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'y?N* mmmmm m th«wort4wm tt hh to aa If Gleske.of MM ukiait r.v* I • >* «. * * " " •* "c3 Like Romans, Ibe flucfe Bates Iaotop«! tell Anount* OfFtitiHser Utilized Atomic scientists have learned (bat wue plants, like some human beings, are Adliir eaters. IMs new knowledge, important commercially, is.the result of exhaustive testa with radioactive isotopes of phosphorous in fertilisers. Radioisotopes, sometimes called 'tracers," are atoms whose nuclei MBit high-energy rays that can be delected by sensitive instruments. Thus, the movement of substances osntaining such atoms may be followed or traced at all times. Before radioisotopes were used, it SMS impossible to tell how much tertOlaer a plant would absorb. But bjr using radfbactlve phosphorous ite fertiliser. Car instance, know the -- i 1 As a result, a scientist now eaa tell a farmer who spends $50 to put fertiliser the plant only "nflMes' 1 bite big enough to his expense. Curing tltese experiments, scientists were surprised to discover that plants sometimes have distinct likes aatf dislikes for certain "meals." Far example. It was learned from tests in North Carolina that corn liked the phosphate from fertilizer ne, then would switch to weeks is an i*traeapparatae In Oak Bldge, as part ef the pragma for •attsawlde distribute* ef benradioactive Isalspes (rem r--I--a uhaln usullng atomic 'he phosphate which had been present before fertilisation. In Maine, fee potatoes preferred the fertiliser phosphate all the time. * fa other cases, plants would seem always to prefer the phosphate already present in the ground, instead of the meal prepared by the One of the world's foremost proof baby foods, chewing gum, and peanuW>utter - recently became the first representative of the food industry to become a member of the atoaa4e research program at the ^diversity ef Chicago. Small Turkey Talk "•v'-'Mx. '? ' ink Slump Inner Plenty few* la Ibvk at fir liiti Discovery that the hark of the Douglas fir is a rich source of chemicals sorely needed for tanning leather was reported at the 114th national meeting of the American Chemical society by James Hubbard, E. F. Kurth, and Harry Kiefer of the Oregon forest products laboratory at Oregon state college. Pointing out that large tonnages of the bark, now chiefly a waste product, accumulate each year at lumber mills and pulp mills in the Pacific northwest, the chemists said a compound called tannin is present in the bark in amounts ranging from 7.8 to 18.3 per cent Since the outbreak of the blight that has decimated the chestnut tree, formerly used in leather making, the United States has been forced to import about two-thirds Of tts annual requirements of tannin, which is employed to convert hides into leather, the report noted, and "hence it is desirable that domestic sources of tannin be developed." The tannin is present In Douglas fir bark in amounts that make it feasible for commercial extraction," the paper stated. "Heavy leather made from the bark liquor In a tomms rrlai tannery is soft and and has an even, light It foe ocean getting saMar? * Tea, tt Is, say oceanographers, whose business it Is to study such things as how salty is salt wster, afid why. The open Atlantic ocean anywhere a few miles off the United States coast beyond range of dilution by the many rivers, averages about S.6 per cent salt--a shade more than the average for all oceans. So uniform are ocean waters over most oi the globe that only in a few places does their Salt drop below 9.3 per cent' or rise above 3.8 per cent, says the National Geographic society. Millions of years ago, as scientists reckon, ocean and river water were probably much the same. Even purest river water, however, carries a tiny per cent of salts acquired in draining the earth's crust. Salts also >reach the oceans by way of underseas springs. Once in the ocean, the salts stay behind, while the sun carries on its work of evaporation which lifts pure water back onto the continents. Thus the oceans grow imperceptibly saltier due largely to the sweet rivers which dilute ocean saltineas along the continent shores. Saltiest of all ocean areas^is the Bed 8ea. There are no rivers to produce even Inshore dilution and the hot sun speeds evaporation, so the salt content surpasses 4 per HUit Witt) ® ing duebeor . wounded dT dead bird. *^frhen a dog is not used, a hiurtg may wound or kill as many as m birds before he gets four," paints out Earl F. Kennamer, A. P. L extension wildlife specialist. Of course a dog won't retrieve a dove. This makes it necessary for a hunter to carefully fix In his mind where a dove falls. After the dove flight slacks, off, go directly to the point where the bird falls. "If the dove is not there, use your hat to mark the spot and walk in gradually widening circles tffttil Hi is found." ° " . : U. S. Spectator Nation Hasiliill games at big letgoe r adiums regularly draw well over 30,000 fans. When the colorful Army-Navy football games are played at msadeipal stadium In Philadelphia, they attract more lM^OOt mtoii from every section at the country. Across land and sea, fight fans travel thousands at nflas when the world lissijwslghl hearing tide Is at stake. With the rapid Increase of Interest hi athletic and sports contests at every kind, the American people have demanded more and better ^seating accommodations at the scene of action. As a result, stadiums and grandstands have been built to seat the crowds comfortably and rapidly. Virtually every community has or plans to have Its own facilities as a matter of civic pride. The "sandlot" is becoming s thing of the past in even the smallest community. Thus, the United States has become the great spectator nation of the worl^- * ' Electric Cord Bepalr Frayed electric cords may be repaired either by cutting out the broken piece and inserting a cord connector, or by cutting out the frayed or broken part of the cord, splicing and soldering. Help others by March of Dimes. giving to the Snow Removal in U. S. United States has 217,000 Of primary highways which would be blocked by snow part at the winter at least, and many miles of secondary roads and city streets which would be Impassable war* it not for the untiring efforts ef state, county and city maintenance crews working with modern equipment which has been developed to meet this annual need. The Job of snow removal Is one that must go on year after year. Snow fences help. We have 13,447 miles of snow fence la this country. Snow hedges and tree protection are also valuable Bead the Want Ada. j|fusfc if on/ JL ofever at which a women was the y the household. 400,000 had inooBftss at $6,000 a year or more in IMS. Of these about 80,000 had incomes at $10,000 a year or over. Approximately one out of every eight at such families in the $5,000 and over income bracket lived in rural non-farm areas and the rest In the cities. There were nearly 790,006 families headed by a woman with incomes/df $3,000 to $5,000 s v year of whom about one out of every nine lived in rural areas. The $3,000 and under income bracket had more than 2,000,000 of such families of whom about one out at every four lived In rural areas. per oent laH»4cstbaUat: " tea of INI. 15^ I I i * U Uni ? ' : • s 'Atm. • ' •ending Machine galea Today about 20 per cent at all. cigarette sales are made by vend* ing machines, and the same is true of candy bars. An even larger proportion of soft drinks is dispensed automatical!*. to your Is true, hadbet- : Ms front steps. I Bam has designed a better rat trap! Models he has loaned out to his j brother, Dr. A. O. Gleske, aad to 1 Henry Schroeder already have j made their first catches. Since the j trap catches the rats alhre, flam ' iMv. A bright, colorfbl kitchen. ar- ; rangsd to save steps and ftoopa, | can save both the time aad awrifl • of the homemaken 8nWiibe for The Plaindeafer. T Scrap Drive (or Farmer* A new national Industrial ahd farm Iron and steel scrap drive Is being sponsored by the U. S. department of commerce. Scrap collected on farms Is considered particularly desirable as much of it is of heavy-cast Iron which Is scarcer than steel scrap. Farmers play an important part In supplying raw 1 materials for the steel mills and foundries as they furnish approximately two million tons at scrap a year. , ' Whe Owns Amerlcaf Women spend 80 per cent at alii the money spent for food; 75 per j cent of sll the money spent for j clothing; 07 per cent of all the j money spent for consumer goods; own 40 per cent of the homes in America; own nearly half of the stock in U. S. railroads, and own two-thirds of the nation's private wealth Make your contributions to the March of Dimes before Feb. 1st. Making Bala With Plaa« formula for a manufactured rainstorm reads like this: Dry ice, a plane and--most important--a super- cooled cloud. But it's not. so easy to make rain, even with plenty of dry ice. The super-cooled clouds which are necessary don't always prevail in all parts of the United States, and are sometimes very hard to find.- "if" Oats la Bible CM Is nowhere mentioned 1a the King lamps version of the Bible. It is mentioned once in the Book of Baruch, which is accepted by the Baman Catholic church. Make your contributions to the March of Dimes before Feb. 1st. Ne Aw Shaking _ N» SfUsbing HE Sudbury Dry Bath the easy , way to clean your dog--he llhke 1 it too, for instinct tells him to fight water baths. Dogs have no sweat glands, no perspiration to aet dirt on hair and akin. Leading kennels recommend the Sudbury way! Oow right dawn to the SMe talus out the dirt-- itwiw nTwnoTMQdor. Just shake en, rub in and brash out Use no watsr... •volar cfttctunc COM. eie $1 BOLGER 'S DRUG STORE PHONE 40 McHENRY, ILL, fflP PAIMTfl-PLAST m IMIU MiMu «u iwim e COVERS KASTHt CRACKS • PIUJ NAM. HOUS 1 SIMM A ilVHS UNEVBN SURFACES f LOVKY HARMONY COLORS •• IASY TO APFIY • washk psrhoiy • «OR ANY HUMOR VYCITAL'S GREEN STREET PHONE 98 of Jerome (Jerry) A. Cermalc January 30th, 1948. Not justJtoday, but every day/ Hvsilencewe remember. ' # Sc'rewy Social Club . 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