The Brussels Post, 1961-11-02, Page 7World-Telegram arid Stine
Wright, a former Ebony Maga-
zine associate editor who has
been with The World-Telly for
two years, was on his first major
assignment-an eyewitness story
on the plight of migrant laborers.
Last month, as the ten-part series
began to appear, he recalled the
Hastings incident as "about my
lowest ebb, personally, Like elr-
erYbcclY else there I was depress-
ed, tired, and hungry, The only
difference was, I could walk out
of RI the rest of them couldn't.'
Wright volunteered for the as-
signment last March "to see from
the inside if there had really
been any improvements" in the
migrant workers' plight since
1955, when World-Telegram re-
porter Allan Keller did a scorch-
ing expose that led to passage of
some corrective legislation. Ill
April, Wright set off for south-
ern Florida with some old cloth-
es, a money belt containing $25,
and managing editor W ea I e y
First's home phone number in
case of emergency.
Until Aug, 30, with one break
fox a trip back to New York to
see his wife, Dolores ("she was
awfully decent about this thing"),
and to check in with the office,
36-year-old reporter Wright har-
vested his way through Florida
tomatoes,.Carolina corn, New
Jersey peas, and Long Island
potatoes, mailing his notes home
regularly. In September he re-
turned to The World-Telegram's
drab downtown city room to
write the series-a chronicle of
drudgery and despair.
He told of one migrant tuber-
culosis victim who couldn't quit
because his family would starve
if he did; of a baby born in an
insect-infested shack. Of squalor
and hardship, he wrote: "I saw
it with my eyes, I felt it in my
blistered hands," He cited ex-
periences such as earning $4.32
for the dawn-to-dark tomato
picking, all-night rides in crowd-
ed, rickety buses, $1.50 a night
charges for filthy ehacks, break-
fast - furnished by labor con-
tractors-of "one chicken wing,
a spoonful of watery rice, and a
slice of bread"-for 75 cents.
The World-Telegram began
running the series before the last
article was even completed. "I
just hope it does some good,"
said reporter Wright. "These
people have got nobody to speak
for them. Nobody gives a damn.
Allan Keller went over a lot of
this ground eight years ago and,
as near as I can tell, things
haven't improved a bit."
From NEWSWEEK
A whisper gets about much
faster than a shout,
Kay= Rev. B. Barclay Warren
B,A., MB.
Growth Through Stewardship
Matthew gt,".:1440
What a thrill it is to realize
that we are stewards of OW(
Our time. our talents, our mOneY'a
pouosral.,nelirgeyr,e"isr laiallp,pisinaestsHfl os ucingLi3*
Then it is natural for us to ful4
fill the exhortation of Paul, ,(
Corinthians 10:31), "W e t h ,
therefore ye eat, or drink, of
glory
owhatsoeverf Gody,,,e do, do all to the
People who live for them.selver
are miserable, They may live IA
the most beautiful house on 0)4
street, drive the biggest car and,
have the largest bank account.
But if they haven't entrusted
themselves and their all to God,
through faith in Jesus Christ,
they are missing life's best.
It isn't how much. we have that
matters, but have we committed
it to. God? God said to Moses,
"What is that in thine hand?" It
was only ae rod, But as Moses
gave himself to carry out God`e
purpose, how that rod become
the symbol of God's power!
The men who used their talents
soon had more. Here is one area
of life where use makes for in-
crease. Next month, it will be
twenty years, since, in obedience
to God's directive, I wrote a
short devotional message for the
Christmas issue of the local
newspaper. Doors began to open.
Now I write -two weekly columns
for more than a hundred news-
papers, edit a religious magazine
and write for others, and for
some books, including one of my
own which has been published. t
give God thanks. So it has been
in other phases of ministering to
others. Do the best you can with
the little you have and your
talents increase and opportunities
for using them to the glory of
God will multiply. The man who
lazily conceals his gift, soon leses
it. He lives an empty life and
contributes little or nothing to
help his fellowmen,
The way to get started to grow,
through stewardship is set forth
in the memory selection, (Ro-
mans 12:1, "I beseech ye there-
fore, brethern, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodice
a living sacrifice, holy, accepta-
ble unto God, which is your rea-
sonable service." We must give
our all. Nothing less will do.
Amazing Career Of
Great inventor
It is fun to read about men
whose genius makes two ears
of corn grow where one grew
befoxe, or factory wheels spin
at a faster pace, or whose in-
ventiveness produces a new pro-
duct to benefit mankind.
Such a man was Charles F,
Kettering, and the story of his
career is told in "Boss Ket" by
Rosamond McPherson Young.
The story of Mr. Kettering,
better known as "Boss Ket," de-
picts the amazing career of an
Ohio farm boy whose super-
abundance of inquisitiveness and
patience benefitted the world
with such developments as the
automobile self-starter, knock-
less gasoline, and lightweight
diesel engine. His badge of of-
fice was a pair of pliers and a
screwdriver, which he consider-
ed more valuable than the mil-
lions his inventions amassed.
Never looking backward to
goals achieved, he tackled new
problems with zest even long
after he retired from General
Motors. His philosophy is ex-
pressed in the sentence: "We
should all be concerned about
the future because we have to
spend the rest of our lives there."
Mr. Kettering's youth gave
hints of a brilliant future. At
eight he dismantled his mother's
sewing machine and reassembled
it better than before. He walked
miles to school, eagerly absorb-
ing all the learning available.
Twice forced by physical diffi-
culties to leave college, he re-
turned and graduated when
others might have given up.
Trom boyhood on, if anyone in
his vicinity had a sticky prob-
lem, his inquisitive nose was
sure to be in it, and usually
sniffed a solution.
Problems which interested
him most were those the experts
declared could not be solved.
Tireless energy matched his ima-
gination -- it took 14,990 tests
to eliminate the knock from
gasoline! When Cadillac sent
a model for installation of the
sensational self-starter he had
just perfected, but failed to al-
low enough space for it, he
worked 24 hours a day for five
successive days to meet a pro-
mised deadline.
Mrs, Young has written an
excellent biography of "Boss
Ket." In portraying his earlier
years she skillfully carries the
'reader with him into the depths
of near defeat and up to the
peaks of ultimate success, She
pictures his energy and confi-
dence when he had little to go
on except faith and courage and
his deep humility when the
world sang his praises.
Drudgery,Despair
In Sunny Florida
Some '50 migrant workers mill-
ed uncertainly about their bar-
racks at a huge potato farm hear
Hastings, Fla: They had just
learned that, despite promises,
there was no work for them-
the 0015 Was not ready for har-
vest, Ahead lay the prospect of
no jobs, no food, hot even -enough
Money to move on. One husky,
light-skinned N` e detached
himself from the group and
headed for the highway but
stop, "Boy, t wouldn't do that,"
the farm liege Called, "The police
down here will work you over
pod if you go hanging around
town and making trouble. And
If they don't get I fry-
self," Silently, the picker pled.
ded an toward the toad, 'The
threat of a 'beating worried him
less than the chatted that seine-
:One Might discover his tetillden-
tlty-,-repOrter Dale ,Wright of
Scripps lieWafttit
Wright,
isstt--941.
Majority of the registered egg
producers in Canada are small
operators producing less than
4,000 dozen grade A large or
Extra large eggs each year. A
handful, or only 0,2 per cent of
the estimated 100,000 registered
producers market more than
40,000 dozen such eggs annually.
According to •figures compiled
by the Canada Department of
Agriculture's data processing
section, 93 per cent of all egg
producers in Canada are cov-
ered 100 per cent by the Agri-
culture Stabilization Board
which provides for a deficiency
payment on all Grade A Large
eggs marketed up to a maxi-
mum of 4,000 dozen annually.
The other 7 per cent also are
covered by the Board but only
up to the 4,000 dozen level.
The figures indicate that 66.5
per cent of the registered egg
producers produce 799 dozen or
less annually or only 12.5 per
cent of Canada's total egg pro-
duction. On the other hand, 0.8
per cent of the producers mar-
ket between 16,000 - 39,999 dozen
eggs annually or 14.1 per cent
of the total egg production. • . •
Further proof that majority
of Canada egg producers are
small operators, a Board spokes-
man said, is the fact that 80 per
cent of the producers accounted
for only 23 per cent of all grade
A Large eggs marketed at reg-
istered egg grading stations in
1960.
Grade A Large eggs are sup-
ported by the Agricultural Sta-
bilization Board at 33 cents per
dozen. If the national average
weighted price for the year is
below this figude the farmer can
expect this price and the gov-
ernment's pre-set national
weighted average support price
on a maximum of 4,000 dozen.
The ' total number of eggs
during the first half of 1961
amounted to 3.6 million cases,
or 107,2 million dozen. This, it
was reported, represented a
drop of 4.1 per cent corn pared
with the first six months' pro-
duction in 1960, • .
In milder regions of Canada
it may be economical to feed
market pigs in an open-front
pole barn, says R. J. Curtis of
the Canada. Departtnent of Agri-
culture's research station at
-Fredericton, N.B. He found it
produced 50 per cent more Grade
A's than the closed-in building
did. * ,
He described testa, Over a 14
month period with four groups
of pigs in a piggery of usual
construction and an Opernfinitit
bath the latter 39 feet square
With an althinintirte roof. Half
the test pigs were transferred
to the pole barn when weighing
40 to 60 pounds and all remain,.
ed on test until marketed at 190
to 210 pounds'. -
Those ih the pole barn did
better in saintlier but not as
well in the Winter as the
gery tots, 'however, the saving
ifi housing and labor Costs fats.,
erect the pole barn operation,
CoMpared With the test groups
id the piggery those it the pole
barn, had an average gain for
summer and winter-fed pigs of
,07 pounds less, and they re,
clUired 80 patinas more feed pet
100 pounds : gain, ,atid: three dayi
longer to reach, market weight,
On the Other hand 76 per cent
of the pole barn test rgroups
graded A compared with 56
per tent graded A from the pigs
gerY: The balande Of costs War"
lit favor of the pole barn 0)01,
Viruses are the wain datlat
degeneration of garden chrysan-
themums, reports W. G. Kemp,
an expert in ornamental plant
diseases at the Canada Depart-
ment of Agriculture's Research.
Laboratory, Vineland, Ont.
Of 74 varieties of chrysanthe-
mums he tested in 1960-61, he
said, 63 had one or more types
of virus infection. Six distinct
viruses, some not previously re-
ported,in Canada, were detected.
* * *
Mr. Kemp's studies indicated
the effect of viruses on chrys-
anthemums varies considerably.
When a plant is affected with
the stunt virus its flowers are
sometimes bleached to lighter
shades. Plants infected with the
aster yellows virus may have
green blooms. Some of the virus
symptoms persist ,throughout the
season while others are transi-
tory. Many varieties carry vir-
uses without showing any rec-
ognizable symptoms.
* *
Certain virus types cause lit-
tle damage in some varieties and
severe damage in others, and a
particular combination of vir-
uses can be very severe.
He believes that once a Virile
infects a plant it beconies a per-,
ma,nent inhabitant of it and of
all its vegetative progeny. Prop-
agating virus-infected chrysan-
themums has caused much of
the present trouble although
viruses are sometimes spread by
handling and by insects.
* *
Grafting with chrysantherntim
varieties susceptible to speci-
fic viruses is Useful in detecting
infection but has not yet been
fully exploited to oveetottie the
problem in hardy varieties.
Mr. Kemp believes that it
home gardener continually root ,
out and destroy their worst
plants, select and propagate only
:from the mast vigorous ones, and
cliseard. varieties that are total-
ly itifeeted, a noticeable hue
proVeinent will be apparent in
a few seasons.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
THERE ARE SMILES • With CI broad smile that ihdicatei
knows Whoa dbciterieiS, hunter MukciDai peepare
"son go htihiltij iri the forests of the Altai Mountains Sin=
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When Punkin Pie
Wp$ The .Rpul Thing
Now :tomes the punkin eerieon
to the yenning factories of Maine,
and its the orange and, yellow
loads move over the roads the
factorise are obscured by the
piles (if grist. The . canned pie
punkin, who is really a .squash
noie, is a handsome crittue, and
it is pleasant to contemplate . the
great activity, of the mills and. refiQct on the pleasure this will
bring to millions out yonder who
can no longer have the punkin.
pie of tradition, and must rely
on the grocer.
It takes a real old-timer any
more to tell you the difference
between a squash and punkin
pie. The biological variance be-
tween the two breeds boils down,
in the garden, to a bard stem and
tk soft stem. The squash ..has a •
sett stem, and as you wander
about the corn patch and cut
your harvest you can tell easily
enough. When made into a pie,
they seem now to have no dis-
tinction. The can in which
squash is packed now has a
recipe on the label for punkin
pie, which they spell . pumpkin,
But there always was a dif-
ference, At our famous public
suppers the waitresses always
offered squash OR punkin, and.
saw nothing wrong with a pref-
DAM SPECTACULAR - BurSting through the floodgates of the Serre-Poncon Darn in.
France, a huge geyser of water, 300 feet high, boils furiously into the valley below. The
display was the result of a test of the dam's ability to release its waters quickly if a flood
should build up behind it.
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MAID OF MILK - Barbara Jo
Finley, .19, uses the lactic
lucre her eight Jerseys pro-
duce to pay for her education
at Drury College. She's milk-
ing a 'Holstein at Missouri
Agriculture College where she
was chosen Missouri's Maid of
Milk.
HOBGOBLIN FRUIT - These
five giant pumpkins are des-
tined to become impressive
Jack-o'-lanterns, Mike Christ,
12, looks over the quintet
which grew from a single seed.
CROSSWORD
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17. Congers
1D. Italian resort
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little pie punkin, which wouldn't
get much bigger than. maybe 10
or 12 inches across and had less
water in it. It was drier, This
stewed up into a better pie mix-
ture, although the flavor of both,
was about the same.
But a perfectly good pie could
be made from the cow-punkin
and since it was bigger you fre-
Ationtly got a bigger pie, which
was a fine idea; It was a great
day in the household when some-
body staggered in with the first
ripe punkin and the clamor
Went up for a pie, :You'd get
about a half-peck et seeds from
one of these cow-punkins, .and
they had to be washed and dried
and laid away for next year. It
was always wise to select your
seeds from the early-ripening
fruits, the idea being that this
precocity was communicated,
Our growing season was always
too shert, and the quicker we
could get production the better.
Then with a good knife the
punkin was cut into "junks," the
peel taken off, and the result
This could give you a
very moist product if the punkin
was watery, and the cook had
to judge this matter with skill.
The punkin, pie of tradition,
and I have often wondered if the
Pilgrim "mothers really made the
round pies you see in the draw-
ings, was rectangular. 'The pan
would be a cake tin, not a pie
plate. Most families had a big
one nearly the full size of the
oven, for there were several
things in farm life you needed a
big pan for, Trying out lard, far
instance, (This, incidentally, is
the first meaning-of "try" - the
other ways we use this word
are derivative.) Such pans .would
be used for roasting, . too, and
corn breads. They might be 20
inches, 'even more. Into it the
cook would ,fit a good lining - of
piecrust, -and no matter what
new ideas prevail there has
never been anything better for
piecrust than old-fashioned leaf
lard,
The filling was as variable as
weather - so much punkin, eggs,
milk, molasses, cinnamon, • nut-
meg, ginger, and maybe a little
cornstarch. With punkin and
squash pies you don't pre-bake
the shell as you do with a lemon
or chocolate pie. .And one of
these old square •punkin pies got
a superstructure design by the
little trick of adding some more
juice after the top part of the
shell had firmed a little in the
heat:
True, you got crust if you had
an outside piece - a corner
piece gave you twice as much.
The inside cuts were all pun-
kin, with only the skin of crust
underneath, This was generous-
ly believed by the- younger set
to- be a good thing, and as pun-
kin pie was believed to be -nour-
ishing as well as tasty, there was
seldom. any objection from.
Mother about a second or third
piece, Besides, punkin pie made
no great drain on resources', for
punkins grew by the ton,
Once, I remember; when the
kitchen crew neglected this won-
derful subject overlong, Grand-
father made a sarcastic crack
about how the hogs lived better
than we did, After that he got
punkin pies until they ran out
of his ears, and he was the hap-
pieet man in town. - By John
Gould in the Christian Science
Monitor.
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The foliage of houseplants
should be given a regular bath
to restore freshness. A piece of
polythene film - or an empty
plastic grocery bag may be
wrapped over the top of the
pot to keep the soil from wash-
ing away. Then the plant can
be washed under the kitchen
tap or, better still under the
bathroom shower. The quick
way is to set all pots (poly-
thene covered) under the shower
at once and give them a gentle
spray.
,erence. When they'd bring a slab
and start to set it before a pay-
ing customer the customer would
sometinnes say, "Is it squash or
punkin?" And a waitress could
lift it to her nose, inspect it in-
timately and tell. Now, this IS
not to say that you couldn't make
a squash pie from 'punkin, or
punkin pie from squash, and no
doubt it was done, but it does
mean that one had spices and
sweet'nin' the other didn't, and
custom kept the two as careful-
ly distinct as they kept blueber-
ry and apple.
The canning factories long ago
found a certain globular orange
squash made a better punkin
than punkin. Mercenary motives'
caused this, and the eating hab-
its of the nation conformed. It
is a matter of yield per acre, per
cent of solids," reaction to retort
heat, and persistence of flavor.
Years ago, around here, the lead-
ing squash was the old green
Ilubbard, and this was said to
be the direct descendant of the
Indian's favorite.. The pumpkin
came in two kinds - the old
cow-punkin which was huge
and could build up to 60 pounds.
or so if it had a chancel and the
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"Craty Cat," who holds her own, a kitten named "76th."
the kiffeh is so named because she hos seven toes on both
front feet cind six ari both hind feet:
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