Upper Atmosphere
Invaded By Army’s
Research Rockets
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Valuable Information Is
Gained From Recent
Program
The Army has test-fired 70 V-2
rockets at the White Sands, N. M.,
proving grounds during the past six
years.
The first test firing at White Sands
was a check run of a V-2 rocket mo
tor. It was mounted onea static test
stand set into the side of a mountain,
with a concrete flame pit below to
receive the jet blast of the 56,000-
pound thrust motor. Thirty days later,
the first_V-2 to take to the air in
America roared into the atmosphere.
From early in 1946 until July 1,
1951, the actual work of building and
launching V-2 rockets was accomplish
ed at White Sands Proving Ground
by close co-ordination between Army
Ordnance missile technicians, officers'
and men of the First Guided Missile
Battalion stationed at Fort Bliss,
Texas, and the General Electric Com
pany.
In July, 1951, GE transferred all
V-2 material to the Army Ordnance
Corps which then assumed responsi
bility for completing the V-2 program.
In the next year, the Army V-2
project successfully conducted nine
static firings of V-2 propulsion units
and fired five missiles for high alti
tude research, one of which rose to a
height of 132 miles. That was in
August, 1951.
The program which ended in Octo
ber, 1952, provided valuable informa
tion on:
1. Pow to fire a two-stage rocket.
2. Aerodynamic data.
3. Atmospheric properities and tem
perature effects.
4. Atmospheric composition at high
altitudes.
5. Atmospheric ionization and the
propagation of radio waves.
6. Radiation phenomena including
cosmic ray and X-ray measurements.
7. Earth’s magnetic field.
8. Parachute design.
9. Atmospheric meteor content and
bombardment by meteoric dust.
10. Photography.
11. Television transmission.
12. Speed of sound and shock wave
.measurements.
13. Spectroscopical analysis.
14. Rocket turbine design.
While the purpose of the V*2 fir
ing program was primarilv upper at
mosphere research, the firing also
served many other useful purposes.
Valuable experience was gained in
assembly, pre-flight test, launching
and handling, and firing of large liq
uid-fueled American-manu
factured steering control systems and
other guided missile components were
tested. The behavior of the missile
in flight—its yaw, roll and pitch—
provided significant data for subse
quent missile firings. The firings al
so were used to test ground control
guidance of the rockets by radar and
to test radars on detection and track
ing of supersonic missiles in flight.
To protect the complicated research
equipment from landing shock, instru
ments and containers were packed
carefully and braced to prevent or
minimize damage on impact. Some
rockets were constructed so that the
nose or the tail section, or both, could
be blown off on the downward leg of
the flight by explosive charges. Then,
after severance, the rocket descended
in a flat spin instead of nose first.
This served to lessen the force of im
pact.
Upper atmosphere research with
( rockets in the United States dates
from the close of World War 11. In
October, 1945, the Wac Corporal—one
of the first “All-American” missiles—
was launched successfully as a part of
the Army’s missile research program.
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just before sailing on June 19 from New York harbor on a summer vacation
tour of Europe. Miss Wood is a student at the University of North Carolina
and is accompanied on the tour by three of her classmates.—(Photo courtesy
of Holland-America Lines).
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Means Added Revenue
This is the season of the year when
North Carolina hog producers get the
greatest values from good watering
systems for their herds. Hogs use
a great deal more water in hot weath
er than in cold and the job of pro
viding at least two gallons per day
per hog can be a laborious one where
modern equipment is lacking.
Hogs cannot make efficient gains
traveling long distances to get wa
ter. Recent observations by livestock '
specialists indicate that waterers
should be located within 300 feet of
self-feeding equipment. If they are
separated by greater distances, less
feed and water are consumed and low
• er gains result.
The best method of supplying water
. to hogs is through automatic drinkers
attached to a constant supply of wa
ter piped to the field. But since many
pastures are too far removed from
the farmstead to make this practical,
a majority of producers have to haul
water to their herds. In this case
the use of wagon tanks that carry
enough for several capacity fountains
or large stock tanks with drinker at
tachments is desirable. Big tanks nec
essitate fewer trips back and forth.
A good management practice is to
haul the water in connection with oth
er farming operations in the same
area.
Use of. labor saving chore time
equipment such as good watering
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winter will likely be plentiful enough
to lower prices from present levels.
Lost cost hogs are always the most
profitable.
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| Little Change Seen
In N. C. Feed Prices
Prices paid by North Carolina farm
ers for most feed items were unchang
ed to slightly lower during the month
ended June 15, according to the Fed
eral-State Crop Reporting Service.
Farmers were paying an average of
$4.10 per hundred for all mixed dairy
feeds, the same as a month ago.
Prices paid for the 16 per cent pro
tein mixture were up a nickel, but
this advance was offset by slight de
clines in prices of 20 and 29 per cent
protein mixtures.
Soybean and cottonseed meal were
both down 5 cents, averaging $4.70
and $4.00 per hundred, respectively, on
June 15. On the other hand, farm
ers were paying $4.95 per hundred for
meat scraps, a nickel increase over the
May 15 average.
All feeds in the grain-by-products
group registered price declines during
the period. Farmers were paying an
average of $3.95 per hundred for bran,
compared with $4.00 a month earlier.
Middlings and corn meal were off 10
| cents, averaging $4.05 and $4.80 per
| hunddred, respectively at mid-June
j Poultry feed prices were unchanged
1 with farmers paying an average of
$5.30 per hundred for laying mash,
$4.65 per hundred for scratch grains
and $5.40 per hundred for broiler
growing mash.
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■Knowing not who sought within.
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