WEEKLY WDATHER REPORT
’OR PERIOD E.' R. 29 TO APR. 4 INCLUSIVE
IJATANUSKA VALLEY
■y t'tsioii
time -re that
Pro .a will be
ilian use nent
WOTS
little if
available
^OITTI’H
an"
for
n ti
cs iv
winter.
-be rubber shortage and its
affects on farm transportation is
critical and demands that every
farmer do everything possible to
save b.is tires by eliminating un
necessary trips and. pooling trans
portation with his neighbors.
'/bile it is true that farmers are
placed in an eligible classifica
tion for truck and passenger tires
it is possible that the shortage
is so serious that 11 eligibility'1
nay not rake tires available. All
unnecessary travel should be dis
couraged.
hubber is used in large quan
tities on farms. In addition to
tiros and tubes for farm imple
ments , cars and trucks, farm uses
of rubber include: Belting and
dhock-Proofing, Valves, Caskets
and Washers for Pumps and Water Sy
stems, and personal articles of
comfort and convenience. The
United States has used in normal
times about 500,000 tons of new
rubber a year, and 3/4 of the rub
her wont into tires and tubes*
How with every agency arid indhst- '
ry putting forth special efforts
for war needs, all available rub
ber r.iust go to the essential uses*
It is the responsibility >? every
one to make his present supply ; ;
last as long as Possible* Once
rubber loses its elastic rualitie s
nothing has boon developed thus
far to restore itsresilionco, For
the greatest possible benefits
conservation must start at once.
Deterioration of rubber as in
creased under conditions such as
exposure to high, temperatures, di
rect sunlight, and electrical dis
charges. Rubber is best 3 reserved
in a cool dark place out of air
currents. High hunidity does not
affect rubber a.nd storage in the
basement would be preferable to a
hot attic.
HOW TO I lAKh Till'd IAif _?
1 • HI inmate high, spoor
tiros will last twice as
■* T'J*
Your
ong at
40 miles per hour as at 50 nilcs
per hour. 2. Inflate tir< a weekly
at rc.co::r'.icnded pressures, d eeping
tires undcrinflatod wipes out
. ;u; ' (Continued on •‘■age 6)