Show ag ALY news in brief 4 7 during july the daily average sales of general merchandise in small towns and rural areas were higher in the south than in other sections of the country according to reports from the department of commerce rural sales for the country as a whole were up 7 per cent as compared with july julya 1938 but the gain in the south was 11 2 per cent A new device which is dis designed ignec to replace steel lugs or cleats on tractor and implement wheels is a nic d 1 rubber cleat attached to coeel tha eel substitution of rubber cleats f for or metal is said to result in greater riding comfort faster and more economical operation and to permit travel on paved roads the cleats are made of a kind of rubber that is said to rival steel for wearing qualities and are available for wheels from four to 24 in width seeing the flavor of cheese by the use of X rays is the latest development in application of modern modera s scientific lenti fic equipment in the cheese chees ec industry the xray X ray pictures are known as detraction photographs and were discovered by S L tuckey university of illinois they are shadows of masses of f atoms which show the arrange ine ff ait if the atoms forming pro keiu cheese proteins give flavor to cheese by breaking breakie king down into acids these acids have many flavors ranging from sweet to bitter and sometimes lingering ones the X rays identify these acids as they form during the ripening process the distance between the rings determines the nat nature ure of the taste acid lose a minute an the road and save a life drive safely |