Show GI CI youth gives germans novel farming lesson deep in the heart of occupied germany a thriving sample of in diana agriculture provides a novel lesson in american farming meth tor for people of the war ravaged country A midwest home demon agent and a G I 1 youth on occupation duty pooled their efforts and ideas to show nearly ger man youths how to be good farmers while augmenting their meager diet by using vegetables grown by them selves pie birch bayh jr of vigo county indiana is the american soldier and miss mildred is the home demonstration agent who are responsible for the project bayh 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 ol 01 national junior vegetable growers association bayh was tilling a seven acre plot on his grandfather s farm where he raised crops worth more than 1677 1 the crops were so good bayh sent a special batch to his father lt col birch bayh ol 01 the U S army then stationed in china in the national contest bayh a efficient operation rated so high he won the midwest regional title and a scholarship from the 6 in contest awards 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 ger man occupation forces impressed by the soil near his station in that country and enczur aged by seeds sent ad as a gift to him by miss home demon agent and advisor r of his indiana clu club b bayh quickly recruited nearly youngsters in his area and started a garden pro act he divided his land into 45 in plots with two children as signed to each the young growers were given a series of lessons in american methods tilling planting and weeding the results of their efforts are already evident with a bumper crop of tomatoes and corn well on its way to maturity most of these products are new to the youths but they ind cate that they 11 eat them with pleasure |