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Show Proposed National Agricultural Museum Would Tell Story of the Men Who Have Contributed I So Much to Greatness of America: Her Farmers By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Rcltaaed by Wegtarn Ncwapapar Union. SOME day the United States have a national mu-seum, the purpose of which will be to tell the story of those Americans who, since this nation was founded, have contributed so much to its prosperity and to its as standing the greatest nation on earth. Those Americans are our farmers. When that museum is built and put into operation, it will not be a place of static ex-hibits, a storehouse of ancient relics in glass cases with writ-ten or printed labels to ex-plain their meaning. Instead, it will be a "living museum" which presents graphically not only the history of agri-cultur- ed past but also the story of its present and its W """T'TTr 1 WilljJIJMlMIIIWMUMimi vri u. IUJU I UIIMMI'MW I if ; L- - ,iir)iim: ' 1,4'' V " v " . V 5 ' I i,r y " v ' i lBtniir.ri'flilfirillliiiirli' iimiiiniwiiii m nig ,a !wAUw.'dWiiWiiAiiiiiy TRIBUTE TO THE "FOUNDER OF MODERN AMERICAN AGR-ICULTURE" Members of the National Agricultural Jefferson Bicente-nary committee meeting In the rotunda of the University of Virginia. In the background is a atatue of Thomas Jefferson, founder of the un-iversity. Seated directly behind the speaker at the microphone Is Herbert A. Kellar, director of the McCormick Historical association, who out-lined the plans for a national agricultural museum. The establishment of such a museum was forecast recent-ly when the National Agricul-tural Jefferson Bicentenary committee made a pilgrim-age to Charlottesville, Va., there t the University of Virginia and Monticello and pay tribute to the man whom Claude R. Wickard, secretary of agriculture and chairman of the committee, characterized as the "Found-er of Modern American Agri-culture" Thomas Jefferson. Another speaker on this occ-asionand the man who made the proposal for a national agricultural museum was Herbert A. Kellar, director of the McCormick Historical as-sociation in Chicago. Speak- - places. The relation of agriculture to geology, geography, climate and soils, entomology, biology, chemis-try and engineering also merit adequate attention. The National Agricultural mu-seum should serve as the headquar-ters of important national farm or-ganizations and provide appropriate quarters for this purpose. This would add prestige to the institution. An essential feature of the mu--I seum would be to establish close relations with educational institu-tions and organizations. On its part the museum should offer general and Knecinl rnnrsni In Iho (nrm rt where the Dalrymples were located and have information about them. The lumber camps of the same pe-riod in Michigan and Wisconsin no longer exist, yet we have volu-minous records of particular com-panies and a few tracts of virgin timber are still standing. It would still be possible to acquire wheat land and timber, and to reestablish and operate a bonanza wheat farm or an old-tim- e lumber camp. There are a number of well-know- n tobacco, cotton, rice and sugar cane plantations in the South, and cattle ranches, dairies and stock farms in ha TlTil ing on the subject of "Living Agricultural Museums," he said in part: Let us consider for a moment what should be the character of a National Agricultural museum. It should probably be located In Wash-ington, or other appropriate place In the United States, housed in one or more large buildings, and sur-rounded with appropriate landscap-ing. . Here, outdoors and under glass, should be shown in cultiva-tion representative trees, shrubs, fruits, plants, flowers, and other vegetation of the United States. The outer walls of the buildings should present bas reliefs showing the evolution of agriculture in this coun-try from the primitive Indian cul-ture of the time of first settlement to the mechanized farming of the present day. On the inner walls should be placed large murals de-picting famous agricultural events and scenes. Thus, might be found Eli Whitney experimenting with his cotton gin, Elkanah Watson holding the first agricultural fair, Cyrus Hall McCormick trying out his first reaper, or Lincoln signing the act creating the land-gra- colleges. Of equal interest would be the por-trayal of different types of agricul-tural operations, such as the pro-duction of wheat, corn, tobacco, cot- - lectures, seminars and laboratory research pertaining to various phases of the history of agricul-ture and of technology in this and other countries. These courses should be open to the public, and qualified students should be per-mitted to take them for educational credits. In addition, the museum should provide internships for indi-viduals desiring to specialize in the history of agriculture and tech-nology or to learn agricultural museum technique. In reciprocity, educational agencies should invite members of the museum staff to lecture and to give courses to the students of the institutions and to arrange for regular visits of stu-dents to the museum for the pur-pose of information and instruc-tion. In all the activities of the museum its facilities should be to promote a better under-standing of democracy, as illus-- I trated in our agricultural develop-ment. These and like activities fully carried out would undoubtedly justi-fy the designation of the National Agricultural museum as a Living Agricultural museum. Establish Branch Museums. In addition to a National Agricul-tural museum located in Wash-ington, there should be associated .... ""uuiv toi aim to i where original ownership of land has passed and original agricultural activities are now changed. Some of these could be acquired and reestab-lished to operate as formerly. In other instances the ownership has changed, but the original land-holdin-have been held together and still produce agricultural crops, though not always the same as be-fore. Westover and Curies Neck and Claremont on the lower James are plantations of this type. Again, there are a surprising number of famous holdings which even today are owned by the same families which were in possession a hundred or more years ago. Shirley, the Carter estate on James river; Folly, the Cochran plantation in Augusta county; Walnut Grove, the McCor-mick farm in Rockbridge county; and Berry Hill, the Bruce planta-tion near Halifax, all of which are located in Virginia, meet this pat-tern. The same is true of the Middle-to- n estate on the Cooper river, and Hampton Hall, the Rutledge planta-tion on the Santee river, both in South Carolina. In Louisiana, Rose-dow-the Bowman family estate and the Cottage, long-tim- e resi-dence of the Butlers, should be added. The list could be con-siderably enlarged. In other cases rillli nn 1tTn..L.l XT . ton. sugar cane, rice and other field crops, the cultivation of fruits and flowers, and the raising of cattle and livestock. In addition to murals there should be a gallery of paintings of agricultural lead-ers, representing all types of activity. A theater should likewise be provided where lectures, music, plays, ballets and moving pictures of agricultural interest might be presented. Dioramas and Operating Models. The evolution of agricultural machinery, rural architecture, elec-trification in farm regions, transpor-tation, milling, tanning, meat-packin-and other types of processing should receive separate attention in appropriate exhibits, including the use of dioramas, operating models and full-size- d originals. The mu-seum should develop a special li-brary, include provision for publish-ing magazines, bulletins and books. ...v.. mu.iui muacums SUUiiieu in different parts of the United States. These would be of such character as to merit the designation, Living Agricultural museums, to an even greater degree than the national in-stitution. These branch museums should take advantage of the existence in numerous places in this country of notable sites of representative agricultural activities which flour-ished in a former day and for a considerable period. Where pos-sible such activities should be re-created at the original locations. Among those which come to mind are the production of wheat, corn, tobacco, cotton, rice, sugar cane, indigo, hemp, flax, vegetables! fruits, flowers, cattle and livestock, dairying, stock farming, maple sug-ar, turpentine and lumbering. As far as practical in each instance op-erations should be shown for sev-eral periods such as the colonial. I un,.,. oa muuiii, veinon, wasning-ton'- s estate, Stratford, the Lee plan-tation, Monticello, the residence of Jefferson, and the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, memorial asso-ciations operate these places as mu-seums, with major attention given to the main dwellings. The na-tional park service operates Wake-field, the Washington house, and Ar-lington, the Lee residence, as well as other well-know- n places. In keeping with the establish-ment of branch agricultural mu-seums in various parts of the United Slates it would be appropriate to set up a Jefferson Agricultural Memo-rial association which might oper-ate in connection with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial foundation at Monticello, Shadwell, Poplar Forest or other places directly associated with Jefferson. On one or more of these original Jefferson plantations two types of activities might be on house and display. One would be to carrv m,t operate a radio station, maintain close relations with the agricultural press, cooperate with the land-gra- colleges, and possess a microfilm and photostat labora-tory for reproducing copies of litera-ture about the museum, as well as pictures of its exhibits. An important part of the museum should be the exhibits devoted to the social aspect of agricultural de-velopment. The life of the rural people should be fully portrayed for each era and for all classes and ante-bellu- Civ-il war, reconstruction and early 20th century. Likewise, wherever earlier periods are shown, some attention should be given to present day operations to show contrast and evo-lution. Collections of physical ob-jects, such as implements and machines, should also be assembled where pertinent to the particular activity. The bonanza wheat farming of the Dakota s from the 70s to the '90s has long vanished yet we know and reproduce the agricultural experiments recorded by Jefferson in his Garden Book and his Farm Book, including his development and trial of the moldboard plow. A sec-ond would be to relate these early enterprises to the latest and most advanced agricultural experiments of the present day. Set up side by side on the same plantation they would provide striking contrast be-tween the early time and today and would indicate the evolution of agriculture in the United States. ' HLH Notes of an Innocent Bystrmder: The Intelligentsia: Sumner Wellei' "Time of Decision," a special, la rated in Washing-ton and London as the most impor-tant book yet on the diplomatic his-tory of this war and the diplomatic future of the world. . . . Look mag'a color photo of FDR was taken since his recent Illness the best of Mm yet. And you can't retouch techni-color! , . . Anita Colby, the darling of the Stork, Morocco and Colony set (who made the Powers girl famous), is now feminine director of the Selznick Studios, if you will pod'n their lorgnette. . . . Eth Barry-mor- e is being booked for a lecture tour. Her subject will be the "high points in the life of the Barry-mores- " ... "A Soldier's Letter to Mrs. Luce," In the Nation, should be read by everybody. ... A Water-bur-y editorialist complained about a New Yorker's one unimportant error In the same edition the editorialist's own paper apologized for three of its own. Hawl . , . Hero Commando Kelly'a Satevepost fee ($25,000) and tli ) nnn t r i. a $13,0001 "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," which was high on the Hit Parade only a few broadcasts ago (and has garnered a mint for Duke Ellington), was written by Cootie Williams, Duke'i genlua. CooUe peddled it to Ellington for $25. . . . Iti real name is: "Con-certo for Cootie" ... Rooms are so scarce In navy-crowd- Norfolk, Va., that Herb Fields and his band (playing at the Palomar) had to rent aix motor cars to sleep in. . . . The name Winchell appeared In the Congressional Record long before the current one started worrying those In Washington, who have good reason to worry. His name was BenJ. Winchell. The oldest papers in the flies of Congress relate to Ben and his son Ruggles. The papers date back to 1758. . . . Radio net--" worka have altered the well-- k nown linea of the song, "Beyond the Blue Horizon." The wordage lies the ris-ing sun has been switched to "the ettlng aun." Mid town Vignette; It happened in the Stork Club the other night. . . . Corp. Brod Crawford, former Holly-wood actor, saw lieutenant at the bar, a buddy from Movietown. . , . He greeted him by his first name, of course. . . . The lieutenant stif-fened and in tones colder than Sophie Tucker's Ice-bo- x replied: "Address your superior officer as a soldier." , . . After 15 minutes of heated argument the session ended when the officer gave the corporal a direct order. . . . Infringement of which li punishable by a court mar-tial. ... A witness to the episode relayed It to a colonel seated In the rear. He was Col. Butch Morgan, one of the real tough guya who fly our fighting planes. He is the most decorated hero In this war. . . . Colonel Morgan walked over to the lieutenant and said: "Lieutenant, where do you know Corporal Craw-ford from?" . . . "Hollywood, sir," was the reply. . , . "What did you call him in Hollywood?" asked Colonel Morgan ... "I called him Brod," was the answer. . . . "Well," aid the Colonel, "when you meet a friend off post, you address him by ws nrst name, and don't go pulling your rank on him and that's a order from your superior off-icer." It has been estimated that 55,000,-00- 0 Americans go to the movies every week. The film industry is one place where mediocrity pays handsome dividends. Producers of B films are among America's high-- t est paid executives. Those celluloids also reap the most loot. . . , Too many ambitious youngsters believe that beauty is the only qualification for film success. Quotation Marksmanship: Ray-mond Moley: Walks as if balancing the family tree en his nose. ... V. Kitchen: There's no use itching for something unless you're willing to scratch for it. . . . H. Savoy: She was as light as a feather, and she didn't weigh much either. . . . A. Bierce: A fork is an implement used by a civilized man to put dead things in his mouth. . . . Toni Eden: An American who takes oft his coat for his country is worth 10 who just take off their hats to the flag. . . . Billy Sunday: Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. . . . J. Lorimer: The best way t hold a man is to make him want to hold you. . . . Maude Warren-der- : Everybody is able to give pleasure in some way. One person may do it by coming into a room, another by going out. Love Letter of the Week: From Printer's Ink and the page by Hugh E. Agnew, titled: "You are im-mature if you think: That every-thing currently popular is really good. . . . That smart and smart alec are synonymous. . . . That you could run the business better than the man who built it . . . That clever copy is selling copy. . . . That the popular side is the right side. . . . That men over 50 seldom get new ideas. . . . That popular mediocrity Is a criterion of taste. . . '. Thai the majority is alwaya right" Washington, D. C. SNARL OVER RECONVERSION One of the worst legislative snarls, awaiting the senate when it returns, is reconversion. It has hardly got started on the tremendous task of putting America back to work at peacetime production. Difficulty began last February with publication of the widely publi-- J cized Baruch Hancock report, Though this at first was hailed as a blueprint for peacetime conversion, many senators now admit it is woe-fully inadequate, provides excellent protection for capital and profits, but little protection against unem-ployment. Only comprehensive plan so far for real unemployment prevention during the reconversion period is contained in the bill written by Sen. Harley Kiigore of West Virginia. Kilgore had hoped to see his bill sent to the progressive committee Dn education and labor, headed by scholarly Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah. But Assistant President Jim-my Byrnes, Bernie Baruch, and Wall Street's John Hancock, aided by I army-nav- y big business elements, pulled the wires and switched the bill into the military affairs com-mittee. There it comes under re-actionary, egotistic Chairman Rob-ert R. Reynolds of North Carolina. The Kilgore bill is an measure designed to insure fuli production and full employment aft-er the war, all within the framework of private enterprise. Surplus prop-erty disposal plans are included; also employment training, coordi-nation among government agencies and most objectionable to the re-actionariesemergency federal insurance. Lehman Brothers' John Hancock, who opposes this, has even stated , flatly that he thinks a little unem-ployment after the war will be a good thing to depress wage levels. A deal was made by its enemies J to place the Kilgore bill under Mon- - " tana's Senator Murray, who has ' been pressured by Senator George, Hancock and Baruch to kill it. Meanwhile, the unhappy Murray has been receiving brickbats on the oth-er side from labor because of his stalling. Adequate plans for reconversion should have been completed before the congressional recess. But se-- date, scholarly, unhappy Senator Murray is still sitting on the eggs. PIGEONS AND PICTURES Anxious to insure the speediest possible handling of pictures of the fighting in France, one American public relations officer prepared spe-cial cases to hold single rolls of motion picture film. These were to be sent to London from the front by carrier pigeon. A test was made in England, with 20 pigeons sent out one day. Nineteen of them aave never since been heard from. . . . Deciding roles of film were too heavy, the officer then de-vised a special carrier for single h negatives. No test was made with this carrier, however because G-- 2 stepped in and ruled the pigeons out. ... Too easy for the Nazis to intercept, said G-- with the possibility that negatives' containing valuable military infor-mation might fall into enemy hands HITLER'S HEALTH Although intelligence officers aren't saying much about it, Adolf Hitler's health has been attracting considerable attention in Washing- ton lately. Fact is, the Allies have several ways of checking on Hit- ler's physical condition. Captured newsreels and still pictures are closely compared with previous films for clues. Likewise, record-ings of Hitler's latest speeches are compared with earlier talks. Recently. Hitler made two speeches in one week. Both were broadcast by the Cerman radio A group of Intelligence officers and diplomats who heard him were d at the tone of his voice. "Hitler sounded listless ' ccm mented one expert. "He sounded weary, tired and solemn. There was no power in his voice, no fire, only a d:sPIrited tone of dejection He .seemed to be reading his speech. He stumbled and went over words and sentences several times before set ting them straight. Another expert saw the latest newsreels of Hitler last week was :e." how - "Hitler has taken on weight " this expert said. "and it's not flattering to him. He seems to be letting h self go and apparently isn't gettZ as much exercise as lot of h men who are running backward H eyes also look hollow. The wa isnt agreeing with Adolf Hitler V. MERRY-GO-ROUN- D C Howard Costigan, founder of the Washington Commonwealth federa turn has started a new m0v on the West Coast called the pllil of the Pacific," and stands to w.n a seat in congress. coZ ofWeTw8" J6nnk,gS Ra"dopr is trying out wrinkle in campaigning. ing Produced some ls 1 of himself "al 5 speech, for distriKuinJ J1381 his congressorSet rUSh0U' PATTERNS '"J 11 III Town Cottons AS SOPHISTICATED as can be and yet pleasingly simple and inarming a cool midsummer aft-- srnoon frock with the new, loose er short sleeve, a ong and lovely neckline ending in i big bow of the dress material. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1987 is de-igned (or sizes 12, 14. 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. lize 14, kimono sleeve, requires 334 yards if h material. I'ostoa I Toris g Pink, fuschia on I cotton all colors wfe style this summer, 1 fitted jumper dress fa feet midsummer strei when the jacket isadde Barbara Bell Patter, k signed for sizes 11, 13, jj, 13, dress, requires 2'i yirjj terlal; bolero, 1 yrd. 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For something delicious, try a generous layer of applesauce be-tween two slices of hot French toast. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve hot. Thomas Jefferson Was America's First 'Scientific Farmer7" Jeiierson s ideas with reference to agriculture were far in advance of his day, declared James E. Ward, head of the division of social sci-ences at Clemson college in a talk on "Monticello: An Experimental Farm" at the meeting of he com-mittee at Monticello. He was among the first to practice crop rotation. He was a scientific farmer and in arranging for his system of rotation he divided his cultivated lands into four farms of 280 acres each," and each farm into seven fields of 40 acres. The boundaries were marked by rows of peach trees. The seven fields indicated that his system of rotation of crops embraced seven years. He reduced corn to one year in seven and tobacco seems to have been eliminaied entirely. He al-ways stressed the maxim that where the soil is left bare the sun "absorbs the nutritious juices of the eaith." Consequently, in his rotation system, he cd not desig nate any land to be fallow, but rather cultivated certain plants, es-pecially legumes, because he ac-cepted the idea that such plant would absorb fertility from the at-mosphere and store it in the soil. Another observation can be verified by a study of this rotation system. Ti e crops planted on the various fields provided a continuity of em-ployment for both the labor force and the work stock and thereby avoided excessive peak demands. |