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What Happens To Rain? Answer Is Sought 1
Study Being
Made By
Scientists
A JET PLANE CAME CALLING ON HIM
By LANE M I'AI.MLIi
N. C. Agricultural txpei iinenl
Station
What happen? to the rain"
In a new experiment,!! projec t
still being set up 1 1 tin- Wayne-.-ville
area, seienle. of the Noil li
Carolina Ai ietillinal Kxpcriment
Station have sel oip to learn Ihe
complete ansuir to this (iiu-l iimi. I
By using spei i.nl cnnstnieled !
apparatus and iimmmiiimi! ilrvu-i's
they li'M"' me.iMire the exact
amount of water Ih.il nur oil. the
amount lol in e .ipm ,ii mti. eul
hence Ihe amount lied In jjnmiiiy
plants.
Dr. W. VV. VVoiidhouse, muI fer
tility expert with I lie Kxperiinent
Station at State CoIIcrc. heads the
committee which directs the study
Other members are Dr. I 1'. l.utz
and W. D. l.ee of the Stale Cpl
lege stall
On-the-spot supervision is In the
hands of M. .1. (iilherl, young Uni
versity of California graduate who
came to North Carolina a year ago
especially for this assignment.
Mr. Gilbert lias his headquarters
at the Mountain Kxperiinent Sta
tion near Waynesville
The Tennessee Valley Authority,
which is cooperating in the project,
will soon name a hdi ilogie en
gineer to service Ihe installations.
The studies are to he made on
a series of small ' watersheds" or
ampithcaler-.'-liaped rav iocs
Though this kind of loporaphy
is fairly common in I be moun
tainous country surrounding Way
nesville, the scientists are having
considerable trouble finding water
sheds that fit their needs.
In the first place. Ihe watersheds
must come in pairs close enough
together that the rainlall will he
the same on each.
In addition, Ihe paired water-J
sheds must lie of the i.mie shape. I
the same si.e. the same degree of
slope.
The soil and underlying rock
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IN THE SHAMBLES of what once was his upstairs bedroom in Detroit,
Herman W. Miller, 64, thanks his lucky stars he is still alive. Miller was
asleep in the bed on which he is shown sitting when the auxiliary tank
of a jet fighter plane crashed through the roof and continued on to the
basement. Extensive damage was done to the home. (International)
formation also must be as near
identical as possible.
Search for Cooperators
finding paired watersheds is
only part of the problem. To make
(he study of maximum usefulness,
the scientists want to locate their
experiments on both Hayesville and
Halc-wond soils, the two types most
common in that area.
They also want results from two
different kinds of slopes steep,
'!() to fid degrees; and moderate, 10
to HO degrees.
Such exacting requirements have
led Mr. Gilbert and his co-workers
to search much of the mountain
ous area around Waynesville.
Even after they have found pair-
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ed watersheds of the desired soil
and slope, there still remains the
jiroblem of enlisting the coopera
tion of the land owner.
Since the tests will last a mini
mum of ten years, owners are nat
urally hesitant to sign away title
to their land for that length of
time.
At present, the search is about
half complete.
Two of the four pairs planned
have definitely been located -both
on Halewood type soils. One pa il
ls on property belonging to the
Mountain Branch Station, the other
on the farm of G. C. Palmer in
the Crabtree community.
Since the other two pairs niusl
be on Hayesville soils, Mr. Gilbert
says they are likely to be east of
Waynesville.
Hayesville soils generally occur
at lower altitudes than Halewood,
he expains.
Install Measuring Devices
As rapidly as the watersheds are
selected, Gilbert moves In his crew
of workmen to clear off remaining
trees and shrubs.
He then installs the several meas
uring devices needed.
The main installation is a steel
dam, constructed across the mouth
of the ravine at the bottom of the
watershed. It must stop all sub
surface as well as surface water.
To check the amount of water
that sinks into the soli and there
used by plants, the scientists are
installing electrically operated
meters at several locations on each
watershed.
These meters show the soil mois-
MORE ABOUT
School Board
(Continued from page one)
the school bond issue.
The conference with Mr. Gudger
was to find out how much cn be
done with the funds that would be
available in the light of current
construction costs.
Eariy during the meeting, the
board members heard an Aliens
Creek delegation headed by K.
Allen, Gordon llendrix and Mrs.
Allen submit a request for the
building of a new addition to the
Aliens Creek School.
The representatives from the
community also sought information
in regard to when school funds
would be available.
The meeting adjourned after the
board approved the elections of
county school principals for the
next school year.
Mr. Messer said the next board
session would be held when infor
mation about the school funds was
obtained.
Attending the session were
Board Chairman ft. T. Messer, and
W. V. Davis and Homer V. Cagle,
members.
A record production of 8,100,000
bushels of Irish potatoes was har
vested in the State in 1946. The
crop totaled 36.000 acres and yield
ed an average of 225 bushels per
acre.
CHILEAN
Nitrate Of Soda
$3.50 Per Hd.
WAYNESVILLE
HARDWARE
.lure content at any given time.
I The final measuring device is a
thermometer.
Try Different Crops
Once the installations are com
plete, Mr. Gilbert will start the
long-term cropping cycle which is
planned for the watersheds.
He hopes to try out six different
crops: Corn, small rain, poor pas
ture, highly improved pasture,
abandoned pasture and deep-rooted
crops such as alfalfa. Two or
three years in each crop add up
to the long-term project ahead.
These cropping tests Involve a
very practical problem in moun
tain larining.
Lacking level crop land, moun
tain farmers are forced to clear
hillsides up to fit) degrees in slope.
Experience has shown that onee
me lorest growth is removed, cros
ion sels in.
vvun ineir accurate measuring
instruments, Mr. Gilbert and his
co-workers will be able to say just
wu.cn crop noius the most mni.
lure, and which permits the most
lun-oit and soil loss.
A Basic Study
Gilbert emphasizes that altlinutrh
the study will probably yield much
information of use to farmers, it
is primarily a basic scientific study
"Our aim," he says, "is to find
out what happens to the water We
hope someday to be able to predict
what will happen to the water when
soil of a given typo and slope is
Planted to particular crop."
One interesting sideline of the
study will be an attempt to relate
moisture performance (m small
plots to that of a full-size water
shed. The investigators hope to un
cover enough information so that
the next time they want to study
soil moisture and run-off under a
new set of conditions, they will be
able to use small plots instead of
the 30 to 50 acres involved in this
study.
MORE ABOUT
Flag Day
(Continued from Pace 1'
the school band would play patri
otic selections at the end of the
parade in front of the Court House,
and that the flag ceremonies would
be held at the steps.
Before the parade starts, mem
bers of the Elks Lodge will meet
at the Temple at 7 p. in.
In the ceremonies, each of the
flags which played a part in the
founding of this nation will be
brought to the Court House steps
by a color guard of National
Guardsmen.
Dr. Hugh Daniel of the Lodge
will deliver the response, explain
ing the significance of each flag,
while the commentary will be made
by Frank Knutti, chairman of ar
rangements for the Elks.
Taking part in the ceremonies
will be Waynesville Mayor J. H.
Way, Jr., a member of the lodge.
Mr. Knutti, who is manager of
Station WHCC, said the cere
monies are scheduled to be broadcast.
Pvt. Joseph Mintz
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lo Meet Here JUn
Harvesting of the commercial
tomato crop in North Carolina is
expected to begin about the middle
of June.
PVT. JOSEPH tl. MINTZ, son of
Mr and Mrs. Robert Mintz of
i Waynesville, Hou:e 1. is serving
! with the armed forces in Ger-
I many. I'vl. Mintz volunteered for
service in the army in July of
1948 and received training at
: Fort Jackson Camp Kolmx'r, New
i
' Jersey before Rung overseas.
MORE ABOUT
Robbery
(Continued from Page li
was William C. Conley, 20. of ci,j
cago, an unemployed merchant sea
man, denied any theft, explainin't
he found the p'.ow point on tiu
railroad tracks.
By the tracks also, officers found
a sack of food stuffs, and a wo
man's handbag.
Jerry Liner, owner of the cum.
pany, said he had identified th,
watch and pocketknife as proper! v
of the store. He added that enlrj
was affected through an unlocked
rear window.
Conley was still held in the coun
ty jail today for investigation.
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