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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE PALE, UTAH Once Poor Wastelands Nov Yield Profitable Products; Use Farm Crops in Plastics Chemurgy Opens Industry to Agriculture; Urge Production of Many New Plants. The proportion of usable wealth to be derived from an acres production is becoming larger. Chemurgy has meant maximum utilization of maximum production. It has insisted that ways be found to use the high as well as the low values of the harvest the stalk as well as the grain, the shell as well as the kernel, the weed as well as the crop. With those words, Wheeler McMillen, president of the National Farm Chemurgic Council, describes the revolutionary effect chemurgy promises to have on agriculture. With a national purchasing power to support the new products of this industry, farmers will not only be obtaining additional income from standard crops, but they will derive revenue from the use of the vast submarginal lands now lying waste. Dandelions, milkweeds and cat- tails all of these, and many more, were once considered the useless and even pestiferous embroidery of the lonely plains. But today they have been proven to have real commercial value. Although American experiments with the dandelion have not been as extensive as those in Russia, efforts are being made here to convert the latex of this colorful little plant into rubber. In this field, we were concerned with the guayule shrub, and although the project later was abandoned because of the steady flow of natural rubber from the Indies, it has now been revived in the sandy Southwest. But if we have lagged in our development of the dandelion, not so with the milkweed or the cattails. fucture of butadiene for synthetic v rubber. Petroleum refineries it a a solvent. Walnut shells act as fillers in many types of plastics. They are used for the making of large cast molds in forming or stamping large aluminum airplane sections. Appreciable quantities of walnut shell flour are fillers in various rubber products. This flour contains cutin, a waxlike substance of waterproof Revive Castor Planting Loss of territory and reductions of shipping have cut off importation of many products formely received from other countries. The importance of these products to our economy, and the possibility that we may be deprived of them for substantial periods, has led to a movement for the cultivation of these products here at home. As a result of these movements, it has been learned that many of these products were raised in this country many years ago, but gradually were abandoned as domestic growers found it hard to compete -- cent Dr. Berkman says that studies show that Bast fiber ranks second to manlla hemp in breaking and tensile strength. Running about three-fourth- s of an inch in length, the fiber is soft pliable and much finer in texture. It has good possibilities for use as textile. Seventy-tw- o per cent of the milkweed found growing wild in Michigan was on No. 4 submarginal land. Approximately 85 per cent of milkIn experiweed seed germinates. ments last year, milkweed pickers earned from four to seven dollars a day, and they included women and children. The tall, somber cattail that stands silently in the marshes today may soon be the base for a flourishing industry. In experiments conducted under the direction of C. F. Burgess, noted chemist, this lowly plant was found to have high heat insulating, sounfl absorption and water resistant properties. According to Mr. Burgess, the floss of the cattail can be produced at a cost competitive with cotton. About 140 man-houof labor are needed rs che train-ridin- Ration; g. gVTn th Gjfivei of the Ax 5 The Wireless: The Berlin braggarts, according to the short wave listeners, skipped all reference to the Tunisia runaway. Rommel qualified for the master race by putting on a masterly race of 1,430 miles 1 MfciT away from the scrapping . . . Goeb-bel- s the twin probably regards Chinas air alarm system is the worlds best, giving Chungking residents two hours warning 0f the bombing of Berlin as a blessing. It of of Chungking walk unhurriedly to their cave planes. In the picture at right, Chinese residents Jap smashed the radios and prevented to a typical cave air raid shelter. The people seem to be more interest Entrance Left: hills. the the groggy citizens from hearing the Jap planes, which are to appear overhead in a matter of minutes. Inset: Hillsi the bad news from Africa . . . R. cameraman than in near Chungking, nal system, G. Swing made a point for wide open info on the submarine sinkings. It will be harder to take, he Alii warned, when the total losses are discovered. Besides, the truth would cure us of some of our cockiness, which isnt stylish when theres a war on. C)st of cattail floss. Location of plants close to the marshes where the plants abound would trim operating costs. Belladonna Is Medicinal whose reddish and shining black berries ornament the fields, contains medicinal properties which make cultivation of the plant both useful and profitable. Dr. Alex Laurie of Ohio State university points out that Belladonna is one of a number of plants whose tops and roots yield alkaloids that prevent gripping of irritant cathartics, relax muscles and decrease secretions. One of the alkaloids scopolamine is among the most satisfactory materials used in childbirth. According to Dr. Laurie, belladonna thrives in acid soils. All shade must be eliminated if the quality of the plant is to be retained. A spacing between rows and 12 inches in the row required 17,500 plants and produced as high as 1,000 pounds of dry material per acre in cultivations at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment station. It was found that high nitrogen and phosphorus are necessary to secure higher yields, but the alkaloid content was not Increased proportionately. Harvesting and drying demand knowledge of plant growth and adequate equipment. Dr. Laurie says. Since usually three crops may be secured per season, the plants must not be cut down to the ground. It is in the field of plastics that chemurgy has made such great strides in utilizing the product of the farm in industry. From cotton linters chemurgy has produced cellulose acetate, a molding and extrusion material in the form of sheets, rods and tubes, and also ethyl cellulose, an excellent elastic plastic when used with oher The bell-shape- d Belladonna, flowers 30-in- is derived. Buttons, synthetic wool, felt hats and bonded plywood are all products of casein. Oat hulls, nut shells and corncobs have a ready use in pigsties. When the war created an acute shortage of formaldehyde, chemurgists obtained furfuraldehyde from oat hulls and corncobs. Furfural is used in phenolic resin and also in the manu- - The case of castor beans is an Oil from these beans example. serves a variety of important purposes, as a medicine as we all know, but also as a hydraulic liquid, lubricant, demulsifier, tanner and preserver and insecticide. In 1860, castor beans were grown commercially in the Midwest There was a pressing plant for the beans in Kansas. But when we began importing castor beans from India and Brazil, our own industry died out. The location of India in the war zone and the shortage of shipping to Brazil has led to a bean shortage that has prompted the movement for resuming castor bean cultivation here. Under the impetus of the department of agriculture, a castor bean seed production program has been designed to build up a stockpile of approximately three million pounds of pure variety castor beans for plantings. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, ' Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana are the eight states that will share in the program. . In recent experiments, Dr. W. L. Burlison of the agriculture department of the University of Illinois discovered that certain types of castor beans would produce pofitable crops when grown in the right soil and climate. A bean that yielded 475 pounds per acre in one section of the state, yielded 1,748 pounds in another section. It has been pointed out that in this country beans would have to be planted each year and harvested before frost In Brazil, the plant is a perennial, with blossoms and mature beans growing on the stalk at the same time. Cascara and digitalis are found in the forests and mountains of the Northwest Pacific area. Over six million pounds of cascara bark yearly are obtained in Washington and Oregon. With a value of 81,250,000, this crop is gathered from wild growth and cultivated groves. Digitalis leaves are also picked from native and planted patches in the same states. Sage, coriander and anise thrive in the Northwest, but the large amount of hand labor needed for the care of these crops has proven a discouraging factor. The work of thinning and weeding these crops conflicts with the same type of labor in the sugar beet fields. of prtaciP ire going veI jteriali 8 '.vise a very be once ? whii jubjects rould a at r surprise to army training officers, for intensive training in booby-tra- p detection and destruction has been part of the basic training program for many months. However, the army is making sure that every specific lesson learned in the front lines is being hammered home in training. Bobby-trap- s by the thousand, and in many different forms, are being left behind by the retreating Germans, and are being dropped from enemy planes behind our own lines. They are usually in the form of fountain pens,, watches, attractively colored balls, fat wallets, and similar objects. No possibility is overlooked by the enemy. Even a whistle was found to contain a booby-traWhen the whistle is blown, the vibrating pea hits the striker, causing the explosion. The small charge is in the body of the whistle, and is exploded by a striker and cap. p. Sallies in Oar Alley: Sgt. Soupy Campbell, former actor, who is back from the Solomons, swears this hapA Jap acrobat, who had pened returned to Japan in time to be drafted, was found alone frantically waving a white flag in surrender. In perfect Americanese he greeted the marine with: Fergoodnes- sakes where the hell have you been? . . . Two gents were dislast night cussing the Mine is really strange," said one. She has the constant fear someonell swipe her clothes . . . Well, suggested the other, "why dontcha have them insured? . . . "Oh, I did, I did, was the reply, but she still worries. Now she has some guy stay in her closet and watch them. I happened to find him there last night. ... 3 ni reason V food ques (Of course, if the Get to cont ya indeflnit I yd 'for remu 1 .promises. t cynical s; hat brings question Gd affairs. Gnu as thi I foie foedi you w fet Amerlc sue! jf for a grow up the '.frul co-oback i Pearl H, be other its of inte that itron lelieve end end unsel machii make the id a little be fee crea w t. We dcountry The Washington, D. C., navy yard turns out big rifles that thunder from battleships, aa h the eight and dual purpose guns. At k guns for heavy and light cruisers. Also deadly five-inc- h overhead crane swings a partial assembly of a five-indual purpose gun over the partial assembly of a si triple mount (foreground). Center: A white-haire-d inspector minutely examines small caliber cartridge before they are sent on to receive their lethal load. Right: Cartridge cases getting their final inspection h destination is the breech of a gun trained on an Axis warship or plane. 16-in- ad politics We nerate I race on ti six-inc- tm. ch r alties A five-inc- it is the difl sever, Doughnut Time for White House Guards Joy and id Sorrm if ossia, no1 la problei l With an becat lathe vie both da, positii factor in disoi a me but r u ' the .hit war. itatemer h of at pi what it nal , idinof th ( tpea ntly, ably lOflc of Amend to under ... plac to foil V bow we Ail worth of coi his only nal unde: fJ. Mr. Ct Ibat, Two flashes from a oldiers hjeKe,meed served coffee captured man newsreel, made at the ti Germans released French PGel of war who had been held in camps. At top, a wife embrace she hadnt seen sine are husband guard wa forminS P8 of the White House and doughnuts by Red Cross workers from kChCn eqU'PPCd Wh rnrd ITe coffeeni: Below, two youngsters who the reunion weep because the not they expected home had Tithe Ru tocourai ni Amer le i i a twi l( do mli tail, w points Beware the Boohy Trap The Magic Lanterns: The newsreels, which are workifig on a good story these days, put it all over the fiction depL Best of the newsies shows the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad. Youll never get the glow out of a scenario that comes with a gander at Marshall von Paulus, jittery as a hophead, reporting to the Russky leader to take whats coming to him . . . The long lines of German prisoners against the snow also make a pretty picture. The Front Pages: Jonathan Daniel, the North Carolina editor, just added to the Presidents staff, is one of the nations ablest. Good enough, in fact, to bring the down on him . . . Rommels plastering in Tunisia found the opinion gents reveling in delight even those obdurate fellows who whimpered we could never lick the Nazis . . . This gives you an idea of the way some legislators think. The fight over the Ruml Plan in Congress had them more excited than Rommels defeat of people wife-proble- Midtown Vignette: He is a new Broadway lawyer and he was eyeing his new office and new furniture proudly. He told his secretary that he was "ready because he now had the necessary front to receive the biggest clients . . . There was a knock on the door, and both cleared the decks for their first action . . . Was this their first big client? Well, lets be ready, anyhow . . . She opened the door and let the stranger in the cue for the new attorney to put on his big act . . . Im sorry, Mr. Ridgeway," he said audibly, my fee is still the same $10,000. Good day! . . . Picking up another phone he boomed: Im very busy these days, but Ill take your case . . . The visitor was in the doorway by this time . . . The new counsellor, with a dramatic gesture, asked: My good man, what can I do for you? . . . "Not a thing, was the reply, I came to connect the phones! lar then the day in Cosmopolitan is grand. By all means clip it and show it to yours . . . Hospital Ship in the Satevepost, by Comdr. M. Lewis and . . . J. Israels, II, is Those who deprecate the power of ridicule and words should dip into a piece in Free World, which reveals that Goebbels is so concerned about the epidemic of anti-Naquips, he has urged Nazis to sock noses of those who tell them . . . Gerald W. Johnson says in Atlantic Monthly that we are at war because the Axis thought we wouldnt fight, which gave them the idea they could push us around. In fewer words the trouble was they believed ostriches instead of Americans Sir Cedric Hardwicke in This Week relates a Shaw gag. The hostess cornered Old Whiskers at her party and inquired if he was enjoying himself. Madam," he said, that is all Im enjoying! The Big Show: ' linked neral anc ... The castor plants beans (inset) contain valuable oil for medicine and industry. Yield per acre varies according to soil. to collect and process 50,000 spikes a with the cheap labor of other counday. These spikes yield 1,500 pounds tries. to 2$ential The Magazines: Otto Krugers letter to his daughter on her 16th birth- NAZIS LEAVE EXPLOSIVE SOUVENIRS BEHIND Soldiers who pick up attractive looking objects on the battlefield never make the same mistake twice. This grim precept of war is being in the trainstrongly ing of our troops by order of Lieut Gen. Lesley J. McNair, commanding general of army ground forces. were The news that booby-trap- s being employed extensively by the enemy in North Africa came aa no The Intelligentsia: Fred Allen has decided not to do a column. But he is quitting radio in June' . . . Lucius Beebe admits clowning In Chicago about getting a priority on a west-boun-d train as a lathe but points out that you worker, need no priority for Eavesdroppers took it to heart, and so Beebe has the final titter . . . Ben Hecht is making the slick mags stories . . . again with bis first-rat- e John Briggs, the N. Y. Post music man, has quit to join OWI and hopes to be in Africa shortly. Making Big Guns That Will Thunder for agents. From skim milk, casein corncobs Notes of an Innocent Bystander: k Milkweed Yields Fiber According to Dr, Boris Berkman, milkweed produces two fibers. A pioneer in milkweed development. Dr. Berkman says one fiber is tubular with an air chamber. It is 58 per cent alpha cellulose, 20 per cent lignin and is covered with a vegetable wax of a high melting point This fiber is found in the pod. Known as milkweed floss, the liber is buoyant has a high insulation value and promises to be valuable tor soundproofing material. Dr. Berkman predicts its use in life preservers; life jackets; aviator suits combining insulation value for high atmosphere with buoyancy in case of a landing in water; sleeping bags; mattresses; pillows; and surgical dressings. The other fiber of the milkweed is found in the outer layer of the stalk. In different species of the plant, it represents between 10 and 20 per cent in weight of the entire stalk. Known as Bast, this fiber has a great tensile strength, and the high alpha cellulose content of 92 per When Chinas Alarm System. Warns of Jap p em-nio- First Lady , Si has i Foi . countr; pbly ui Wh. 'Wring s "sh Mrs. Roosevelt signs snorte ers ' dollar bill. Short rossl who have flown 8 iiiSVC persons ocean and who have been t0UCh obiect ,n If one docs not Prode m ta 8afc Ytnk" graphed bill on demand be !Idlcr on the ,eft is mak- - the other a dollar r ,uhln Mrs. Roosevelt had her -- British soldiers learned from vn.,i captured territory until sappers announce are profiting by British experience. The L V ing a mistake in touching the earner. -" h"" n - ...li' ssriusf ,1 |
