6—Lancaster Faming, Friday, May 3, 1957
CHOKED BY ‘SKIPPING ROPE’
Chicago Cathie Ann Mul
hall. 5, was strangled on her
skipping rope when she fell
from a neighbor’s board fence
on which she was attempting to
do a tight-rope act. Her father,
Gerald, found her hanging from
a length of clothesline attached
to a telephone pole.
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Board Wants
New Ways to Use
Farm Products
Development of new uses for
farm products by industry was
suggested as a way to solution of
problems of surpluses in agricul
ture in an interim report to Con
gress issued Friday by
the president’s bi-partisan Com
mission on Increased Industrial
Use of Agricultural Products..
The Commission’s recommenda
tions visualize a greatly expanded
research program in agricultural
products utilization.
The proposed program, if the
recommendation were to be a
dopted by the Congress, would be
administered by a bi-partism,
Agricultural Research and Indust
rial Board of five members. Of the
members, four would be appoint
ed by the President and one by
Secretary of Agriculture. An al
ternative plan recommended by
the Commission for consideration
if the Congress should choose to
place the responsibility for carry
ing but the expanded research
within the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, would include an
Agricultural and research Indust
rial Board headed by a director
with the rank of assistant Secre
tary of Agriculture in charge of
research and education.
The Commission recommended
that 15 per cent of the annual
gross receipts from customs re
venues be used to finance the ex
panded utilization research work*
This would be an addition to the
30 per cent of custom-revenues al
ready set aside to be used under
direction of the Secretary of Agri
culture. The funds available for
research under this provision
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Shift from Bushel to Hundredweight
In Grain Sales Being Studied
Although it is generally agreed
that substantial and permanent
benefits would accrue to farmers
and the gram industry through a
shift from the bushel to the hun
dredweight in measuring grains,
there would be s a number of prob
lems and extra work during the
change-over period, a study by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
shows. , .
The report on this study, just is
sued, presents views of represen
tatives of farm organizations, ele
vator men. grain dealers, hankers,
governmental statistical workers,
and other interested groups. The
proposed change has been dis-
could be. carried forward in a
mount no to exceed a total of
$150,000,000.
Under the plan for an inde
pendent Agricultural Research,
and Industrial Board recommend--
ed by the Commission, no re
search would be conducted by the
Board itself but it would cooper
ate with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and other groups or
individuals who conduct research
in this field. The board would
direct “a'comprehensive program
for research, process development
pilot scale tests, market study,
trial commerciahzaion, and edu
cational work ... to advance the
greater utilization of farm pro
ducts and the development of new
crops.”
The Commission pointed out
that synthetics have made great
inroads on agriculture in fields
that only a few years were regard
ed as natural monopolies of cer
tain crops. The report said that
manufacturing industry devotes
an average of 3 per cent of its
gross annual income to research
and development. If agriculture
did the same, its outlay for re
search and development would a
mount to $9OO million yearly.
It is estimated in the report
that total expenditures for agri
cultural research in the United
States does not exceed $375 mil
lion a year, of which about $l9O
million come from Federal and
State goverments - - the rest
from private and industrial sourc
es.
For the current fical year, Fed
eral funds for utilization research
amount to $16,145,000." In. one of
its recommendations, the Com
mission proposed that this a
moun to $16,145,000. In one of its
recommendtions, the Commission
proposed that this amount should"
at-least be trebled.
New crops -- as one means of
preventing surpluses -- received
special emphasis in the report
with the recommendation that
funds be increased _sizably for
new crops research. The Commis
sion suggested incentives 'to
bridge th gap between research
and established uses of crops. In
ducements to growers might take 1
several forms -- price supports,
price incentives, or acreage pay
ments.
The Commission also- recom
mended that the administrators
of the research program on new
uses and new crops be allowed
to contract for development of re
search results into trial commerc
ial scale operations, to hasten
and enlarge market outlets.
Other suggested incentives were
tax amortizations and preferent
ial prices for buying materials
to be processed.
The shortage of trained scient
ific brain-power prompted the
Commission to recommend a wid
er use of research grants, fellow
ships, and scholarships to help in
crease the supply of trained
scientists.
The Commission, appointed by
President Eisenhower, was charg
ed by Congress to develop legisla
tive and other recommendations
designed to bring about wider in
dustrial use of farm goods. It
held its first meeting August 22,
1956.
Members of the Commissionn,
are J. Leroy Welsh, Omaha, Neb.,
(chairman); Karl D. Butler,
Ithaca, N. Y.; George Henry Cop
pers, Englewood, N. J.; Charles
R. Sayre, Scott, Miss., and Frank
J. Welch, Lexington, Ky.
Wheeler McMillen, Philadel
phia, Pa, is the Commission’s ex
cutive director.
cussed for years in the grain
trade, but thus far no definite and
general action has been taken.
Those questioned emphasized
two major advantages of the
change: (1) conversions of quan
tities of grain from bushels to
pounds and vice versa, now neces
sary in much of trading, would
be largely eliminated, saving
much work and avoiding errors
in computations; and (2) com
parisons of prices and feeding
values of grains would be much
easier on the 100-pound basis, in
contrast tq present comparisons in
bushels of differing weights.
Principal disadvantages men
tioned included; (1)' The required
adjustment in thinking among
farmers and in the grain trade,
from bushels to hundredweight;
(2) necessary changes in legisla
tion; (3) changes in forms and
office procedures; (4) revisions
of historical data; (5) changes - in
trading practices.
There was general agreement
that the advantages, would be
lasting, while the disadvantages
would disappear after a period of
adjustment. It also was believed
■generally that at lea&t a year of
advance nqtice of any sudTchange
should be given.
COP NO PLUMBER
Baltimore, Md. Li. Frank
Weber, of the Baltimore county
police, has decided to stick to
his job of being a cop and let
someone else fix his plumbing.
Attempting to fix a leaking fau
cet on an overhead water tank
at his home recently, Weber
yanked on the faucet vqtlh. a
wrench. The 3Q-gallon tank
broke loose from the ceiling, hit
him on the head, scraped his
face*and knocked him down. Ta
ken to the (hospital, eight stitches
were required to close the gash
an his (bead. A plumber was
called to fix the leak
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CUT THOSE SEED BILLS
By Sowing a Field of
SOYBEANS, SORGHUMS
OR SUDAN GRASSES
We now have a good
supply of the following
• Amber Cane (Sorghum) Black Wilson Soybeans
Orange Cane (Sorghum) Wabash Soybeans
Certified Hegari (Sorghum Late Yellow Soybeans
At’as Sorgo Golden Millet
• Sweet Sudan , DeKalb Corn
Certified Piper Sudan DeKalb Chix
We’U mix and innoculate soybeans and
sorghum mixes at no extra cost for mixing
We now have in stock a good supply of
STA-FRESH SILAGE GRADE SODIUM
BISULFITE ,
It gives your cows more nourishment
It has no “silage stink”
It stays green and fresh for months
It is economical!
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Nitrate Implicated
In Livestock Poisoning
Excessive nitrate content of
certain plants used to graze live
stock is an increasingly important
cause of poisoning in farm ani
mals, according to the American
Veterinary Medical Association.
Forage plants such as oats,
sorghums, corn and certain weeds
have long been recognized as a
cause of some livestock losses, the
Association said, ot ni
trate concentra|ion in the pldht
during adverse growing condi
tions such as drought.
Symptoms of nitrate poisoning
vary from abortion and decreased
production to severe intoxications
that can end quickly in death.
Seventy of symptoms depends
upon the amount of nitrate in the
ration as well as the quality of
the entire ration, veterinary au
thorities said. '
To prevent losses, the AVMA
suggested that a chemical anal
yses be made in plants in drought
areas -suspected of excessive ni
trate content.
At the first sign of variation
from the animal’s normal beha
voir, a veterinarian should be
called to determine the exact
cause at*d recommend corrective
procedures or treatment before
losses occur.
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, MOUNT JOY, PA.
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