Show CI youth gives germans novel in farming ming lesson deep la in the heart ol of occupied germany a thriving sample of indiana agriculture provides a novel lesson in american farming methods tor for people of the war ravaged country A midwest home demonstration agent and a GI youth on occupation duty pooled their efforts and ideas to show nearly german youths how to be good farmers while augmenting their meager diet by using vegetables grown by themselves pic 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 oid 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 grandfathers farm where he raised crops worth more than 1677 the crops were wera so good bayh sent a special batch to his father lt col birch bayh of the U S army then stationed in china in the national contest bayh efficient operation rated so high he won the midwest regional title and a scholarship from the in contest awards provided annually by A P food stores usino 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 occupation forces impressed by the soil near his station in that country and encouraged by seeds sent as a gift to him by miss home demonstration str atlon agent and advisor of his indiana club baab quickly recruited nearly youngsters in his area and started a garden project he divided his land into 45 individual plots with two children assigned 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 indicate that eat them with pleasure |