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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-01-15, Page 7FURROW QUEEN — Ann D. Lane, 16, reigned as "Queen of the Furrow" at the 1957 World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Matches, INKY SCHOOL LESSON ACROSS. 1. Light 11010 9 Minn' lot:Hari 71 SandiCra.e tree 13 .Saineith seaport 14 Attempt ^ 18 Rail bird 10 tininess snterpr1 .' 10 Plat krill; Strings P - 90, eet 24 Feline 111peells 24 PUrvei' 01 Attired. :10 nestle teem etteeteees 143, halal 34. Satire' 36. SlialtnaPeitf Mitt forest 38, 81.5ter et' one's pare nt -AO, untruth.' 40. Sttnaghtilif 42, Aerial 47. tixaint 49, Noviite. 60. Number 61. Ancient •ktittte t,2. C4cid loVe. 63. Puttioae 64. Gil et lineS 66 "(intrialint, DOWN 1, 41itid"ortt 2, tit 11110 r on FEEDS ON MAIL — This unique face makes'mailing a letter an experience in Havana, Cuba. The young lady — name of "Melody Keys"—drops a letter into the city's 'first mailbox, which the Spaniards used centuries ago. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 f.,3 :.$41i.i. ''A 9 i 0 II I a . 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Since the heads begin ripening in August and will continue to ripen un- til frost, hand harvesting must be used. This has presented quite a problem to the men Who have been accustomed to cut- ting all of their grains with self- propelled combines "This is surely different from riding a Wheat combine," said Mr, Reimer, "Here you have to pull a cotton sack to put the heads in, then YOU reach up and pull a stalk down to size and cut off the ripe heads with your pocket knife," This is the first year of com- mercial production in Oklahoma and the second year it has been grown commercially in the Southwest. In 1951 an Australian sheep rancher was touring the world, representing his government, in search- of grasses that could be adapted to his native country, While in the United States he visited John Coleman of the Texas pandhandle, whom he had met when both were prisoners of war in Japan during World War II. Mr. Coleman elicited a promise leiat Jim, Chisholm, the Australian, would send him a little of the best grass seed that he found on his tour. Then in 1952 John Coleman picked up an airmail pocket that contained, a tablespoonful of sorghum almum seed that Mr. Chisholm had sent in answer to the request. He planted the seed in his garden, and it from this first spoonful that all subsequent harvests and seeds have come, Sorghum almum is growing 14 feet tall under field conditions in.many points in Texas. Tests conducted' in the Texas panhandle during the very dry 1956 summer proved that the grain would carry up to three head of livestock per acre for a period of several months, and would still leave the initial stand with enough roots and stalk to withstand the drying out caused by the winds and searing heat. On the basis of these exhaus- tive tests the Texas State ASC approved the grain for use in both the soil bank program and the regular agricultural conser- vation program. One of the -first to recognize the value of sorghum elm= was the Soil Conservation Serv- ice in Wellington, Texas, Fred Squyres, work unit conserva- tionist, worked closely with John Coleman even while it was still a backyard project, writes L. B, Fessenden in The Chris- tian Science Monitor. Two things besides its value CROSSW RD PUZZLE as a Seed hold SCS attention, le addition to the crown frerie which the plant comes back each year there is a massive lib- rous• root system that dies out each winter, decaying into or- ganic matter. Mr. Sawyer and. Mr. Reimer, who had been hit for nye years by the persistent draught, se- cured a few horghum alrnum plants in 1950 which they set out in a small patch. They book- ed an order for enough seed to sow 450 acres, Both Oklahomans agree that , the sorghums will be an excel- lent silage grass, especially in, view of the heavy yields, and their cattle haVo shown a pref- erence for it over other grasses. Cattle pastured on one patch showed gains of two and two- tenths pounds per day, Mr. Reimer said that the grass appears to be adaptable to all types of soil, but it seemed to start off a little slower on deep, sandy soil and made the most gain on tight land. The Southwest F,oundation for Research and Education is test- ing the sorghum alrnum in south. Texas, and has called it "the Most promising of more than 200 different grasses under test." Reports also showed it with- stood dry weather better than tintothy and blue grass. Both men believe that sor- ghum alrnum will do a lot to help stern the tide of the small farmers moving off the farms to the cities, For so many, years the drought has claimed the pas- tures, and numerous herds have had to go on the market during the summer months because of an acute shortage of feed. With the loss of his herds and with restricted wheat allotments, the small farmer has been hard pressed and has had to seek work in factories in other parts of the country. Except during the month of June, which is normally harvest time for the winter wheat in Oklahoma, there are no migra- tory workers to be hired in northern Oklahoma, and the . Medford men have had to call on the state employment serv- ice to secure hands for the top- ping of the seeds. After the hand harvest is completed the seed heads will have to be threshed and the men will begin thorough ger- mination tests. 'But with all of their new problems encountered in the planting and harvesting of sorghum almum, both Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Reimer are well pleased and noticeably ex- cited over the potentipl of their new' crop. BRIEF OBIT A reporter for the local week- ly paper was instructed to use fewer words in his stories, On his next assignment he wrote, "John Smith truck driver struck match to see if any gas was in tank. There was. Age. 32." When Britain. Imparted ice, ice and iced foods are taken • for granted in this age of re, t lrig.eration, but how did One greatgrandfather keep cool in hot summers Back in 1803. ail • they had was the so,ealled ice- chest, a cabinet kept cold by natural ice, Believe it or not, ice was regularly shipped. .front. America • and Norway to Britain during the last century, In. 100 Britain. bought 150,000 tons of ice from America, and many thousands more tons from Norway. Prom 1830 to 1857 engineers tried to invent ice-making ma- chines, but the first successful one of the modern kind was patented by a Sottish engineer who had emigrated to Australia, James Harrison. Whether this year is the true centenary of refrigeration is difficult to de- cide, for Harrison took out vari- ous patents during 1856 and 1857, The development of refrigera- tion gradually killed the import trade for ice, though even as late as 1900 Britain was still buying 14,000 tons ayear from America. Now the world even has float- ing refrigerators. An 8,000-ton cargo ship has recently been converted into a "cold store" for fresh orange juice,, As much as 650,000 gallons of fresh juice pressed out in Florida can be shipped in bulk to New York,. and soon similar floating juices from Florida to Europe. SHEER MAGIC — The gossa- mer silk of a .spider's web hangs like a painting in a gal- lery from this fence. l'he nearly invisible handiwork of its busy maker is, outlined by the early morning dew, highlighted by sunlight. Sang For Fun, — Made Money The first girl singer to sell more than a million records since Doris Day had "Rue Sera" about a year ago is another movie queen — youthful Deb- bie Reynolds, whose relationship with the music business has heretofore been confined to her husband, pop singer Eddie Fish- er. Her Coral record of "Tam- my," a sentimental tune about a teen-ager in love, topped all of the disk popularity charts last month as it spun past the magic million-record mark. Pleading stunned amazement, Debbie said: "I'm not only sur- prised it's a hit, I'm surprised it's a record." She had recorded it, she explained, for a scene in her latest picture, "Tammy and the. Bachelor," "I didn't even do it with an orchestra, I just sang with a piano, and the back- ground was put in later." Debbie, cabled in England when the record hit 200,000, was flabbergasted enough to phone New York. "I thought there was a mistake and he meant 2,000 or 20,000," she said. "I couldn't imagine the record selling that many." "I'm not even a singer," Deb- bie continued with becoming embarrassment. "I've got no business having a hit record. If I can do it, it shows what a crazy shape the record business is in. I feel like apologizing to gals Who are really in the busi- ness — Patti. Pege, See Staffotd, Roseinery Clooney, "arid the °there. But they are happy about it They figure this might bring beat hit records for Women," Husband Eddie, a singer by prefeseion, who hasn't had a million seller Since "I Needy You Note in 1954, "thinks it's great." Debbie reported. "He believes We a good sign when a simple ballad clone with a rich orchest- ral background can be a hit. Maybe this Will hurry along the end of rock 'a' roll, which is al-. ready oil the decline." Interest in InternatiOnal Plow- ing Contests seems to be grow- ing each year and I am passing along to you the following ex- cerpts from an article by Herb Plambeek, who has been closely associated with these events for many years. 4. et Flags from in a n y nations waved proudly this week over what may be the world's most colorful farm event. A 2,500- acre farming area near Peebles became a massive, sprawling, tented city as 16 farm families served as hosts to the "Olympics of Agriculture." Champion plowmen from as far away as New Zealand as- sembled here to vie for the 'world plowing title. Crowds variously estimated up to 20,000 or more came from all parts of the nation, and from Canada and many other countries to participate in what was describ- ed as a "World's. Fair of Agri- culture," but which could well also have been defined as the "United Nations of Farming," on the basis of the 14 nations participating. Officially recognized as the World's Conservation Exposition, `the Ohio event merited top bill- ing as an international farm show. Plowmen and others re- calling the first national contest in Iowa in 1939 found it hard to believe their eyes. Color and drama, along with excitement and activity, were on every hand. The central stage, a focal point, was flanked by the flags of the 15 participating nations, draped with hundreds of yards of bunting. Nearby, Sardar Kahn of Pak- istan was was watching a little red-haired, freckle-faced farm boy with his big blue balloon, while a guest from Ireland was gesturing with a man from. Italy and an Illinois farmer was try- ing to catch the conversation. Old Glory fluttered overhead, above the Cairn of Peace, the monument installed in the heart of the area symbolizing agri- culture's effort to achieving world peace. Decorating the cairn itself is C a golden plow glinting in the autumn sun, on a base made up of stones brought by the plowmen from Belgium, Denmark,-' Ireland, Great Brit- ain, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden; Finland, Canada, Italy, France, New Zealand, and Pakis- tan as well as the United States. >le In the world matches, held the final two days of the event, in— terest mounted to highest pitch. American farmers, accustomed to Moving fast with their modern tractors 'arid covering a lot of ground, shook their heads both in amazement and admiration. The plowmen here the British Isles, and those feral Scandina- vian and other European areas, n'toved slowly but their work. was virtually perfect. Despite ad., Verse *weather and difficult eon-, ditimis the furrows were straight as a string and sa uniform even the experts could not' tell *the rounds made by the plow. T 11'e slow - moving foreigu .cd skyward to watch the '"whirly-bircle On an adjoining farm, a re, cently built air strip accommo, dated several hundred flying farmers with their yellow, blue and rid planes along with sev- eral DC-3's and ether large craft, An event of .such magnitude cannot be handled without prob., lems, particularly when rain and mud als6 .enter into the pictUre. Serving food to so many guests was a major problem, Despite the 1.2,000 gallons ..of milk, 34,000 gallons of coffee, a 31/g,mile long chain of het dogs, and all the other food arranged by the committee, •inany people left the grounds hungry after waiting in long queues, One leathery faced veteran of World War II said. "It's just like the Army." * Alfred Hall, executive secre- tary of the World Plowman's Organization, standing beside the. Cairn of Peace, said, "Tbis is more than just a contest, It is the emblem al good fellowship, the symbol of peace." Walter Fraulein of Germany, head of the world plowing group, and Bart Devore, Ohio farmer in charge of this year's event, stood nearby and nodded as Mr. Hall .added, "Better plowmen make for better eitizent everywhere in the world." • News Hounds On A Killer's Trail A demonstration by Chicago newspapers had in it, perhaps, a bit of self-interest (good pro- motion), but beyond question it also contained the tart flavor of old-fashioned, outraged journal- ism. After two steel drums popped to the surface of Lake Michigan and. -were found to con- tain the dismembered body of 15-year-old Judith Mae Anderson (the city's sixth unsolyed juven- ile killing in less than two years), the Chicago press set out to do more than just report the news. The big morning Tribune of- fered a $50,000 reward for infor- mation leading to the killer; it also put fifteen experienced. crime reporters on the story. The Sun- Times turned loose Ray Brennan, 50, tough, old-school crime re- porter, and "everybody else we can lay our hands on." The af- ternoon Daily News assigned "half the staff." The American also sent out a top crew, headed,- by tenacious. Buddy ("The Front Page") McHugh. In the face of such intensive action, Police Commissioner Tim- othy J. 0-Connor put 1,400 men on the streets in what he called a "house by house, alley by alley" search for the spot where Judith was killed. And, while 100 vol- unteer skin divers combed the lake bottom in search of clues, Chicago radio stations took 10 broadcasting the noise of a steel drum being sealed in the hope that a listener might recognize and remember it. Despite all this activity — and the receipt of some 700 tips at The Tribune — only two likely suspects had been found by the end of the second week, And the case against them looked far from strong — From Newsweek, Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking m1)3 Is vpirl 0 Egg NEI 31. 100S3 EINEM usinels N 0 21 •1/4 N IdSl 1Vl Ell .l. 1.?30 N nn ©3O al NOOd12101 C HOME 0130 03U E OM80 puma) sus 3 V 0 - I-OEM ON 9 N nap o0 sazinI N3 E m g I E iAv By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Mor41 Stawlards In a Cher* Corinthians. 5: 043; 6 1840 rdemory Selection. KeeW yea not that your body is the tempt* 0,e the Holy Ghost which 15 you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price; therefor* glorify God in your body, j. Corinthians 6: 19-20. Corinth, a seaport of Greece, was a notoriously wicked city, The church, started through Paul's ministry, had its difficul- ties in maintaining a high, moral standard in this immoral envi- ronment. A man committed for- nication with his father's wife, and the church did nothing about it. Paul was disturbed, not only over the sin itself but over the complacent attitude of the church over this awful sin on the part of one of its mem- bers. He instructs them "to de- liver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of Lord ,Jesus," The church obeyed. In hit next letter Paul said, "Sufficient to such st man in this punishment," and urged them now to forgive, com- fort and confirm their lout toward him. A minister re- marked, "We have a lot of members but we don't have i high standard." The church should. be clean. It must not be a shield for sin. Paul said, "I have written unto you not to keep company, if any mar that is called a brother be s fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunk- ard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat." This is a strong statement and can only be properly understood in the light of the whole situation. If a professing Christian is living as a sinner the church must show its disapproval. Paul found fakilt with the church because some of the members were going to law.. against their brethren. Ile asks, "Why do ye not ,ratha' take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defraud- ed?" He urges that differences be settled before the saints rather than in the law courts. The church as a body of ~re-. deemed people owes it to the community to maintain a high standard among its members. It is eager to help all. We can't be' Christians and live like the devil. LOST AND FOUND — This tropi- cal flamingo was way oft course when found in Rich- mond, Va. He was turned °vet to the Washington Zoo wher4 he's shown getting an emer gency meal of -canned do( food. tractors and European plows created no end of comment from the crowd. Narrow shares; half the width of those used in the United States, and long mold- boards, twice '''as long as those seen on American plows, were a revelation to the practical, farmers looking on. A West Unity, Ohio farmer who operates 384 acres, watched the perfection of the Irishman's work and said, "They're born plowmen, educated to do the job perfectly and by .better plowing are striving for higher produc- tion in their heavily- overpopu- lated counties." Unusual methods were used to attract attention to various ex- hibits. Four tractor operators put their $3,000 machines through the "dosey do" and other intri- cate square-dance manoeuvers, much to the crowd's delight. A radio- controlled tractor, on which Australian, Canadian, and American engineers had worked a year, was an eye opener. The world's biggest tractor was on display. Country style hospitality pre- vailed throughout the four-day spectacle. Thousands of visitors found a warm welcome in homes throughout the region, Motels and hotels were overflowing. Wagon trains consisting of tractors pulling hay racks called "tractor trolleys," carried spec- tators over the entire area, en- abling visitors to see soil-conser- vation demonstrations of every type. Nor was the viewing all done from wagon trains. Overhead a huge blimp, pulling long stream- ers stressing soil-conservation projects, together with several helicopters and many planes • gave a bird's-eye view of the exposition. Plowmen and others working on the land often look- J lunintuisizad -2.9. Aoito 10. Region 1 t, Closed sae 17:Poisonous tree to. Pr, waiter 23 Sell In small , quantities 3 iNlaine claimed ti ma onitt ia 41. Draft animals ht.) Naomi pass 43, B. Ind, money 4. Caper 26, 011ie town 44, Funeral pile 3 Shiu'a cran e I26. Tropipul tree 45. Metal a iiricaridealed 27. Leis 411. ineulattive 1, tarries lit Dutch 41 Afternoon K. Ottlarii' minithune affair 22. Most heated' 35. Places 3.7. Reposed Mettle Measure 411. Festival