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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH Farm Commodities Pose Big Problem Government Limited In Selling of Stocks At the moment the government owns approximately $1,806,365,438 worth of farm commodities, pur-chased through the years to sup-port farm prices, agricultural de-partment officials report. Products stored in government bins include 3.5 million bales of cotton, 145 million bushels of wheat, 167 million bushels of corn, 422 million pounds of linseed oil, 294 million pounds of dried milk, 79 million pounds of dried eggs, and quantities of various other items. What's become of it all? It may be disposed of in various ways, but not dumped upon the The government today has 167 million bushels of Ameri-ca's finest corn stored under the price support plan. The question is, what to do with it? open market to compete with com-modities now in private ownership. To do so would flood the market and depress the commodities of-fered far below support prices. The government would then find itself buying the commodities placed upon the market. These commodities, however, can be sold should the market prices strengthen considerably above sup-port levels. The government has two methods at present of moving commodities. They are: (1) Persuading the consumer to increase their purchases through normal purchasing channels, thus reducing the supply and raising the price to where government stocks can be put on the market. Also, reducing supplies to a point where support prices would be-come unnecessary. (2) Many of the commodities in government stockpiles are being distributed to school lunchrooms, charitable institutions, indian af-fairs, and needy groups. 6- .. - ..: I ! : - . : "j i O Britain, veteran of block busters and buzz bombs, - has launched an all-o- ci-vilian defense program to battle the atomic bomb. Garbed in weird protective clothing which would be worn during atomic at-tack, two rescue workers (left) check equipment be-fore investigating (below) a radio - active "bomb site." The garb consists of special mask and hood to protect face, head and neck, a respirator to vent breathing of atomic dust, and rubber gloves for handling of radio-activ- e material. BRITAIN'S A-BO- MB DEFENSE 9 Trainees (right) at the defense school learn to use radio-activ- e det-ectors and how to deal with blast and fire cmong other things. The training center in which Britain is indoctrinating t its defense experts is set up amid the rubble of tombed out buildings in specially erected "atomic villages." Below trainees rescue a casualty from otom bombed area. t f ' " vf , ? 1 r - ' ' f " s i ',,. I "' v ' " 1 " ,?- - 'A I . S ' ' . " ; L ; s v - t i i . i ' t ' , . t , i )"'. f t, - w x.V :. 4,'S4.' "v K..i5S & W " y M ' ' ' ' 1 C An instructor (left) at the defense school is test-ing radioactivity on over-alls and equipment of a trainee. The school recent-ly staged a demonstration for the press of the latest equipment and practice in civilian defense. The in-strument to detect radio-activity is a Geiger count-er. So far 375 rescue ex-perts have finished the course. Sg)(DIDirPIE MAHONEY VA V HAS BEEN MORE OF A MCWIE CELEBRITY THAN A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER SINCE PLAYING jidPf THE COLE OF COMC-STR- HERO JOE PALOOKA. NCi-Z- W BJT HE FINISHED A CREDITABLE 7 IN THE: W"i AUGUSTA MASTERS ,2" TO CARY MIDDLECOFF ' J, AT GREENBRIER AND TOPPED THE FIELD IN I THE $15,000 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER TOURNEY, P y MDN 511 GAMES hoM0FINAMEM-- I X WHILE IN THE 6IG 1 I Sk LEAGUES. ..291 IN fSDTf" "E FVE0 I IN THE NATIONAL 2F TO CHICAM 7 A"Wv AND 220 IN THE THENCHTIMt: AMERICAN! iSMMATes! HIS f Fish Killer? Throughout the summer of 1949, Instances of fish dying in ponds near cotton fields that had been dusted with the hew organic cot-ton insect poisons were reported to both the Alabama department of conservation and the agricultur-al experiment station. The two org-anic poisons reported to have caused the death of fish were toxa-phe-and the BHC-DD- T mixture. One report of toxaphene killing fish was from the Kilby prison farm near Montgomery. On this farm there was a small fish pond located in a pecan grove that was planted in cotton. When the boll weevil infection became heavy during the early summer, this cot-ton field was dusted with 20 per cent toxaphene by airplane. Since the cotton was protected by the pecan trees. It was impos-sible to get good dust coverage with an airplane. To overcome this difficulty, the pilot tried swooping down over the pond with the dust-- er still working, thereby blowmg dust under the trees onto the cot-ton. This dusting was done late one evening and the Warden reported that not only the dust released over the pond but the dust fog from the entire field seemed to settle over the pond after the plane left. The following morning there were large numbers of small dead fish along the pond edge, and many more were in dis-tress and diving in deeper waters. The fish continued to die for about 48 hours. When the fish stopped dying, the pond was drained and no live fish were recovered. Death of these fish was assumed to be caused by toxaphene, since it was known that very low concen-trations of this material would kill fish. However, there was no infor-mation on how toxic this cent dust form was to fish. To ob-tain this much needed information, a number of tests were conducted by the Experiment Station during the summer of 1949. The more common pond fishes, bluegill bream and largemouth black bass, were used in the tests. Results of these experiments showed that six pounds of 20 per cent toxaphene dust (one-ha- lf of a normal field application) applied to an average one-acr- e pond would kill fish. Since this 20 per cent toxaphene dust was found to be poisonous in small amounts, it is believed that the drift from dusting large areas may be sufficient to kill fish in nearby bodies of water. It is pos-sible that this drift of dust was responsible for the death of fish in most of the cases that were report-ed during 1949. AAA Put 'Em Back! If care is exercised in release, most small fish that are "turned back" will live to grow and bite again, say biologists of the Tennes-see state game and fish commis-sion. Survival of fish depends entirely upon the extent of injury. A fish snagged in a vital organ will cer-tainly die but those with just mouth injuries can live. In fact, most fish that are hooked have at least a 0 chance for survival. Tests have proven that unless the handling is especially severe and prolonged, fish will survive treat-ment with dry hands, flopping about on the bank or in a boat and the swift jerk out of the water. Tom Bingham, Tennessee chief of law enforcement, cuts off hooks hopelessly lodged in 'small fish for he is convinced they can live. The 'Chief" once fished Cumberland Springs Lake frequently and land-ed a largemouth bass weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Deeply imbedded in the fish was a hook and short section of line. He knew the fish had been previously snagged by a friend because the hook was a hand-forge- d specialty. There have been other cases of fish living for long periods when attached to plugs, leaders and long lengths of loose line. AAA Un-Posti- Spreads Wisconsin is in with an encour-aging report one that should stim-ulate sportsmen in other states to learn the why and wherefore. Wis-consin reports that this year for the first time in many years s are more streams than are being posted. This is attributed to the state con-servation department's rigidly en-forced rule against planting trout within a half-mil- e of any pa.r? of i stream that is posted. I SPORTUGHT - Dodgers Can Steal Yanks' Thunder ' ' By GRANTLAND RICE : TN PAST YKARS the American League has supplied the run-away teams, usually the Yankees. The Yankees developed the quaint habit of winning a pennant race by 12 or 15 games. The Red Sox adopted this method in 1946. But it was a different story in 1948 and 1949 when the Red Sox, In-dians and Yankees went to the wire under a narrow the experience needed to make it a much more formidable array. If the squad doesn't get careless and swell-heade- it can win this 1950 flag by almost any margin It may pick. At least in ballplaying material it outclasses the National League. Scarcity of Stars "I happen to be a very l fan," writes L. H. F. "I am one of some 20 million, at least. I happen to love the old game. But I must admit I get my biggest thrill from the stars from such players as Babe Ruth, Dizzy Dean, Carl Hubbell, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial and Ted Williams. "I hadn't realized until I read your column a few days ago that we were approaching what you might call a starless period. I hadn't realized .that when Joe Di- Maggio, Ted Williams and Stan Musial leave the game, there is absolutely no one in sight to fill the gap. There are no other top stars in the game today. I can see no others in sight. I wonder why this is?" I put this query to a pair ot able baseball men, who also love the game. Their names are Ford Frick, president of the National League, and Toots Shor, who is always bulging with the correct answers. Both agreed there were no out-standing new stars in sight. There were no Wagners, Cobbs, Ruths, Lajoies, Collins, Gehrigs, Horns-by- s. Speakers, Jacksons, Frisches, etc., to replace DiMaggio, Wi-lliams and Musial, who are on their way over the hill. A few days ago, Dizzy Dean was televising a game. "He just give op five bases on balls In this inning," Dizzy said. "That ain't possible. Yon can't give five bases on balls in one inning. Hardly ever in one game." Of course the excited son of sev-eral spots in Arkansas and Okla-homa was kidding. He knew a modern pitcher could give up 10 bases on balls in succession. t Yankee pitcher did last year six in the first inning of one game and four the next day. In our research we turned again to the past, and maybe found the answer. Or part of it. In looking over old records we found that such pitchers as Cy Young, Ed Walsh, Grover Alexander, Walter Tohnson and Christy Mathewson were pitching from 350 to 400 more innings each season. They were working in from 35 to 50 ball games, going all the way most of the time. Grantland Kice jn the meanwhile, most National League races had been k or e, photo finishes or extra-Innin- g flashes. Now there is a very good chance that Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers will slip into the old American League hab-it. Burt Shotton, an able man-ager, has by all odds the best ball club in the league. For a long stretch he has the best ball club in either league. Now Branch Rickey is in a tough spot. In spite of the worst training trip in the two major leagues, a training trip arranged for profit rather than condition, his Dodgers moved in and took over the National League race in their first six games. They have the best catching staff in either league. They have the soundest pitching staff in either league. They have, by all odds, the best in-field in the National League, and possibly the best in both leagues. They have an outfield that is rated slightly under the Cardinals, the Red Sox and possibly the Ti-gers. But they have a very good outfield that will hold its own. So the Dodgers are equipped with sufficient man power to win the National League race by 12 or 15 games. Thef have more than their share of youth and speed, legs and arms, skill and power with the promise of even better days. They have two possible star pitchers in Barney and Branca and they don't need either. They can do very well with Newcombe, Roe, Hrtten, Rams-del- l, and several more just about as good. Barney and Branca are merely velvet. In the wake of Branch Rickey's smart farm system, the smartest baseball has yet known, the Dodg-ers tied for the flag in 1946 won it in 1947 were nosed out in 1948 and won it in 1949. This is a brilliant four-yea- r show-ing. Now this Dodger bunch has New Corn Spray Until recently, the corn earworm has prevented profitable sweet corn growing, especially in the South. Sometimes every ear in a crop is infested. Such corn cannot be sold. Now the department of agricul-ture has developed a spray con-taining DDT, mineral oil, and i ' I .i ! Vfv', j . i: rm .... ..XVta 1 J The new spray, when applied at the right times, will elimi-nate earworm and pay in growth of healthy corn on the American farm. water that may be applied to silks and husks of developing ears. When applied at right times it kills worms before they attack and ruin the corn. R. A. Blan'chard, bureau entomol-ogist, developed the method. He tested it in the field during three growing seasons in Texas, Missis-sippi, Missouri, and Illinois. Ear-wor-were controlled in ever in-stance, he reports. JjQgtfsab (Ctfet&tAt STORE MORE DISHES IN STEEL WALL CABINET BY R0VIDlN& HOOKS FOR CUPS ... January Exports Pass $224 Million Mark January agricultural exports to-taled $224,300,000, the agricultural department reports. Cotton topped' the total with $83,500,000. Wheat and wheat flour were sec- - ond to cotton, valued at $47,300,000, while corn was in third place with $14,700,000. Imports during the $14,700,000. Agricultural imports during the month were valued at ' $290,700,000, or approximately 68 j million more than exporU. |