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Show DESERET NEWS AND THEGRAM, Salt lake City, Todoy, February 27. 1962 C17 Farm Families Advice On Fallout II hydro-ge- n CHICAGO. ILL. bombs should ever be dropped on this country, our survival as individuals and as a nation depend on what we do now to prepare lor and anticipate fhis emergency, states an editorial in the National Live Stock Producer Assuming attack, farmers will have from a few seconds to about 15 minutes to cope with the initial series of events. The best protection is distance, time and shelter. Some 200 different isotopes or nearly 40 elements have been detected from a nuclear explosion. The of each isotope decays at a specific rate known as a half-life- . Some have a half life of seconds; others for years. Radiation cannot be detected by the human senses. A Geiger counter must be used. The dosage of radiation necessary for killing animals are as fol- - magazine. A nuclear explosion is accompanied by lour destructive ,2 AGRICULTURE fire-storm- s .w County. About one third of Utah's dry land wheat is grown here. Sugar beets, irrigated grain crops, alfalfa, peaches, apricots, cherries, apples and melons are grown in abundance and provide the major part of the county's income. radio-activit- phenomena: L The initial blast plus the flash of that travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) seeking out all available oxygen. u industry of Box Elder Brigham City Is the home of Peach Days, Sept. 7, 8., Garland's Beet and Wheat Days 'will be staged Aug. 10, 11. County Fair will be held at Tremonton, 23, 94, 25. Aug. the home of the Thiokol Chemical Corporation's plant, located on a 13,000-acr- e tract near the historic Golden Spike monument. Nearly 4,000 emBox Elder and surrounding counties are on the Thiokol payroll. from ployees Box Elder is WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRIES BOX ELDER COUNTY COMMISSION BRIGHAM Besidual 4. Debris UTAH While not advocating fallout The residual radiation or shelters, the editorial points out that family shelters costing from $125 to $200 are a price to pay wtfcn jmall life is at stake. human t or radio-activdebris which might be from 1,000 to 10,000 R for the first seven hours after attack. Fallout from dirty bombs may hug the earth for months. (R stands for radiation which is measured in terms of roentgens a term .that compares with calorie for heat, kilowatt for hour of electricity. The rate at which radiation is given off is expressed as roentgens per unit of time, usually an hour.) The greatest threat to rural America, states the editorial, would probably be from fallout from nuclear explosions miles away from farms on the big cities and military complexes. Citing our military experts belief that Russia would prefer to cope with U.S. retaliation in daylight rather than at night, the editor believes that must farmers will be in their homes when the attack comes. (When it is daylight in the Soviet Union, it is night in the United States.) fall-ou- CITY, e CZZZZ2ZZZE22Z22ZZ2Z FREE Owners of livestock will find it generally impractical to animals move from re- fallout Branch COME IN OR areas. Therefore, facilities for the care and shelter, and at least a two weeks supply of WRITE uncontaminated food and water will be needed. A good tight barn may reduce radiation dosage by one-haespecially if the loft is filled with hay. Water from drilled wells or springs would be safer than from ponds, streams or lakes for live stock. Animals should not graze contaminated pastures until one or more drenching rains have fallen. Aside from an umbrella of world-widpeace, concludes the editorial, the best protection against fallout and nuclear attack are .the strong preparations we make now as individuals and as a nation. Get ready for the countdown 62 for lf 8-PA- WEAR I EAST 22 SOUTH CATALOG GE STETSON HATS SOMETHING OUR CATALOG SHOWS OF STYLES AND DOZENS QUALITIES or Plain or paddod wot. Smglo, double rig. lellhide, canvas or fibor glaet oovOrod tree. Somo carry a ROY AL TO e 1 HI SADDLES OPEN-TRAI- L 7X BEAVER II95 to 1QQ00 Rocking J. fret Postage n Mail Orders B. Largest Selection in the West of National Famous Brands . could ask SOOTS the animal that eats It... Ftiiioa BY $18500 SADDLE PADS talked abiet die write a Jvkm leeti imce tbe 19tb Cewtery md m, today, yea CoWUmoa Imv Hytr bvltf-i- a comfort wMi coo pick ham ibe vent atserted Ryke and yattnw of trwly fine Wot. Cow in or goad lor freo including WaMiagton, Cowboy catalog MOLASSES DRIED BEET PULP makes good feeds better! Prkod Praia $95to BOOTS by youd know that t HAND-WOVE- N BITS & SPURS INDIAN-MAD- E Approx. Approx. 995 1995 30x30 Oorioorf Mob folk 30x60 CUSHION FOAM Ordef J and I Molasses Dried Beet Pulp NOW, while supplies are best available regular or pelleted. tak take li s1395 ? If you City A V ! VEAR EAST 22 SOUTH 6 2Tbhd hh nnitATAtor RUBBER PADS R.iitforcod Uolhor i 24x29 . q98 1 |