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A 2,100°F. blue - white flame spews orange sparks in every direction. What looks like a Fourth of July sparkler is the welding tool of artist-architect, Rodney Hill. Zap! A butterfly’s wing. Zap! An elephant's tail. Zap! Zap! The finishing touches on a 50-pouhd castle. The man behind the welder’s goggles in the four-pocketed, light blue sweatshirt and faded jeans knows what he’s doing. With the flick of the flame pro duced from an oxygen-acetylene mixture he bends a rod of high tension steel to create an origi nal wire sculpture. He can turn out a $30 four- inch high praying mantis in less than an hour. An elaborate cas tle complete with a drawbridge that can be lowered or raised, courtyard, balloon and flags fly ing takes two weeks. It sells for $800. It hasn’t always been quite as easy as it is now though, Hill admits. “What used to be painstaking, now takes me % of the time it did,” he said. “You learn how Fertility factor in plants is nitrogen Nitrogen is the limiting fer tility factor for forage produc tion in most soils, the main rea son being that plants don’t get a real chance to use it. Dr. Alan Swoboda, speaking during the fifth annual Pasture and Forage Crops Short Course here last week, said plant use of applied nitrogen is usually very low, ranging from 40 to 80 percent. The reason, he explained to about 100 persons attending the session, is due to loss from the soil before plants can benefit. Swoboda, an assistant profes sor in the Soil and Crop Sciences Department, described three common ways nitrogen is lost from soil: Volatilization, deni trification and leaching. Volatilization is the gaseous loss of nitrogen from the ground surface, which Swoboda said can be reduced by working the ferti lizer into the soil. Losses are heavier on alkaline soils. Denitrification is the biologi cal reduction of nitrate and ni trate to gases, which pass into the air. Experiments have shown that about 15 percent of the ni trogen applied is lost because of this process. Leaching, which many farm ers and ranchers are familiar with, means that fertilizer nu trients are washed down through the soil and out of reach of the plant roots. Losses are higher on sandy soils. “It is not uncommon to lose as much as 40 to 50 percent of the applied nitrogen in sandy soils following a heavy rain,” the speaker pointed out. Swoboda said recent work in dicates that nitrate leaching also can be a problem on clay soils. “Water movement through well structured clay soils is much faster than popular belief. It has been shown that as much as 1 inch of water per day, for a period of several weeks, can move through these soils,” he said. Another speaker, Dr. L. S. Breuer of the Animal Science Department, said the long-stand ing recommendation for phos phorus as supplements for beef cattle still appears to be a good one and should take care of most mineral deficiency situations. “Use of bonemeal or a trace mineral- fortified phosphorus supplement will provide insur ance against a trace mineral de ficiency,” he said. “Use of mag nesium supplement appears jus tified under conditions showing a history of tetany.” Phil Nix, pasture specialist, listed the advantages and disad vantages of loose hay stacking, an old system enjoying a new popularity. Advantages include lower har vesting costs, no hay barn in vestment, built-in self feeding, no big labor requirements, hay storage at higher moisture, and lower costs and upkeep of equip ment. Disadvantages are reduction of marketable hay, hay should be stacked where grown, less con trol of consumption by livestock, large stem forages do not stack as well as fine stem hays, and stacks must be in well-drained locations. Nix said some producers have tried head gates, adjustable metal bars and wire gates to re duce hay wastage, but they usually have found that not enough hay is saved to justify the cost and labor. MSC SNACK BAR Any 7-day board students who will be on campus July 4, 5, 6, 1970 may dine at the MSC Snack Bar. 5-day student may dine July 6. Your meal card must be pre sented in order to dine without charge. Snack Bar will be open from 7:15 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. each of these 3 days. Enter through east entrance adjacent to Post Office. TRI-COUNTY TEACHERS CREDIT UNION P. O. Box 646 Bryan, Texas 77801 Presents If one borrows money at his credit union’s rate of 1% per month on the unpaid balance, he agrees to an annual interest rate of 12^. That’s not as bad as it sounds. Assume a $300 loan due in 12 installments of $25 plus interest at 1% per month. The ledger card would appear as follows: Date Interest Principle Balance 300.00 1-1 3.00 25.00 275.00 2-1 2.75 25.00 250.00 3-1 2.50 25.00 225.00 4-1 2.25 25.00 200.00 5-1 2.00 25.00 175.00 6-1 1.75 25.00 150.00 7-1 1.50 25.00 125.00 8-1 1.25 25.00 100.00 9-1 1.00 25.00 75.00 10-1 3.00 25.00 175.00 11-1 .50 25.00 25.00 12-1 .25 25.00 -0- Upon adding the interest column, we find that this person paid a total interest of $19.50 for $300 loan for 1 year. By dividing by 3, we discover that even though his note called for 12% interest, he only paid $6.50 per $100 per year. To have the truth about interest, com pare the actual dollar cost, not the percent quoted. to control the melting of the steel, instead of using just guesswork.” Hill who grew up in a world of art (both of his parents are artists), began wire sculpture five years ago. Because he was shaping canvas over wire forms, he had to take up welding, and the welding “just carried on.” Hill still carves tables, doors, stairheads, crucifixes and toilet seats; paints; and dabbles in plastics, but bringing metal to life is his major interest now, in addition to being his livelihood during the summer. He teaches second year architects design at A&M during the school-year. “Zot,” Hill says and points at his forehead when asked where he gets his ideas, “from my imagination.” Some of the 1,000 sculptures he has done also come from life or photographs. “A good piece of work com municates,” Hill said. “An artist receives input in five senses. He must exaggerate colors, forms and textures to stimulate the viewer and make up for the senses lost. “Nearly all my sculptures are exaggerated. The people have bigger hands and feet and exag gerated facial features. My cas tles (he’s done five—all differ ent) are caricatures of any real castles.” He says these super- complicated structures are a composite of castle styles over a 500-year period. “I feel like I live in a castle when I build it,” the 31-year-old sculptor. “When you can imag ine you’re lowering the draw bridge and walking in the court yard, that’s when it’s fun. Sculp ture as just a three dimensional object is useless.” Hill confesses that he some times discards partly completed sculptures because at these times it “takes more time to change the mistake than it does to start fresh.” Many artists have the hangup of clutching on to something they’re making even if they think it’s bad, he said. “You have to be able to close your eyes and throw it away,” he advised, “because no matter how good you think it is now, a year from now you’ll think it’s bad. Many artists don’t even look at anything they’ve done that’s a year old because they advance so much in a year.” Aggies can view many of his pieces, including one of his cas tles, in the glass cases at the Memorial Student Center now through July 10. He has also exhibited in Salt Lake City and at Macy’s in New York. The personable artist sells most of his pieces, half of them on commission. In the future Hill says he wants to do some bigger pieces. He presently is working on a metal wall sculpture which is a parody on attorneys for College Station law firm Goode and Jones, and he will construct a metal fountain for an Air Force retirement center in San Antonio if the plans are approved by military authorities this week. He worked six years for archi tectural firms in Houston and Dallas after earning his bache lor’s degree. He has also been camping in Europe, Russia and Egypt. Hill resides with his wife Su san, also an artist; 18-month-old son Bunker and 150-pound Great Dane “puppy” at 119 Lee St. in College Station. Smith appointed libraries director John B. Smith has been ap pointed director of libraries. Smith, a 1960 Texas A&M graduate, has served as acting director the past year. Announcement of the appoint ment was made at the Tuesday meeting of the board of direc tors. After receiving his under graduate degree in English, he earned a master’s degree in li brary science at Columbia Uni versity in 1963. Prior to joining the staff in 1966 as assistant librarian, Smith was assistant law librar ian at Columbia. State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111. For all your insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40 221 S. Main, Bryan 823-0742 ATTENTION SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS 7 DAY Summer Board 2nd Session $104.40 July 13 — August 21 And for the first time 5 DAY Summer Board 2nd Session $93.90 You can’t eat for less anywhere else! 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