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Show Thursday, November 20, 1947 THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPHI, UTAH IH A VOICE FROM THE COUNTRY n Hi r . (Editor's Note: rent problems by writers, Bromfield Pulitzer "Pleasant Valley" prize-winni- "Earl Autumn," ng "The and numerous other books.) By LOUIS BROMFIELD J Released by WNU Feature. of 1 & ni "'III ""I' - nr w "FT ll Ml vV Mil " V " 1Q WW ;J.i.i rmv. i , 1. west, we LAST year,asonfarouras way Chicaeo with I George Halas, owner of the 1 pio- - of The well painted barns and houses, the new automobiles, the landscaped grounds around the all farm house, the good fences of these one sees on dairy farms, fruit farms or. potato farms. The farms that appear to be falling apart are almost always practicing agriculture in the old pioneer pattern. A good many of them are closing down each year or shifting over to specialization in order to improve income and living standards or even to survive. It is all part of the vast agriculgrowing tural revolution now in progress and pattern out of , life upon it is the result of pressures from frontiers our isolated mechanized highly integrated, no fits and longer industrialized civilization. The farm coma into highly is no longer a frontier outpost in plex national econ- the defense against Indian attack omy. A few acres when it was necessary to produce of corn or oats or everything that was conwheat or hay can- nearly sumed. not support a corn In most productive areas of picker, a combine or a hay bailer. the U. S. today, a farmer is an Therefore the genintegral part of our social, meBromfield eral farmer is at chanical, economic structure once at a great disusing electricity, gasoline, maadvantage, in competing with the chinery, prepared feeds and corn farmer, the wheat farmer or other things which bind him into farmer or the the whole structure so that he the specialist grass ' must integrate himself and his iruit farmer, all of whom are dofarnv into the structure in order ing efficient jobs along specialist to survive. lines with the high degree of mechanization which any specialist enThe farmer of the future will not terprise can support. a but a be cannot Because the general farm a spea scientist and businessman, support a high degree of mechanicialist. All of us will benefit by the change in terms of prices lowered through efficiency, in terms of health and in terms of taxes which no longer will be needed to subsidize farms living by a pattern which has become obsolete and which, in the past, has cost us dearly in many ways. I o ill; The passing of the general farm does not mean the passing of the family-sizefarm. It is not a quesBecause the general farm cannot tion of the amount of land but of how it is used and what the farm the general farmer must work plan is. A specialized farm of 100 j fng hours, do things in an old-- acres operated under an efficient plan produces 5 to 10 times as much income with much less labor zation, the general farmer must work long hours, do things in an slow and inefficient way. His gross income is almost certain to be only a fraction of that of the specialist in dairying, .grass farming, corn and hogs, fruit, potatoes or any other undertaking ,4 where a man is doing one or two ft iSS, things efficiently and well, instead of 10 or 15 things inefficiently, slowly and painfully. I know of one specialist farm of 160 acres, raising apples, raspberries and hybrid seed corn which last year grossed $33,000. It is highly mechanized. Alfalfa is grown not to feed cattle but to mulch orchards and raspberries. The labor schedule is balanced the year round with no peaks and no slack periods. All attention is focused upon the "The farmer of the future will not three specialties and high producbut a busi-netion yields per acre rather than be a scientist and a specialist." a man, surto upon high prices gambling vive is the basis of all operations. than the same operated The income is high and the hours under the old acreage of "egg system is short because the farmer operat- money" for the wife. Sentimentaling efficiently. ly, the passing Is sad but I'm afraid .t is inevitable. The same acreage, operating as a general farm with a few chickens, a few cows, a few hogs, a few acres of wheat, corn or hay, could have ; oats, I produced a maximum gross inFORT LEWIS, WASH. Designee, come, even In these times of to keep army personnel "accident of only about prices, a new safety program ' high conscious," 16,000 or $7,000, with a net of has been launched by Fort Lewis not more than $3,000. officials. Separate unit headquarters are The farmer would be at the to be flown from issued white mercy of a custom bailer, corn the roofs of flags, headquarters buildings. or combine and haybailer, picker, would be forced to do things the In case of an accident resulting in hospitalization or death of unit perway and frehard, the white flag is taken down quently suffer losses because the sonnel, and replaced with black flag. machinery was not available when his crops were ready. Bad weather or sudden decline in prices can ruin him or reduce him to subsistence Never Too level. Tea can ALBANY, N. T. I suspect that in another generteach an old dog new tricks, insists State Sen. Thomas C. Desation the general farm will have become a curiosity mond, chairman of a legislative group Investigating problems of except in poor agricultural areas the aged. As proof, be offers Where a few farms cling to the old ways. Anyone with an observant evidence that one "over 65" listed himself as an eye driving through agricultural country can see for himself the "apprentice" on a questionnaire waning of the old pattern. self-suf- fi cient general farm is doomed. That our present compli- cated, complex economic civilization cannot afford countless small- enterprises save under very exceptional circumstances. Both doubts are certain to arouse protest and even abuse, but both deserve the consideration of every thoughtful ; citizen. The general farm, producing a little of everything, is an American 2 - r, BISHOP . . . Bishop Friedrich Otto Dibelius, ranking Frotestant minister of Berlin, paid a courtesy call on President Truman when he arrived in the U. S. to visit theological seminaries. GERMAN We Jt M'l It r A,, ! iirsnr filiTn iniif.i in sin.irmsin irtiiimtsriiM DESTRUCTIVE BALL GAME . . . The engineer at the controls or this giant crane has to keep his eye on the ball, literally. The pellet he is steel sphere suspended from a boom, is swinging, a two-to- n being used to demolish a building in the vicinity of New York's East river where a site is being cleared for construction of the United Nations world capital. 120-fo- ot and I don't like three you've thrown in Buffalo, Brooklyn and Baltimore. Football is different than baseball. Brooklyn always has been a great baseball town. Brooklyn's football team cost Dan Topping around $300,000 and its new owners more than $250,000." These figures are startling, one has to admit. Still Collins in Boston Is out more than $500,000 and Detroit is at least that much in the red. And these are two National league cities. There must be something wrong In the running and handling of pro football. Looking back 20 odd years, there have been more than 20 teams in the National league. Only four have ever made money. They are New York, Chicago, Washington and Green Bay. Philadelphia has been breaking even, and so has Pittsburgh. The rest have gone bankrupt or, like Detroit and Bos ton, are more than SPELUNKER . . . Mrs. Norma Lee Fisher, shown with con Freddy, 2, is Pittsburgh's only woman spclunker. A spelunker, by the way, is a member of the national speleological society, a group of cave hunters and explorers. '""'1 selling transportation manufacturing professions and "glamour trades." Send 25 cents In coin for "Guide to Jobs: How and Where to Get Them" to Weekly Newspaper Service, 843 West nth Street, New Vork 11, N. Y. Print name, address with zone, booklet title and No. 201. Christmas ... FOOD CRISIS WILL LAST THROUGH 1949 Sir John Boyd Orr, director general of the U. N. food and agriculture organization, warned that the world food crisis will last through 1949, and that "long continued hunger in wide areas will result in increasing social and political unrest." With him in the photo are Lord Bruce of Australia (center) , chairman of the U. N. food council, and U. S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Norris E. Dodd. ANOTHER DECORATION . rich-tastin- pipe-smok- tinning m 'j iujbdwjhiwjji -- a1' " tj, ' ' ' st Black Flags Spur Army Safety Plan BIT OF OLD CniNA ... Authen- tic wedding dress, with an original headdress from Peking embroidered with seed pearls, makes Virginia Lee look like an emperor's bride. jinn ttfni ntTii,iirtiim fi rtifMt'nt'frJtliM-ifiWfftH1-- ' . ' r . ' TURFDOM'8 TOM THUMB . . . Meet Jimmy Lane, the tiniest horseman in the world. Jimmy, a native of Newmarket, England, weighs only 49 pounds and is so short that he has to be lifted on a mount when he works one out, as be often does. - Old J.J v5 Feiv Opportunities '1 'V; ;h';'A,V'': tf- - .v. ' Lord's Aero Nets $30,000 for Needy T7 - y. ' n ' 1 K jjbieaWjlitisfiMHriUH - - ... FAR FROM TTIE In the CROWD M ... fvslde. Ten., MADDING of hark yard home, John Nance Garner, former vice president of the V. 8., now sits placidly In the sun and shacks pteans. As the death toll In Egypt GREECE ARMS AGAINST CHOLERA mounts into the thousands as a result of the cholera epidemic sweeping that Middle East nation, Greece, fearful that the disease may spread to the north, is taking precautionary methods. The government. In coInoculaoperation with the Greek Red Cross, Is providing tions free to the people In specially Improvised centers. Shown here are some Athenians, eager to Immunise themselves against the disease. anti-chole- ra pipe largest-sellin- g tobacco, Prince Albert. Both Camels and Prince Albert come in gay gift packages. No other gift necessary. Camels wrapping and Prince Albert are "ready to give." At your dealer's now! Adv. Many of them have been paying football players two and three times what they were worth. Players more than 28 years of age have been puffing around. Others have reported 20 to 40 pounds overweight. We agree with Red Blaik when you've passed 28, go out and get another job. We'll also add when you weigh more than 230 pounds take up some fat man's game. At least 40 per cent of the pro football players today are in no physical condition to play out a game that demands so much on the physical side. Just what will happen later is a guess beyond our reach. Pro football, so far, has cost various promoters close to 10 million dollars. A few have made money, but nothing like this amount. I don't believe the losing promoters will take this beating much longer. And this Includes both leagues. As far as I can dig up the figures, pro football, as great a game as it is, is still deep In the red. Los Angeles has proved to be the best town for pro football, with Cleveland in second place. The N. Y. Giants, through the fine football that the Mara brothers and Steve Owen have provided for so many years. are well on the safe side. Washington has been a sellout on a 34.000 basis, due to Sammy Baugh. When Baugh leaves, George Marshall will have more headaches than a ton of aspirin can cure. The sound spots in pro football today are Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, part of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Chicago can't possibly take care of three teams. The Rockets already have discovered this sad news. Brooklyn, a fine baseball city, possibly the best, has known only third and fourth rate football teams for years. Brooklyn never has had a chance. (Best ISnGwn m o it HOME REMEDY TO RELIEVE -- CGUGKSNG DISTRESS Only Vlcks VapoRub gives you this Penetrating-Stimulatin- g special action when you rub It on throat, chest and back at bedtime: to upper bronchial It penetrates tubes with special medicinal vapors. stimulates chest and back surfaces It like a warming poultice. And It Keeps worcing I or hours-ev- en w wxuie yuu bieepi JCIX5 vaporui flfflS iji , 0 i jfr AC Quality" Oil Filter Elements have an exclusive safeguard in the Collector Tube Trap. It's made of acid proof glass cloth, which can't rot and thus allow pollution of the engine oiL "5-St- ar Don't take a chance on dirty oil. Boy AC and be sure. i l still believe Buffalo and Baltimore can be ttrong centers, given' teams. Neither will sup-- j port a loser, long. There has been talk of Atlanta, Dallas, Akron and few other cities, including New Or leans, that might work out. They might if you care to gamble with a $300,000 loss. Most of these are strictly college towns. j There was, some years ago, a gen- eral belief that pro football would wreck college football. Just as proi baseball smothered college baseball. I never believed this would happen. The college game if stronger today than It ever has bees before. Pro football isn't. Look ovel college attendance figures 86,000 al Michigan around 80,000 In the California, Pennsylvania and Ohio Stat stands 60,000 In Los Angeles from 40,000 to 60.000 all ever the college map. College football la still out drawing pre football, game tat game, by at least two te ene. high-grad- i wisely choose a er, pound tin of the Overpaid Players . . Gen. "Hap" Arnold, retired chief of army air forces, received a new decoration, this one from the Chinese government for achievement in military aviation. needn't be a suggestion. For friends who enjoy the pleasure of cigarette or pipe smoking here are two great gift items that are sure to please. For the man or woman who prefers g cigamild, mellow, rettes, select a carton of Camels, a national favorite. And for the Boston and Detroit have been the major dabblers in red well more than a million and a half. Miami blew up with a $300,000 detonation. Outside of a few teams, both leagues have suffered heavily on the financial side. h its. The auction climaxed project commenced a year ago when residents of the village decided do something to relieve worldwide suffering and to promote human understanding. Three charitable institutions. Rational Catholic Welfare association, Protestant Restoration fund and United Jewish appeal, will share in the proceeds. Nine npedy families In foreign countries will be aided. Dozens of fields are for you in our Reader Service analyzed booklet No. 201 where the jobi are. how to get them n d Residents of BYRON, N. Y. this farming community harvested a $30,000 crop on Lord's Acre, with all proceeds destined to go for, domestic and foreign relief. An auction sale, offering merchandise collected through community effort as well as the output from fields in the adjacent territory, attracted 7.000 buyers to Lord's Acre, pleaant plot of land Just inside the village lim- - what you're looking for. want security and will you be content with a smaller salary to have that assurance T Then Civil Service is a good bet for you with its pension benefits. Do you out. So far, Brooklyn, o.'w old-tim- in a job? It depends VyHAT'S on shopping suggested tiring experience if you follow this New these spots York, two clubs; Chicago, two clubs, and one each for Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Washington, Cleveland, Boston, Buffalo and Baltimore. "That only adds up to 14 clubs," Halas said. "We still need two more, gat r G.Hala. Ask These Questions When Choosing A Job Chicago Bears. The discussion came up as to whether or not there were spots enough for two football leagues, with eight teams in each circuit. Just as baseball has today. Halas didn't think so. "We have the only league," he .said, "with New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles. These are the proven There is places. room enough for two big leagues in Halas baseball," continued, "but not football." ox Lately there has arisen in the mind of the writer doubts concerning two patterns of American life in which all of us have taken great pride in the past. These are unwelcome doubts but observation and study of the patterns in relation to the highly integrated industrialized world in which we live make them unavoidable. They are: the 1. That neer pattern Guide to Jobs: How, Where to Get Them i - - f l "' 1 ' ; -a '.".TrTT".r" Tf :,i . ' " Bains Came," , '' v ss. This is the first in a series of articles on curLouis Bromfield. One of America's leading is author of "The Green Bay Tree," the J" " ; ''"' " General Farm Old-Fashion- ed J'WWL'WWW1 PAGE THREE w7fh Swedish Sfee Blades Ideal (or Home and Firm! The purpose saw lot fare wood ! Cutting, tree rrimrrumj, and rough work. High Speed and Smooth Cutting. Stays sharp longer. Available la 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 inch longth frames and replaceable Swedish blades. 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