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Evening star., 1953-01-02
West Berlin Asks Allies
IFor Better Police Weapons
By m. A..oe;o,.d prs.,

BERLIN. Jan. 2.-Msyor Ernst
Reuter- renewed with the allies
today demand that his West
Berlin police be permitted to carry
more powerful arms in order to
strengthen their patrols on the
Soviet frontier.
Nj. Reuter- told the American
British and French commanders
Iat a special meeting that pistols
are inadequate when the police
come in contact with Russians OF
East German Communists bear
linC carbines.
The mayor based his request for
automatic weapons on the Christ
mas eve incident in which three
Russians barged into the French
sector and shot and killed Patrol
man Herbert Bauer with tommy
gun fire. Witnesses said the Rus
slams shouted back at the aroused
West Berlin police: Your
weapons are no good, we have
automaticS." set.
The allies have consistently re-
fused to allow the West Berlin
police to carry any weapons ex-
Icept regulation .38-caliber pistols.
But the Allied Kommandatura in
idlcated after this mornings meet
ing that the mayors latest plea
Imay be fruitful.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
4 American Missionaries
Released From Red China
BY the Assoeio.ed Pres,

HONG KONG, Jan. -Four
American Baptist missions les.
who had been held in solitary
confinement IN Red China since
April, 1851, arrived at this British
crown colony tonight.
One was so thin it appeared his
clothing might slip of. All were
weak and emaciated but said they
were not tortured except for being
confined to their rooms at
SWatow, China.
4 They are DR.. Emanuel H. Giedt.
Rochester, N. Y, a veteran of 80
years in China; Miss Abbie G.
Sanderson, Berlin, N. H.. "a years
in China; Miss Louise M. Giffin.
Duluth, Mimi. and Loren e.
Noren, Grandville, Ohio.
They said the Communists
charged them with hindering "the
progressive church movement"
and with espionage. ..
Thirteen Catholic missionaries.
some of them aged, reached Hong
Kong last night after being ex-
PEELED by the Reds. Eleven were
originally from Europe. two from
Canada. Two of them had been
imprisoned 13 months.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Stock Market Holds
TO Steady Course;
Volume Is Restricted
BY the Assoeiu.ed Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-On the
first day Of the New Year the stock
market maintained a steady
course.
Price changes spread out over a
range of around a point either way
but most were in the smaller frac-
ltions.
! Volume was sharply restricted
Many brokers and customers didn't
lput in Pa appearance, preferring to
Ienjoy an unbroken four-day holi-
day over New Years and the week
tend. The pace was well below the
better than 2 million shares traded
Wednesday.
Steels enjoyed an early vogue
with gains all around. Executives
of the larger steel companies esti-
mated that steel production will
continue high in 1858, although
the operating rate is expected tc
drop back in the second half.
Motors. which have led several
recent markets higher, dropped
back today with a squirt of &C.
ltivity.
Railroads were fairly we'll mixed
with a tendency to the downside
Utilities were in that same class
as were oils and chemicals. Moving
up as a group were coppers anc
most rubbers and aircrafts.
Higher stocks included U. S
'lSteel. Packard Motor, American
Telephone, Baltimore & Ohio
standard Oil (New Jersey, Good.
lrich. international Nickel, Kenne.
cott Copper and American To.
ibacco.
Lower were southern Pacific
Texas Co. Allied Chemical, Dr
Pont. American Can, General
Motors, Chrysler. and United Air.
Icraft.
Benguet Consolidated Mining
twas out with a block of 23,l0C
shares unchanged at 1E, ano
Allegheny Corp. started on a block
lof $500 shares unchanged at 5A
lSt. Joseph traded q block of 7,4OC
shares unchanged at 4l3s.
/ Stocks on the curb market were
higher IN active areas. Going ur
IWere Allegheny Warrants, Ameri-
lean Bantam Car "a" Cessna Air.
craft, Devon Leduc Oils, Virgins
Iron, and Woodley Petroleum
Lower were such issues as Bailey
Selburn Oil & Gas, and New Jer-
,lsey Zinc.
/ Corporate bonds were steady
United States Governments in the
over-the-counter market were
narrow.
i The stock market bowed out
the old year at it's best levels. On
the next to the final session the
Associated Press average of so
stocks reached new high OF
$115.70. the best level In % "a
jyears. And on the final day of the
year the average held unchanged.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotation supplied by thu
Un,ted STATES Agriculture Department.:
,Hpples-About, steady. Bushel baskets
and boxes. y 8. No. l Pennsylvania Deli
eial, .lx inches UP, AS: few higher;
glaek 3 TT.ss ,nss ss inches up, s25: stay;
Black Twiss. pa inches up, 3.25. '
Potatoes-About steady. U. s. No. /
size B. unwashed. Pennsylvania Katahdine
l0O-pound sacks. 200: 5o-pound sacks
size 4. 1885; few 1.9o: fair quality
sweet ;potatoes-About steady orer.
ings light. Bushei baskets ana hampers
y. 8; NO. l MARYLAND Goldens. 4.50-5. 90
FPeuitrs Quotations
Poultry Market barely steady on fryers
Fries unchanged. Receipts unusually heav,
for q Friday. Supplies in excess OF ngili
type hens clearing well. Few sold at 30-32
Grain Market.
Flour Receipts, ASH 10O-pound sacks
Wheat-Receipts, 81 ,O45 bushels; ship
ments, 2.013 bushels; stocks. 3.li9,l4s
bushels; No; 2 red winter earlicky, spot
Corn-Receipts. 202,534 bushels; SHIP.
mentS, 120.l2l bushels; stocks. 3,257 .4ah
bushels.
oats-Receipts. 1000 bushels; ship
Iments. none; stocks, none.
no'1 = Stocks. ii. .os5 bushels. eI SHIPMENTS
Rye-Receipts. -I2.00O- bushels; ship
me. none; stocks. none.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1913 bushels;
shipments, none; stocks, 721,46S bushels
Millfeed-Receipts. III tons.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Treasury to Save
'Moneym Change
IN Making Money
BY the Assoeioied Press

The Treasury Department Il
changing the method of producing
So and $5 United States notes ane
$5 and $40 silver certificates. IT.
an economy measure.
Heretofore, the department ex.
planned. pIa.es used for printing
these issues included the engraved
facsimile signatures of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and the
Treasurer of the United Ste tes
Whenever one of these officers was
changed, it was Necessary , . re-
engrave the plates with new sig
natures.
Under the new system, fac-simile
signatures will be overprinted on
the face of the currency stimuli
taneously with the seal and serial
number. making re-engraving un-
necessary.
The only noticeable changes in
the appearance Of the bill will be
that the serial. numbers and the
colored Treasury seal will be
smaller and a large shaded de-
nominational numeral will be in
serted to the left of the oval por-
trait. The backs of the bills will
not be changed.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Capital Bank Deposits
Reach New Record Of
Ss-s
$1,27O, ,961,757
By Donoid B. HodIey

Deposits of 10 Washington banks
and trust. companies reached a
new all-time record Of 1870. .961, :
757 on December 81, condition
call from the controller Of the cur
rency disclosed today.
The new record was $12 2,546. .093
above the previous peak of ST ,258,-
415,644 on December 81, 1851, and
was $38,516,699 ahead Of $l,232,-
445.088 on September 6. 1852. date
of the previous call.
Union Trust Co., with gain OF
$6,528,563, showed the largest in
crease from q year earlier. Amer
ican Security & Trust Co. regis
tered rise of So, ,957, 1888 while the
Hamilton. National Bank gained
$2,981 al and Anacostia National
Bank showed an increase of ST.
457,637.
Eight of the banks had de-
clines from year ago. the larg-
est being $7,811,979 at the Ma
tienal Bank of Washington.
Deposits on December 81 are
compared below with a year
earlier.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Chicuoo Livestock

CHICAGO. Jan. 2 LEf,-Hog prices tum-
pied 70 to % cents hundred pounds from
Friday run OF salable hogs on record bat
tersd 1sasS. prices back to where they were two
Cattle were mostly fully steady but sheep
failed to establish trading in face Of higher
s1s An sstimstsd $4,000 hogs came to mar.
during which the Department of Agricul-
ture has kept track Of the salable supply
sepaartely from direct receipts by packing
MSst i butcher s ,. w;;,shts ; 5 sold trqr, 900
soG Gh9ss Iom to tn fsoFs and d goo
choice he!fers from 22 so to-. 90. Better
6us sss s e hes 90 and s ysasrs Il a2e
Ssr tsn Hs Esess
orsf 20 ssn's cSoe. S soys nsss sond ssaSd n 81
II .50-1S.50: latter price paid rather So
ingly; pumercYs lcsds ,n ,- chcis" lSn-. e
1873, 27o.3.5 pound. 1s,Oo-l7:oo; 1cec
around a4o aonI pound l515t so choicc so1s
saiabls cattle 5000: sa,ablee calves 300:
moderately active; slauThter steers and
@ afsF' ta esns
ns Under I 91oa f pound ersd,ns a sefes s
choice to iow-prsme steers and yeari'ns
az mtxss spGS s,a and .odd rsSe eho,ce
10 .5O-23 so: load choice mixed yearlings
30.25: good and choice heifers. $3.50.
2e.0o: commercial to low-good, 1870.
1900; bulk Gamers and cutters. 1900.
500; utility and commercial bulls. 1880.
22.0o: few good heayv bulls. 2o.Do: corr.
mss's and ut,lis, IS Poo picooso oo 2 oo'ao oo 'ul
Salable shse' s.. u askin. sstrone t.
wooled and shorn lambs but no early ac.
ton; market not established on any class
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Retail Trade Shows
Gain IN Final Week
BY The Assoeiuted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Dolla1
volume of retail trade continued to
top that of a year ago in the week
ended. Wednesday despite the
usual post Christmas drop in de-
mand, Dun & Bradstreet said to-
day. .-..r
Clearance sales of holiday mer-
|chandiSe, were reported less COM
mon than a year ago when many
merchants ended the holiday
shopping season with bulky inver-
tories. r.
Exchanges of inappropriate gifts
into usable merchandise were de-
scribed as about as numerous as
asyear ago."
Dun & Bradstreet estimated to-
tai volume in the latest week at
from to 6 per cent larger than a
year ago. Regional changes were
New England and East up / to
per cent; South. Northwest and
Pacific Coast up 3 to 7; Midwest
up 2 to 6. and Southwest up 4 to 8.
Evening star., 1953-01-02

company for 26 years. will be the
lead-off- speaker at the confer
ence. which will begin at 10 am
and end about pm. He will dis
cuss the national economic out
look and relate it to the Washing
ton scene.
Dr. Homer Hoyt, urban land
economist. also will address the
conference. .-...
Promoted by LanSburgh & Bro.
Leo Heff1er has been promoted
to assistant merchandise manager
of the home furnishings division
of Lansburgh & Bro, President
Ralph L. Goldsmith announced
yesterday.
Mr. Heff1er will assist Martin F
WaXman. Before joining the COM
pany eight years ago, Mr.. Heff1el
was associated with the Cert
Store of Jamaica, Long Island.
He is a graduate of New York
University.
Mushinsky Leaves Hecht Co.
Louis Mashinsky, division mer'
chandise manager of the house
furnishings and appliance de-
partments for the Hecht Co. storei
of the Washington area. today an
nounced his resignation, effective
January 81.
Mr.. Mushinsky has been asso'
ciated with the Hecht Co. sinct
1880 and has merchandized th'
housewares, china and glass, sill
yer, toys, summer furniture, tele'
vision, appliance and related de-
partnents for eight years.
Before becoming merchandise
manager in 1945, he was a buyel
for Is years. His future plans will
be directed in the homewares f1elt
and will be announced on thei
completion, he said. ts
Bank Loans Turn Down.
Outstanding loans of IA reseryl
member banks here on Dectembel
"a totaled 1862 ,489, 900, q decreas'
of $4,000 from their aIl-tim'
peak of week earlier, the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmont
reported. ..
Commercial loans of $158, ,268,'
900 down $1,992,O00 in the weel
and loans to banks of $1,375, ,00|
were down $500,000.
Partially offsetting these, brok'
ers' loans of $3,826.OoO jumped
$1,222,000, other securities loan
of $4.283.000 edged up $4,000, rea
estate loans of $109,176. 900 wer'
$389,O00 higher and consume
loans totaled $88,363. 900. gain o
$111,000.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Foreign Exchange

I NEW YORK, Jan. 2. RD-Foreign ex.
change rates follow Great Britain in dol.
| Canadian dollar in New York open mar
| ket 3is per cent premium or 103.06M
| U S. cents, unchanged.
Erope; Great Britain (pound>. 2.S0is
unchanged Great Pritain. 3Q-day futures
fuu-es. 2.Suss. unchangeG; Great Britain,
90-day futures, 2.S0la, unchanged; Bel
giufn tfrancl. 1881, UP .O0ls OF = cent:
Holland tguilderl 26:40. up .04 Of a cent;
Italy tlira) 161s Of z cent. UNCHANGED.
den ekronsG 1885. unchanged; switzer-
land drancl. tfree),- 23.34. on .o01a Of .
cent.
unchanged; Brazil tfree). $50. unchanged
Mexico. 1I.62. unchanged: Venezuela
tBolivar). 30.03. unchanged.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar: 17.o0, uii-
changed.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
D.C.Credit Executives
Plan Annual School
Starting tuesday

Executives of many leading
Washington stores will speak at
the annual credit school of the
Retail Credit Association, which
will open Tuesday night at the
Raleigh Hotel.
Charles H. Dicken. credit sales
of Ginble Bros. Phila-
delph'a, will address a joint meet
ing of the first year, middle and
senior classes at the initial ses-
sion from 8 to $50 pm.
The Credit Bureau, Inc, Of
Washington. Montgomery County
Credit Bureau and the Old DO
mirion Credit Bureau of Arling-
ton are cooperating in the school.
To Visit Credit Bureau.
The second session will be held
at Offices of the Washington bu-
reau, 1921 G street NV, on Tues
day. January 13. It will be at
tended by all three classes and
Charles w. Prettyman, Thomas w.
Carroll and William r. Kane will
explain procedures and equipment.
Seniors will hear a panel dis
cussion of new credit practices.
John K. Althaus. bureau manager.
will choose the panel and serve as
moderator.
Six other sessions of the school
will be held from 8 to $3.50 pin at
the Raleigh on the following Tues
days: January q and February 3.
10. II and "a. A party on March
8 will be the final event.
Carl Roewe to Speak.
Carl H. Roewe, divisional direc-
to-, Associated Credit Bureaus Of
America, st. Louis. Mo-. will ad-
dress a session Of the senior class
on February 10. Speakers for
other separate sessions of the
three classes include:
Richard F. Datz, divisional credit
manager, William M Loman, serv-
ice director, and Willard P. Nor
wood. credit manager of budget
accounts, all of The Hecht Co.
E. M. Arthur, credit manager,
and Chester A. Carter, assistant
credit manager. both of Woodward
& Lothrop.
Bernard H. Feustman, vice pres
ident and manager. Lansburgh &
Bro; John P. Maurer. credit man
ager. julius Garf1nckel g. Co.;
Donald o. Helsel, acting credit
manager, S. Kann Sons Co.: Fran
Gle E. Rowe, credit manager. H.
zirkin & Sons; j. B. Stakeholder.
formerly with Lansburgh g. Bro.
and now credit manager of Gen.
tral Charge Service. and Wallace
Luchs. jr., member Of the legal
firm of King and Nordlinger.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Market Averages
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Jan. 2 dP1-Wholesale egf
prices sold slightly lower today.
based largely on exchange trading, follow
Midwes.sEn.Mixed colors. fancy heavy;
large. AZ: extra / medium. 40: standards
large, AZ; dirties. As: checks. 40-41;
whites, fancy heavyweishts, 49k: fancy
medium, Al: browns. fancy heavyweishts.
49i fancy large. 4S; extra medium. 46.
weishts. 4els: mediums. III. crowns. extra
fancy heavyweishts, 49ha: medium, 40.
Butter steady. prices unchanged.
Evening star., 1953-01-02

president of the National Associa-
tion Of Refrigerated Warehouses.
He has been with Terminal nearly
~ years.
The new warehouse now under
construction at Landoyer will have
rs million cubic feet and thu ERE
will be space for another 2.5 mil
lion cubic feet. It will be the first
refrigerated warehouse built in
this area since 1923.
The building will be located on
Ia 13-acre tract adjacent to the
NEW $40 million distribution center
Iof Safeway Stores, Inc. Work was
started September IS and compile
ton is expected before June !.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Jan. R.--cotton futures
moved up briskly In forenoon tradins TO.
day as relatively light trade buying and
short covering found hedge offerings and
nouidation light. Some stop-loss buyins
orders were touched on on tiir rise, with
both New Orleans and commission houses
on the buyi1g. side. Gains extended to
sls about Sla5aS bale, with the market then
Certif1cated cotton stocks. which had
been showing a steady increase IN recent
Eseks oa4 Saiss ssnsns the
Noon prices were 55 cents to Sl.75 q
bale higher than Wednesdays close. March.
34.OS; May. 34.5S. and July, 34.S9..
Evening star., 1953-01-02


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FOREIGN 1:15
Aust, Ia, hs50 S6.ya
Copenhagnis 81 9cHs
Ital 3s ~ 441s
Polnd4 ia2sfis;asd 6iz
DOMESTIC Ills
neg Cp Us sc o-.M
AluCoAm 3ha ~ II pa
Am&FPEs2uau 79Ls
AmFP 4 a0s r.; IS
,mT At 3tas "a 1234s
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Con Ed cv 1868 l53
CnGeBa cv3M67l16za
'1e',SLlo IS IL, .o1
Del Law IS 73 GOA
i)et Eo cv IS, hS lz3N
Det Ed 2szs SO 80
Dow t:h CIV 3sS2 1oe5z
Fla e C 6s "A eesA
GenRe&U As 90 963<
H&M inc SIS 81 z7Ls
III Bell 80 70 eSsd
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Bond Market
L,sF EpfPI,hia SsA4' Nm Fsst.

Ill. Cent A34e 90 lo3zt
int q N ~ 6s az IS
IntM&C3 .65s77 lo65t
LS&MS 3hhs 97 67lz
Leis v c 5s64st e2M
|Leb v 4s 2UO3A 74Z
|MidRRNJ'5s 20 7elA
NO Pac 6las ~ 90
Mo. Pac hs n p Ill
Mo- Pac 6s 7s 9 11lA
|Mo-Pae S. 81 l11M
N &c IS 20l3 GIN
aye 4lss 2Oi3 TN
N y c As 9S e6At
|NYNHin4las22 644z
|NYNHH4s2uO7 .2N
NoPac 6s2047D 103ih
No .Pae Is .ii47 -,
Pac G&E IS "a eeA
aac G&E IS ~ 973z
7ac T&T3hasS7 80
pennP&L as rs 97N
Penn RR IS 6S 100
9ennRR Hast,5 tC4z6
2ennRR 4Nssl 90
'hilaFi aN ~ lo3s6
Phil I'll 2As 81 97s@
PCCSiNasAs 20 e3M
SLsP As ~ 1914
Scott p cv 3s "a l1lN
80 Pae 4ss 81 1o1st
|SoPac4 iasOr77 lo3st
so Pac CIV 3s6n 17lM
|StdOln cv3iaa2 l12M
Third Aye $3.50 1Al4
Third Ave 4s(i0 81
|UnElMo 3sss II los
nOCalcya ras72lo7K
|HtdG Cast Cp4as72 1oSN
va E&P P2AssO san
was Cen as ~ 80 :.
Evening star., 1953-01-02

1900 am p. IL noon %, 600
100 pm eo0r& 2:UU pm. 900 600
tUnit Of trading 10 shares. sIn bank.
ruptcy or receivership or being reorganized
under the bankruptcy act, or securities
assumed by such companies. Rates Of divi-
dends in the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
not included. cid Called. x Elk dividend.
xr EX rishts. . Also extra or extras
b Annual rate. plus stock dividend De-
clared or paid in 1853, Plus stock dividend.
psid last year PAYABLE in stock. esti-
g Declared or paid SO far this year. b De-
clarsd or paid after stock .dividenO or
accumulatiye issue with dividends ia ar r..
resrs. nPayahle in stock, exact cash
value undetermined on declaration date.
p Paid this, year. dividend omitted. de-
tferred or no action taken at last dividend
meeting: Declared or paid IN 1852. plus
wi When issued. x-dis Ex distribution.
wd When distributed. nd Next day delivery.
Evening star., 1953-01-02

at Jne w ASH
ington Board
of Trades BuSi-
ess Outlook
Conference to
be held Tues
d ay, January
27, at the Shore
h a m H o t e l,
President E. D.
M errill a n
nounced yes
terday.
Mr.. johnson,
who has been
associated with
tbo Thouoncop
Evening star., 1953-01-02

to manage the
new SIS million
r e + r / gerated
storage ware
house Of the
M e r c h a n ts'
Terminal Corp.
of Baltimore at
Landover, Md.
Mr.. Johnson's
resignation be-
came effective
yesterday. He
has long beer
active in the
trade and is the
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK.. Jan. 2 R.-spot non-fer-
rous metal prices today. Copper 24h
14s4 cents . pound. New York. Zinc, i2ls
cents pound. East st. Louis. Tin, 1,21iz
cents pound, New York. At Pittshurrh
scrap steel NO. heavy. was quoted today
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Jerry Johnson Heads
.Big New Warehouse
For Capital Area

| Jerry P. johnson has resigned
as vice president and general man
lager Of the Terminal Refrigerat-
ling and Warehousing Corp. here
Evening star., 1953-01-02
AtIontic 'Kon-Tiki'

/ A 46-year-old London man has
quit his job. withdrawn his life
savings. and started organizing q
small crew to cross the Atlantic
on a raft.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Total - S1.270,961,7 ,757 S1,25S,415,6t
Board of Trade Speaker.

Arno H. johnson, vice presi-
dent and director Of media and
research for the j. Walter Thomp-
son Co., will be q major speaker
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Haiti Has Bio Coffee Crop

J One of the largest coffee cr- ps
in recent years has provided
Haiti with So per cent of It's total
exports in terms of currency value.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Odd-Lot Declines

NEW YORK, Jan. 2. W.-The New
odd lot transactions by principal dealers
On the exchange for December 3l:
Purchases Of 1s6,347 shares on ,645SS
orders Including S45 shares sold short on
"a. orders.
Evening star., 1953-01-02
Chicuqo Grain

CHICAGO, Jan. tP.-,The New Year
started csres n hs shoMnF market tood 9day de. T
wheat, corn and oats firmed slightly
at the opening on small commission
eTer. roHse we're 1p' mostly lower. As the session
progressed prices hovered around the pre-.
yious close and the market indicated II
had no enthusiasm for sustained ad.
1ff,eat near. the end of the. first hour
was unchanged to "a higher; March. LOO
snd oats we're avhsHns Lower Esrs to a hisns5 her,
ioSer tT" to ;. higher, January. ,3:oos.: laTt
was Q to ~ cents a hundred pounds
T-aders in wheat we're expecting Yugo
sylvania to buy couple of cargoes q
hard wheat in the near future. but heart
that The Egyptian buying. which hass hhss
postponed until February.
A good part of the winter wheat area
in Nebraska, Kansas and Eastern Eastern Cole, t3,
Should be beneficial to the winter crop
traders said, although the hve-day out
look did not mention any additional snow
Early .easiness in soybeans wac at;
cash beans on January contracts. This
was not unduly large but some grain men
much doubt as to whether the beans would
be taken by processing interests as they
have ample supplies.
weakness in lard, Packing house interests
delivered cash lard on january contracts
with the deliveries being stopped by vari.
dicate underlying strength in the lard
Corn receipts totaled 165 cars. ordi.
narily, receipts of cash corn expand witt
grain men do not expect that to happer
this year.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-12
Research Puts Waste
Feathers To Work

One hundred and fifty million
pounds of feathers means problems
for the nations poultry industry.
But new uses found through re-
search provide new outlets for this
by-prsduct.
One of the new outlets is a val
liable organic nitrogen fertilizer
made from feather meal. The u. s.
Department of Agriculture labora-
tories perfected the process that
converts the feathers to the fertil-
lzer meal One plant in Delaware
is now making fertilizer by this
process, and using feathers from
most of the large dressing plants.
This feather fertilizer neal con-
tains II to Is per cent nitrogen
(the cleaner the feathers, the high
er the value), Sc per cent ash,
about 0.6 per cent phOsphOrous. and
O.2O to OBS per cent potash. An ad-
vantage of the feather fertilizer is
that it is slowly available to plants.
as 1t decOmpOses in the soil. 1t has
also been found that when the fea-
ther fertilizer is mixed with the
more common fertilizer materials.
1t prevents caking Of the mixture.
Feeding experiments using fea-
ther meal are underway at the Uni
yersity of Delaware Agricultural
Experiment Sub-statiOn at George
town. This meal was made bv a
special process designed to make
the protein in feathers digestible
1t is being fed to growing chickens,
TO determine whether or not the
protein product is digestible.
The University Agricultural
chemistry department did other re- !
search on feathers uses three years
ago. Their results pointed to Doss- |
bic uses for feathers as filler in /!
insulating board, as a plastic base
lnd as padding material for cloth
ng. The U. S. d. A. has found that
Gather meal mixed with soybean
protein makes a good glue for in I
erlor plywOOd. Feather meal also
makes a good plaster retardsr. ard I,
about equal to soybean protein
IS base for fOam-prOducing com
pounds used in fire fighting.