The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-16
SPUR PROGRAm TO GET RUBBER FROM eUAYOLE
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 San Daeg0, Cal. Dee IS guPl-- With 600 tons of natural rubber from guayule already M sight thS year. the federal gOseEnment A rushing completion of Its great ussavala nurseries in California ta assure the United States an ese1as tOal production of 5000 tons sn- nually,
 Seeding Of three nurseries in San Daer0 country already has begun. and the S50l000000 t0 4Qo0oO,0ee seedllngS win be. traMSpaante6 m Apral on S0O00 acres of land, 0shea similar nursery projects are located in the SalimaS Valley and at Indi0A i'm California, and a fourth pr01eef Is planned for the Central Valleys of California,
 If all present plans develop the government hopes to have 20&000 acres planted fn ruhher-hearing eesayule hN the spring of 1sA4. There after. the U. & forest service said, stock for annual faeAa p1anttngS oa about lY6000 acres win he grown fn these nurseries,
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 The fisst rubber scheduled to be extracted from guayule shrub al- ready is growing in the Salinas Valley The crops to be planted this Spring from seedlings grown m the present nurseries wtll he harvested in two years
 The rubber yield by the fan of 1894 is expected to be SS,000 tons, rising to 47000 tons in 1S4S>
 Under . bin recently signed by the Presidents the Department of Agriculture and the forest service are authorized to spend $1S0 900, 900 in developing guayule and other rubber bearing plants on S000o0 acres of land Under present plans. the government wfll lease all the land, Gr0w and harvest the crops. and opeAAte processing mills for ex- tracing the rubber 1t is planned to build sS milass probably near the fields
 Recognized by Indians
 The g0ay0le shrub. known for it's rubber hy the Indians of Northern Mexico long before the advent ot the whit man. has been a con- SiSteMt producer of rubber for B years It has been marketed com- meScaally under the name of Am par'' and "CAlpar,~
 The ex1eM6itMre Of millions of dollars on a source of natural rub Der Is necessary. the forest service stated, because even heayy-dnty synthetic rubber tires need a eer- tain amount of natural rubber for best results
 GuayIlle rubber, used alone, makes excellent tireS, the forest service said The rubber is the same kind as that of the famed Heyea tree of the East Indies, and to quote the Rarsaeh committee report on goayule rubber
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 SIt represents the principal source o3 crude rubber which could not he lost to us short 0f conquest or American territory
 INV &AAA wv &N @ AAAAAW& &A @AseASAA eEn Mexico and certain sections oSl Texas. but has been found to growl more readily in the coastal regions| and interior valleys of California,
 In appearance it Is similar to theI common SageArush of the West. with grayiSh-sreen leaves and ineOn- spSc0o0S yellowfSA flowers The en-| tire shrub is harvested for its rub Der, and the fields must he replant- ed with seedlings grown in thel nurseries
 Extracting the rubber ts a fairly simple process The ehipped week isl p@lVerize& and mastteated and the rubber particles separated from the fhre> The rubber particles, which, when separated froM the fibre tend. to ag9NomegateA are cleaned, dried and then pressed into slabs anGl shipped to manufacturers,
 The Dominican Republic has rel