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may, 1943 THE ECHO PAGE THREE Greenhouse Plays Important Part In Study Of Flax Our Greenhouse And Research Department Staff Shown above is a side view of our modern Greenhouse in which experiments are carried on by a research staff, studying the growth and development of flax. Many different varieties of plants are also studied. Here’s Flax Growing Inside Of Our Greenhouse Pictured above are two kinds of flax that are being raised in the Greenhouse now. On the left you will note that the seeds are more prominent than the flax straw, while the reverse is true of the picture on the right. A combination of the two would be ideal. Other Fibrous Plants Are Raised In The Greenhouse Here you have a view of other plants which are also produced by the Research staff and studies of them are carried on continuously. CONDUCTED THERE BY SKULED STAFF Flax Is Grown Outside As Well As Inside Of Mod em Greenhouse The small, attractive building to the right of the main office and 3ust inside the fence is the Ecusta Greenhouse, constructed for the purpose of studying the growth and development of flax. Flax seed is used in the manu facture of linseed oil, but more important to us, the fiber is used in the manufacture of cigarette paper. There are many varieties of flax — some Containing much fiber and some more valuable for the seed. A plant usually is used for its seed or its fiber. If a flax Plant containing large seeds and a large amount of fiber were de veloped, its possibilities would be unlimited as a commercial crop. Experiments are being conduct ed for the production of plants having greater resistance to dis ease, early maturity and with im proved fiber and seed qualities and quantities. Since it is possible to work with diverse samples of soil and varied kinds of climate inside the green- nouse, experiments are being niade to determine the way flax grows under varied atmospheric conditions, soil qualities, tempera tures, rainfall, etc. This calls for tedious study of many different varieties of plants, ^ith the greenhouse facilities, two complete crops of flax are grown each year; one outdoors during the summer season and the other in the greenhouse in the ^nter season, thus speeding up the program. In addition to the thorough stu dy of flax it is interesting to know that other fibrous plants are also Under observation. Members of the staff of the greenhouse are: H. P. Vannah, director; Dr. Charles Ray, geneti cist—Plant Breeder; Dr. Dorothy I^ay, Plant Physiologist; Fred J. Fendley, Greenhouse Operator and Carolyn Ashworth, secretary. Welcome Extended To New Employees In Shipping Dept. Let’s start off by giving all the men in the Shipping Depart ment a welcome hand. We have had quite a few of them. Roy Crowder, Herman Henphill, Aus tin Morgan and Otis Fowler are the newest additions. We are glad to have Arthur “Ower back with us again and we hope he never has to go to the hospital again. Albert Tucker must be doing a P. A. job on that proposed ^nce. All he has is the holes dug. Why did a certain fellow’s face Set red when “Endless Belt” was mentioned one day? Little did we think that “Bohauey” Trent would ^P and get married on us. Henry English had tried to give him ®oine good advice, but it was too jate; “Bo” had done done it. Now he’s putting all his spare time into huildirig a house. Lake Sega sec- ^on must be growing with Walter preen’s garage and “Bo’s” new house. REFINING ROOM’S SHIFT “B” DOINGS Well, here, it is summer again and most everyone is working in his victory garden or hunting a shade tree somewhere. Every vic tory garden at Ecugta is looking fine except Bill Cauble’s and he hasn’t planted his yet. Someone said he was going to raise a crop of hay on it judging by the grass and weeds coming up so thick. Cigars? Yep, plenty of them lately, the last to furnish cigars was Charlie Orr and Bill Cauble, both boys, Well, our boys are still leaving for the military servie. We are loosing two from our shift this month. We are sorry Wilson and Ecken- rod have lost so much time and had so much expense due to ill ness, but we are happy to report all is well again.
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