HOW FOOD SUPPLY
MAY BE INCREASED
(U S. Official Bulletin.)
A statement on the purl that fish
may play 'in increasing the war food
supply was issued by Secretary of
t'ommetVe I ted Held today. Tin state
ment follows:
"The activities of the Various bu
reaus of tlie department of commerce
in the way of assisting the people of
of reasonably priced foods are of
the United States to And new sources
practical and immediate benefit.
“Kor instance, the bureau of fisher
ies lias called to notice some of the
vast amount of excellent fish food Jung
neglected in our waters. It brought
the tllelisli into notice. This fish
Is being caught now at a rate of mote
than 20,000,000 pounds per annum from
Atlantic waters, from about Nantucket
to nn area east of Atlantic city. Mar
ket reports show this fish to bo sold
in New York and Philadelphia mar
kets cheaper than the more generally
known varieties. It stands shipment
I bettor than most of the standard
! fishes, find is now being sold over a
large area of he country.
"The sable fish, or black cod on tlie
Pacific coast lias not heretofore been
utilized and absolutely without rea
son. It is an excellent fish; the flesh
is white, firm and flaky with a full,
rich flavor very free from bone, and
it is a good shipper. Sable fish is
abundant from San Francisco to Al
aska. and particularly plentiful from
Oregon northward. It is a deep water
ii, and averages 15 pounds in weight,
tips new food supply birs fair to at
tain wide popularity and use,
"The introduction of the sea mussel
on the Atlantic const as an article of
diet is another instance of a new
aci|Uatic food the public is taking to
with considerable zest and is becoming
I deservedly popular.
"Much interest is being manifested
all over the country in the idea of
fish culture in artificial ponds by
fanners and other owners of land
where there is a proper water supply,
and ttio bureau of fisheries is assist
ing hundreds of Inquirers with advice
and in furnishing young lish with
which to stock ponds. Why shouldn’t
a farmer raise fish as well as chick
ens? Given proper fresh water supply
and a reasonable space for a pond—•
and this does not necessarily mean a
very large space-—fish are easy to
raise and on astonishing quantity may
lie had in two or three years, with
proper conditions and protection. They
are of rapid growth. The ‘fingerfings,’
of the buss unit sunflsh families that
; re distributed to these pc nds will
attain half a pound weight in a year,
and tne second year will lie sp-wnlng
. ' d of greater size. It is not a lengthy
or expensive process to stock a pond
with fish, and the results are well
worth the . ffort.’
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UNITED STATES
WILL MANUFACTURE
OWN NITRATES
(U S. Official Bulletin.)
The department of the interior hns
issued the following:
WWen a^declarttion by congress that
a "state of war exists’ was thought
tn lie imminent, the dayrarlment of the
interior, though its bureau of mines,
prepared for the information of I lie
eoiinci! of national defense a report
on the natural mineral resources of
the United States, Marvelous as these
resources are, comprising two-fifths of
tin' world’s annual production of coal,
one half the world’s output of copper,
and nearly two th'irds of the world’s
annual supply of petroleum no raw
lnatej*iail except coajl, can *icrvo a
useful purpose in war until combined
with or refined by other metals or
chemicals.
When asked about the mineral sit
uation, Secretary of the Interior I^ane
said:
“in war time a new point of view
must be had in order to grasp the
situation. The great production of
gold and silver in the I'n'ited States,
j except from the financial point of
view, is unimportant, ihit tin* 5,000
ounces of platinum now reclaimed at
the government mints will make, by
the ‘contact’ process, hundreds of
thousands of pounds of concentrated
sulphuric acid, which can all go into
higli combustible explosives.
“Let us begin w'lth explosives.
Speaking broadly, concentrated sul
phuric acid, the famous I12SOI of
college memory, and nitric acid, are
the two chief and vital elements no
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cessary in explosive manufacture. We
shall need about 0,000,000 Ions of sul
phuric acid this year. This acid is not
a pleasant thing to transport, so in
I peace times 'it is generally used close
to its point of production. We have
two great natural beds of sulphur,
lull they are in the extreme southern
part of the United States, with the
result that in peace times we ordi
narily import about 1,000,000 tons of
iron pyrites, containing about 45 per
cent of sulphur, and roast it out. In
time of need we could secure sulll
eient from our own beds, but w'lth eon
I contra ted sulphuric ncid the ease is
different. This acid is obtained from
I the fumes of lead and zinc smelters
j by the 'contact* process, which re
• iuires platinum in order to ov'ide Hie.
gases. The machinery is expensive
and takes time to install but an ample
supply can be assured if sufficient
platinum is available.
“Nitric ncid, made from nitrates, is
Hie other necessary basic material
from which high explosives are made.
The United States contains practically
no nitrates, nor does any oilier coun
try except Chile. Krom Chile we im
port in pence times about 500.nun tons
a year, of which about 40 per cent Is .
used for fertilizer and 10 per cent for !
explosives. Bui the atmosphere
around us contains nitrogen in limit- 1
Uss quantifies, and congress has voted i
$20,000,000 for the construction of a ,
plant for its fixation. The location
and character of this plant now is
being determined, so that in a com
paratively short time we shall tie
equipped in this refilled for the enemy
in time of war and for added agricul
tural production 'm time of peace."
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COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES;
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Following are tlie iqwest recorded
temperatures for tilts year and lust
>n the days 'esignated. The minus
«dgn before a number means below
wro.
U. S Weather Bureau.
191* 1917
June 1. 30 35
June 2 . 31 31
lime 3. 30 38
June 4. 36 42
June 6. 38 36
June 6 . 28 14
June 7 . 27 42
June 8 . 27 42
June 9. 27 40
June 10. 44 36
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June 11. 44 34
June 12.43 35
June 13. 39 40
June 14 . 36 42 i
June 15. 36 48,
rune 16 .36 44 '
Mine 17 . .... 35 48 j
June 18. 35 38 I
June 19 . 36 40
June 20. 41 36
June 21 . 41 44
lime 22 . 32 37
June 23 . 38 38
June 24 . 42 40
•'.« 25 . 48 40 j
Mine 26 . 4.8 38!
June 27.60 40
June 28 . 48 43
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