Show 7 A ID I 1 RA A V 4 R IV Q 0 1 iff I 1 is there is one form farm in the united states on an astonishing 4 toni shing acres in Z V Cali fornias rich r i c h san sa S an a n joaquin valley where the 1 exl 1 red carpet is rolled out and bugs worms fungi and 4 blight are invited to corns come in and destroy the crops it t is shell oils laboratory to ex experiment peri ment with pest extermination and c crop r 0 p wa growth chemicals and controls derived from petroleum the modern laboratory above abaye is the nerve M center of this agricultural experiment 4 NI J not all agricultural research deals directly with plants and pest control many hours of careful laboratory work above in fundamental biochemistry lie behind each successful field test As new chemical uses come from the test tubes fieldien field men c constantly on experiment with new application methods devices like huge hugo hypodermic needles left inject soil fumigants fumi gants directly into the soil kl not only new chemicals S 4 but also new methods of application are arc explored at right a pew soil fumigant is being injected into irrigation water to treat a young peach tree infected infect edwith with root tot rot p N X q v MA I 1 v d A technician left examines plants grown in a large loth lath house to protect them from the dry hot valley winds such carefully 9 grown rown or plants can be depended W on to give uniform results in testing programs I 1 this is on one e of the few J r 1 14 LX form farm labo laboratories ra tories of its kind in in the world scientists 0 report numerous successes 4 in their elpe experiments ri ard W K j w 0 The healthy tobacco stalk right will be deliberately inoculated e mos mosaic J abc virus virus and then treated with chemicals the successes and failures of hundreds of such tests may ultimately be translated into the sayings savings of thousands of dollars for the practical tobacco farmer in many parts of the world jlii 21 al 1 E 1 pat iz 01 2 PIS the labora torys scientists ff work hard to raise bugs and in 4 sects then work harder to destroy af them with sprays and fumi fumigants gants dr L C glover left examines a crop of plant lice which thrive under 16 hours hour of light a day in the bug nursery v his experiments eventually may lead to a new spray or fumigant that will make form farm arg easier cosier an dmore profitable |