Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-06 | Page 9 | Idaho Farmers Buy Picric Acid

IDAHO FARMERS BUY PIG PICRIC RIG ACID Carload of Explosives Ordered Ordered Or Or- Or-I Or dered From I Government r I MOSCOW I Idaho nho Sept Farmers G. G Farmers G.-Farmers of I I Latah atah count county through h the tho college of agriculture of the University of or Utah have o ordered a carload of oC picric acid from the United States State gov government for blowing stumps Tho The shipment which will amount to pounds represents a apart a apart Part of the pounds pound of or this acid I which the government had hod left lett at the close of tho the war This Is the second carload ordered by by byan I j an Idaho count county Bonner r county count which placed d an ord order r early arly In August Is said Id to have hate been one of the first counties In the tho Northwest to take takA advantage e of or the governments government's o offer rte r. r Word Vord has Just been I received that tho the Bonner count county car was was was' I shipped hipped from Sparta WIs VII August 27 21 It It-I It tI is exp expected to reach Sandpoint in a a. few I day days Tho Latah county carload which also i I will bo be shipped from Sparta will be distributed distributed dis dis- In ten distinct farming comm com com- m representing nearly sec sec- I tion of or the county A hundred farmers i I participated In tho the order taking quantities quan- quan titles varying from to 1000 pounds A thousand pounds Is the thc largest quantity I I the tho government will permit any Individual I ual to order 1 The acid costs the farmers 6 G cents cent a n. n I pound for tor They Also pay paye the e freight which will approximate C 6 cents a pound This Is pure purely a n salvaging tion said Dean Denn E E. E J. J J of or 1 the colleg collego collego col- col lego leg of or n agriculture Ua as as no more acid will be furnished in this way after the l 12 pounds are aro gone I Tho The acid will be distributed under di direction dl- dl of or O. O S. S Fletcher county agent Alent Tho The Potlatch State bank of or Potlatch and the tho Latah Count County State Stata bank of ot Deary Dear guaranteed d the freight I Picric acid Is Ie used In the same manner man man- manner ner as dynamite according to Dean Iddings Iddings Iddings Id- Id dings except that It is 18 detonated with witha I a n No 8 Instead of a n No 6 cap It Is a l slow powder shown by government tests tests' tests I to bo be approximately is 18 per cent more I powerful than tho dynamite commonly used In land clearing I