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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH ' British Laborites Propose Drastic Farm Regulation By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator ' Eye Street, N. W., opportunity to state his case. If the offender is a landowner and the Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. One by one Brit- expense of carrying out the orders ain is nationalizing her basic indus- exceeds the annual rent of the land, he can appeal to the agricultural tries. land tribunal. What about farming? The third step would be disposwas Britains largest Agriculture Industry right up to 1939 but before session in 12 months or sooner. the war Britain A landowner would have to submit a forced sale; a landowner-occupie- r produced than a third of might be forced to rent to an apthe food and feed proved tenant; a tenants tenancy the islands con- would be terminated. sumed. By 1943 The law doesnt end there. It they were pro- deals with the past and the future ducing 70 per as well as the present. Experiments cent of the war- will be made to adjust farm boundtime rations for aries made many hundreds of years their own people, ago and the intent is to prevent the plus the Allied splitting up of farms into uneconomarmies and refu- ic divisions. gees; within their Stability, efficiency. Liberty? borders. WNU Service, 1616 less Government LEARNING TO LIVE Club Week Will Emphasize Role Affairs in World Youths ' 4-- H As a whooping crane detective I am not worth a whoop. This perhaps is natural since I have no credentials as a naturalist. But in the course of leading the Fish and Wild Life service on a wild crane chase I encountered some interesting facts. This is the story: While I was in Florida I heard some convincing descriptions of whooping cranes, said to be found on a nearby plantation. I knew the whooping crane rapidly was becoming extinct and I had never heard of any of them having been seen in Florida so, when I returned to Washington, I immediately communicated my discovery to Mr. Lincoln, ornithologist of the Fish and Wild Life service of the department of the interior. He was very polite and patient and even agreed to ask Mr. Kelsey, one of the departments representatives, to interview my wife, who was still in Florida, as to the reports which she had It wasnt long before I heard from my wife that as a result of further consultation with the Audubon Bird Book and a very short conversation with Kelsey, there was unanimous agreement that the cranes were not whoopers but must be sandhills. Its an old story to the service but they take no chances and run down all clues. Even if the only proof the discoverer has is the earnest insistence that: I know it was a whoopin crane because I heard him first-han- WNU features. f Working together for a better home and world community ,is the theme around which 1,700,000 rural boys and girls are makA part Club Week, March National ing programs for their of the cooperative ' extension work of state agricultural colleges, national department of agriculture and local counties, the club members have earned a reputation for learning by doing, in practically every county in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. 4-- H 1-- 9. 4-- H Boy and girl experts in corn growing and tomato canning were heralded in many states even before the cooperative extension workjwas put on a nationwide basis with pasact in 1914. sage of the Smith-LevMore than 11 million young people have been members since that time, methods demonstrating in practically every phase of farming and homemaking as their program was broadened and more leaders became available. Promote Democracy. Each club selects officers from its own members, the young people making their own programs and carrying them out. Such practice in democratic procedures has provided young community leaders and deepened the interest of all former members in the educational, health and social facilities available to them and their neighbors. During the two world wars, club members rolled up impressive records of production in food and feed crops, in con- -' servation, in farm labor and in contributions of supplies and money for wartime causes. memIt is estimated that bers, during the recent war, produced 1,000,000 dcres of home gardens, 43,000,000 head of poultry, head of livestock and 1,300,-00- 0 acres of food crops. They also conserved 74,000,000 quarts of food, collected more than 400,000,000 pounds of scrap, and sold or bought more than $200,000,000 in war bonds. clubs already are well Many started on the programs to help their communities. Activities that reach beyond into the world community are not uncommon, so this years theme is based on actualities. Here are some examples. In Boone county, W. Va., each of the 34 clubs finished a project aimed at community betterment. Among these were sponsorship of a hot lunch at school, upkeep of the church and grounds, tree planting, a salvage program and planned recreation. One club operated a book exchange Another had in the community. members teeth checked and repaired, while another provided for the distribution of milk at school. .There are 802 members of the clubs in the county, which holds the enviable record for two years in succession of having every mem er te , . 4--H 4-- H 4-- Mystery of the Whooping Crane control was strict but it worked. And the British with their socialist government do not intend to let it slip back if regulation can stop it. To that end a bill is now before parliament which would bring the American farmer down to Washington with a pitchfork in each hand. The two pillars of the new government policy are stability and efficiency. The agriculture bill would create stability by guaranteeing prices. It provides: (1) That the prices and other market factors of wheat, barley, oats, rye, potatoes and sugar beets be fixed in the year before these crops are to be harvested. (2) Prices and other factors affecting fat stock, milk and eggs, to be announced for a period of one year and also minimum prices and other conditions, including quantities, for a further period of two years. Consequently the producer H 4-- H ber complete work. his or her years Improve Community. mechanJohnson, Neb., has a ics club pledged to improvement of the home community. The clubs biggest project has been the damming of a stream to create a community fishpond and recreation The recreation grounds grounds. were opened last summer with a big fishing contest. The mechanics also assumed responsibility for helping reduce fires. The village fire chief says there have been but two chimney fires in the past five years and those in homes not inspected hy members of the club or the fire chief. The members inspected and helped refill the fire extinguishers of the business places of Johnson. 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H farmstead improvement project is starting in Dauphin county, club. Pa., under auspices of the Repairs Of fences, buildings and driveways were undertaken first. The clubs three-yea- r program includes ornamental plantings, painting and some new construction. The 21 members have the staunch support of their parents. Raise Guide Dogs. California club members how are raising 60 per cent of the guide dogs from the kennels of Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., a charitable organization supplying dogs free for A 4-- H 4-- H blind people. club health camp held in the Kansas in August,' 1946, at the new club camp grounds. Each state county sent a boy and girl chosen on the basis of physical examinations and background of club work plus interest in health and health leadership. A concentrated three-da- y training school gave, this picked group of young leaders in the health field many ideas for making health activities more effective in their own communities. Typical community activity is that of members in Rusk county, the Tex., where a club committee is energetically carrying on a campaign to get everyone in the county to test the supply of drinking water. Foster Recreation. Importance of wholesome social occasions and organized recreation for rural communities and counties is recognized by programs. The club in NichoRamsey Workers las county, W. Va., sponsors a recreation night each month. The whole neighborhood comes out to play games, sing and square dance. Willingness to study and understand people and conditions beyond the home community has led to many activities that make a good beginning for carrying on the theme: Working together for a better home and world community. More than 300 Massachusetts girls of high school age, representing every county in the state, came to Boston last spring to study their state capital and to get acquainted with each other. Twenty-fou- r Texas members and their state leader in 1945 made tour of Mexico, aca companied by Mexican youth and their leaders. In 1946, Mexico youth spent 12 days with a group of Texas boys in a tour of agricultural areas in Texas. v 4-- 4-- H Sumner county, Kas., farm ganization financed construction of a portable g vat and the chemicals for the dip. Members of clubs contacted the sheep growers of the county, prepared a schedule for use of the vat and took charge of arrangements. A charge of 10 cents per head was made to cover services and cost of the dip. As one of the four Hs in the clubs insignia stands for health, this naturally has been an important club interest. Recently this interest has broadened to include not only individual health activities but community as well. For the past two years a committee of state club leaders has been at work formulating a broader national health program. A new venture in this field was or- sheep-dippin- 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H awhoopin. Part of the reason for these meticulous inquiries is that the service is 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- good-neighb- 4-- A H H or H Boost Good Citizenship. club members were inEight cluded in the 140 young people from 4-- H states attending the Encampment held in New York City July 1 to August 10. The national club camp held in Washington, D. C., last June, and Club Congress in the National Chicago last December featured discussions of the responsbilities of citizenship, problems and opportunities of youth, and other features relating to the task of Learning to live in a changing world. Four-members are making every effort to acquaint boys and girls in their communities with the program of the club and extending to them an invitation to join in Working together for a better home and world community. 30 of Citizenship 4-- H 4-- H H non-memb- er d. George Casely is one of the farm- ers who has increased his production on 50 acres in Devon, England. With daughter, Sylvia, he is pitching hay. fat stock, milk and eggs will know actual prices and other conditions of sale a year in advance, and minimum prices and conditions (which include any quantitative limitations) for two years ahead. There is planning and regulation of for you! Stability', however, says Brit- ains minister of agriculture, is not And then he goes after enough. efficiency with foot, horse and guns. Two requisites for efficiency are promotion of research into farming problems and an organization which will provide the individual farmer with technical advice. Very good. The United States government does a pretty good job on that score. The point is : What does the British government ask in return for what it intends to offer? Both the farmer and the have parts to play, it says and points out that the rules of good husbandry require the farmer to maintain his holding at a reasonable standard of' efficient production, bearing in mind cleanliness of the land, maintenance of fertility and freedom from disease and pests. The rules of good estate management require the landowner to maintain his estate with adequate buildings, drainage, ditches and hedges, so that the occupier can be an efficient producer. And that is not merely suggested in the bill, it is required. The farmer or the landowner will live up to these conditions or he will lose his land. The first step against an offender is to place them under forafter they have mal supervision had a chance to state their case. The next step will be to issue specific instructions as to what is to be done again giving the offender the land-own- er at present conducting a survey in hope of locating the nesting place of the whooping cranes. This spot never has been found, but it almost certainly is somewhere in Canada. Lincoln doubts that there are more than 50 of these birds alive today although there are records showing that the skies over the western plains once were darkened by the flights of hundreds, even thousands, them. like the passenger disappear entirely, North America will have lost its tallest as well as one of its most beautiful birds. The whooping crane stands over four feet tall, has a wingspread of seven feet and flies with neck and It has white legs out- - straight. plumage except for black tips on the wings ; has black legs and yellow bill and a bare red crown. A little less than two years ago National Audubon society approached the government and offered to furnish funds for the working out of a joint, survey, the purpose of which was to locate the breeding grounds and other points where the cranes gathered in order to arrange for their further protection. The one place in the United States where cranes are known to pass their summers is the national wild life refuge near Corpus Christi, of pigeon, If, they Tex. No nest of a whooping crane is known to have been seen within 20 years or perhaps longer. The birds have been observed passing over the Dakotas, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and it is taken for granted that somewhere north of these points the nesting grounds are located. None has been discovered although one government plane and a plane belonging to a collaborator (a collaborator is a person paid by some private institution but who is permitted to use department of the interior facilities) have flown over many thousands of square miles in this area.) Every possible effort has been made to locate the nest for it is here that protection is most |