Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-02

knowledge about tho production an1
uses OF high grade charcoal. Reia-
lively little had been known about
IL. One Of the uses OF this high grade
charcoal Ia in obtaining gasoline from
natural gas Experiments are now
under way with the idea Of producing
charcoal direct from coel. something
Of immense Industrial Importance
which has mover yet been done.
In cooperation with the Department
of Agriculture chemical experiments
are being conducted for the Develop
ment Of now means of destroying
animal and bird pests in this country.
Tentative projects have been out
lined for killing gophers, ground
squirrels, blsckbirds, and other pests
which DO millions Of dollars of damags
70 crops every year, Chlorine gas,
first used by tho Germans at Ypree---
/ has been found efllcaclous in ezter-
minating gopbers
/ Cooperative projects are under way
/ TO determine what chemical agents
are useful for exterminating insect
| pests and to hit upon the best means
I for employing them. Several Of the
/ itiHfaL lUlpbl ianL war EdEfe uAFt HiFtD
great promise Of usefulness IN this di-
rection. Partial success has been OBJ
tanned IN finding chemical means of
fighting tho cotton boil weevii. TX
perirnents With gas bombs 70 control
forest fires !u their initial stages were
tried. and tho information gained has
been OF benefit TO tho Forest Service.
/ Fighting Potato Bugs.
One use to which chemicals are be-
ing put is in the eradication Of the
3, blister beetle, commonly called the
:, potato bug. These Insects make their
! appearance suddenly, and reliable
: insecticido is necessary IN order 70
= control them. There arc and have been
T insecticides on tho market for years.
J but the Chemical Warfare Sevvico
has ezperimented along this line with
the idea OF obtaining an even more
reliable means Of combating this pest
{ and one which could be sold NJ a tow
D er price than usually obtains. II -
Z officially stated that valuable results
I have been obtained 70 date from ths
- actual test Of these chemicals on
r plants"
h For the Bureau Of Standards. the
It Chemical Warfare Service L. coop
- Grating 20 aid IN determining tho flow
Il of gas from natural gas fields through
- the medium of great meters The ap-
s paratus Of the Chemical Warfare Ser
.e vice will be used for this purpose.
n Chemical means are being used or
n experimental with TO destroy lOcusts
in the Philippine Islands, rate IN the
l. sugar cane fields of Hawaii In tn.
? matter OF spraying fruit trees from
< alrplanes, and in the improvement o.
n the oxygen breathing apparatus 81
70 use IN mines the world over. One dlfn
Ia Guilty with this apparatus has been :,
l. find something impervIous to gaso
,d line vapors. and it is believed tha
tn this difficulty soon viii be overcom
ut through the perfection Of A chemical
10 ly treated cloth
n Another important development
IN coming out OF the necessity of devils
ing clothing and materials inperviou
g TO mustard gas. has been to ob,ail
:; much material Of value IN deterrn;n
ic ing methods Of water proohng clotl
a and leather.
m This does not pretend TO be a surve,
=. OF all OF the commercial and industria
=, uses 10 which war chemicals are be
ing put. II Is merely an outline. neces
sarily incomplete