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Show v "v THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Returned Veterans Aid Outlook For Elderly U. S. Farm Couples Alabama Brothers ESCREENtSRADIO' Show Success in Postwar Venture Released by Western Newspaper Union. Cattle Brucellosis Checking Possible Return of veterans from the armed forces is aiding the financial outlook for many an elderly U. S. farm couple. his exuberso was sons arrival, ant that he could hardly talk. said Of course its a boy! There was a further increase in brucellosis last year, according to he, as if there couldnt have the American Foundation for Ani- been any doubt about that. mal Health, and the increase in the Edward will incidence of the disease practically Young Wayne to have be famous, with two doubled in the last five years. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bowden are 69 and 63 years old, respectively, and, because of their age, were not able to make the most out of the farm they were operating when their sons were in service. Upon their return from the armed forces, Lynn and Oren Bowden shouldered the job of making a living for the family and increasing dividends from the farm. Their first objective was to buy the farm, thus raising themselves and their old folks out of the tenant farm- Continued testing and retesting of our cattle herds is the mainstay of the nations fight to period of progress followed, but the advent of war disrupted all the familys plans. Both Lynn and Oren were called into service, resulting in an acute lack of help on the farm. Lynn, 44, veteran of both world wars, entered the army in 1940 when the Alabama Natibnal Guard was called into, service. Oren, 31, also was a member of the National A Guard and entered service early the following year. A temporary re- - eradicate this cost- ly problem , as shown by the sharp increase it has made during the time when there were not sufficient veterinarians avail- er class. tions. ANDRE BARUCH, to announce Testing of Cattle Eradicates Disease Take the. Bowdens in Coffee county, Ala., for example. Since many elderly farmers and their wives also are looking to their sons to take over the home farm, the story of the Bowdens is related to show what can be accomplished. Actually the story has its beginning in 1936 when, as the elder Bowden frankly admits, we were down and out and had to struggle to make ends meet. Unable to get credit from regular lenders for purchase of feed, seed, fertilizer, equipment and other farm needs, the Bowdens resorted to a government agency, now the Farm Security administration, to secure the necessary funds. Along with the funds came instruction in sound enwhich farming practices, abled the Bowden family to improve the efficiency of their opera- By VIRGINIA VALE SEEK EXPERT GUIDANCE The Bowden brothers and their parents have proved that they are good farmers, but they frankly admit they dont know it all. Here James S. Pridgen, Coffee county, Ala., FSA supervisor, shows Lynn and Oren Bowden how to treat seed peanuts to prevent damp rot after they are in the ground. spite was gained when Oren was placed on inactive duty to help run the farm, but he later was called back into service." Upon their discharge early in 1943, both brothers returned to the family farm. Intent on purchasing the farm, previously rented by the family, the brothers arranged the necessary financing with Farm Security' administration, which permits 40 years at 3 per cent interest for repayment of farm purchase loans. A major factor in the familys success was the diversified farming plan which the agency helped the family to map out. Faced with a $4,800 debt, contract-- i ed in purchasing the farm, the Bowdens embarked on an ambitious farm program designed to wipe out the debt in shortest possible time. Within a year they had paid off more than half the debt. Today, only three years later, the final payment has been made to the govem- 360-ac- re ment agency and the Bowdens are full owners of their land. With 160 acres of the farm under cultivation, the Bowdens produce peanuts as the main cash crop. Carrying out their plan of diversified farming, they also have cotton, hogs and 12 head of beef cattle, principally of the Black Angus type. To develop their herd, they recently purchased a purebred Angus bull. In 1944, the Bowdens marketed 20 tons of peanuts, $600 worth of hogs, and $60 worth of cattle. They had 15 other hogs left over for marketing by the end of that year as well as 12 stock hogs and 2 milk cows. Sale of chickens and eggs also added to farm returns. Marketings the following year included 20 tons of peanuts, 4 bales of cotton and about $588 worth of hogs. After these sales, they had 24 Duroc shoats, 4 brood sows and 30 pigs on hand as well as their beef cattle. The old folks are helping the veterans progress in their farming venture. The elder Bowden raises garden produce, selling $112 worth of cabbage from a few rows in his garden last year. Intent on increasing the returns, he has planted six rows of cabbage this year Mrs. Bowden also is active in work around the house and garden. Size of the family also has been increased. After the last farm payment was made, Oren was married and brought his wife to the family farm home. Today the Bowdens are considered successful Alabama farmers. Each member of the family does his proper share of work and all reap the benefits of good living on a farm. Furthermore, the elder Mr. and Mrs. Bowden can take more time to enjoy the peace and security of farm life now that their boys, like so many others, are home again from the war. on with the testing too many Altogether farmers in recent years, have come to look upon vaccination as an easy answer to brucellosis control. Vaccination is highly desirable, but it should always be looked upon as an important adjunct, not a replacement of the testing pro- able to program. carry gram. Know Your Breed Holstein By W. J. DRYDEN The first importation of Holstein to be established permanently in the United States was made by Win-thrW. Chenery at Belmont, Mass, in 1857. The breed traces back before the beginning of the Christian era. The op Carnation Ormsby Butter King, champion butterfat of the U. S. on official tests. breed known as the Holstein-Frie-sia- n had its beginning in the Netherlands. There are now in the United States nearly as many purebred Holsteins as all other dairy breeds combined. Many world champion milk and butter producers are to be found among the breed. Guard Rail for Piss PIGS BOOST INCOME . . . Oren Bowden is shown here with brood sows and some of the young porkers which will be ready for market in the faff. Returns from cattle and pigs increase earnings on the Bowden diversified farming plan. farm, which is operated on a well-round- ed Setting a new high in Farm ity administration loans to veterans, were financed 5,400 in purchase of farm operating equipment or family farms within a period, according to released .by department of figures Secur- - two-mon- th agriculture. The loans, made during March and April, constitute nearly a third of the total number the agency has ' approved for veterans during the last two years, FSA Administrator Dillar B. Lasseter announces. ' Declaring that the agency expects the record lending to continue, Lasseter reports that more than 20,000 veteran applications now are being processed in county offices. More than 16,000 veterans already have received FSA assistance. Approximately 1,000 of them obtained farm purchase loans under terms farm tenant of the Bankhead-Jone- s act from an earmarked fund set up by congress. The rest have loans to buy machinery and liveor for other operating stock needs. Soaring real estate prices and lack of productive farms for sale have handicapped veterans in their quest for farms, Lasseter says. Guidance Plan Aids Farmers Getting Loans Individual guidance in good farm and home management practices is provided by Farm Security administration with all loans, the department of agriculture emphasizes. Each loan, the department reports, is based on a sound plan for farm and home management that is worked out by the borrower and his family. The plan shows items the farmer intends to raise, his estimated operating expenses and income he may expect. to make. A FSA supervisor, schooled in efficient farm methods, helps each family make and carry out the plan. He will supply information on how to select snd care for livestock, plan crop rotations and put other good farm methods into practice. In most rural counties a home supervisor, trained in home economics, also ip available to assist the family. Main objects of the guidance plan, according to FSA, are to help the farmer get the most income from his work, obtain a good living for his family and repay his loan. JOAN EDWARDS orchestral backgrounds to her songs, rehearses in various keys to get the right one, spends hours on getting a good mike balance between her voice and the orchestra. Next time you hear Joans effortless performance, remember that she put a lot of hard work into making it seem so casual. A role in The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber lured Reginald Denny back to the screen; hes been too busy to act. He made model planes as a hobby, then during the war he made them for the army, for identification purposes. Finally he converted his plant to make jet propulsion models. Lanny Ross scored a hit at a recent concert in Chicago when he sang Strauss Emperor Waltz. One critic said his performance was better than the lyrics deserved not knowing that Ross wrote the lyrics himself, under the name of Robert Matthews ! It sounded fine, that plan to paint Betty Hutton and the girls of a chorus line with gold lacquer for the Casino de Paris finale in Para- mounts Perils of Pauline., But it had to be abandoned Betty and 12 of the 18 dancers were allergic to the gold paint. -- ns- Loans to Veterans for Farm Purchases And Operating Costs Reach High Peak Joan Edwards estimates that she spends about 20 hours a week working out technical problems, prior to her actual singing time of 12 minutes on Your Hit Parade; being a thorough musician, she works with arrangers on musical details of the With the recent return of thousands of veterinarians from military service, livestock health authorities have expressed hope that the sharp wartime upswing in cattle brucellosis may be checked in the early future. 80-fo- ot well-operate- d such parents. Andre was tops in radio before he joined the afmy and chalked up an outstanding record; now hes announcing on Your Hit Parade, the Lombardo and Harry James nights for Spotlight Bands, and several others. Mama Bea Wain has long been known for her perfect diction as well as her distinctive style in singing; shes been on Your Hit Parade and other big radio shows. Now that Waynes arrived, shell be on the air again. XA ,V4Ui Fred MacMurray was to eat real caviar in a scene in Suddenly Its Spring, but most of the caviar on the table was buckshot bathed in axle grease looks just the same on the screen. A prop man stopped MacMurray just as he was about to take a mouthful of the imitation. Thats all right, said he. Caviar tastes like buckshot and axle grease To decrease the large number of litter pigs killed by the sow stepping or rolling over ,on them, the guard rail arrangement in farrowing house taken at Texas station has .proven satisfactory. Easy to construct from lumber to me, anyway. m found around the farm, it will aid Sara Haden is playing her 42nd in preventing the heavy toll in the d secretary to a star in farrowing house. Mr. Ace, as handmaiden to Sylvia Sidney. Sara says her frigid Horn Medicine Funnel mien has made her one of the busiest players in the film colony, and At the end of a days work as a frozen-facI go home and sit in front of the mirror and just laugh my head off. Its the best way of Saw off the relaxing, especially when I know End and that next morning Ill have to freeze Drill Hole up again. Cow Horn after Warner Bros, Shortly brought sound to motion pictures, CROSS SECTION some 20 years ago, a stage dancer arrived in Hollywood to give Joan Administering liquid medicine to Crawford some special instruction. livestock is dangerous when a glass He was tested as a possibility for CARES FOR CABBAGE . . . bottle is used. The accompanypictures, and given this rating Most of the gardening on the drawing shows a funnel which Difficult to photograph. No draing Bowden farm is done by J. W. can be made out of a cow horn. matic quality. Thin hair. Poor Bowden, 69, father of the BowFirst boil and clean out, then saw speaking voice. Not a romantic den brothers. Here he is working off about an inch from the tip Dances. His name Was type. among his cabbages, which netand djill into the natural cavity. Astaire! Fred ted $140 in 1945. hard-boile- e, |