4-H makes 6300 subs
When you make 6,300 subs, you’re bound to get quite a
pile-up before you've finished. Each sub was packed with a
slip that said, “The 4-H Clubs of Lebanon County thank you
for your support.” The profits will go to county events,
leadership training and 4-H premiums at the Lebanon Area
The 4-H Leader’s Organization conducted a sub sale on
April 4 for all Lebanon County 4-H clubs. Over 200 members,
parents, and leaders turned out to make and sell the 6,300
subs. (Photos by Linda Rohrbach.)
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to help the United States become
self-sufficient in natural rubber
will be intensified under a new
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Guayule, a source of natural
rubber, is a bushy desert plant
native to North Central Mexico and
Southwest Texas.
Anson R. Bertrand, U.S.
Department of Agriculture
director, of science and education
and chairman of the Joint Com
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Commercialization, said the new
program will produce seed to plant
large acreages for commercial
production of natural rubber.
Seed production will be centered
in Arizona, California, New Mexico
and Texas, where weather and
climate are suitable for
propagation and where an
estimated five million acres of
land could support guayule
production. Guayule was a source
of natural rubber during World
War II when the United States was
cut off from its source in Malaysia
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all of its natural rubber, an im
portant strategic material, with
1979 imports totaling more than
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$157 million
“Guayule’s potential as a source
of natural rubber takes on new
interest m the face of rising prices
for natural rubber and for
petroleum used in making syn
thetic rubber,” Bertrand said
Scientists at the agricultural
experiment stations of the
University of Arizona, the
University of California, Texas
A&M University, New Mexico
State University, and the
California Department of
Agriculture this spring will plant
120 acres of selected guayule seed
and an additional 80 acres in the
fall under a cooperative
agreement with USDA’s Science
and Educational Administration.
From these plantings, will come
certified seed for seed producers
for commercial use.
USDA, the U S. Department of
Commerce, the U S Department
of Interior, the National Science
Foundation, the Four Corners
Regional Commission and the
Southwest Border Regional
Commission are all members of
the Joint Commission on Guayule
Research and Commercialization
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In addition, the U S Department of
Energy has provided funding for
the new program.
The Department of Commerce is
initiating a program com
plementary to USDA’s seed
production project to determine
the commercial possibilities of
guayule by-products left over from
the extraction process. By
products include bagasse (wood
fiber), resms, liquid fuels and
leaves-most of them with some
industrial use.
USDA’s Science and Education
Administration is cooperating in
research at several western
locations on aspects of guayule
production, including iden
tification and control of guayule'
diseases, its water use and
production practices, and breeding
for increased yield.