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i6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 25.1968 Wool Is A Flame Stopper U.S. Test Study Reveals When it comes to fire safety in clothing - and furnishings, wool is rated far superior to most fibers studied in a test in the United States. In fact, the test revealed that wool actually extinguished itself when the tlame is withdrawn from direct contact. Main conclusions were that lest fabrics of 100 per cent wool showed a noticeably greater re sistance to ignition when expos ed to flame, than the other sev en fibres, and that a tendency to continue to burn after igni tion was less in wool than the others. A report by the firm ACH Fiber Service Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts, says: “The re sults of the study are most per CONTROL WEEDS IN ALFALFA WITH BUTYRAC-118 Apply 2 to 4 weeks after alfalfa emerges. Controls broadleaf weeds in seedling or established legumes. 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Shirk Grumelli Farm Service Colebroolt Rd., Fontana Quarryvilie suasive in revealing that the re sistance of the wool fabrics both to the ignition and spreading of flame is superior to all other types examined, and significant ly so is the case of most of the fibres tested. “The wool samples became even more resistant to ignition and flame-spread after they had been subjected to normal clean ing procedures.” Several of the other fibres showed a greater propensity to ignition and flame-spread after dry-cleaning or washing, mainly because of the removal of fire resistai.t finishes. The technical investigation described by ACH as a “limited study” was aimed at deter mining the relative levels of flammability of fibres used gen erally in households, commer cial enterprises and transporta tion facilities. It was largely based on officially recognized flammability test methods. Glass and asbestos fibers were excluded from the tests. Ninety-eight consumer items in 18 categories were tested In cluding shirting, nightgowns, dresses, baby blankets, cur tains, upholstery, and carpets. Eighty-one consisted of 100 per cent of a single fibre type, 11 were blends of wool and other fibres, and six were carpet sam ples. Of the samples that burned, most of the wool samples took “significantly longer” to catch fire, before and after cleansing, than the other fibres, and were self-extinguishing after fire was removed. According to the report, the time or flame-spread is related to fabric construction an d weight. Generally, the heavier the construction, the longer it takes for a flame to spread. 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New Holland 354-4191 Landis Bros. Inc. Lancaster 393-3906 • Farm Women (Continued from Page 15) me Mitchell, recently deceased member of the Society. Cookies will be donated for the dedication of the Farm & Home Foundation Center on June 9. It was voted to give $lOO dona- weight wool blankets did not ignite after extended fire appli cation. “Several non-wool fabrics of lightweight construction dis played a great readiness to be ignited by a flame and barely passed the official standard test in this regard. Among these fabrics are some which display ed dramatically rapid flaming tendencies.” Some of the synthetic fabrics, depending upon their melting point temperatures, tended to melt and drip when burning, “introducing an additional' ha zard of burns quite aside from direct contact with a flaming fabric since they became a mol ten mass of plastic.” tlon to the Quarryvllle Fire Co. Members will serve as host esses for the USO Dance on June 26. | The next meeting will be held in June at the Black Rock Re treat, at Which time the county officers wjll be entertained, and Farm Women 17 and 20. SOCIETY 8 Mrs. Esther Eby Glass, of Lan caster, spoke on the topic, “There’s a Daughter in the House”, at a recent mother daughter meeting of Society of Farm Women 8 in the Willow Valley Restaurant, with 53 per sons present. Solos honoring mothers were sung by Mrs. Ann Brown, ac companied by Mrs. Noah Krei der Jr. on the organ. Mrs. J. Harold Frey, presi dent, tabled all business until the next meeting which will be held in the home of Mrs. Lizzie Keen er, Manheim R 4 on June 22. She will be assisted by Mrs. J. H. Frey, Mrs. Elizabeth Shueman and Mrs. Mary 'Minnich. Wenger Implement' Co. Back 284-4467 Shotzberger's Elm 665-2141