tests On Flax Provide nowledge of Disease. Resistance i first concrete evidence race of the fungus. Plants re- TIl< v stances in plants that sistant to that particular sU them physiologically race do not contain the pro -Bk?ant or siJceptible to di- tem. has been uncovered by These findings were made tam of Federal scientists, by Dr Harold Flor of USD- U S Department of Ag- Agricultural -Research •ulture reported recently. Service, John A. Doubly of n r o t-in of the globulin tiie North Dakota ~ Agricul- A found m a particu ar turai Experiment Station, P e flaX rust fungus Was and Dr Carl O. Claggett of H to occur also in flax Pennsylvania. State Univer -111111 „ . -niible to th« "ity. Thei' discovery is a c " - \ * ■ V ' s 'S y*' s’ v v , s , .* ~ 'T,” fc* < ' ' v- % „ s V < * V J VI \ ~ v , % V ' A* V / * «. „ s s'/ v / S , „ ' >*'** " f, j/y 4wff*rT ■ xv *** «•> V *** Thank You, Lancaster Homemakers... your acceptance of ALCOA WRAP leads to everyone’s better living Your Alcoa Wrap answers many a kitchen chore. It preserves freshness and flavors when it wraps, cooks, covers and caps foods of every kind. It seals-in luscious juices when meats arc roasting; it gives your cooking an open-air freshness while often eliminating the need for heavy utensils. No wonder you’ve bought Alcoa Wrap and told your neighbors about it. And in doing just this, you’ve started a happy chain reaction. Because you choose Alcoa’s foil, its success grows and grows as women all over America take Alcoa Wrap into their homes. You help to make other Alcoa aluminum products a part of these households. In turn, the good you do for Alcoa Wrap copies back and rewards your neighborhood with greater job security for 'VT v /-«. ' *y> s '"vo, ~, N * * . *■ / /£*'' vf ' , \ W> " ft ' ✓»* ✓ * - J ' <s * S ' \ * '.~x*4^ v X , */• *, ' V. A* 'S y sf ' y" -,v basic one in p’ant science. li, may prove especially impor- tant to plant breeders search a particular fungus three proteins for the races ing for disease-resistant plant ' the to which it is susceptible and material. Disease resistance race and Presence in the lackgd the protein for the is a primary objective in the plant of the protein that char- face jt j s resistant, development of almost all acterizes the race. Flax line fourth line of flax con new crop varieties. No 1, for example, known to tained only the protein for Globulins from each of 4 be susceptible to all four t he race of fugnus to which lines of flax and 4 races of races, contained the charact- ts susceptible and lacked the rust fungus were used in eristic proteins of all *°n r - the other three. analyses by the scientists Line No 3 contained only t e The four flax lines differed tw ® Proteins for the races to only in their abi’itv to nro- which it is susceptib e, and The one day you use a duce disease in the flax P it did not contain the pro- side street to escape recog tems characteristic of the nition is the very day all The tests showed a clear races to which it is resistant your friends use the identio rpiot.ionshin between suscep- Flax No. 2 contained the al street. Alcoans and their neighbors and better living for families in your community. The next time you buy and use Alcoa Wrap and encourage your neighbors to try it-—remember you’re helping in a big way to give area business a substantial boost. For this, we thank you, Mrs. Homemaker! R VEST with your very own initial .Large (38). .Blaze Red m t want is reatar) id, regulated or taxed. 1960. Offer good in Allow at least four :oa Wrap 8“ jgil / yj.'Z. S V <S. BETTER PACKAGING ALOOA. WRAP ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA plus the Better Packaging Label from ALCOA WRAP r fW a LattcMter Farming, Saturday. April 9, 1960—1 s ✓ ' 'r' 5 " ' f- At'- ✓ ■ v ' Af * ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA Lancaster, Pennsylvania Just $222 12" R.gular Alcoa Wrap " s ' wmiT'-v, V' \ /,>//: * * Rjv> [4§-J rs=r**- r ° il J 2" Heavy-Duty Alcoa Wrap 7 ''A J f*. I '-'A"/ A - fifr, '/ Wl ' y <* ' ' /1*
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