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Show C.I. Youth Gives Germans Novel Farming Lesson Deep in the heart of occupied Germany a thriving sample of Indiana In-diana agriculture provides a novel lesson in American farming methods meth-ods for people of the war-ravaged country. A Midwest home demonstration demon-stration agent and a G.I. youth on occupation duty pooled their efforts and ideas to show nearly 100 German Ger-man youths how to be good farmers while augmenting their meager diet by using vegetables grown by themselves. them-selves. Pfc. Birch Bayh Jr. of Vigc county, Indiana, is the American soldier and Miss Mildred Schlosser is the home demonstration agent who are responsible for the project. Bavh. 19-year-old Hoosier farmer, qualifies as an able instructor by virtue of his past record. Two years ago, as a contestant in the annual production - marketing contest of National Junior Vegetable Growers association, Bayh was tilling a seven-acre plot on his grandfather's farm, where he raised crops worth j more than $1,677. The crops were so good, Bayh sent a special batch to his father, Lt. Col. Birch Bayh oi the U. S. army, then stationed in China. In the national contest, Bayh's efficient operation rated so high he won the Midwest regional NJVGA title and a $200 scholarship from the $6,000 in contest awards provided pro-vided annually by A & P food stores. Using this fund to augment his savings, Bayh entered Purdue university where his studies were interrupted by a call to army duty. Later he was assigned to the German Ger-man occupation forces. Impressed by the soil near his station in that country, and encouraged encour-aged by seeds sent as a gift to him by Miss Schlosser, home demonstration demon-stration agent and NJVGA advisor of his Indiana club, Bayh quickly recruited nearly 100 youngsters in his area and started a garden proj-j proj-j ect. He divided his land into 45 in- dividual plots with two children assigned as-signed to each. The young growers were given a series of lessons in j American methods, tilling, planting and weeding. The results of their j efforts are already evident, with a ' bumper crop of tomatoes and corn I well on its way to maturity. Most of these products are new to the I youths, but they indicate that they'll eat them with pleasure. |