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be obtained from the London
manufacturer who had supplied
them for years. A goose farmery
at New Haven, Conn., has now
added the quill pen to his goose
business and. he supplied the
court with 1,500 quill pens at
15 cents.
EP M TRONT
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it A city boy and a country lad
were walking down a street.
Coming toward them was a pro-
duct of the beauty parlor—per-
manent wave, scarlet fingernails,
drug store complexion and gaudy
lipstick.
'Now what do you think of
that?' asked the city boy.
The farm boy looked carefully
and observed: 'Speaking as a
farmer, I should say that it must
have been pretty poor soil to re-
quire so much top dressing.
expensive motorized machinery
taking the place of men, horses
and mules. But the fact that a
$3 goose , can do a better job on
the weeds in a half acre of cot-
ton than a day laborer is as-
tounding. « ,* *
One of Mr, Cervinka's custom-
ers who keeps records says he
found that 3 men and- 200 geese
did the weeding on a hundred
acres of cotton which had re-
quired 15 men the season be-
fore. Furthermore, the goose-
weeded fields were much clean-
er than those weeded by hand
—so much so, that the cotton
was graded higher at harvesting
time, writes Hallie M. Borrow in
The Christian Science Monitor.
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The geese spread fertilizer
and eat some insects. They
never stand leaning on their hoe
handles, complaining of the
weather, wages or rising cost of
living. They belong to no union
and work by neither sun or
clock—they seem to enjoy nib-
bling on bright moonlight nights.
They do not sing along the rows
as the Negro beers used to, but
they do quack!
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Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
In some rural areas the goose
is called the poor man's hired
hand. But since wealthy plan-
tation owners of the South, cot-
ton growers and pecan orchard-
ists in Texas, and nursery, truck
and strawberry growers in
many states have taken so en-
thusiastically to the goose as a
most reliable "grasser," a more
accurate term for this modern
field worker might be the "no-
pay" hired hand.
* * *
A goose will waddle down the
furrows and strip the ground
-clean of crab grass, Johnson
grass, fox tail, and most weeds
and not touch any of the crop
plants. Geese cannot work all
crops but have been successful-
ly used in potatoes, corn, sugar
cane, sugar beets, strawberries,
asparagus, young orchards and
nursery plantings.
* *
When the inner spring and
airfoam 'mattress factories ended
the homemade feather-bed era,
farmers looked askance at their
flocks of geese. But Fred Cer-
vinka, who operates one of the
largest goose farms in the Mid-
west, the Heart of 'Missouri
Poultry Farm at Columbia, Mo.,
says the goose has made a spec-
tacular comeback.
*
"We sell geese by the thou-
sands to work as weeders in
fields and we could rent them by
the hundreds of thousands if we
just had them. In face, I don't
know of a more promising bus-
iness than 'rental geese,' al-
though let me add it is not for
an inexperienced operator.
"But most of the farmers
needing geese as weeders do not
care to carry on a goose busi-
ness, too. They would prefer to
rent the geese for the few
months they are needed. But
they are rather desperate, as
most rural hand laborers have
gone to the cities and it isn't al-
ways possible to import Mexi-
cans."
Driver at the Bar
'fhe Trtiv0.4iiilrieuracce Cam,-
parties' valuable annual analysis
of circumstances surrounding
fatal highway accidents has been
out some time, But it is not too
late to deduce lessons from its
findings,. A. in previous: years,
its Statistical tables point an
accusing finger inexorably at the
driver. An endeavors to show
that inanimate factors should
share much of the blame fade
in the light of the 4ures.
Ought we to blame the wea,,
ther? Almost nine-tenths Of
fatal accidents in 1950 occurred
in clear weather, The road?
Over 80 per cent of such acci-
dents took place on dry roads
and: 75 per cent on straight
stretches,
Might the difficulty lie with.
inexperience? Almost 97 per
cent of the drivers involved in
such mishaps had operated a
Or for a year or more, (But the
inexperience of youth — yes,
Drivers under 25 years old are
inolved in twice as many fatal
accidents as their numbers war-
rant.)
Mechanical failures on the
part of the cars? Over 96 per cent
of the cars were apparently in
good condition.
To what extent, then, can the
1956 fatality toll be laid at the
door of things the drivers could.
have chosen to do or not to do?
In 43.5 per cent of the accidents
one or both of the drivers were
exceeding the speed limit, The
Travlers has never attempted
to reduce drinking or drunken-
ness factors to statistics, al-
though it strongly admonishes
never to drink and drive. But
there is some significance in
these findings: As high a per-
centage of fatal accidents (5.4)
occurred between midnight and
one in the morning as the aver-
age of the afternoon rush hours
between four and six when
many times more cars are on
the road.
Mr. Driver, you might as well
face it. It's up to you. —From
The Christian Science Monitor.
Folks are accustomed now to
Of course there are some pre-
cautions to take. Geese must be
well watered and if the trough
is at the other end Of the field,
you may be sure the geese will
start toward the water, pulling
grass en route. There must be
a man to look after the water
and feed'the geese as the "pick-
in's" get thinner. Since dogs
and predators can create havoc,
the fields must be fenced.
After the goose is through as
a weeder, usually it is fattened
and marketed. There ,also is a
market for down stripped from
the pelts. • * *
Then the goose is the main
source for quills for pens tradi-
tionally used by justices of the
Supreme Court of the United
States. The supply of quills
ran out at the end of World War
II, and a new supply could not
FOOT TROUBLE—More than two feet of trouble for the U.S.
Army is what the tape measure shows. Pfc, John Ano, 23, is
having trouble being fitted by the Army. In fact, after a year
of service he still hasn't been fitted with the 16 AAA brogans
or the 171/2 socks he wears. Ano is• pictured at Letterman
Army Hospital, where the Army is trying to solve his problems.
Until they do, he'll be the envy of all GI's with his sandals
and argyle socks.
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SEEING Is BELIEVING — A cow that roller skates/‘ A pooch 'that struts about like a human
bnd drinks from the bottle? Here's photographic proof these things do happen. The toiler°
fkating bossy, Lady Linda, above, churns aloha d sidewalk on het homemade roller skates.
Lady Linda's owner, Doc (Peg) Ford, spent 18 mentlit teaching her to skate. Doc, who gets
tiround pretty well himself On lust one leg, says the free-wheeling Guernsey enjoys her wt..
hiedh2 of locomotion, Brownie, left, a pooch of undetermined origin, probably doesn't
know what the expression a "dog's, life” means. All dressed up for 'a ittarriing stroll, Brownie
takes tithe out foe cool drink, supplied hr her master. itiSttlet elsewhere`' "thin pege,
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TRUCK DUMP—Dump trucks are a common tr ansportation aid, but they've turned things
around where this "truck dumper" has been installed. For ease of unloading, huge trailer
trucks are driven onto the steel platform, which is then raised like the span of a drawbridge,
spilling He cargoes of grain into a conveyor in a pit below the device. The innovation is
part of the new Cargill Incorporated grain elevator from which grain is shipped,
No Bathing At
The Viiilage Pump
In Campena, a little hamlet
in interior Panama, a sign was
recently placed dose by the
Village pump, In informal trans-
lation it 'reads, "Attention. Co,
operate with hygiene. Do not
wash your feet nor bathe babies
here,"
Hiterious though this May
sound to the average American
reader, its is no laughing matter
to the writer, He considers it
a milestone of progress for
Panama.
Just a few years ago, the
people of Campana would have
thought nothing of washing their
feet and bathing their babies
in the village well or at the
pump. A few more years back,
they did not have a pump. From
the days of Columbus up until
recently, the villagers had gone
to the nearby river for bathing
and to obtain water for drink-
ing and cooking.
One of the commonest sights
in interior Panama today is that
of women and children (never
erten!) trudging along the side
of the road carrying water. Usu-
ally it is in five-gallon tin cans
balanced on their heads. Infre-
quently it is in a small contain-
er. Never is it in a pail. In some
20 years in Panama, the writer-
has never seen anyone carrying
water in a pail.
The great desire of every in-
terior village is to have a pump
for water. Few have it. Wells
cost money, which. Panama's
interior villages don't have, Only
through the intervention of the
national government are wells
sunk and pumps provided in
rural Panama.
Panama's present President,
Ernesto de la Guardia, Jr., has
provided in the current budget
for sinking some 200 wells
throughout the provinces away
from the capital city.
Providing water for small
communities may help solve one
of Panama's problems: pool, dis-
tribution. Its farmers are almost
nomadic..Instead of closely knit
communities, the people of Pa-
nama are sprinkled over its hills
and coastal plains as if thrown
at random by a giant hand.
With no enncentration of pu-
pils, it is impossible to establish
schools. For the samereason that
prospective clientele are widely
scattered, stores are unable to
operate. There is simply no com-
munity life in such regions. It
seems to be a case of every fa-
mily for itself as it seeks to
scrape out a mere subsistence
eINHA HOPPEN?—Clere Scardigno
is all confused by the aerial
spaghetti that has landed on
her at dockside in New York
City. tangle of paper rib-
' lion is the result of a traditional
confetti shower from an incom-
ing liner. Clere was waiting to
greet an uncle returning from
By Rey, R. Barclay Warren
B.A., B.D.
Amoo, Crusader for Itighteous'
ness (Temperance Lesson)
Amos 1:1; 6:1-1t 7;1045.
rtlemerY SOleetien: Seek good,
and not evil, that ye may live,
AmOS 5:14.
Would Amos be received an
better today? We doubt It,
had no training in the school 0
the prophets. He was a farmed
who thought he had a messag4
from God, He spoke out WILY
against the oppression of the
poor. He pointed to the trickeryy,
in business as selling substande
dard merchandise and, falsifyin
the balances, He deplored th
desecration of the sabbath an
the selfish ease and indulgenc4
of the people, They drank win*
in bowls, Ames said that be.
ni cause ° the people persisted '
their sin they would be =Tie
into captivity and the house o
theh• king cut off, No wonder
the priest said, "The land is not
able to bear all his words," Ho
bade Amos to go back to Judah
and prophesy no more in Israel.
The predictions of Amos were
fulfilled,
Canadians are drinking wine
in bowls, too, Many of them are
starting it, in, the teens under so-
cial pressure. My seventeen-
year - old cousin recently said
goodbye to her missionary par-
ents in India and returned te
Canada by freighter to continue
her eteucation. She had refused
the intoeticating beverages pour-
ed at the meals for all the others
at the captain's table, At Hip
last farewell party the waiter
insisted on pouring a little let
her glass for the toast. But Ruth
toasted with water instead. A
lady said in disdain, "Well, what
a fine sport you are!" Ruth
flushed. A senior officer spoke
up, "That's all right, Ruth
admire you for your principlet
and if you have never touched
it, don't start now."
Fred Charrington of a wealthy
family of brewers saw a poorly
clad woman with little children
enter a public house in London
and call to her husband, "Oh,
Tom, do give me money; the
children are crying for bread."
The door swung open, the man
came out and with a violent
blow knocked the woman in the
gutter, This was one of hun-
dreds of public, houses in the
family. That evening he told
his father that he was giving up
all shares in the brewery. "The
blow that knocked a poor wo-
man down has knocked me out
of the business.' Fred turned his
back on ease to undo the work
of strong drink. His East Lon.
don Mission has witnessed the
conversion of hundreds al
drunkards.
The only thing that keeps
some families from having
phone of their own is a teenagl
daughter,
centered in a thatched roof hut
—homemade from free native
materials -- which shelters the
family from rain and sun and
offers little else writes Ralph IC..
Skinner in The Christian Science
Monitor,
Lack of communication, trans.,.
portatfOn,' and centralization pre-
vents the setting pp of marketing
facilities which could bring in
cash for the farmer. Many of
Panama's farmers don't handle
$25 cash in a whole year.
While village pumps may not
rectify this situation overnight,
it is thought that in the course
of time the women may force a
a move toward uniting groups of
families in villages where water,
good clean convenient water, is
available throughout the year.
Because of the nature of the
countryside, the rivers here are
plentiful and rapid. During the
nine months of the rainy sea-
son they are swollen and be-
come saturated with mud from
ripping their banks, The water
is thus not appetizing to drink
or any aid to washing clothes.
Engineers point out that Pa-
nama could have hydroelectric
power in any desired quantity
by development or these rivers.
They are not so ,,used, Instead
they serve as a source of-drink-
ing water for natives, as drink-
ing troughs for cattle and horses,
as public bathing spots, and as
laundry tubs for Panama's in-
terior citizenry. The rocks along
the river are the washboards
on which clothes are pounded
to cleanliness.
Each village pump that is in-
stalled will save hundreds of
hours daily in trips to the river
but the amount of increased
productivity resulting might
well be balanced on the point
of a pin—a small pin. That is
because the modes of living, the
attitude of thought, must also
be changed. It will require a
superior job of "selling". to con-
vince the Panamanian campesino
(country dweller) that the hours
saved walking to the river could
be employed profitably in sothe
other direction.
It is not true that the people
of Panama are impervious to
change. But impatient North
Americans may consider them so
when they try to introduce new
concepts, especially concerning
work or new uses for spare
time. Frustrating have been re-
cent attempts to teach the in-
terior farmer to break away
from his centuries-old agricul-
tural system. He still plants by
thrusting a sharpened stick into
the ground, throwing some seed
into the hole, pushing the dirt
hack with his toe, and tamping
it down with his heel.
Point Four and the concerted'
efforts of an enlightened hand-
ful of his countrymen have made
little effect on the over-all pat-
tern. Yet the little islands of
change amid the vast sea of
tradition indicate that improve-
ment is possible.
Against such a background,
the‘village pump iii Campana
and its sign, indicating develop-
ment of cleanliness and the idea
of regard for one's neighbors in
sharing community facilities are
helpful notes of progress, Hats
off to' an improved thought —
no feet .or babies to be' bathed
at the, village pump!
A self-made successful busi-
ness man, attracted by a crowd
on the beach, runs over"to dis-
cover that his wife is being re-
vived. She has been caught in
an undertow.
'What on earth are you doing
to her?" asks the husband,
'We're giving her artificial
respiration, of course,' replies the
well-qualified first-aider.
'Artificial, at a time like this!
Ridiculous! Give her the real
thing. I can afford it!'
It is not necessary to take a
person's advice to make him feel
good; all you have to do is ask
it.
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