Berks Co. Society 1
BY LAUREL SCHAEFFER
Staff Correspondent
LEESPORT In
celebration of thtir 40th
anniversary, Berks County
Society of Farm Women
Group 1 hosted an evening of
fun and entertainment
recently at the Berks County
Welding - butane lighters
equal 3 sticks of dynamite
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The Umon Pacific Railroad
has had two fatal accidents
caused by disposable butane
cigarette lighters. These
accidents occurred in
welding areas while em
ployees were welding, with
butane lighters on their
persons.
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Approximately 150 guest
from other Farm Women
groups throughout the
county attended. Pauline
Longenecker, the first
president of the group and
charter members, Emma
McLean and Sarah Schlegel
A spark from the welder
landed on the butane lighter,
burned through, exposing
liquid butane which ex
ploded. One lighter was in a
shirt pocket and killed the
individual instantly. The
other employee had a lighter
m his pants pocket. The
ezplostion blew the man’s
leg off; he died a short time
later.
There is the same amount
of force in a butane lighter
when it exploded as there is
in approximatley three
sticks of dynamite. No one
should have a disposable
butane lighter on their
person while m tha vicinity
of a welding or cuttmg
operation or anywhere near
open flames.
celebrates 40th year
were honored with a tribute,
The speaker for the affair
was Miriam Evans of Bell
Laboratories, Philadelphia.
Evans presented a program
entitled “Science is Not
Magic” in which she per
formed some fascinating
experiments to illustrate the
kind of research being
conducted at Bell
Laboratories for better
phone service and equip
ment.
Founded over fifty years
ago, Bell Laboratories has
devised a new light bulb
which last longer and uses
less power then conventional
types, Evans explained.
These lights are used m the
touchtone phone system
because of the tremendous
savings from having to
replace blown out bulbs,
which used to be used. The
touchtone system uses 100
million light bulbs; the
speaker continued.
These new lights are a
product of
chemolummesence, or light
produced from chemicals.
Evans illustrated how these
lights work by mixing the
right proportion of the right
chemicals together.
Evans also explained that
feeds and supplements to improve rate of
gam and feed efficiency
Since feed costs account for about
75% of the total cost of most operations, it
pays to invest m feeds formulated for
Eastern Pork Producers Cooperative swine
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light waves can carry moi o
information than radio oi
sound waves because of the
higher frequency. Glass
fibers half the thickness of a
human air have been
sucessfuliy used to transmit
600 simultaneous voice
conversations, by light
transmission, the speaker
told her audience.
Glass fibers are much
more economical then
copper cables, she explained
since their mam ingredient
is sand. One cable made of
glass fibers can carry 4,000
conversations at one time,
and these cables have
proved to withstand
tremendous pressure.
Evans explained that Bell
Laboratories is making
synthetic quartz to be used in
place of natural quartz for
communications. She also
emphasized that her com
pany has unused equipment
recycled to be used again.
The Pottstown High
School, “Hilltones” also
performed before the large
audience. Door prizes,
refreshments, and a brief
history of Group 1, by Grace
Schaeffer were also among
the evemng program of
events.
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Tobacco seedbed is sprayed by Charles Hummer,
Cofebrook Rd., R 7 Manheim, to protect small plants
against blue mold fungus disease.
Tobacco sprayings
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Most of the infection
originates from the south
and is transmitted on wind
home spores, he said.
Yocum is serving as
Pennsylvania coordinator
for a national blue mold
warning system.
Weekly reports from
tobacco growing areas are
sent to North Carolina,
where they are consolidated
and sent back to the areas.
Based on the progress of
the disease, Yocum and
Arnold G. Lueck,
agronomist and county
agricultural agent, will keep
local growers informed of
the disease and preventive
measures to be taken.
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Seedbed spraying is im
portant, according to
Yocum, because growing
conditions in beds are ideal
for blue mold. Bed
coverings, thick growth,
shading, lots of moisture and
humidity and the cooler
temperatures now are
conducive to growth of blue
mold.
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Following transplanting
into fields, weather con
ditions will help determine if
additional measures must be
taken.
“After tobacco is tran
splanted, two or three days
of cloudy weather with misty
rain and temperatures
between 60 and 70 degrees
would provide ideal con
ditions for blue mold in the
fields,” Yocum said.
There is a product,
ndomil, which can be
sprayed on fields before
transplanting and then
worked into the ground.
The product is in limited
supply and Pennsylvania’s
allocation would handle less
than 4,000 acres.
Blue mold in seedbeds
stunts and kills small plants
and can wipe out an enure
bed.
In the field, it can have a
stunting effect where it
chokes off the food and water
supply to the plant or causes
the formation of lesions on a
leaf. Lesions can kill the leaf
or damage enough tissue to
affect the overall yield.