THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1978
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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.
Well have 15 farmers in here the
30th of this month from France.
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