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Straw, Formerly Wasted, Now Used for Fine Paper Fine paper from wheat straw, up 'to now usually wasted or burned on U. S. farms, is the promise of a new process developed by the department •f agriculture's laboratory at Peoria, .311. Paper from straw is not new, but the process, which reduces the chemi cal cost and gives significantly higher pulp yields, is. Next come mill-scale trials, which domestic paper companies will watch with interest. Dutch paper engineers, to whom the process was suggested, are using it successfully on a com mercial scale in Holland, where straw •Is the main raw material for paper. About 25 mills in the Midwest pro duce annually 500,000 tons of straw Sward for the container industry from wheat straw. But the cost of obtain ing clean straw has previously been a stumbling block to using straw for fine papers in this country. For years, however, European «ountries have produced fine papers, «uch as book and writing, from wheat and rye sura v.1. England used a considerable amount of straw for fine paper during the recent war, and most of the South American repub lics make their papers from straw. Paper and paper board are in short supply. This is due to short supplies of pulpwood species are being us^d faster than grown, and Canada is drastically limiting pulpwood exports to the United States. Lent year 95 million tons of wheat straw was grown. The straw burned and wasted would have been enough to produce 20 million tons of cellulose pulp, this country's entire requirements Electrical Hazprds Cited By University Researcher Spectacular dangers cf high-volt age electrical circuits, well known and well guarded against, parado::i eaily constitute a lesser danger to the average person than do l^-v-voltagc electrical appliances abound. This is one of the points raised by Charles F. Dalziel, associate profes sor of electrical engineering at the University of California, in a new summary of the results of several years research in electrical shock. Professor Dalziel revnews informa tion on the behavior of shock and damage producing elcctrical currents and charges, describes their physio logical effects, and lists some acci lier.t statist: ~s. Dalziel warns that while it is true that the hazard from contact with electrical circuits is largely dependent cpon voltage, the actual danger to tife depends almost entirely upon the amount of current flowing through the body. He cites as an example that a man accidentally coming into contact with a 60,000-voIt circuit when standing on a very dry wood pole may cause a smaller current to flow that he svho inadvertently grasps a defective 110-volt portable appliance when in a bathtub. Building A Compost Pile Small, out of the way corner of garden or yard makes a suitable site for a compost pile. Vegetable tops and trimmings make suitable com post, but the compost pile should not be looked upon as a substitute for the garbage can. Fats in particular are to be avoided. There is no hard and fast difference between compost and artificial manure. Compost usually consists of a mixture of poultry lit ter, fresh or dried manure and soil, usually in the proportion of one third of the animal matter to two thirds of the soil. Commercial fertilizer and ground limestone are usually added and the mixture is kept moist, and turned over a time or two during a six-month period. A mixture cf this sort is usually referred to as potting soil and it supplies an excellent medi um for the starting of seeds and transplanting plants;. Early Days of Red Cross Red Cross societies of San Fran cisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and several other California cities sprang into ex istence in the early days of the Span ish-American war to serve troops of f!ie California national guard, known as the First California Volunteers, who had been ordered to Manila. The i effect of the surrender of the Spanish army at Santiago, Cuba, less than three months after the declaration of war, was to cause the theater of war to be transferred speedily from ..le j Caribbean to the Philippines. Troops ! Cor this campaign, which was to last three years, came from all parts of the. country and were mobilized in San Francisco. This mobilization de veloped the need of a broad, active Red Cross program. Three Poison Plant* Poison ivy, poison oak and poison snmac inspire the same kfcid of rash —* patchy, blistery, angry ikin sur face that may remain localized, but too often spreads like mad. And the three plants give off the same kind •f poisonous oily substance which causes the rash when it penetrates the skin. Tiie plants are most dan gerous In the spring and summer nrhen their "juice" is in abundance. One can pick up the oil by touching the plant, by touching a rake that has touched the plant (and the oil !»as been known to stick to garden tools as long as a year), by contact with the clothing or freshly anointed akin of anybody or anything—even the family dog—where it has touched *he plant. CONSERVATION NEWS By L. B. HAIRR Fertilizer is good for pasture grass, according to J. E. Smith of Pleasant Gardens. Mr. Smith fertilized a part of his pasture last fall, and he says, "you can see to the very spot how far the fertilizer went; the grass and clover is larger and greener. Phosphate was spread over j the rest of the pasture last, Mr.' Smith states. "I have found that it pays to rotate cattle on my pasture," says j G. W. Burgin of Old Fort. Mr. Bur j gin began last week to build other j cross fences in his pasturk. He states j that where cattle are rotated from j one section to another as the sod is l eaten down, the grazing capacity of ! the pasture is increased. ! Fate Morgan, Elmer McGinnis, ; R. J. Morris, G. W. Burgin, A. R. | Walker, and others had terrace lines i run on their farms recently. The I local soil conservation service per- ( sonnel assisted these farmers in sur veying out their terrace lines. W. G. Greenlee, chairman of the McDowell Soil Conservation com mittee, attended the annual state meeting of the soil conservation dis trict supervisors held in Charlotte last week. Special interest will center on potato production in 1949. The sup port price has been reduced to only 60 per cent of parity, and observers will be watching to see what effect this step will have on the number of j acres grown. Hours By . » Phone 290 Appointment Only DR. GEORGE G. ROSS .CHIROPRACTOR 206 Rutherford Road Marion, N. C. Use The Progress Want Ads. They bring results. e/oin the OF JANUARY 14-31 Infantile Paralysis Is No Respecter of Persons! Your Child Could Be Next Every Man, Woman and Child in McDowell County Is Urged to Back This Drive Fifty percent of all contributions is sent to the National Foundation for research work. McDowell's Quota Is $10,000.00 This Message Brought You By Marshall Lumber Company
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