest games of base ball ever played
at Kyle Field. Nine full innings were
reeled of on exactiy one hour and
twenty-eight minutes and each of the
two thousand fans were well paid for
their time and money. Henderson,
working on the mound for the Aggies
was never better and had the Bears
eating out of his hand at all times.
He allowed but three hits and struck
out eleven of the Bears and two of
the Bear’s hits were of a scratchy na-
ture. Behind perfect pitching of
Henderson the Aggies played brilliant
ball. Henderson was in trouble but
in one inning, when an error, a hit
batsman and a scratchy hit filled the
bases with one man down, but the
next man, heavy hitting Hank Wil-
son, hit to the box and Henderson
threw to Crawford who doubled to
Dyer and retired the side without a
score.
In the fifth Crawford, first up, hit
for three bases to left and scored
when Henderson hit for two bases to
center. This finished the scoring of
the inning as Henderson was out at
third and the next two were easy outs
from short to first. In the sixth Hig-
ginbotham lived on an error at first,
stole second and came all the way
around on the out from pitcher to
first. No more scoring was done un-
til the eighth when Higginbotham
came up with two out, was safe at
first on an error, stole second and
scored when Alexander hit for three
bases to left.
The Score:
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A. and MJ ...0000:031:01> 53 6:4
Baylor ito oi. 000 000 000 0 3 3
Batteries: A. and M.—Henderson
and Crawford; Baylor—Dawson, Tan-
ner and Weathers.
Umpire—Rankin.
—————— eee.
ELECTRICAL SHOW AND
ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY
Remember the E. E. Show and En-
tertainment, Friday afternoon and
evening, beginning at 3 o’clock. Free
admission. Refreshments will be
served. You are cordially invited.
Music and dancing.
CR RT RE
DEBATING CLUB
The College Debating Club will
meet tonight at 6:40 in Room 301 E.
E. Building. All members and
interested are urged to be
others
present.