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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1978 Page 5 campus ril activities 'i Wednesday Student Senate, 7:15 p.m., 204 Har- Eton Bridge Club, 7:15 p.m., 212 MSC Dance Arts Society, 7:30 p.m., 266 f Rollie White Thursday t Great Issues, Tom McCall on “The Fu me of Man’s Environment,” 8 p.m.. Rudder theater IDance Arts Society, modern jazz classes, 7:30 p.m., 266 G. Rollie White ; Water Ski Club, 7 p.m., 601 Rudder Friday I Basketball, A&M Ladies vs. McLennan SCollege, 7:30 p.m., G. Rollie White | Aggie Cinema, "The Deep,” 8 p.m.. Rudder Theater, and “Bugsy Malone,” 12 midnight, Rudder Theater Cutting dust lost vital I :o grain safety United Press International [ WASHINGTON — The head of p Federal Grain Inspection Serv- ” ls jjjsaid Tuesday efforts to prevent :P n elevator explosions should *; jeentrate more on reducing dust its* hying to eliminate ignition niftll rCeS ' meland Bartlet, testifying at the i wring of House hearings on a se- , ‘ !es of elevator explosions, also said e flry little” research had been done irlii n the link between humidity and P explosiveness of grain dust. linofcThe FGIS administrator told a jlpuse labor subcommittee some cjjlt collection devices may increase 'en* danger of explosions by making e”»«t dryer. At some elevators, he iddostt. the dust is then put back into swl w grain to prevent loss of weight. etlifMccording to tests, Bartelt said, It with a moisture content of 10 percent or less is highly explosive ’ at 11 percent there can be rapid m-off. ” [The weather may be a factor, he , and FGIS inspectors now have in told to walk off the job when | relative humidity falls below 45 cent. de said the recent explosions at stwego, La., and Galveston, |xas, had been preceded by “an Jusual weather pattern” in which Col* relative humidity of the air fell ^(jlabout 30 percent, n ail thi® basis, it was arbitrarily icided that an additional 15 per- 25 points should provide an equate margin of safety prior to cars /ing static grain dust to the point extreme ignitability,” he said. 0 I,, In the past, he said, the emphasis | ( jj ri; . .s on trying to prevent ignition of 2 dust and little attention was paid o the dust itself. We should give greater attention ! adequate removal of dust from i, rin handling facilities,” he said. Bartlet all but ruled out sabotage ___ the cause of the explosions. | T know of no evidence that they |e other than accidents,” he said. I don’t want to rule it out 100 per- I lent. But I’d be greatly surprised if * t turned out to be sabotage.” [ Assistant Administrar David Jawldns of the Enviromental Pro- llction Agency, denying sugges- I 'lems that air pollution regulations fj Imight be to blame, said there is no ^requirement that dust be kept in- |de grain elevators. I “The facts are that good air pollu- |on control practices do not in- lease the risks of fires or explosions |i elevators,” he said. “On the con- |ary, properly operated air pollu- |on control equipment reduces ese risks.” kwdust used is cattle feed | good as hay 9 United Press International FROHNA, Mo. — A business has ised an idea from Oklahoma and raste from Missouri hardwoods to iroduce feed for, among other hings, French cattle. The businessman is M.F. (Tom) E etzoldt, president of East Perry umber Co., which he calls the largest hardwood lumber producer in the Midwest. Some of the sawdust from the plant is used to make cattle feed that Petzoldt said is on a par with good grass hay. “It’s high in carbohydrates,” he siad. “You can replace 50 percent of the com in cattle feed with it. ” The low price of corn today is not in his favor, Petzoldt said. But the sawdust feed still sells. We’re not in that good a position right now as when corn was $3 a bushel,” he said. A mixture for cow-calf herds sells for $50 a ton, he said, while a fatten ing ration for steers sells for about $110. “I know we could sell everything we’d make if we could dry and pel letize it. Right now we sell it in bulk.” Drying and pelletizing equip ment will be completed in about three months, he said. The plant has a capacity of about 140 tons a day, he said, and now is operating at about 60 tons a day. The feed is being sold both domesti cally and in Europe. “We re shipping a little of it across the creek,” Petzoldt said. “We have a load going to France. 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