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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1948
Page
8
Report notes ongoing trials of chemical weed killers with fresh experiments beginning around 108. Researchers, likely from agricultural groups, test effectiveness, timing, and safety. The brief highlights shifts in weed management and possible impacts on crops and farming practices.
Yale University announced the discovery of the earliest known manuscript of the Old Testament Book of Isaiah in Palestine. Found in a monastery library in Jerusalem, the parchment dates to about the first century B C and predates other complete Isaiah texts from the ninth century A D.
A report notes camels can drink about 12.40 to 15 gallons of water in thirty minutes and can carry several hundred pounds for hundreds of miles without drinking. The claim highlights their exceptional endurance and water conservation abilities observed in desert conditions.
The Drum Mountains meteorite, found in Utah in 1944 by two Japanese from the Topaz relocation center, is the eighth largest in the United States and weighs 1164 pounds. It is now in Washington for full study, with the Smithsonian noting thumb marks on iron meteorites and the force it likely hit the earth with. A possible bounce or roll to its resting place explains the lack of a crater.
Women took to sewing before the war with millions of patterns sold and large spending on patterns in 1947. A pattern company reported net sales near 9.92 million dollars, with 250,000 home sewers buying the sewing book printed in three languages. Yard goods sales in 1947 rose 300 percent since 1940 as sewing classes and clinics drew eight million dollars in spending.
Merrill N. Warnick of Pleasant Grove, Utah Dairy Federation president and ADA executive committeeman, will represent Utah at the American Dairy Association fall meeting in the Lorraine Hotel, Madison, Nov. 30. The gathering marks ADA’s national dairy promotion effort that began in Madison decades ago with Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa delegates.
World Book encyclopedia notes the German Kaiser was impressed by the circus efficiency and ordered the army to adopt its traveling and feeding method. The text also mentions shark liver extracts yielding vita min A for poultry and dairy feeds, with shark byproducts used for fish meat and fertilizer. A large company operates shark fishing boats supplying vita min A concentrates to food, feed, and pharma sectors.
Washington Montana and North Dakota joined as charter members and from six states in 1940 the American Dairy Association now counts 40 states. Landt said a $1,290,000 advertising and research program is planned for the next year to expand markets. The homecoming session at Madison opens Monday November 29 with subcommittee conferences on advertising publicity education and membership. A banquet by America's Dairyland is planned for opening day.
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