The Seaforth News, 1961-12-28, Page 3Master Farmers Who
Stick "iru Oki Ways
it was hilae bringing coals to
Newcastle when the steam
threshermeii, from a half dozen
eountles brought their old-time
engines to our state fait this
year. Yet whistles serer: he ct,
glouds of black smoke tinted
from ancient stacks, and people
{gime from far and near to see
'the show.
As something .rather new in
the re-enactment of scenes flora
early days, the art of threat'ing
.and doing other farm chorea by
Steam has become a major sport
from Maine to California, it ap-
pears. And so devoted to their
Rause are the steam thresherrnen
that few sacrifices are eonsideled
too great for them to rescue an
old iron monster from an aten-
doned sawmill or gravel pit,
Then, after much time, money
and effort have . been expended
In getting their piece of eq•tip-
anen't in running order, they're
Off to the fairs or threshermien's
.meets to exhibit their prize.
Fair -goers saw grain threshed
by old-time separators, saws and
planing mills operated, and they
saw a rig bale hay. Youngsters
erode in miniature farm waguns
drawn by a .small steam engine,
.and there were exclamations of
aurprise on every hand at the
wonderful versatility of such old-
time contraptions. Then at the
noon hour people crowded into
the tents where ladies from a
number of local churches in the
Vicinity served, home - cooked
"Old Thresher Dinners"
We marveled at the number of
persons who seemed to think
they were seeing a part of early
Americana that has vanished
from the modern scene.
Amos could afford a tractor a
truck, a deep -well electric pump,
mechanical milking machines
and most of the other power
equipment which science has
dreamed up to make farm work
easier. Still he and others like
him have managed to convert
their part of the earth into a
,garden of peace and plenty with
the tools they have. And it is a
matter of record that the Amish
and Mennonites, whose intense
love of the land distinguished
them from other early settlers in
America, were the ones who
brought with them such advan-
ces in farming as rotation of
crops, improving the soil by fee-
tilizing it with barnyard manure
and by growing red clover, When
they applied these .methods to
the rich soil of the New World,
and housed their livestock as
carefv'lly as their families, they
were recognized as master farm-
ers, a title they still hold.
These is no dearth of farm
tools and wheeled equipment in
the Zeugg's big bank barn, There
is the family carriage with its
side curtains and battery -pow-
ered lights, the light market
wagol_, and the heavy farm wag-
on, on which several bodies can
be used on the same chassis by
an ingenious arrangement of
bolts. Also the manure spreader,
tete hay rake. the corn planter,
the ha.rrov: and discs. And the
power needed to operate them is
stabled snug and warm and pro-
tected from winter's blasts on
the ground floor below, On the
same floor and in the loft above
are ample stores of hay and
grain to keep the animals well
fed untilanother crop comes in,
writes Mabel Slack Shelton in
the Christian Science Monitor
Am rs recalls that one of the
stories handed down through all
the generations since, this part
of the country was settled was
the controversy between the
men who built big barns and the
English and Scotch -Irish settlers
who looked on them as unneces-
sary and a Iuxury in a raw LPN.,"
land. .-
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Today the barn still outranks
the house, and after the house
comes the other buildings so ne-
cessary an a well -kept farm: the
springhouse, the smoke house,
the chicken house, the stammer
kitchen, the combination bake-
house and washliouse, the siert-
able corncribs, the pig pen and
the woodshed. 'Dept neat and
trim and given a coat of white-
wash every so often, the smaller
buildings add much to the looks
and the value of the farm, And
best of all they make a place
that which it was intended to be
from the start, a well - loved
home, '
There is something elusive and
almost mystical about Indian
summer, A fegitive season, it
comes early or late and can '.ev-
en be accurately predicted,
though Antos is of the opinion
that it usually follows the first
killing frost. All we are sure of
is that after a cold snap that
chills the blood, and after we
have resigned ourself to the com-
ing.of another winter, suddenly
it is summer again. But with a
difference, Now in this golden
interlude the breeze is as soft as
the notes of -a fluke, The air is
still and sweet, and colored
leaves float down soundlessly.
The weather is balmy, al] sounds
are muted, the earth seems to
wait in. stillness.
We wonder why it is called
Indian summer, but the dict)on-
ary cannot, or does not, tel) us,
It merely describes it as "a peri-
od of mild weather occurring in
the autumn, with hazy atmos-
phere ... corresponding to the
English' St. Luke's (Oct, 18111) or
St. Martin's (Nov, 11th)," The
English reference book states
that the mild weather around
their St, Martin's day "corres-
ponds to the American Indian
summer," Neither book hazards
a guess as to why it is caited
Indian stoner,
Amos believes it is partly be-
cause the cool snap preceding it
is known as "squaw winter," and
he believes that the early Indians
took warning from this first cold
spell and struck their summer
camps to move to more sheltered
ones during the following period
of mild weather.
Emmeline, however, holds to
the notion that this pleasant
time, when the air once more
blows soft and sweet and haze
drifts over the valley after a pe-
riod of pinching cold, was named
by the early settlers for their
Indian neighbors, who were cold
and inhuman at first, then un-
predictably nice and kind in a
time of sickness and great sor-
row,
Only nature is unconcer'ied
about names and times of ap-
pearance as we wait in dreerny
stillness for whatever is to fol-
low this halcyon time and cher-
ish each day of srmky-blue wea-
ther.
In "Autumn Across America."
Teale strikes a poignant .pots. by
recalling that the English call
this "farewell summer." But that
is as it should be, for this is truly
summer's last call.
Toward the end of the month
there will come days of driving
rain, and after the storm ' has
passed everything will be differ-
ent. The air will be crisp, some
days will be raw and cold, others
short and sunny but without a
hint of summer's softness. Then.
it will betime for early larep-
light, hearty suppers of fresh -
dressed pork, and big pans of
nuts and popcorn around the tc,t-
chen stove before bedtime. And
life will still be good, for every
season on the farm has its own
peculiar charm.
HEAVY DOUGH
In the Island of Yap 750 miles
north of New Guinea, huge mill-
stones are used as money.
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FOR NONSKIERS—No ski slope, this it's salt, piled moun-
tain -high in Chicago, ill., for use on icy midwinter streets.
Massachusetts and other states
along the U.S. eastern seaboard
are emerging as leaders of an
"agricultural revolution," which
may possibly end in the com-
plete renovation of the `farm
image' in the United States.
As Dr, A, A. Spielman, clean
of the College of Agriculture at
the University of Massachusetts,
said recently, "We no longer
have farmers in Massachusetts;
they have been replaced by milk
producers, cranberry producers,
potato producers, and other spe-
cialists."
* 4, *
The farmer of the past, who
raised a variety of crops and did
his own producing, processing,
and marketing, no longer exists.
Farming today is developing alto
a highly specialized business
known as "agrindustry,"
According to Fred P. Jeffrey,
associate dean of the agricultural
college, the Bay State along with
the other eastern states is lead-
ing the way in developing the
new concept of agriculture, while
the mid -western and southwest-
ern states have yet to fully ac-
cept the agrindustry concept
Mr, Jeffrey, in charge of en-
rollments at the ant ver sit y,
pointed out, "The demand for
specialists in agriculture is tre-
mendous." Giving what he term-
ed a conservative es.imate the
educator said "there are at least
two jobs available for every
graduate we have in agricul-
ture."
4, * *
But as another prcfeasor, ex-
plained, "Agriculture has a bad
name. Right now, we're getting
about half as many students as
agrindustry needs," People need
to know, he asserted, that agri-
culture is no longer an "overalls
and pitchfork industry."
The advantages in agriculture
are not recognized, the educators
indicated. As a result of re-
search, farming has developed
into a highly efficient and com-
plicated industry.
Agrindustry is divided into
four major divisions: producers,
processors, marketing firms, and
service firms. The production
division alone in Massachusetts
is a $180,000,000 business, ac-
cording to Dean Spielman,
* * *
Agriculture is without a doubt
the biggest industry in the
United States and Massachusetts,
the dean said, including the four
divisions in his estimate.
The development of ageindus-
try appears to be offsetting the
over -abundance of labor which
might have occurred as a result
of automation and mechanization
of farming. Although one farmer
now can produce enough food to
supply '25 persons with enough
to eat, whereas in the past one
farmer supplied enough for four
or five, agrindustry has more
than absorbed the excess labor
and is crying for more,
Dean Spielman pointed out
that the. production of foodand
fiber is "one place we're ahead
.of the Soviet Union." He said
that it takes much more man-
power for the Soviets to pro-
duce food for their people than
it does in the United States.
*, * *
While the United States now
is out front in this field, he said,
there is danger of this country
falling behind, unless more stu-
dents enroll and continue to de-
velop agrindustry in that coun-
try, writes George Moneyhun in
the Christian Science Monitor.
Another professor asserted it
would be almost impossible for
a student to comprehend rhe
number of fields which modern
agriculture encompasses. Posi-
tions being supplied by agricul-
ture graduates include city man-
agers, golf -course planners, su-
permarket managers, and insect
exterminators
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Airports also are calling on
agriculture graduates to help
maintain the turf near runways.
Dust flying up beneath the jets
and propellers has been a major
problem for airport designers
"Just the role of corn us our
economy would be almost en -
possible to visualize," the pro-
fessor said, mentioning toe that
the plastics industry, soaps, de-
tergents, oleomargarine, and ice
cream also are products of agri-
cultu;aal research.
* * ,*
Research plays an important
role in the university's College
of Agriculture. Many of the
some 850 students enrolled in
the college are studying food
technology, which is devoted pri-
marily to research in food pro-
cessing. Dean Spielman says stu-
dents from throughout the world
go to the university to partici-
pate in the food -technology pro-
gram with hopes of raising the
eating habits of their home coun-
tries.
Dean Spielman says the col-
lege has four major functions:
teaching, research, co-operative
extension service, and "service
and regulatory" activities. Th'@
extension service comprises ap-
proximately 35 per cent of the
college's effort and is devoted' to
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"extending the cultural and tech-
nical resources of the universitY
to the people of the state." Adult
and youth programs, such as the
4-11 Club, are just a part of the
extension service's activities.
Service and regulatory activi-
ties include testing feeds and
seeds' and enforcing dairy laws.
The Massachusetts Experiment
Station, set up In 1687 and sup-
ported by state, federal, and pri-
vate funds, also is operated by
the college.
Strange Doings
In A Church
The current Anglican Digest
reports what is probably the most
unusual ceremony in the recent
annals of religion:
"It happened during the reces-
sional at a parish ehurch in On-
tario, Canada, As the choir
moved in perfect unison to the
hymn, the last young lady in the
women's section slipped her stil-
etto heel into the grating over a
hot air duct in the center aisle.
Without a thought for her fancy
heel, the young woman slipped
out of her shoe in time to the
music and continued up the aisle.
The first pian following her no-
ticed the situation, and without
skipping a beat, reached down
and swooped up the shoe, The
entire grating came with it, Star-
tled, but still singing, the man
marched on, carrying in his hand
the grating with the shoe attach-
ed. There was never a break in
the recessional; right in tune and
in time to the beat, the next man
stepped into the open duct,"
Put Their Carpet
On The Ceiling
According to dispatches from
the scene, a lady in Kansas has
a new house which she shares
with six children and where the
living room carpet is installed on
the ceiling. The explanation of-
fered is that the carpet in its
unusual wall - to - wall location
gives things, a warm feeling and
has worked an amazing improve-
ment in the acoustics. It is al-
leged that the noise the six chil-
dren make has been muffled to
a most gratifying degree. Per-
haps the reasons for the extra-
ordinary arrangement are as
stated, but it also leads to some
additional suspicion that this is
just naturally a topsy - turvy
world. — Commercial Appeal
(Memphis)
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UNDAY SO1001
LESSON
13y Rev. 11, Barclay Weenie
t3.A.. 1t3).
Growth Toward Christian
Maturity -- Ephesians 4; 1) -24
IYleinory Selection': Leaving -the
principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto pet'lec-
tion. Hebrews 6:1,
We come to the last lesson of
the year and conclude the series
on Christian growth and matur-
ity. The sense of the openir:g
verses of our lesson seems to be,
"Christ gave some men as
Apostles, some as prophets, etc.,
with a view to the full egvlp-
merit of the saints for the work
of ministration or service they
have each to do in order to the
building up of the body of
Christ," The building up of the
Church -- that is the great atm
and final object; to that every
believer has his contribution to
make; and to qualify all for leis
is the purpose of Christ in giving
"Apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors and teachers." Too often
the work of the Church is re-
garded as the responsibility of
a few. faithful souls. But livery
man has his part. The healthy
growing churches of today are
those in which the laity have
caught this vision. While one
man is Sunday School supe'tn-
tendent, another may delight in
bringing children in his car; ^,.tl-
dren of parents who don't heeler
going near the church fie et -
selves, but don't mind if some'ine
looks after the kids for an nous.
Sometimes the witness of he
children penetrates the caucus
indifference of the parents
If we are to have proper spir-
itual growth we must herd 'he
injunction, "Put off your old na-
ture which belongs to your for-
mer manner of life." RSV. And
be renewed in the spirit of v 'ur
mind; and put on the new man,
which after God is created to
righteousness and true holiness.
This is mare than joining the
church; much more. It is the
miracle working power of C=chi
the Holy Spirit. Jesus Chi:fiile
came to destroy the works of ,he
devil, On ascending to heavexii
He sent the holy Spirit to make'
real in the lives of men the grace
which He so dearly purchased. '41
The believer need not be in
bondage to the fleshly' nature.
The Holy Spirit who purified
the nature of the dlfciples at
' Pehtecost and later, will do the
sante for us today. This prepares
the way for greater spiril'aaI'
growth. Then we can render bet-
ter service.
Many a woman thinks she
bought a dress for a ridiculous
price w:en, in fact, she bought it
for an absurd figure,
TROOPS MOVE—A wounded woman is carried away from
scene in Santo Domingo, D,R , after a truckload of army
troops moved against o crowd of 1,000 women demonstrators,
hurling noise bombs and firing machine guns.
47.
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Rockefeller, 23, son of
Nov/ Yo k governor,
reported missing ,n II�I New Gui1 ea; intensive
!�sanrch finis fo find h in
I alarm nn,,...,.a.'rfi"iin.in g
aYtt:': 74 ,Array recruits
killed in airliner trach
near Richmond.
X-15 racket
plane Bits 4,070
id Worst brush fire in
Cos Angeles history ragas,
destroys 456 luxury homes,
Newsniap
UThant of
3urmn elected acting
secretary-general of
United Notions.
H0V ig East Germans add
antitank barriers to Berlin wall
4OA 2', West Berlin police force
back thousands of West Berliners ;I
attempting to storm the wall,
',.-.,
Russians
rend interview between
President Kennedy and
,Editor of fzvestia.
House
Speaker Sant
Rayburn, 79,
dies of cancer.
T N
AWNS. sends
chimpanzee 14,00 two
orbits of earth
recovers him safely.
e'. I. el Heavy snows trap
200 hunters in New Mekice,
I —7'
EMI Death toll in British
ria,
Honduras from Hurricane
Hattie set at nearly 400.
r�
U.S. worships .stand guard off Dominican
Republic as possible Trujillo faintly coup is averted.
.tir'sM Violence mounts a5 Dominicans go wild at
prospect offreedom; government attempts
to break general stripe.
Argentine tat
airliner crashes is
Brazil, killing 52t
1
86 per-
sons killed in riots
marking 7th
anniversary of
Algerian revolt,
ll 1�3 lfal n* atone
with U.N. murdered by
Congolese troops.
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