Show Surplus Crop Uses to Be Four Laboratories Washington New ways to dispose of surplus crop production production pro pro- production especially through industrial uses of farm and forest products are to be besought besought besought sought in four new laboratories laboratories laboratories labora labora- tories one each in four regions regions re re- re gions of the country for which provision is made in inthe inthe inthe the recently enacted agricultural agricultural agricultural I tural bill A committee of the United States Department of Agriculture has been studying studying studying study study- ing the provisions of the act endeavoring to select the best I locations for the research centers and outlining lines of investigation that most need to be undertaken Under the terms of the act Is authorized for research and development devoted primarily to those farm commodities In which there are arc regular or seasonal surpluses surpluses sur sur- pluses and their products and by products One-fourth One of this sum is isto isto isto to be allocated to each of four lab lab- oratorios While the wording of the bill bilI provides provides pro pro- vides merely that one laboratory shall be located in each of the four principal agricultural regions of the country it is considered probable that the states will vilI be blocked out into groups as northeast south midwest midwest mid mid- west and west Each Region Has lias Its Problems Each of these general regions has its own particular group of pi crop crop- surplus problems awaiting solution Thus northeast will present dairy products and potatoes south will have cotton colton and tobacco mid midwest west will bring up corn and wheat and west will have to deal with citrus fruits and vegetables The Thc foregoing of course is only a skeleton list Each section will have a considerable number of jobs for or its laboratory In the South for example cotton and tobacco are joined by sweet potatoes sugar plants citrus fruits peaches and naval stores Problems to be tackled by the government scientists will not be solely a search for ways to deal with surpluses already regularly produced Surpluses may maybe be eliminated dim dim- by the substitution of other desirable crops suitable for production production production tion in the several regions Thus to take the South again as asan asan asan an example it i is thought worth worthwhile worthwhile while to consider the possibility of the introduction and commercial utilization of such things as the new oil tung-oil trees new kinds of starch and fiber plants and new plants for forthe forthe forthe the production of tannin Noteworthy Noteworthy Note Note- worthy among the latter is a kind of dock with like dahlia-like roots which contain as much as 30 per cent of tannin |