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Show Double Up No End to Wonders! Dehydration Packs Tasteful Dinner Into Vest Pocket; Field Crops Arc Source of Plastics and Air From Produce While Retaining Nutritional t'alues; Milk Now Turned Into Kitchen Curtains; Cull Potatoes Into Fuel Alcohol. Dry ing Removes W'ater American agriculture wilt emerge from the war with a terpart offers even more interesting new pattern of crop production that will not only give us opportunities as a contributor to future farm prosperity. everything we eat and wear, but provide much of the raw Already th products of 40 million materials used in industry. acres of American farm land art goDuring World War I, the emphasis was on the production ing Into our Industrial plants. And of cereal crops. Today, although cereals are essentially nec- this is but tha beginning. Already have com to chemical essary, heavier emphasis is being placed on dairy products, think of allengineers America as an indusconIf and the trend oils. present meats, vegetables, eggs trial farm and of farm products as tinues, American millc goals in the reconstruction period th raw materials for factories. will be double our present output of 122 billion pounds a year. Perhaps th clastic example of The nations farms will be permanently producing more meat chemurgy' effort to turn farm Into vitally needed Industrial and eggs, more vegetables and more crops such crops products lies In th field of synas soybeans. thetic rubber. It took th world a Two developments are credited with adding impetus to the century to raise the production of new farm production trend. Both have been spurred by crude rubber to a billion tons a scientific research and the necessity of meeting wartime year. Th United State now expects to develop a like capacity for problems. One is dehydration, or the dry preservation of synthetic rubber much of It is of the science food. The other is chemurgy, or transforming mad from corn and other farm farm crops Into industrial products. products within tha next year and a halt Dehydration l not new. In feet. The chemurglc scientist busy It at ancient at tha tun that hat 1 among hit test tubes performs such miracles es turning milk into kitchen curtains; corn into a tinfoil substitute; sunflowers Into paper; sorghum into insulating board; barley and sweet potatoes Into ethyl alco- been dry inf the water out of thing for a get. But to the old dehydration processes hawa been added new technique that have o revolution-tie- d its future possiblhUes, that tome economists predict that food dehydration plants may become a common In agricultural area at canneriet and condenteriet are today. An Idle dream, you aay? Not considso Idle, perhnpt, when it ered that there are more than 200 dehydration plant In the United Stale today, compared with only hol. Anti-freez- e 1 in 1940. J. B. WyckoiT, of the Agricultural Ove ' Marketing administration recently estimated that the United State will dehydrate vegetables at the rate of 150 to 400 million pounds In 1943 at compared with 100 million pounds in 1942. Vet last year' totals were seven times the 1940 volume. 'To meet the 1943-4dehydrated food requirements as presently known." he added, "will require every third egg, and one out of every 12 pound of whole milk produced. Requirements for dehydrated meat, a year ago, practically 60 million will be approximately pounds In 1943." Dehydration Save Shipping, The remarkable Impetus given dehydration grew out of a shortage of shipping space, cans and containers, to meet demands and the food requirements of our lighting Allies. One ship loaded with dehydrated food can carry upward of 10 times as much food as a ship loaded with bulk food. in dehydration Improvements technique have followed two major trends. One has been to compress the food into an Incredibly small space. The other has been to preserve the foods palatabllity and nutritional value. Many foods normally average 60 per cent water. Dehydration as originally practiced meant removing most of the water. Now the food is not only dehydrated but as well, by having the air pressed out of it The result is food into blocks or bricompressed quettes. Thus it is possible to have a serving of meat carrots, cabbage, milk and eggs that would provide all the elements of a hearty meal and yet take up no more shipping room than a package wall-pape- quick-dryin- The scientist learnt up with the in ushering In new era af agricultural production. farmer 4 pression are: sauer kraut, 60 per cent; cabbage, 80 per cent; potatoes, 75 per cent; onion, beets and carrots, 65 per cent; egg powder, 60 per cent; hamburger, 50 per cent; dehydrated soups, 50 per cent One pound of potato bricks yields 24 container of helpings. A dried tomatoes swells to a quarter of a ton when water is added. Dehydrated Foods Flavorful. As contrasted with their crude predecessors of World War I, today's dehydrated foods are flavorful. Dunked and cooked in water, these foods emerge with almost no sacrifice of flavor and with practically no loss of proteins, carbohydrates, and minerals. They suffer no greater loss of vitamins thn when occurs when fresh vegetables stand for a time in a store. Hence it is no surprise that American soldiers can relish scrambled eggs made from a dehydrated powder. Or that Englishmen eat and like meat loaves and stews that crossed the Atlantic as tiny shreds of dried meat Thus milk, butter, citrus juices, as well as potatoes, peas, spinach and a host of other food products are being successfully dehydrated. The extent to which dehydration has already caught hold with the civilian population here in America is indicated by the fact that housewives are buying dehydrated soups at the rate of 100 million packages a year. of cigarettes. If dehydration offers challenging Typical food volume reductions possibilities for future farm markets, as a result of dehydration and com- - then chemurgy, its industrial coun lend-leas- five-gallo- n e vest-pock- Corn from the field is manufactured into a substitute for tinfoil, a g printing Ink or a wallpaper coating under the transforming magio of Chemurgy. Or thanks to the new science of Dehydration it is compressed to only a fraction of Us weight and shipped overseas to feed our armed forces. quick-dryin- Volcanic Forces of Pressure i In most cases the mighty forces that start and continue volcanic eruption the squeezing force of gravity and the explosive forces of steam and other gases originate deep in the earth, probably many miles down. The melted rock or lava that is an essential part of most eruptions, also starts from these great depths. It is pushed up the pipe of the volcano to the crater, where it flows out or is exploded out. When an eruption has run its i Furfural made from oat hulls is now being used In oil refining and in the processing of wood resin. fluids and fuel alcohol come from cull potatoes. Glycerol from animal fats is being used in the production of dynamite tor war purposes. Then there Is Zcin, a protein product of corn starch which lends Itself to the manufacr ture of yarn, buttons, ink. coating and Soybean Source of Plastic. In the field of plastics, gluten, a residue of corn. Is being effectively of used, as Is casein, a milk. But perhaps the biggest contribution to plastics It being made by soybeans. Thanks to soybeans, the automobile of the future may be grown from the soil. Already, gear shift handles, steering wheels, window frames, distributors and a considerable variety of other parts are made of soybeans. The basic molding material for numerous plastics is a soybean compound. Thus radio cabinets and plumbing fixtures in postwar America may be merely a mold of soybean cakes. Yes. farms can be made the source of our future prosperity. Scientists and industrialists can get farm materials from which to make new commodities and promote increased factory production from which prosperity springs. In this era of definitely new agricultural development, one factor will loom big in determining success or failure. That factor is productivity of the soiL For the extent to which our farms can continue to yield crops for the new dehydration industry, for chemurgic utilization Into industrial products or to help feed the world in the critical postwar period, will depend on the fertility of the soil that produces those crops. Vincent Sauchelll, agricultural research expert of Baltimore, Md., in an address before a Farm Chemurgic conference once said: "Chemurgy can succeed only on farm land where plant foods are returned to the soil in the form of commercial fertilizer at a rate which at least balances the amount removed each year by growing crops and livestock. "One of the significant steps forward," he added, is that which helps the farmer learn more about his particular soil and its plant food needs. State agricultural experiment stations are prepared to assist farmers not only in soil tests to determine the proper fertilizer analyses for various crops, but also inform them on the placement to insure best results." The importance of Mr. Sauchellis observations is evident when it is considered that after the war America will be faced with the greatest soil rehabilitation job in its history. This is because vast wartime farm production demands are drawing fertility resources on an unprecedented scale and because fertilizer applications at present cannot balance the depletion rate. "Growing crops to win the war is, of course, the farmers No. 1 job, said a statement of the Middle West A Soil Improvement Committee. heavy draft on the farmers savings account of plant food elements is a relatively small contribution to victory, if proper steps are made to repay the borrowed soil wealth when the war Is over." g and Steam Originate Deep in the Earth course, the lava in the pipe cools and solidifies. If it completely seals up the pipe with a plug of rock, the volcano becomes dormant or extinct. If the pipe is choked down to very small proportions, so that a trickle of lava and hot gases rise to keep a little cauldron of molten rock bubbling in the crater, the volcano remains slightly active. All the bombs in existence dropped on the top of the cold, solid plug of a dormant volcano could not Hotbeds In these times are not always places to start plant. Housing conditions in some towns see to bad that beds are rented on an eight-hou- r plan, Th occupant of tho bed gives way to another renter at the end of hit shift. Army's Greatest Hazard? It's Question ot Morale Cora May Mean Wheat! Corn may mean Jndian corn or mail to u and tho Australian!, wheat to tho English and oats to tha Scotch and Irish. Armed Services Do Everything Possible to Protect Mental Health of Servicemen; Parents Advised to Cooperate. Clean Seeds By BAUKHAGE jVnrl Anaiy) and Commtntalor. at Service, Union Treat Building, mastodons who werent as smart "flttinf to tbsts all moral la. Washington, D. C, on when you, Whats th greatest hazard your "fitttof to," getting to who biv sat down your meals th he Joins meet when must boy three times a day at regularly at th of th Not weapon army? chow wagon; you W know only very tiny th clock, miss tha who hav had a kind and solicitous percentag of thoae who don th uni- mother or teacher looking after your form succumb to that private troubles art suddenly faced Its th mental hazard. of your Taka It from a man who met It with sharing th troubles or squadron. or company squad alarmth read has and who, since, Now, how art you going to adjust ing figures which show th wars yourself to this sudden change? tany wars) mental casualties. In toe first place, you hava to unAnd to meet that mental hazard you need just one thing mental derstand why everything teems Why you, a health. Let me quote a few words on tha American citizen, who did as he ubject of morale from one of the pleased when and how It pleased books which the army and the navy him, suddenly have to get up by a and the wise, one in other profes-sion- s bugle, keep step, salute, eat, sleep, say is a wonderful protection drink, walk, run, crawl when somefor the mental health of the boy who body else says so. The first thing you have to realize joins the army. That book is paper bound. It costs it the purpose ahead. The next 35 cents. It Is called Our Armed thing is why other people whom you Force." It has a lot of pictures in never tee insist on achieving that it and a lot ot sound sense. It Is purpose the way they do, regardless printed by the presses of th In- of your convenience or your date at fantry Journal, 1115 17th street, the post office. Washington, D. C, It Is not sold for Your Own Ordert profit. "Your government controls the And here is what it says on the armed forces." That means that the subject ot morale. (As I say on the men your folks elected, just the way air, "Im quoting): "Morale is an Important quality it was planned by the makers of ot citizenship in the crises of peace, America, are really toe ones who when the internal security of the na- are telling you what to do. Which tion is threatened. It Is even more means, if you follow through, that and your folks are tellImportant In war, when the very ex- you yourself istence of the nation hangs in the ing you. I chose that phrase because It balance. It is, therefore, an objective ot army and navy leadership to heads chapter two to this book "Our build a high degree of morale in the Armed Forces" I'm talking about. You bad better read it. soldier and sailor. The next chapter is called "Your About Habiti Army. And you had better read "The state of mind we can morale that too because It tells you somehabhas Its roots in thing ot what to expect. 1 won't go its ot thinking and acting. A student any further and really I ought to seated alone in his room, bent se- have been talking all this time to riously over his books, .may be tackparents, too, for they, of all people, ling his studies with a high degree ought to know what the boy is up of morale. He believes what he Is against What it is all about One of the great tragedies of being a doing is worth while. He is determined to overcome whatever diffisoldier is the way the folks back culties the subject matter offers. He home don't understand It at all. They works with a self urge. He gives up think their Job is to feel sorry for the picture show and the baU game you; they don't understand what if doing so is necessary for success. an extra stripe really means, they He has confidence in his ability to cant get you when you talk about acquire the knowledge and skill be home and the things you want to is seeking. In the undertaking of hear about and they write and tell hundreds of similar duties in the you how noble you are. You dont ordinary routine of living Is created feel noble. You want to know if the Intangible virtue called morale. toe barn has been painted or if your The young man who enters the girl has been around lately. You armed services may therefore bring would, though, like them to have with him the basis for the morale some faint idea about this upon which his success as a soldier unpleasant job of being a soland the ultimate victory of our nadier. That's why it would be a good so tion greatly depend. thing if your folks would read this "While morale has its roots In the book. character of the individual and his past experience, it may be greatly Broadcaster a Diary by association and strengthened As I came to work this morning close with others who a little late and right in the midst are engaged in the same enterprise. of toe crowds of war workers surga is Morale 1; contagious. It qualdown to their offices, I was suding one perity easily transmitted from struck with the fact that this son to another. The serviceman re- denly change in Washington which I have ceives his uniform. It is the symbol become used to is typical of other of his dedication. With it he bethat are going to take place comes part ot the great tradition. changes all over America. Behind him into history is a long I was walking down 16th street. line of those who have been so dedi- That sounds prosaic but it used to be barecated. The men who walked a street of beautiful mansions, many foot in the snow at Valley Forge. of them historic. It sweeps out of The Green Mountain boys with the Maryland countryside, down a Ethan Allen, thundering at the gates hill and up another crest from which of Ticonderoga. Calm men in the you can look down, through a vista Marines at turrets Manila Bay. gun of trees to the blur at the at Guadalcanal . . . Chateau Thier- endancient which is the White House with . of Helmeted fliers Tripoli. ry the statue of General Jackson on his a torpedo squadron at Midway. horse silhouetted against it. rearing Through the procession of heroes, This as I say, the workstill bright as it recedes Into dis- ers weremorning, swarming out of the houses tant time, has been handed down the they are boarding houses now to great tradition. work. I glanced up as I passed one Environment sedate old home, the wistaria still Now when Johnny Doughboy joins decorously draped over the doorway up, be changes his habits of life as up whose curving drive once the much as Christopher Columbus carriage and later the limousine would have to change his if he came swept to meet milady descending. I peeped, indecorously, through back and took a job managing a big, modem corporation, or riding herd the beautiful leaded windows of the s or bossing dining room. It was filled with little on a bunch of a section gang. It would be tough tables, the cloths stained with prefor Chris to adapt himself to his cious but too hurriedly imbibed ' environment. If he couldn't manage morning coffee. I thought a moment. How will it, he would probably go haywire and blow his top. The dinosaur and Delaware avenue and Locust street some of his fellow prehistorics who and High street look after the war? couldnt adjust themselves to their Those neatly cropped lawns, even environment retired permanently to an iron deer or two if they havent positions in museums. Man, some gone into the scrap collection cammen that is, adjusted. They took paign? Sic transit gloria but perhaps the the ice age, the floods and the fam-in- e in their stride and here they past glory will be replaced by someand are at the dead thing more glorious. We can hope. TVNU an-em- free-bor- topsy-turv- n Failure to dean and treat farm eeda before planting time It responsible for most of the bad weed Infestation that cut down yield an thousands ot acres ot farming land. o Sources of Vitamin C Citrus fruits snd tomatoes are important sources of vitsmln C. Other sources art hale, cabbage, spinach snd other green vegetable, snd whits and sweet potatoes baked or boiled In their jackets. 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USED CARS TRAILERS ah-in- g BRIEFS, wake the sleeping forces far below. In the case of a slightly active volIn Washington there is a cano, even the explosion of the bigThe driver gest bombs would do little more system. than splash lava about the crater. takes as many people as he can goBombs have been used advan- ing in the same direction. It used to system. The tageously in controlling one kind of be called toe "pick-uvolcanic phenomena. On the slopes name changed but not the practice. of Mauna Loa on the island of HaIts still a great waii, lava streams that threatened to flow into villages and even into The Victory gardeners who have the city of Hilo, have been turned suffered from infiltration call the aside by bomb explosions. jack rabbits jap rabbits. share-the-taxic- p date-make- r. by Baukhage A black market potato photographed by a news pher in front of a fire Washington. ing. Spud-legge- truck was photogra- house in fear noth- In the District of Columbia, its illegal to take a drink of liquor standing up. Some people who take it sitting down cant stand up afterward anyhow. White Fawn Flour Leads Them All Ask your Friendly Grocer V.N.tL Week No. 4323 SALT LAKB |