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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1953)
Friday, May 1, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 5 l Officials Here rs ^ait Final Notice lent lank- >rday seven strict ifter- inine a re while wins y the con- s led stian Eu- ACC Max jpled West ; 6-1, Jlenn was ngles niith, tches ' the Bes- 2,2-6, >cnsc l by s’n at room )onat nl>- ’ • them f« lon News Wnter The hnce, chairman of the their re\ Production and Mar- inning snuttee, is still actively single Hit the! College Station base on: Headquarters pending another icial and formal orders runs, Plat the 1 mandates of an others ed March 20 from the Inth; tment of Agriculture, put air, which was not an- by Wilfcrough regular press and a gtil March 30, is a paid drove icirtment’s drive which inn of life about 250 employes Pete E'iculture Department’s pitched kind Marketing Admin- got on hr the U.S. This will Mothen .•oximately 750 person- In the and a jjler, acting Southwest across a: or, PM A of Washing- Mantheii 6 several weeks ago to brought ( i instructions to the The Tifttee chairman as how chalking the new order, three dc , e n May Be Cut baKonVp loy | s .^ of the Texas ittee with an average :,000 are to be cut off Intheifion of state chairman, triple,TO in ce, will be changed man status to a sides. _ WAE is the term Pitchireregular and intermit- Hubenai nent employes; that is, pitched oasis. ningTig; been with the I’M A Moth since 1936. Four four Andrew; :as assistant adminis- lost freri 1941 became adminis- graduat: rut 1948 the title di- pubstituted for that of »r and subsequently state chairman. His een $9,340 a year. This with it all the privi- mefits of a Civil Serv- a classified standing , His was an “except- ’ that is subject to re- •ry time by the secre- Department of Agri- , Carol! ■ Ronn,n Andrews Carter , Turner Hickmar. ; Manlliei | Arnold Motheral ! TOTALS ulatif iforn i a Battalion reporter 1 not tell the names of . being separated but four field men with ■ho like himself haA^e lositions,” will be re- ing 12 fieldmen and pervisprs to work over tie said the remainder ,sed will be scattered the other grades, on of iCommittees ■it order also made it in connection with the handling of the PMA at the state and county levels just what Sec retary of Agriculture Benson be lieves the functions of the farmer committee to be. The committees will be retained on a part-time basis and in advi sory or policy-making capacities. The state committee will hire an executive officer to run the pro gram at the state level and the county committee will employ an office manager. The latter job will not be a Civil Service job. R. T. Price, with a Civil Service Grade 12 rating, has been the ex ecutive officer for the committee and under the new order will ex ecute the day-to-day operations of the program and see that the poli cies of the committee are carried out. The state committee will consist of from three to five farmer mem bers, one of who shall be chair man, in addition to the Director of the Agricultural Extension Serv ice. The actual size of the com mittee will be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture in ap proving or disapproving appoint ments. The new order does not state who will do the recommending, however, candidates for the state committee may be recommended by various agricultural organizations, agencies, or other interested per sons. A candidate must be a farm er and capable of representing his area in administering farm pro grams. The present state committee is composed of the following farm ers : B. F. Vance, of Bryan, chairman, cattle raising; V. L. Cade, of Lub bock, general farming; Howard Kingsbery, of Santa Anna, sheep and cattle raising; J. R. Adams, of La Feria, vegetables, fruit and cotton; Gary Sandford, of Timp- son, timbei', geenral farming and cattle; G. G. Gibson, of College Station, Director of Extension Service. The order also revealed publicly for the first time that the De partment has eliminated all work on helping farmers to meet pro duction goals, cotton acreage de termination, and other assistance to farmers except Selective Serv ice Work. This corresponds with other policies looking toward an over-all reduction in U.S. farm production of food and fiber which have been initiated and advocated bv the Benson regime. ■ (See PMA, Page 6) STRETCHES—Krilium becomes sticky and elastic when moisten ed. It is used in the improve ment of soil structure. The Battalion Farm & Ranch NEWS Cotton Insect Control Study Starts Monday A cotton insect control short course will be held here Mon day through Thursday of next week, according to Dr. J. C. Gaines, head of the entomolo gy department. The course is designed to enable a person who has had little or no entomology to be qualified to check cotton for insects and recommend con trols for the different insects, Gaines said. Classes begin at 7 p.m. Mon day in Room 105 of the Bio logical Sciences Building. Slides of both destructive and beneficial insects will be shown with lectures by Gaines and Dr. V. A. Little, professor of entomology. Students interested in cot ton insfect control are invited, said Gaines. for kDUATE I o ■ ■ Mcfli, 'dv Sizes the Real Thing . . . falian Spaghetti md Meat Balls ler now .., at when you get,1RVED EVERY SUNDAY FROM II A.M. e. Try a Big Steaming Platter Today ! Triangle Drivednn Jomptete Uni delivery on: )r Air Fora . Stop int Winter Unii^ s. We also Poultry Judges Are j Second in Memphis The junior Poultry Judging Team won second place in the Sixth Annual Southern Intercol legiate Poultry Judging contest held in Memphis, Tenn., recently. Members of the team were Charley Kammerdiener Jr., Eugene Rozacky, Jim Newman and George Luquette. The team Avas coached by C. B. Ryan, assistant profes sor of poultry husbandry. Kammerdiener won first place in the Production Division and AA r as fourth high individual. Rozacky Avon third place in the Live Market Division and was fifth high in dividual. Nine states were represented at the contests The contest Avas spon sored by feed manufacturers of Memphis. Members of the teams made a tour through the Fire stone Company and the Interna tional Harvester Company. Campus capers call for Coke How long can Jack be nimble? Square dancing’s rugged . . . better tune up now and then with refreshing Coca-Cola. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE BRYAN COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Krilium Helps Condition Soil By J. F. FORD Battalion News Writer During the past tAvo years, there has been much interest and specu lation about the importance of chemical soil conditioners in the future of agriculture. The first of these to be presented to the public was “krilium,” produced by the Monsanto Chemical Company. Since there are probably many agricultural students and workers who are either unfamiliar with this product or who perhaps have heard over-rated accounts of its perfonnance, the purpose of this article is to set forth both its pos sibilities and its limitations. Krilium is Monsanto’s trade name for a number of organic poly mers which the company has de veloped for the improvement of soil structure. They are calcium or sodium salts and are molecular- ly similar to synthetic rubber. Synthetic Replacement Krilium is a synthetic replace ment for the natural gums and res ins which are formed as minor by products of the decomposition of plant residues, manures, composts and other organic matter. These natural soil binding gums are themselves rapidly decomposed by soil bacteria, making it necessary to replace organic matter period ically in order to maintain gum- producing humus and thus keep a desirable loose, porous soil struc ture—a good tilth. The physical properties of soil are largely controlled by two fac tors—soil texture and soil struc ture. Soil texture is determined by the relative amounts of the dif ferent particle sizes, such as sand, silt, and clay. Soil structure, with which we are interested, is deter mined by the stable arrangement of the primary particles as they stabilize themselves in aggregates. Good soil structure is, therefore, a problem of arrangement of the soil particles—the most satisfacto ry apparently being stable aggre gates that range from the size of a pinhead to the size of a pea. Molecular Linkage Aid Krilium accomplishes this asso ciation of soil particles into Avater- stable aggregates by molecular linkage. On the farm, good tilth is ac complished by intelligent rotation, soil improving crops use in cover cropping and green manuring, and the proper utilization of crop resi dues and manures. Good tilth is essential in producing good yields for many reasons, such as better intake and retention of rainfall, sufficient air supply for root re spiration, easy root penetration, higher rate of seed emergence, and increased effectiveness of fertili zers. Thus, the function of Krilium is to produce these desired effects and also to prevent erosion. It is on the market in both liquid and poAvder forms. Limitations to Use There are, however, many limit ing factors which restrict the use of Krilium and other synthetic soil conditioners. The greatest of these is the cost. Initial prices for these compounds are high, av eraging close to tAvo dollars a pound, which will of course limit their usefulness in general agricul ture since 500 to 1000 pounds per acre constitute the average appli cation for a three-inch depth. Until production facilities can be established and competition forces considerable price reductions, it will be necessary to think of it on ly in terms of specialized, intensive agriculture and low rate applica tions. One way that has been found is to treat only the top half-inch of soil. In most types of work, howeA^er, it is difficult to keep that small strata near the surface and thereby preA r ent ci’usting. Another method, used by the Ohio Experiment Station in test ing the effectiveness of soil condi tioners, is a spray treatment of a band of soil above the row after certain A^egetable row crops hare been planted. The amount of con ditioner needed is in this way re duced to about 30 pounds per acre. Though seedling emergence and early groAvth are greatly facili tated, the price is near prohibitive for this type of use, because the one crop would have to bear the total expense of the application. Another limitation which should be pointed out is that even though soil conditioners can replace the gums and resins which the soil ob tains from organic matter, they are not a substitute for organic matter. They furnish no food for soil organisms and add no fertility, nor do they act as a reservoir for plant nutrients. Good soil structure and high fei*- tility go hand in hand, however. The direct function of these chemi cals is to form water stable soil aggregates sufficiently large to prevent clodding and to keep the soil porous and mellow. Once in (See KRILIUM, Page 6) WILL THIS SUIT FIT If you can make the grade, you can fly the latest, hottest, fanciest jobs in the air- and do it within one year. ■ t takes a good, tough, serious guy to wear the gear of I an Aviation Cadet. But if you can measure up, here’s your chance to get the finest in aviation training—training that equips you to fly the most modern airplanes in the world and prepares you for responsible executive positions, both in military and commercial aviation. It won’t be easy! Training discipline for Aviation Cadets is rigid. You’ll work hard, study hard, play hard—especially for the first few weeks. But when it’s over, you’ll be a pro— with a career ahead of you that will take you as far as you want to go. You graduate as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force, with pay of $5,300.00 a year. And this is only the beginning—your opportunities for advancement are un limited. ARE YOU ELIGIBLE? To qualify as an Aviation Cadet, you * must have completed at least two years of college. This is a minimum requirement—it’s best if you stay in school and graduate! In addition, you must be between 19 and 263-2 years, unmarried, and in good physical condition. YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN PILOT OR AIRCRAFT OBSERVER If you choose to be an Aircraft Observer, your training will be in Navigation, Bombardment, Radar Operation or Air craft Performance Engineering. New Aviation Cadet Training Classes Begin Every Few Weeks! HERE’S WHAT TO DO: ]' Take a transcript of your college credits and a copy of your birth certificate to your nearest Air Force Base or Recruiting Station. Fill out the application they give you. 2. If application is accepted, the Air Force will arrange for you to take a physical examination at government expense. Where to get more details: Visit your nearest Air Force Base or Air Force Recruiting Officer. Or write to: Aviation Cadet, Headquarters, U. S. Air Force, Washington 25, D. C. 3, Next, you will be given a written and manual aptitude test. If you pass your physical and other tests, you will be scheduled for an Aviation Cadet training class. The Selective Service Act allows you a four-month deferment while waiting class assignment. is e reghfsred Irade-mark. © 1953, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY