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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-10-17, Page 3NT • Rugged New Grass Being Tested Elmer Sawyer and Jake Rei- mer, farmers, of Medford, Grant County, Olka., are coping with their harvest of seed from -'450 acres of therecently introduced grass, sorghum almum. 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 stack down to size and cut off the ripe heads with your pocket knife.", This is the first year of com- mercial production in Oklahoma andthe 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 :net when both were prisoners of war in Japan during World War II. Mr. Coleman elicited a promise that 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 containeda tablespoonful oonful 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 almum 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 as a feed hold SCS attention. In addition to the crown from which the plant comes back each year there is a massive fib- rous root system that dies out each winter, decaying into or- ganic matter. Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Reimer, who had been hit for five years by the persistent drought, se- cured a few horghum almum plants in 1956 which they set out in a small patch. They book- ed an order for enough seed to sow 450 nacres. Both Oklahomans agree that the sorghums will be an excel- lent silage grass, especially in view of the heavy yields, and their, cattle have 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 Foundation for Research and Education is test- ing the sorghum almum 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 timothy and blue grass. Both men believe that sor- ghum almum will do a lot to help stem the tide ofthe 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 ,Tune, 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 b'e 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 potential 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." 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. 4 1, uphnnleed .9. Volee 10. Region 32. Most heated 11. Closed sae 35 k ht, ea' UZZLE 17. Poisonous tree 87 I c p ,•ed 19. Pr. welter 39 Metric. 23. Sell In small measure ACROSS•2 Name claimed 24 quantities 40.: Festival by i o int mountain 41:. Draft animals .1 Light pass 98. 92. Ind, money 5 Relief 4. Ca per 25'. 01110 town 44, Punerul Dile 9 Amer. Indian 5. Ship's crane 99. Tropical tree '10 Metal 12 Sandarac tree il Oncuurea led 97. Lair 411. Inquisitive 78 Samoan 7 Tarries 94 Polon I8 Afternoon seaport 1. ,levn'ir +immune affair 14 Attempt 75 Rall hird 10 B 1 IS I neat/ enterprises ,18 Plu 6l Au strings 20. Ienel 21. !reline 22 Mporhs 24 Purvey fond 27 AltIred 175, Ilaren, roan 4141ron$bnx 123, Pinlal 124. Satire 139. Sliakestiear' can forest '89. Sister 03 one's parent 139. Untruth '49. Stronghold '42. Aerial maneuver 47. 11121ant.. 149. -.Novice 0. N.dtn her Sl. Ancient stave 2. and of love 2. Purpnsa 4.011 of•ass roses '68. 1J037771•(11770 DOWN 4 i 1,.lSndure ' 3, In a- fine CROSSWORD tnswer elsewhere on this page. FURROW QUEEN - Ann D. Lane, 16, reigned as "Queen of the Furrow" at the 1957 World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Matches. TIILFMM FRONT kilQusseU. 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 Plambeck, who has been closely associated with these events for many years. * s o Flags from many 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 End activity, were on every band. 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 Irelan;j 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 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. 4, k * 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 and covering a lot of. ground, shook their heads both in amazement and admiration. The plowmen from the British Isles, and those form Scandina- vian and other European areas, moved slowly but their work was virtually, perfect. Despite ad- verse weather and difficult con- ditions on-ditions the furrows were straight as a string and so uniform even the experts could not tell the, rounds made by the plow. T h e slow - moving foreign tractors and European plows created no end of comment from the crowd. Narrow shares, halt 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 r a d i o- 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 - ed . skyward to watch the "whirly-birds" On an adjoiningfarm, a re- cently built air strip accommo- dated several hundred flying farmers with their yellow, blue. and red planes along with sev- eral DC -3's and other large craft. • An event of such magnitude; :.• cannot be handled without prob- lex-ns, particularly when rain and mud also enter into the picture. Serving food to so many guests was a major problem. Despite the 12,000 gallons of milk, 34,000 gallons of coffee, a 31/2 -mile long chain of hot dogs, and all the other food arranged by the committee,' many 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." * * 4 Alfred Hall, executive secre- tary of the World Plowman's Organization, standing beside the Cairn of Peace, said, "This is more than just a contest. It is the emblem of good fellowship, the symbol of peace." Walter Fraulein of Germany, ' head of the world plowing group, and Earl Devore, Ohio farmer in charge of this year's event, stood nearby and nodded as Mr. Hall added, "Better plowmen make. for better citizens 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 unsolved 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. O -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 to 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 /11.ir :00190 0©© ©❑• ®© ©©©© '©®M 00EIT,'M©©©©I1010 C�®OUk10! MOM WIDOW' 53k53©�1�="©©� lB•❑D0©ES1 mr •Mom©l, m . . op ©©©e ommos 00E31 ©00 .' 1210E1M0171 UMMO[19M ®®®MM®0 10'0© mun :0U]© as 000 ,'© o©© Doo : mom UNDAY SCUOOL LESSON. By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Moral Standards in a Church 1 Corinthians 5: 6-13; 6 18-20 Memory Selection. Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. 1 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 his next letter Paul said, "Sufficient to such a man in this punishment," and urged them now to forgive, com- fort and confirm their love toward him, A minister re- marked, "We have a lot of members but we don't have a 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 man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunee 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 fault with the church because some of the members were going to Iaw against their brethren. He asks, "Why do ye not rather 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 off course when found in Rich- mond, Va. He was turned over to the Washington Zoo where he's shown getting an emer- gency meal of canned dog food. A PERFECT SETTING - These puppies had a per feet sitter." The hen ;had been laying her doily egg in a corner of a shed at the home of H. A. Mintier!? Then "Misty," a Weimaraner owned by Minnerly, chose the same corner to have her family The hen merely moved over and, in a. few days, adopted the pups. Anwent well u ntil the p -os begdn to act like bird dogs. They roughedup their foster mother. d ., •I +::. 7 6 '7 0 :20 9 10 ll re 0 't/::1. ::t*::::. ,••`01 t:a •�. , 2i , `22 es ' 99,,,,,•y� 24 ' 25. 26 ,'.;%.,..',27 26.29 30 :J\\31., 32 ,'' `93 34.. gg• .,D6 07 .. 3Y 3g •* 45 44 1,.: 42 45 96 go ••4 • at q •+ 52 55 ?...,: 54 8.21 95 tnswer elsewhere on this page. FURROW QUEEN - Ann D. Lane, 16, reigned as "Queen of the Furrow" at the 1957 World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Matches. TIILFMM FRONT kilQusseU. 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 Plambeck, who has been closely associated with these events for many years. * s o Flags from many 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 End activity, were on every band. 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 Irelan;j 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 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. 4, k * 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 and covering a lot of. ground, shook their heads both in amazement and admiration. The plowmen from the British Isles, and those form Scandina- vian and other European areas, moved slowly but their work was virtually, perfect. Despite ad- verse weather and difficult con- ditions on-ditions the furrows were straight as a string and so uniform even the experts could not tell the, rounds made by the plow. T h e slow - moving foreign tractors and European plows created no end of comment from the crowd. Narrow shares, halt 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 r a d i o- 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 - ed . skyward to watch the "whirly-birds" On an adjoiningfarm, a re- cently built air strip accommo- dated several hundred flying farmers with their yellow, blue. and red planes along with sev- eral DC -3's and other large craft. • An event of such magnitude; :.• cannot be handled without prob- lex-ns, particularly when rain and mud also enter into the picture. Serving food to so many guests was a major problem. Despite the 12,000 gallons of milk, 34,000 gallons of coffee, a 31/2 -mile long chain of hot dogs, and all the other food arranged by the committee,' many 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." * * 4 Alfred Hall, executive secre- tary of the World Plowman's Organization, standing beside the Cairn of Peace, said, "This is more than just a contest. It is the emblem of good fellowship, the symbol of peace." Walter Fraulein of Germany, ' head of the world plowing group, and Earl Devore, Ohio farmer in charge of this year's event, stood nearby and nodded as Mr. Hall added, "Better plowmen make. for better citizens 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 unsolved 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. O -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 to 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 /11.ir :00190 0©© ©❑• ®© ©©©© '©®M 00EIT,'M©©©©I1010 C�®OUk10! MOM WIDOW' 53k53©�1�="©©� lB•❑D0©ES1 mr •Mom©l, m . . op ©©©e ommos 00E31 ©00 .' 1210E1M0171 UMMO[19M ®®®MM®0 10'0© mun :0U]© as 000 ,'© o©© Doo : mom UNDAY SCUOOL LESSON. By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Moral Standards in a Church 1 Corinthians 5: 6-13; 6 18-20 Memory Selection. Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. 1 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 his next letter Paul said, "Sufficient to such a man in this punishment," and urged them now to forgive, com- fort and confirm their love toward him, A minister re- marked, "We have a lot of members but we don't have a 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 man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunee 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 fault with the church because some of the members were going to Iaw against their brethren. He asks, "Why do ye not rather 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 off course when found in Rich- mond, Va. He was turned over to the Washington Zoo where he's shown getting an emer- gency meal of canned dog food. A PERFECT SETTING - These puppies had a per feet sitter." The hen ;had been laying her doily egg in a corner of a shed at the home of H. A. Mintier!? Then "Misty," a Weimaraner owned by Minnerly, chose the same corner to have her family The hen merely moved over and, in a. few days, adopted the pups. Anwent well u ntil the p -os begdn to act like bird dogs. They roughedup their foster mother.