THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, Sept. 8, 1972—B-7

Technion 'Trouble-Shooters' Solve
Crop Problem for Hula Valley Farmers

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HAIFA — Scentists at the few centimeters of the soil
Technion, Israel Institute of h - e insufficient amounts of
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Friend.
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4,1 lb,o,
Technology, have succeeded water.
in
doubling
the
wheat
yield
"The
irrigation
tech-
Mr. 8 Mrs. Irving Katz!
Mr. and Mrs.
in the Hula region of north- niques," he said, "enables
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ern Israel — providing farm- us to ensure that the soil
Nachman Wenokur
Keego Harbor, Mich. 48033
Southfield, Michigan 48076
ers there with their first pro-
remains well aerated and
23300 Providence Dr .
Southfield
fitable crop in 15 years.
moist so that all the needs
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The bumper crop yield is
of the plant can be main-
the second successful exam-
tained."
MR. & MRS. C. KIRCIDEL
ple of "trouble shooting" ac-
Preliminary tests of the
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tivities in the Hula area by system on other crops grown
rid Families
the Technion scientists. Last in the area are now being
nd 1%(.01 ) 1.srnel /ii be insert bed
year they found a way to done.
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overcome the poisoning of
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Lake Kinneret, which was
When - a man commits the
24555 W. 12 Mile Rd.
being polluted with the an- same offence twice. it seems
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Southfield
nual transfer of nitrates by to him already permissible.
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winter rains and floods from
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the Hula soil into the lake.
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The Hula, a former swamp
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ar5eoas, was drained in the mid-
i9 and the land reclaimed
Harry Laker, F , sident
for agricIture. Farmers ex-
Flirter/ .Vew
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pected that the rich organic
Hyman
Lipsitz, Vice President
RAYMONU 8 HELEN
Relatiues 4m 1 r rte:,:-
soil pceuliar to the region
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, cold yield bumper crop,.
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— e.d„Mi;-.^..g.-Js
2o. - (tft: (lima s
of the former
a ti
a s so , vn w:th 'cheat
corn.
cotton,
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Moy The Coming Year de One c' °ence
eachyear
the harvest
• Happiness and Prosperiry ■o• aii on:
MR.
MRS MEYER LULLE9E
Tee III Heir
cr)vcrecl the costs cf cu: -
Friend: and Refor,e,
AND FAMILY
a1;on. Farming lossc-.
have been cover(
uy
ei , o1 FrieneIN
he.lvy government
The wheat fields. %/inn
19491 Robson Ave., Detroit, Michioar, 4E235
'over almost half the total
Hula acreage, in the past
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have Y ielded an acreage of
only 800 kilograms (1.760
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lbs.) per acre compared
a with a national average of
=":-- 1.200 to 1.600 kilograms
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(2,640-3.520 lbs.), This year,
Er using. a system developed
by the Technion scientists.
MR. & MRS. FRED KATZ
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candidate for
the yield averaged 1,400
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PROBATE JUDGE
acre with some fields
yielding as high as 2.800
kilograms. 6.160 lbs.).
16162 Oxley, Apt. 202, Southfield
Th bumper yield was the
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culmination of a three-year
research program by staff of
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tin
the soils and fertilizers labor-
atory in the Technion's fac-
ulty of agricultural engineer-
ing, under the direction of
Dr. Yoram Avnimelech. They
worked in close cooperation
with the field staff of the
horarti. linimmr, mid
Hula Development Authority.
Their solution to the problem.
dm be., "I or crIllime
which was successfully ap-
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plied during the growing of
this year's wheat crop, in-
volves controlled irrigation
for a four-week period at the
end of the winter.
MORTON A. SILVERMAN—DETROIT
The cause of the poor yield
CHARLES SHAPIRO POST NO. 510
POST NO. 135
in previous years, the scien-
Robert Sontag, Commander
Louts A. Benton Commander
tists discovered, was an im-
Carolyn Mann, Auxiliary President
Edythe
fillorgono.
Auxiliary
President
balance
in
the
amounts
of
r iml,
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LT. ROY F. GREEN POST NO 529
oxygen and water that reach-
Irwin Chodok, Commander
mot Ibmticr. I 11(111,1.
L. H. JONES POST NO. 190
rout
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Dot ed the plant
Bernice
Solver, Auxiliary President
Harry A Davidoff. Commander
‘i
1ciir
farmers mistakenly believed
Belle Cohen . Auxiliary President
YETZ-COHEN POST NO 530
that because of the rich or-
Sam Alpert. Commander
ganic nature of the soil, and
LT ELI LEVIN POST NO 230
M.nme Alpert, Aux ■ Isary President
the presence of 'cater in the
Arthur Greenbaum. Commander
SHOLOM POST NO 537
lower soil layers, the plants
FLINT POST NO. 231
fouls Weinstem Command...
would flurish naturally, re-
Hermon Cohen . Commander
quiring only a minimal addi-
HARVY DATER POST NO 559 I Lansing)
II
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Sue
Kalmar
Auxiliary
President
tional irrigation. - said Dr
Bernard B Friedland Commander
Avnimelech.
LT.
RAYMOND
ZUSSMAN
POST
NO
333
OAK PARK POST NO 716
- However, he continued.
Esther Bershao Auxifory President
Herbert liner, Command,
- nature was not behaving as
Violet List Auxiliary President
they imagined. During the
BLOCH -ROSE POST NO 420
PFC. DORAN GOLDFARB TRI-CITY
sinter. the soil is well aerat-
William Greenberg Commander
POST
NO. 727 (Saginaw)
Gerry Feldman . Auxiliary President
ed and the plant's roots are
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Dr Lewis 'merman Commander
nourished by ample supolii ,
DENNIS GREENWALD - SOUTHFIELD
of water, fixygen and utliid-
ROBERT J RAFELSON POST NO 431
POST NO 729
nutrients.
Lillian Stern Au•ilior y President
Sy. Gorman Commonder
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!hero. These roots arc literal-
ly' suffocated for lack of
oxygen, while the roots
spreading through the tcp

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DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT

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