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Farm And Home Week Special

IF YOU WANT

FALL O

eee here are some worth talking about

People often ask if conservation farming pays and, if so, how much?

You can answer an emphatic ‘‘yes’’ to the first part of that question.
As to the second part, there’s plenty of “chow much” evidence.* Take
this sample:

In Illinois they’ve studied the subject for years. All the farms
studied showed a better net income after a good conservation
program had been put into effect. Among a group of central
Illinois farms, those where the best conservation practices were
followed returned, as a 5-year average, $6.65 an acre more than
similar farms where good soil management was not applied. On
a 160-acre farm this extra net income would total mare than
$1,000 a year. Farms in other parts of the state showed similar
gains from soil conservation practices.

Or take another example—on land that only a few years ago was
eroded and worn down, but now has been built up through pasture
improvement:

A good grass-legume mixture produced 435 pounds of meat an
acre. With beef or lamb at $28 per hundredweight, that’s a
gross income of $122 an acre.

A farmer can make money on production iike that, and our American
farms are full of similar stories—stories worth retelling and worth re-
peating right out on the land.

*All figures from published records.
Reprints of this message available on request.

“MOLINE re ILLINOIS

ROUND-UP CLUB PRESENTS
39th Annual Fitting and Showmanship Contest

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1953
9:30 A. M.—6:00 P. M.

Judging Pavilion

Classes for Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Sheep,
Beef Cattle, Light Horses

Prizes

John Wysong Superintendent
Robert Reid Ass’t. Superintendent

EXTRA EXTRA - EXTRA

ROUND-UP CLUB CAFETERIA

FIRST FLOOR OF WING HALL

Home Style Meals Served Daily
During Farm and Home Week
11:00 A. M. — 2:00 P. M.

Glenn MacMillen Cafeteria Manager

Marcu, 1953

Here's why
They call i
Miknaker”

G.L.F. 16% MILK MAKER is a dairy feed that
produces a lot of milk—economically. That’s what
thousands of dairymen have found this winter while
feeding it. And now that home-grown grains are run-
ning out, many more farmers are switching to Milk
Maker—to keep production up and feed costs down.

As long as good quality roughage is fed along with
it, 16% Milk Maker will keep cows at top production
and help maintain their body weight. It has more feed-
ing value (T.D.N.) than many higher protein feeds;
but yet, it often costs a few dollars a ton less. That’s
one way to bring a little more margin between the

milk checks and feed costs.

Just as one cow doesn’t make a dairy, neither does
one feed make a complete feed service. Therefore,
G.L.F. also provides its Mill-Mixed Formula Feeds in
18, 20, and 24% protein levels. Because of this wide
variety, G.L.F. has a feed to meet the needs of every
dairy. That is why more cows in G.L.F. territory are

fed G.L.F. Mill-Mixed Formula Feeds than any other.

Cooperative G.L.F. Exchange, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y.
G.L.F. MILL-MIXED FORMULA FEEDS

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2 SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE COUNTRYMAN

THE CorNELL CouNTRYMAN

Marcu, 1953

Sensible Tools For Practical Conservation

It’s one thing to build good soil-conserving struc-
tures, and to initiate sound conservation practices.
It’s another thing to maintain them on a practical
basis...to keep them working properly.

We’ve all seen terraces, grassed waterways, and other
structures carefully designed to save soil, doing more
harm than good because they were allowed to break
down at vital points during critical seasons. The lack
of sensible tools to maintain such soil and water-

Dirt Bucket (above) and Dozer Blade (below). Two of
the quickly interchangeable attachments for the New
Idea-Horn hydraulic loader.

holding structures is often the Achilles heel of con-
servation practices.

The New Ipea-Horn Hydraulic Loader and Dozer,
with easy-on-and-off working attachments, is the type
of big capacity, versatile tool that makes it possible
for the farmer easily to do a good job of conservation
within the framework of his regular farming routine.
Design and quality of this tool is outstanding . . .
which is expected of any piece of farm equipment
bearing the name “New Ipea.”

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management, or by the use of Beacon C-C Pellets (made under U. S.
Patent) or Beacon S-Q Control Mash or by other means.

With Nitrosal—For growers of broilers and other meat birds who desire
maximum feed efficiency, pigmentation, feathering, growth stimulation
and considerable protection against coccidiosis. (The feed carries 0.009%
of the arsonic compound 3-nitro-4-hydroxpheny]l arsonic acid and 0.03%
of a sulfanilamide.)

With Nitrophenide (Megasul )—For growers of pullets and other replace-
ment stock, who desire particularly effective protection against coc?
cidiosis without the arsonic growth stimulant. (The feed carries 0.025%
Nitrophenide (Megasul ).)

With Nitrophenide and the Arsonic Growth Stimulant—For growers of broil-
ers and other meat birds who desire particularly good protection against
coccidiosis, along with the improvement in feed efficiency, pigmentation,
feathering and growth secured with an arsonic growth compound. (The
feed carries 0.025% Nitrophenide and 0.0094% arsanilic acid.)

Beacon Broiler Feeds are made in similar combinations, Beacon
Grower All-Mash in unmedicated and with Nitrophenide only.
Beacon “18” Growing Mash (or pellets) is not medicated since
it is fed with (unmedicated) grain in varying proportions and
drug levels in the ration could not be satisfactorily controlled.

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FARM AND HOME WEEK BARN DANCE THe CorNELL COUNTRYMAN

BABCOCK’S

HEALTHY CHICK NEWS

March 1952

How To Select
The Best Brooder Stove

1. Less than 100 chicks. If you are planning
to raise just a few chicks, | would suggest
a small electric brooder Don't put it in an
unheated building in winter weather. You
can use it in the basement or the spare
bedroom and when the chicks are 2 weeks
old and start to make a lot of dust and
odor, move it to an unheated building
and the chicks should do okay.

2. 1,500 to 2,000 chicks: You have four pos-
sibilities with this size flock.

(a) Coal stoves: One good coal stove
such as made by Buckeye Incubator Com-
pany will take care of 200 to 300 chicks
nicely. Coal stoves are easy to operate.
They are safe if you use a draft adjuster
in the stove pipe and put bricks under
the base of the stove so it won't burn a
hole in the floor if it gets too hot.

(b) Electric brooders: A real good electric
brooder can be used in an unheated
house if you put a temporary talse floor
above the regular floor and cover it with
a lot of good litter. Place the thermome-
ter on top of the litter and if the brooder
will heat the floor to 95° on a cold day,
the chicks will do okay.

Be sure you use adequate size electric
wire and fuse each brooder separately so
that a short in one brooder won't turn
them all off.

(c) Oil brooders: Oil brooders raise beau-
tiful chicks. Since they are usually con-
sidered more dangerous from the stand-
point of fire, never use one in a big build-
ing or barn, but use them in small colony
houses some distance from other buildings.
A person who is not mechanically inclined
should never attempt to run an oil
brooder.

(d) Gas brooders: Good gas brooders
that are efficient on gas consumption also
brood beautiful chicks. 200 chicks under
a gas brooder is plenty and will do okay.

3. Over 2,000 chicks: If you brood over
2,000 chicks at a time, you may wish to
put in a permanent brooder system that
will save labor.

(a) Hot water pipes: Long continuous hot
water pipes in a series of a number of
pipes side-by-side one foot or so off the
floor look like the best bet to me. The
chicks can get warm in a certain part of
the pen and go to a cooler part of the
pen to exercise and eat. Thermostatically-

controlled water circulators control the
heat and a boiler heats the water.

(b) Other types of heat: If you want to
use radiant heat, heat bulbs, space heat-
ers, hot air heat, it is up to you. Perhaps
you know more about it than | do. | am
not suggesting these systems.

One caution on permanent brooder
houses: If you build a permanent brooder
house, locate it a long ways from adult
birds or put it on another farm where
there are no other older chickens. You
will raise much better pullets with cleaner
“guts” and they will pay for the brooder
house as compared to placing it near old
hens or placing it in the same building
with older birds.

Build your concrete floor well above the
grade level of ground outside and put in
a moisture seal to give you a dry floor.
1 think you will raise better pullets.

WMonnroe C. Sabcock

Facts About Babcock’s
Healthy Leghorns

We have over 23,000 layers here at
Babcock Poultry Farm. We mate up
another 60,000 White Leghorn breeders,
all of which are our own strain and are
all selected and blood-tested by us. All
birds are 100% clean of pullorum dis-
ease. They are well managed and prop-
erly fed to produce good hatches and
healthy, strong chicks. We think we
have one of the best and most practical
breeding farms in the U. S.

Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively:
I am writing this ad just ahead of the
election, but I feel whoever is elected
we are going to continue to have high
grain prices. Therefore I feel that White
Leghorns are the most practical produc-
ers of market eggs. Therefore from now
on we plan to hatch only White Leg-

horns. We think we can do a better
breeding job on just one breed and we
find that our customers like White Leg-
horns better than the heavy breeds.

1952 Contest Results: I don’t think we did
a particularly good job of raising our
pullets in 1951 and we did not look for
much in the way of good records. How-
ever, we won the Hunterdon, N. J., Egg
Laying Test and I believe that it was
partly because of the extremely hot
weather this summer that our birds
were able to go ahead and stay ahead.
They are evidently good hot-weather
layers. We also won the Old Hen Test
held at Vineland, N. J., and these were
just flock-sample birds. Our old hens
won this test by a wide margin. They
laid 12 months through the pullet year
and 12 months through the hen year
and never took a moult, and therefore
they laid 24 months without stopping.

High at Georgia Random Sample Test: We
were fortunate to win the Georgia Ran-
dom Sample Test by an eyelash. It was
very, very close. We did just fair at the
Central New York and California Ran-
dom Sample Tests. Our current pen at
the Central New York Random Sample
Test jumped seven or eight places be-
tween September 15th and October 15th
and I think that they are going to be
pretty close to the top of the test at the
end of the year next August.

Interesting Free Catalog: If you will send
for our free catalog, it tells you all
about our birds, the world record that
we made back in 1945 in the egg laying
tests, winning the Poultry Tribune
trophy with the highest average egg
production ever recorded in 1949, and a
complete story of how we breed our
White Leghorns. I believe you will
enjoy it.

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HE cry “Time for Farm and Home

Week” has set off a chain reaction
again. The results of months of prep-
aration are climaxed as the staffs of the
State Colleges and the School of Nutri-
tion welcome thousands of visitors of
all ages to the Cornell campus.

This year’s program is expected to
be no exception to “bigger and better

STUDENT LIVESTOCK SHOW

than ever.” It lists about 600 events:
more demonstrations and exhibits than
ever before and the first campus appear-
ances of George E. Sokolsky, noted col-
umnist and the new president of the
State University of New York, William
S. Carlson. Also for the first time visi-
tors register at the new Albert R. Mann
Library.

THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
at Cornell University

THe CorneLt CountTRYMAN

Editorial Staff

Editor
PHIL FOSTER

March Managing Editor
DANA DALRYMPLE

Associate Editors
ARTHUR DOMMEN
DOROTHY KLIMAJESKI

Hlome Ec. Editor
BARBARA CHAMBERLAIN

Asst. Home Ec. Editor
ESTHER CHURCH

Secretary
STEPHEN SANDLER

Editorial Board

. Barnard R. Manchester
. Beebe M. Mang

. Burg J. Metzger

. Crane D. Nielsen

5. Finn V. Paquette

.. Kendrick W. Wilkens

. Krause S. Wiltse

Art and Photography Editor
RICHARD FERRARI

Art and Photography Board

R. Carnon
R. Falion
C. Gabel
M. Gilman
H. Pringle

Business Staff

Business Manager
ROBERT SNYDER

Advertising Manager
GLENN MacMILLEN

Advertising Copy Manager
DAVID BANDLER

Campus Circulation Manager
KENNETH BELL

Mail Circulation Manager
CAROLYN WILKLOW

Business Board

M. L. Holmes
J. Johnson
N. Knickerbocker
K. Norton
* B. Reed

Board of Directors

PROFESSOR A. W. GIBSON
PROFESSOR G. E. PEABODY
MR. W. D. McMILLAN
MRS. MARION STOCKER

Marcu, 1953

The Cornell
Countryman

CONTENTS

WR I AG asc iccescsiecccnenssssirsesiesnesiieneisatpaapa Q.
Deane W. Malott

GS SER a ee aE RT CE 10
by Conrad Oliven ’53

DaIRYING IN 1960
by Dot Nielsen ’55

‘TEACHING VOCATIONAL AG
by Sue Finn ’53

THE APPLE, MODERN PRIMA DONNA crccccccccsxccsscocccccccoecesssesscesersssecresserseesseessesssseeceses 14
by Dana Dalrymple ’54

FarM MANAGEMENT AND STANLEY WARREN
by Phil Foster ’53

THe “GALLopING GAME”
by Nona Sutton ’53

‘THe CHANGING CHAIR
by Dot Klimajeski °53

How To StretcH Your Meat DoLiar
by Joan Beebe ’54

THe Nursery Scuoot
by Kathy Kendrick ’53

DisTINCTION For Your WARDROBE
by Barbara Chamberlain ’53

Campus CLEARINGHOUSE

INTRODUCING YOUR FRIENDS ceccsssssso---

Dot Dean Jean Lovejoy
Wolcott Stewart Ken VanLiew

Wuat Do You THInk or FARM PRACTICE ?
by Daryl Griffin ’56

Cover

When we heard that “Country
Gentleman’s” staff photographer
Mr. Royle, had taken a picture of
four ag students in the Myron
Taylor archway we hustled a let-
ter to him. “Yes,” came back the
reply, “you can use our plates.
We'll have them to you in time for
your Farm and Home Week issue.”

Anne Wagman’53 and Dan Bas
sett °55 look out over the waters
of Cayuga. In the background are
Jean Lovejoy °53 and Glenn Mac
Millen ’54.

The Cornell Countryman is published monthly from October to May by
students in the New York State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics,
units of the State University of New York, at Cornell University. Entered as

second class matter at the Post Office, Ithaca, New York. Printing by Norton

Printing Co. Subscription rate is $1.25 a year or three years for $2.50; single
copies, 25 cents.

Vol. L No. 6

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

ANZE-ALL Tit WAT

nachamized...

PIPELINE MILKING

Just attach the teat cups of the De Laval Combine
Milker to the cow—the milker does the rest of the job
of carrying, pouring, straining and, if desired, weigh-
ing each cow's milk. When milking is finished, your
milk is already in the 40-qt. cans or farm tank.

Mochamized...

“IN-PLACE”’ CLEANING

When milking is finished you can stand in your milk
house and quickly and thoroughly wash and sterilize
the De Laval Combine “in-place,” for this job, too, is
now completely mechanized.

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De Laval Combine Milkers, installed either in the dairy can be individually weighed, if desired, for recording.

barn along the stanchions or in a separate milking room, After milking, the entire system can be quickly and
provide completely mechanized milking. They milk fast thoroughly washed and sterilized “in-place” from the milk-
and clean, offering all the advantages of De Laval’s famous ing room! No more time-consuming “wash-up,” thanks to

De Laval Magnetic “Better Milking.” The milk is con- De Laval engineering which has now completely mecha-
veyed by vacuum through sanitary glass or stainless steel nized this part of the job, too!

pipe directly to milk cans or refrigerated farm tank. On For pleasanter, more profitable one-man dairy opera-

the way, it is automatically filtered and each cow's milk tion, see your local De Laval Dealer or mail coupon today.

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RICE SPEAKING THe CorNELL COUNTRYMAN

—College of Agriculture

The President Speaks... .

Dear Farm and Home Week Visitors:

Farm and Home Week has much in common with the stockholders’
meetings of our great industrial and business enterprises. You, as citizens
of New York State, are stockholders in a sense in the great State-supported
Colleges of Agriculture, Home Economics and Veterinary Medicine at Cor-
nell. Farm and Home Week, then, is our opportunity to report to the
stockholders on the soundness of these colleges, their activities of the re-
cent months, their ambitions and their services for the future.

We hope you will find time during your visit to acquaint yourself
with our recent advances in research—in labor-simplication, the develop-
ment of improved varieties of crops, new discoveries for the control of ani-

mal disease.

We hope you will take occasion too to look into such new programs
of agricultural instruction as the five-year course in agricultural engineering,
offered in collaboration with the College of Engineering, to prepare students
for careers in this rapidly-developing field.

We hope you will also familiarize yourself with our plans for a new
Veterinary College and other prospective improvements, to assure our con-
tinued best efforts in your behalf.

Farm and Home Week is a happy occasion for members of the Cornell
community. We are glad to welcome you to the campus and to invite
you to return again and again.

Deane W. Malott
President, Cornell University

Marcu, 1953 MONDAY NIGHT, MARCH 23

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William |. Myers

Farmer, Dean, Statesman

Andrew D. White's Letter to an Elmira farm boy

“The undersigned presents his
best wishes to the Class of 1914,
now entering, and begs leave to
commend its attention to the fol-
lowing: ‘Konsider the postage
stamp, my son; its usefulness kon-
sists in its ability to stick to one
thing till it -gets there.’ ”

The “undersigned” was Presi-
dent A. D. White. The letter was
addressed to an eager 18-year-old
farm lad. In itself, the letter was
not extraordinary; each entering
student received a similar welcome.

And, like some other freshmen
matriculating in the College of Ag-
riculture, he had gotten his first
glimpse of Cornell the year before as
he rode up the Hill on the old trol-
ley. He was then on his way to at-
tend the second annual Farmers’
Week. He appeared inconspicuous
enough—just a freckle-faced high
school kid from the Elmira Free
Academy, curiously surveying the
100 feature events.

Top Economist

Last week the farm boy returned
to attend the 1953 version of
Farmers’ Week, but unlike thou-
sands of visitors to Farm and Home
Week, Bill Myers has just returned
home after a two-month study of
agricultural conditions in_ the
Philippines and Southeast Asia.

The accomplishments of the 61-
year-old Dean have stockpiled at
a dynamic pace. He’s been described
as “one of the foremost agricultural
economists in the country and is
also recognized as one of the ablest
administrators in the field of agri-
cultural education.” He has taken
on enough responsibilities to keep a
dozen men on the move, yet he is
always composed, equally at ease
among farmers, statesmen, students
and businessmen.

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proved a windfall for Cornell.

By Conrad Oliven ‘53°

Just a few days before leaving for
the Philippines in January, Dean
Myers presided at the first meeting
of the Interim Agricultural Advis-
ory Committee, whose members
were appointed by General Eisen-
hower to help Ezra T. Benson
shape national farm policy.

While the Dean was making
final preparations to leave for the
College of Agriculture at Los Banos,
reporters searched for a scoop on
the planned _ reorganization of
USDA. Patiently and politely the
Dean explained the Committee was
not set up to make decisions, and
to reveal their recommendations
would be in direct violation of Ben-
son’s trust.

This is one week of the year the
Dean is sure to be seen on campus.
Each year he renews acquaintances
with former students, whose prog-
ress he follows with avid interest.
Teaching the course in farm man-
agement, says Dr. Myers, “was one
of the most attractive jobs I ever

had.” ~

“The thing the Dean seems to
cherish most is his friends — he’s
got them all over the country,”
notes Prof. G. P. Scoville, who was
county agent in Chemung County
when Bill-Myers was an undergrad-
uate at Cornell.

Chemung Valley Native

William Irving Myers was born
in Lowman in the fertile Chemung
Valley. When he was two years old
his father died. While his mother
taught school, Bill grew up on
grandfather Lowman’s dairy and
tobacco farm.

Interested in farming, he en-
rolled at. Cornell with full inten-
tions of returning to the family

EASTMAN STAGE

farm. He majored in general agri-
culture, carrying between 20 and
25 hours of credit a term. Aside
from waiting on tables and grading
papers in his spare time, he was
active in Kappa Delta Rho frater-
nity, Helios (one of the forerunners
to Ho-Nun-De-Kah), Masque, the
College Glee Club, and Advanced
Choir.

He also sang with a quartette
during Farm and Home Week and
often visited the Ithaca Conserva-
tory of Music. There he met Mar-
guerite Troxell from Allentown, Pa.
They sang in the Presbyterian
choir together and a courtship en-
sued. They still enjoy good music
together, though the Dean insists
it’s not his.

Farm Management Instructor

Bill Myers embarked on his ca-
reer instructing in farm manage-
ment in 1914, after the late Dr.
George Warren influenced him to
continue his training in the newly
founded department. Riding around
the state on a motorcycle, all the
while gathering farm management
records, he became well acquainted
with New York’s agriculture. By
this time he was also interested in
theoretical economics, “more than
any of the other fellows,” recalls
classmate Dr. E. G. Misner. He
was the third grad student in agri-
cultural economics to be awarded a
Ph.D. in 1918. ;

He became an assistant professor
of farm management and within
two years he was professor of farm
finance.

In 1920 he moved his expanding
family to an 84-acre farm on the
east shore of Cayuga Lake. He
promptly ventured into the poultry
business as a sideline and hired Le-

THe CorneLt CounTRYMAN

land Bennett a year later to help
out with the expanding enterprise.
Today, managing the Dean’s 4,500
flock of Leghorn layers, Bennett
says, “You couldn’t ask for a nicer
man to work for—that’s why I’ve
been with him so long. He really
puts himself out for other people.”

Administration Head

While still a grad student, his
brothers at Kappa Delta Rho
hailed him “one of the most valu-
able members.” As treasurer of the
youthful fraternity he was intro-
duced to financial matters during
a trying period. He had his first ex-
perience with forestalling a mort-
gage. But by the time he was
called to Washington to head the
Farm Credit Administration, the
house was operating on a sound
financial basis.

Called on short notice to gather
all the separate agricultural credit
agencies into one organization to
aid debt-plagued farmers, he ar-
rived with his family in Washing-
ton at the low ebb of the depres-
sion. His task was to supervise 12
Federal Land Banks, 12 Federal
Intermediate Credit Banks, 500
Production Credit Associations, 13
Banks for Cooperatives, and nu-
merous emergency crop and feed
loan associations.

Saved Farmers From Sheriff

When President Roosevelt, in a
nation-wide broadcast, asked farm-
ers who were being foreclosed to
wire him, telegrams and _ letters
poured in at the rate of 300 a day.
Nearly half of all the federal land
bank loans were delinquent. Bank-
ers had not yet recognized the need
for a “special kind of credit” for
farmers. Nevertheless, each land
bank, located in a district from
which a telegram was received,
was urged to give each loan appli-
cation prompt attention. When he
resigned from the FCA the Country
Home Magazine credited Dean
Myers with having “saved 1,000,000
farmers from the sheriff.”

Dr. Myers returned to Ithaca in
1938 to become head of the depart-
ment of agricultural economics. But
administrative duties were not his
only task. Commenting on his ac-
tivities, one of his four daughters
maintains that basically, he’s a
teacher.

Marcu, 1953

Moreover, he was devoted to
“the promotion of agricultural bet-
terment and progress in New York
State.” Farmers around the state
came to know him as an extension
man who could talk their language.
His approach to economics, cen-
tered around bonds and efficiency,
was easy to understand and made
good sense. Even today his mes-
sages bear the same key words
when he urges farmers to build up
their financial reserves. In his Eco-
nomic Outlook address for 1953 he
warned, “This boom acts tired,”
and predicted a recession is possible
in the mid-fifties.

Taking time out to evaluate the
organization of the FCA after his

Myers as one of their directors. He
is also deputy chairman of the
Bank.

At present he is a board director
of five corporations and_ banks,
trustee of five companies and foun-
dations, and a member or advisor
on six state and national commis-
sions and research boards.

In the College of Agriculture, he
sup* vises policies and expenditures
amounting to over $5,500,000 an-
nually for resident instruction, ex-
tension and research.

Concerned with students’ opin-’
ions on courses and personal rela-
tionships, the Dean appointed a
faculty committee to study general
educational features of the College.
Viewing Cornell as a living and

College of Agriculture

Dean William I. Myers

administration, he emphatically
recommended a _ cooperative self-
supporting system of credit super-
vised by government but owned
and run by farmers, rather than
one owned and run by government.

Not granting himself any spare
time (he’s been wanting to write
texts on farm management and
finance), he accepted a host of re-
sponsibilities, even after being ap-
pointed Dean of the College in
1943. Looking for a man familiar
with the agricultural segment of
the economy, the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York agreed on Dean

THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 26

growing enterprise, he is eager for
their points of view. And students
have found him sympathetic to
their problems, as well as an active
promoter of student organizations.

Each year, welcoming new stu-
dents to the College, Dean Myers
challenges them to prepare not only
for a job, but also for life. At that
time he.is likely to think back to
the autumn day in 1910 when he
pondered President White’s advice:
“*Konsider the postage stamp, my
son; its usefulness konsists in its
ability to stick to one thing till it
gets there.’ ”

Forkless Future ?

All that is needed is a thunder-
storm in the middle of milking
to make us realize how far we’ve
“progressed” in the last few years
when it comes to dairying. As the
whole family congregates in the
barn with makeshift stools and pails
to try both their hand at milking
and the cow’s patience you can see
how we’ve come to depend on the
electrically powered milking ma-
chine.

The milking machine is only one
of the machine-age inventions which
has turned farming into a highly
commercialized operation. Since we
have leaped and bounded ahead so
rapidly in the last ten years, it
is interesting to speculate on what
the next ten hold in store for the
dairyman.

Cunningham Predicts

What is going to be new and
different in 1960? Professor Cun-
ningham of the ag ec department
has some prophecies to make on the
subject. There will be an even
greater increase in the size of the
dairy farm operation. Milking herds
ef from 30 to 50 cows are expected
to become common and a dim view
is held for the future of the small
herd of 15 or 20 cows. Research
shows that a milking herd of 50
cows can be operated with maxi-
mum efficiency. In herds larger than
this there is little change in the ef-
ficiency.

In addition to a rise in the num-
ber of cows per herd we can also
expect an increase in the milk pro-
duction per cow. It has been in-
creasing in New York State to the
tune of 40 pounds per cow per year
which in ten years would amount
to 400 pounds. This rate could

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Dairying in 1960

The cow and stanchion will stay but
time honored dairy jobs will be on their way out.

By Dot Nielsen ‘55

quite conceivably be accelerated as
a result of improved breeding pro-
grams. With the rise in milk pro-
duction a higher proportion of win-
ter milk should be provided, making
a more year-round milk production.

Less Physical Work

There will be less lifting and phy-
sical work in 1960. Woe to the
makers of those little pills for nag-
ging backaches. Today on a 25
cow farm a worker in the course
of a year lifts 30 tons of grain, 100
tons of silage, and 60 tons of hay;
he handles 25 tons of bedding,
picks up 100 tons of milk and
lifts 200 tons of manure. What

the farmer needs, is even more

mechanical equipment put to use.
Much of this will probably be along
the line of harvesting equipment.
Pick-up balers, field choppers, hay
crushers, blowers, bale elevators,
etc. are the types of machinery ex-
pected to become increasingly pop-
ular. In the stable, the mechanical
gutter cleaner is rapidly getting
the kinks ironed out of it and is
developing into a highly practical
piece of equipment which will elim-
inate one of the favorite jobs of
farm practice point seekers.

Fewer Milk Cans

There will be a change in the
bulk handling of milk within the
next decade. The new method of
handling involves the use of a
holding tank with appropriate pipes
and pump which takes the place of
milk cans and a lot of lifting.

Still another change predicted is
related to the handling of purchased
feed. Instead of conventional sacks
which require considerable lifting,
bulk feed trucks and bulk storage

RICE DEBATE

—Carlyle Studios

L. C. Cunningham, professor of farm
management, predicts the future of
dairying

bins on farms are being experiment-
ed with to determine what saving in
cost and labor they afford.

With the physical changes that
are expected to occur in the next
ten years are coupled some new
ideas about dairy farming itself.
Says Professor Cunningham, “In
years past dairy farming was con-
sidered almost as much a way of
life as it was a business. As educa-
tion and means of communication
have increased, this attitude has
changed. It will continue to change
toward regarding dairying as a com-
mercial farm business.”

Still Have To Milk

Of course there are many features
of our dairy farms which cannot
change to any extent. Dairy farms
will continue to operate as family
units with the farmer and his family
forming the nucleus of the labor
force. Large incorporated dairy
farms do not indicate the future
trend of ownership in spite of the
attention they may attract.

For those who hate to “have to
leave early to. go home and do
chores” there is little to look for-
ward to in 1960. The College of Ag-
riculture is just not expected to
come up with a cow that needs
milking only once a month which
means that the dairyman’s day can-"
not become appreciably shorter in
the future.

To keep up with competition the
dairy farm will have to continue to
raise a large part of its feed nutri-
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Lots of Practice

Teaching Vocational Ag

The prospective ag teacher finds his semester
of actual practice teaching far more challenging
than any final exam on campus.

One of the most important parts
of a college education is found in the
lab of everyday experience. Bill La
Croix learned that these words have
real meaning when he spent a se-
mester as an ag teacher-trainee at
the New Mexico Academy and Cen-
tral School near Lake Ontario, N. Y.

Applied Ag

Bill, now working on his Mas-
ter’s Degree in Agricultural Educa-
tion, majored in Vocational Agri-
cultural Education as an under-
graduate. Like all the men in this
four-year program, he planned his
background courses carefully so he
would be ready for his semester of
campus training last spring.

Under Cornell’s carefully ar-
ranged program, Bill and his class-
mates gradually took over the agri-
culture classes in a group of select-
ed schools throughout the state and
so had a chance to apply all they
learned in their class discussions and
textbooks.

Classes in New Mexico

Bill went to New Mexico, N. Y.
carly in September. He planned
to have several weeks to become
a regular member of the community
and to meet the key educational,
business and agricultural personnel
with whom he would work during
the term. The school’s full-time ag-
riculture teacher became Bill’s ad-
visor and was one of his greatest
helpers during the term. With his
advisor Bill made calls at the farms
of each of his pupils so he would
know their home situations before
he began planning the class work.

“Our purpose,” says Bill, “is to
train our boys to solve their own
problems by applying their initia-
tive based on their individual back-
ground as they will do when they
are actually managing their own
farms.”

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By Sue Finn ‘53

With his advisor Bill planned a
general outline of the semester’s
work, and by the end of September
he was ready to take over a class.
As his skill increased he taught more
classes, then assumed added res-
ponsibilities such as study halls,
and homerooms. By the end of the
term he was carrying the full load
of a high school ag teacher.

One of the most satisfying of his
experiences was the great enthusi-
asm of his boys. Agriculture is a
subject important to them all, be-
cause in most cases it already fills
a big part of their daily lives.

ery. Bill worked individually with
his students planning special diets
to fill nutritional deficiencies in
chicks, analyzing farm soils, and
using many other farming methods
which would improve general pro-
duction. Bill made it a point to visit
each pupil’s farm at least once a
month to get to know his family,
and to keep informed about his
boys’ problems.

The classroom interest of these
boys increased and carried over to
the chapter meetings of the Future
Farmers of America, also under
Bill’s supervision. The FFA had for-

—College of Agriculture

Fred Annis, an ag teacher trainee at Cazenovia, helps students solve their individual
farm problems.

The class took field trips to some
of the boys’ farms, so they could all
see demonstrations on such things
as how to plan building arrange-
ments in relation to the lay of the
land. They learned how to vaccin-
ate hogs, how to cull hens and ways
of operating and repairing machin-

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MARCH 25

mal meetings to plan radio broad-
casts, special trips, cattle judging
contests, and livestock-raising pro-
jects. A spirited father-son banquet
was the climax of a busy fall term,
and it was hard to tell who were
more proud—the boys or their dads!

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The Apple

ee
id a
—College of Agriculture

Modern Prima Danna

Farmers are succeeding in their efforts to provide

a red, worm-free fruit for the ever-demanding public.

By Dana Dalrymple ‘54

That old apple tree back on the
farm is fast becoming a piece of
nostalgia. The days when nearly
everyone lived on farms and when
every farm had a number of apple
trees are gone forever. The apple
has gone modern.

Neat and Nice

Whereas the housewives in grand-
ma’s time used to step into the
backyard to pick their apples, to-
day’s housewife wants to be able to
buy a neatly packaged product at
the local grocery that is available
throughout most of the year. In-
stead of taking poor quality apples
—as a lot of them were in grand-

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ma‘s era—the modern Mrs. wants
big, red apples that are free from
disease and insect injury. With
the concentration of fruit growing
into specialized areas and farms in
the past few years, there has come
a host of innovations to make a
bigger and better apple that would
astonish even Johnny Appleseed!

The science of producing an apple
that meets the housewive’s wants
is not an easy one. Take the matter
of red color in an apple, which is
one of the biggest factors in deter-
mining how many apples a house-
wife will buy. A red apple isn’t
necessarily any higher in quality
than a green one but the buyer in-

KERMIS PLAY

A large commercial orchard on the shore
of Lake Ontario. Most fruit farms are
now concentrated in areas like this.

correctly tends to associate color
with quality and since there is this
demand for a highly colored pro-
duct, the grower does his best to
produce it.

The Big Red Apple

The grower nowadays is careful
to select for planting a variety like
Red Delicious that has a deep red
color. He must keep the tree pruned
and the crop thinned so that the
fruits are given exposure to sun-
light and may develop maximum
red color. Application of nitrogen
fertilizer should be carefully timed
and regulated since too much of it
will cause a poorly colored fruit. If
however, the grower feels that
enough red color has not developed,
he may use a hormone spray that
causes the apples to stick on the
trees about two weeks longer than
normal. If another chemical which
is a growth inhibitor is included in
this spray the result is an apple
that is much redder than it would
normally be, even though it may
not be much riper.

A desire for color is not the only
idiosyneracy of the consumer, for
he wants size—the bigger the better.
Here again is another misconcep-
tion, for chances are that the small
apple is of higher quality than the
big one, as the big apples are more
subject to storage disorders. The
best way to grow a big apple is to
thin the crop out in the spring by
applying the hormone spray. This
spray kills certain of the fruit buds
and results in fewer and _ larger
apples.

Vanishing Worm

Although you have probably
never thought about it, the chances
are that you have neither eaten nor
even seen a wormy apple in a long
time. A thorough and expensive
spray program on the part of the
grower has taken care of this prob-
lem to a large degree. In fact, that
worm-free apple you eat is one of

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the most expensive parts of his op-
eration.

After the grower has produced
his big, clean fruit he must store
and market his product.

Scientific Storage

While Grandpa may have kept
his apples stored in a dark corner
of the cellar, today’s apples receive
the most scientific of treatments.

The 32 degree air that cools the
apples in storage, in many cases, 1s
also purified by activated charcoal,
and is kept at a humidity of 85 to
90 per cent. In some storages of the

fericulture

An example of hormone thinning. The

branch at the left has not been thinned;

the sprayed branch at the right will pro-
duce larger and redder fruit.

type, the
carbon dioxide contents of the air
are carefully

controlled-atmosphere
regulated in_ sealed
rooms. This trick controls the res-
piration of the apple and increases
its storage life. Orchard fresh apples
can now be kept to June.

High Quality

Another result of | refrigerated
storage of apples is that a higher
quality apple is coming on the mar-
ket. Old varieties like Ben Davis
that would store for long periods
without refrigeration were about as
appetizing as Balsawood. Although
the newer high-quality varieties of
apples don’t have as long an in-
herent storage life as grandma’s
apple, they may be kept longer be-
cause of refrigeration.

That plastic bag you now buy
most of your apples in has been

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carefully calibrated to sell you as
many apples as possible. Experi-
ments have shown that a six pound
plastic bag will sell more apples
than any other container and will
present the product in good shape.

Not only have changes been made
in the quality of apples today but
many growing changes have been
made. Pruning of apple trees, which
used to consist simply of cuttin
out the dead wood is now done on
a regular yearly basis, in many
cases with a pneumatic pruning gun
or electric saw. The brush may be
removed from the orchard by hy-
draulic brush pushers mounted on
the front end of a tractor. The
spraying is often done by $4,009
machines which blow the spray into
the tree by a large air blast. Even
a pneumatic apple picker which
operates like a vacumn cleaner is
on the market.

Increased Investment

All these improvements) which
improve the quality of fruit and in-
take a
capital investment,
which the small-time operato

crease efficiency

amount — of

large

A modern air-blast spray rig. The tractor

not afford to make. Hence the in-
dustry is tending to center around
the large growers.

Rough, Tough

The apple in grandma’s day was
a rough, tough product. It was of
poor quality and grew with practi-
cally no care. Storage facilities con-
sisted merely of a barrel in the cel-
lar from which the family picked
good apples out of the rotten ones
when they wanted some to eat.

Pampered Product

Today’s apple is a pampered pri-

ma donna. It grows in a large or-
chard which receives fertilizer and
periodic prunings.
cultured to bring out its size and
color.

It is specially

It receives twelve sprays a
season to rid it of insect and other
pests. When stored the cooling air
around it is cleaned and regulated
to a certain oxygen percentage so
that it will keep for a long period.
It is sold and promoted in all sorts
of ways to increase consumption.
Yes, indeed, the apple has gone
modern.

and spray rig, together cost the farmer

about $6,000.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

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Practical Teaching

Farm Management
and Stanley Warren

Ever since the days of its first instructor,
Professor T. F. Hunt, farm management has
never been taught by anyone who has

not previously assisted in it.

By Phil Foster ‘53

“The lightning struck quicker
than I expected. I give my last lec-
ture tomorrow and you have it from
then on.”

It was with these words, back in
1933, that Professor William I.
Myers who was then teaching farm
management, informed a _ young,
relatively inexperienced ag econo-
mist that he would soon take over
the course.

The young man to receive this
message 20 years ago was Stanley
Warren who, on a two day notice,
took over one of the most popular
courses on the ag campus and has
kept it popular ever since.

Looking back to that time dur-
ing the depression when he first
learned he would be teaching farm
management, Professor Warren re-
calls, “I had just returned from a
year with the University of Nan-
king in China, when Professor

A yearly tradition. Professor Warren holds

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Myers called me in to tell me about
his expected trip to Washington.
Myers didn’t know just when he
would leave, but he wanted me to
teach his course when the time
came.

“The day after this conference
Professor Myers received word that
he would have to leave for Wash-
ington very soon. This is what he
referred to when he told me the
lightning had struck. I was on the
University payroll before I had
started looking for a job.”

Five years later William I. Myers
returned to Cornell as head of the
department of agricultural eco-
nomics and in 1943 became Dean
of the College of Agriculture. In
passing his course on to Stanley
Warren he had kept up a tradition
of long standing at Cornell. For
ever since the time of its first pro-
fessor, T. F. Hunt, the course has

College of Agriculture
a class in the eight-sided schoolhouse.

STUDENT LIVESTOCK SHOW

never been taught by anyone who
hadn’t previously assisted in it.

T. F. Hunt was one of the new
men Liberty Hyde Bailey brought
to Cornell in 1903 as part of his ex-
pansion program for the College of
Agriculture. Dean Bailey knew that
Hunt was a good agronomist but
selected him because of his philoso-
phy of rural life. The Dean was un-
doubtedly unaware that his “rural
philosopher” would start a course
that one day would be one of the
most popular courses of the college.

Professor Hunt was an agrono-
mist (he also taught Agronomy II,
Field Crops) who, like many other
agronomists of his day, was forced
into the study of the farm as a

—College of Agriculture

Professor Warren uses the soil auger to
determine soil characteristics.

business. Cows and cabbages could
be sold, but grass, the agronomists’
crop, had to be utilized for feed.
Through their study of farming
as a business, the early twentieth
century agronomists became in-
trigued by the possibilities in the
farm management field. The idea
was so novel that the authors of
one of the earliest bulletins pub-
lished on farm management spent
the first eleven pages proving that
farming actually was a business and
ought to be studied as such.

When Professor Hunt left Cor-
nell to become Dean of the College
of Agriculture at Penn State,
George F. Warren (Stanley War-
ren’s father) took over the course.
George Warren is credited with de-

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Pounding Hooves...

The ‘Galloping Game’

At Cornell

Through thick and thin, the polo
team has risen to new heights

since the days of coed participation,

the R.O.T.C. teams, and

Colonel Hospital.

By Nona Sutton ‘53

Hooves pounding the tanbark as
ponies gallop the length of the
field; the sharp smack as a mallet
connects on a hard forehand shot;
the resounding thud of ponies col-
liding as players ride each other off
—these are the sounds familiar to
player and spectator alike that
make polo one of the most thrilling
of sports!

Polo has been on the University
sports scene since 1919. Early prac-
tices were held in the Judging Pa-
vilion. This, however, had its dis-
advantages, as extra men had to be
present to constantly retrieve lost
balls from under the railing and
benches. Players and coaches wel-
comed the completion of the pres-
ent riding hall in 1934. This hall,
southeast of Schoellkopf Stadium,
was constructed on filled-in ponds

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and marsh. Sand was brought from
Kite Hill for the floor of the arena,
which today affords one of the fin-
est playing surfaces in the east.

Doctor Stephen J. Roberts of the
Veterinary College, is coach of the
team and has played himself since
1933. “Back in those days,” rem-
inisces “Doc” Roberts, “we had a
pretty full schedule, since the Na-
tional Guard and ROTC outfits
had teams all over and we played
26 to 36 games a season.”

Outdoor polo was played on Up-
per Alumni Field until 1942, when
it was taken over for intra-murals
and Army drill. In the spring of
1937 the Cornell team including
Doc made polo history. They won
the indoor intercollegiates for the
first and only time.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

—Robert Diener

Cornell coeds had a brief fling at
polo from 1934 to 1937. Because of
several accidents, the sport was
ruled too dangerous for the “weak-
er sex,” and renewed attempts at
organizing a women’s team have
not yet proven successful.

From 1942 to 1945 the future of
the men’s polo team was uncertain
as the Army began to dispose of
its horses. Colonel Hospital, him-
self an avid participant in_ the
game, urged its continuance and
was instrumental in organizing the

Cornell Polo Club in 1947. Frank
Page took on the job of assistant
coach, and with “Doc.” as coach,
turned out a team that has ever
since been rated among the top
two or three in the East.

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Form, Function, and...

The Changing Chair

A new way of life, the shrinking dollar,
and man-made materials all contribute to
the evolution in seating says designer Joseph Carreiro

By Dot Klimajeski ‘53

“A piece of canvas stretched over
some iron pipe—looks like a ham-
mock!” That was our first reaction
to the “Butterfly” chair, widely
used example of modern furniture
design. A talk with Joseph Carreiro,
of the department of housing and
design in the College of Home Eco-

The ice cream chair...

nomics, made us look at this “out-
landish contrivance” a little more
thoughtfully.

When asked about the reasons
behind the new developments in
furniture design, Carreiro explained,
“The designer creates for life to-
day, life as it is actually being lived.
Let’s consider that simple occasional
chair. It’s shape, construction, and
the materials of which it is made
are all influenced by the changes
in economics, social conditions, and
technology that have taken place
in the last 50 years.”

We are all aware of the economic
fact that the dollar today is worth

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about half of what it was a little
over a decade ago. It follows, then,
that the amount of money that
bought a comfortable home at
that time, now buys only “half a
house.” Housing costs more, and
so people are forced to live in less
space.

Making this smaller living area
more livable is the designer’s prob-
lem, Carreiro continued. He must
make a certain rectangle of a room,
surrounded by four solid walls, seem
larger than it actually is. The archi-
tect does his part by adding window-
walls and open planning to give the
feeling of greater freedom and space.

Joseph Carreiro is a member of
the housing and design depart-
ment, College of Home Economics.
He attended the Massachusetts
School of Art and the Cranbrook
School of Art, Detroit. At present,
he is studying at Harvard Graduate
School and designing contempo-
rary furniture for Pine and Baker
Company, Cambridge, Massachu-
setts.

As his contribution, the furniture
designer makes his chair smaller
than the traditional so that it takes
less-floor space and fits in with the
decreased size of the room. He uses
light weight but strong plastics and
metal legs to give the feeling of
lightness and airiness.

“The increase in the cost of labor
also has its influence,” was
Carreiro’s next point. Not many
people can afford the cost af a
cabinetmaker’s skill today, and thus
the one-piece chair was created. We
considered how easily the envelope
corners of the canvas sling could be
slipped onto the v-shaped legs, true
simplicity of construction.

COUNTRY DANCE

Carreiro then brought up the
effect of changing social condi-
tions. We have given up the stan-
dards of a by-gone era and are
living more informal lives. Grand-
mother perched demurely on the
edge of the settee; grand-daughter
lounges comfortably in her Eames
chair. The molded chair is not
merely an attempt for originality,
but an honest effort to fit the sit-
ting requirements of its users; its
form is determined by the human
body. This statement reminded us
of a first attempt to sit in the
“Butterfly” chair. It doesn’t adapt

HTT

. and its modern adaptation.

itself to the usual method of sitting,
but is meant to be lounged in
“kitty--cornered,” the sitter strad-
dling one of the legs—a man’s
chair designed for a man.

Another change in society is that
women today need and want greater

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Yes, we agree—meat is still ex-
pensive these days! You’re only
one of many people who are trying
to feed their families adequately on
a limited budget. And no doubt
you're wondering just how you can
serve meat as often as you like and
still stay within the budget. Well,
here are some suggestions for using
those “drug on the market” left-
overs and some of the less com-

mon, yet inexpensive, types of
meat.
For Four

How about a different and de-
licious way of fixing those old
stand-bys, hot dogs? Try this one:
Halve % pound of frankfurters
lengthwise, and place in a skillet.
Blend 1 T. flour with 2 T. water;
add % cup water, % cup ketchup,
2 T. vinegar, 2 T. sugar, and 1 tsp.
prepared mustard. Cook this mix-
ture, stirring constantly — until
thickened, and pour it over the
franks. Cover the skillet and sim-
mer the dogs for 30 minutes. This
should satisfy four hungry people
at lunchtime or for Saturday night
supper.

Do you often wish that you could
find a way to get nutritious, com-
paratively inexpensive liver down
your family’s throats without a
volley of complaints? Here’s an un-
usual, tasty casserole that should
tickle the palates of even the most
fussy eaters: Place 1% pounds of
liver and 2 onions (sliced) in a
casserole, and lay 2 slices of bacon
over the liver. Place the casserole

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How To Stretch

Your Meat

By Joan Beebe ‘54

in the oven at 500 deg. After 20
minutes, add % cup of spaghetti
which has been cooked. Then add
% each a green and a red pepper
(sliced), 114 cups strained tomato,
and 2 tsp. salt. Cover and cook at
275 deg. for 3 hours. Sound good?
—it is!

Do you have some leftover roast
beef waiting in the refrigerator for
something to keep it company in
a dish for supper? Here are a few
ideas for disguising it a little so it
doesn’t look quite so much like a
leftover: You could spread chopped
beef, onion and green pepper on
rolled out biscuit dough, roll it up,
slice it, bake it, and serve it with
gravy. Or combine the cubed meat
with moist bread dressing and bake
this. Here’s a way to use up what’s
left over from your entire Sunday
dinner: Combine cubes of pot roast
with cubed, cooked vegetables and
leftover gravy; cover with moist
mashed potatoes, and bake. Inci-
dentally, you wouldn’t have to limit
yourself to beef in these dishes; any
cooked meat will do.

For Six

Here is a delicious loaf which will
be especially useful just after
Thanksgiving or Christmas; it em-
ploys cooked chicken or turkey and
vegetables: Put 3 cups of meat, |
cup of carrots, and 1% cups of
peas through a grinder. Mix with
1% cups bread crumbs, 1 cup milk,
2 egg yolks, 2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. onion
juice, and 1 tsp. lemon juice. Place
the mixture in a greased loaf pan

THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 26

—Paquette

and bake at 400 deg. for 45 min-
utes. Six hungry people should be
satisfied with this tasty dish. And
if the meat you happen to have on
hand isn’t fowl, don’t be discour-
aged; you can use almost any
cooked meat in this loaf.

For Ten

‘Tongue is one of the less expen-
sive meats these days, and it can
be very enjoyable, especially if pre-
pared in one of a variety of differ-
ent and appetizing ways. Here’s
one: Simmer a veal tongue until
tender and partially cool it; peel it
carefully and place it in a baking
dish. Stud with cloves, and spread
with grape jelly mixed with a small
amount of tongue stock. Bake at
350 deg., basting frequently. ‘This
is good prepared with cranberry
sauce, too, or any other kind of
tart jam or jelly you happen to
have on hand.

There are loads of things you can
do with leftover ham, such as add-
ing it (chopped ) to escalloped pota-
toes, potato salad, macaroni and
cheese, and omelets. Does this
sound good? Spread thin slices of
ham with prepared mustard, place
cooked green beans on each, roll
and fasten with a toothpick, and
broil. Or you might cream some
ham with hard-cooked eggs and
mushrooms, and serve in toasted
bread cases or on toast slices.

While we’re on the subject of
ham, everyone in your family

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The Nursery School

When We Were Very Young

An intellectual goat, cold winter naps, and
a white rat—Some delightful stories
of the home ec nursery school.

By Kathy Kendrick ‘53

How would you like to go to the
arts campus to look for a goat?
While housed in Circle I, the home
ec nursery school possessed an in-
tellectual goat, whose hobby was
attending arts campus lectures.
Finally the goat had to be given
away, because it took too much
time to retrieve him.

Summer Project

Circle I was the second home of
the nursery school. But originally,
in 1924, it was housed on the first
floor of Comstock Hall. It grew out
of a summer project of the food and
nutrition department, whose pur-
pose was to study the eating be-
havior and the nutrition require-
ments of the young child. Later, in
the fall of 1925, after the nursery
school moved into Circle I, the de-
partment of child development and
family relationships evolved. This
new department took over the man-
agement of the nursery school, un-
der the direction of Dr. Nellie Per-
kins. Miss Katherine Reeves be-
came head of the nursery school in
1936 and she directed its activities

until 1947.
Cold Winter Naps

Girls living in Circle I will be in-
terested to know that the screened
porch was added to make outdoor
play and sleeping space for the chil-
dren. Even in the cold winter
months the children took their naps
outside. There was quite a ritual
connected with nap taking. At nap
time, the children were bundled
into what they called their “teddy
bear suits.” These suits were made
of a heavy blanket and were
hooded. After being zipped up in a
“teddy suit,” the children were
rolled in blankets and Herbert the
houseman would carry them out to
the porch. Nap time was a real

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event in the nursery and the chil-
dren were devoted to Herbert.

A permanent home for the nurs-
ery school was found with the
building of Martha Van Rensselaer
Hall in 1933. A special wing of the
new building was set aside for the
child development and family re-
lationships department. A part of
this space became the nursery
school.

In moving from the Circle to the
new building, the children helped
by loading toys into their carts and
wagons and pulling them to the

about the children have been re-
membered and retold. One time
someone gave the nursery school
some white rats from the nutrition
lab. The children puzzled about
them for a long time and finally
one little boy said, “Well, it wooks
to me wide a titten.”

Another time a couple of three-
year-olds were playing in a pack-
ing box. They kept calling out to
the teacher, “We’re enemies.” Aft-
er awhile the teacher asked, “What
does it mean to be enemies?” “It
means we're navy men,” was the
prompt reply.

Today the nursery school is an
irreplaceable part of the home ec
college, and there has been a con-
stant expansion in its program.
Now, two age groups of children
attend the nursery school, the jun-
ior group who are from three to
four years old, and the senior group
from four to five years old. The
nursery school functions as a place
where young children may be ob-
served by students, as an educa-
tional program for 3 to 5 year olds,

College of Agriculture

Fun. Yes, that’s part of nursery school training. But children also learn the give and
take of group living.

new nursery. It must have made
quite a picture to see the young-
sters at work. Such possibilities as
playing “moving van” and “train”
made moving fun, and consequently
the adjustment to the new school
was easier for the children.

Over the years many _ stories

COUNTRY DANCE

as a laboratory for research proj-
ects, and as a place where parents
may come to discuss problems con-
cerning their children. All kinds of
things seem important for parents
to discuss, from deep psychological
problems to keeping Junior from
raiding the refrigerator.

‘THE CorNELL CouNTRYMAN

Accessories

istinction For Your Wardrobe

A touch of color to your dress—
adds an air of briskness to your step—
and you're all set for any Easter Parade.

Accessories are the sugar and
spice of your wardrobe. Just as a
dash of cinnamon adds a tang to
applesauce, so a dash of accessory
imagination adds individuality and
pep to even the plainest of outfits.

Often we just pass over accessor-
ies lightly, without thinking of how
they can be used to the best advan-
tage. They can add a note of femi-
nine softness to a severe dress or
suit, or a dash of vitality to a plain
dress. They can add color, subtle
variations in texture, and above all,
they can add that special note of
individuality that is you.

A careful accessory collector can
save on her wardrobe expenses, for

—Chamberlain

New gypsy hoop earrings and a gay scarf
secured with scatter pins are perfect ac-
cents for a tweedy outfit.

there’s magic in the touch of a se-
quin collar that turns a_ tailored
black afternoon dress into some-
thing special for a special evening.
There’s magic, too, when a vivid
aqua ascot gives the same dress a
casual air.

It pays to choose your accessories
as wisely as you choose the larger
items for your wardrobe. This

Marcu, 1953

By Barbara Chamberlain ‘53

v.

,

Chamberlain
Why not make yourself a fur collar and
cuffs from a discarded fur-collared coat?

doesn’t always mean that you must
buy the most expensive piece of
jewelery you can afford, but it
does mean that you give accessories
some thought.

Often accessories are something
we just happen to acquire. Some-
one gives us a scarf or a pair of
earrings for Christmas, and many
times we don’t actually shop for
accessories. But by setting aside a
portion of our wardrobe budget es-
pecially for the purchase of acces-
sories, we can begin to build a co-
ordinated collection of jewelery,
shoes, and scarves that will help to
stretch our wardrobe by making
our outfits more versatile.

Let’s take a basic outfit and see
what accessories can do for it. Sup-
pose we choose a navy blue gabar-
dine suit for our new spring outfit.
It’s tailored with a soft gored skirt
and a fitted jacket that buttons to
the throat.

A gay yellow, grey and red print
scarf tied jauntily at the throat
and perhaps secured with a scatter

THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 26

pin or two would lend a casual air to
the suit. By adding low heeled navy
calf shoes, a navy shoulder bag and
a casual cap, you have an outfit
that could go to town shopping or
to any casual event.

A sparkling white pique collar
with cuffs to match, white gloves
and a change from low heels to
pumps would make a dressier cos-
tume, fine for church, a tea or
an informal evening. Try spicing
the ensemble a bit with a gay red
carnation tucked under the collar,
or add a soft touch with some pale
lavender artificial lilacs.

There are any number of acces-
sory changes that you could use
with as basic a costume as a suit.
Sweaters, blouses, scarves, jewelery,

Chamberlain
Many strands of gay-colored glass beads

brighten up a basic dress.
can transform the suit from dressy
to casual and back again. Why not
knit yourself an angora collar and
cuffs to wear with a navy jersey
blouse and the suit skirt? How
about several strands of gaily color-
ed beads—blue, green, red, gold—
with a grey sweater and the suit
skirt?

(Continued on Page 39)

Campus Clearinghouse

—College of Agriculture

Rice Debate contestants: Robert McCartney 53, Myron Kelsey ’53, Ivan Kinne ’53,
Justin Kramer °53.

Finalists To Compete
In Three Speech Contests

Rice Debate

For the twenty-fourth consecu-
tive year, the Rice Debate will be
held on March 23 in the Warren
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. This Farm
and Home Week feature has as its
topic of discussion, Resolved: That
the Point-Four Program Should be
Abolished. Speakers for the affirma-
tive are Robert McCartney °55,
and Ivan Kinne ’53. Myron Kelsey
and Justin Kramer, both °53 are
speaking for the negative. Alter-
nates are Antonio de Lozada ’55,
and David Palmer 54.

A faculty committee from the
agriculture college selects the topic
for each year’s debate.

. .
Rice Speaking

The Rice Speaking Contest is an
annual competition for the women
in the College of Home Economics
who wish to gain valuable exper-
ience in public speaking. Elimina-
tions are held in December to select
finalists for the Farm and Home

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Week Contest. This year the com-
petition between the fourteen en-
trants was unusually keen. The win-
ners of the cutdown are Hazel Bow-
dren °55, Jane Hughes *53, Kath-

leen Kendrick °53, Elizabeth Roth-
ermel ’55, Doris Smith (special stu-
dent), and Enid Spangenberger °53
with Nancy Paine ’55 as the alter-
nate. These finalists will prepare
an original speech on topics of in-
terest for all women, with the guid-
ance of the speech professors in the
College of Agriculture.

The finals for the contest are to
be held on Wednesday, March 25th
in the Martha Van Rensselaer audi-
torium. The prizes to be awarded
are $100 for the first place winner
and $25 for the second place winner.

Eastman Stage

The 42nd Eastman Stage Con-
test will be held Thursday, March
26th at 7:30 p.m. in Warren Audi-
torium. This year’s final contest-
ants and their speeches are: Frank
H. Brunstetter ’53, “Freedom With
Responsibility;” Edward L. Engel-
hard °53, “Farm Support Prices Are
Here To Say;” Paul Hoepner 755,
“Why I Plan To Teach Vocatational
Agriculture;” Robert McCartney
53, “Our Debt To Agricultural Re-
search;” John F. Spencer 54, “In-
surance Against Disaster;” John W.
Wysong °53, “We Need A Philoso-

—Pringle

Rice Speaking contestants: Back row: Doris Smith ’55, Kathleen Kendrick ’53, Enid
Spangenberger '53, Elizabeth Rothermel 55. Front row: Jane Hughes ’53, Hazel
Bowdren ’55.

STUDENT LIVESTOCK SHOW

Tue Corne_~t CountRYMAN

phy For Living.” The alternate is
Justin A. Cramer °53. The funds for
the contest are provided by the
Eastman trust fund given by a for-
mer Cornellian.

Ag Engineer Club
Sponsors Demonstration

The role of electricity on the farm
is the subject of a Farm and Home
Week display by the Ag Engineers
at the Ag Engineering labs. Most of
the demonstrations concern farm
equipment powered by machinery,
such as conveyors, heating units,
electric motors, and auxiliary elec-
trical power. Since space limitations
prohibit the exhibition of actual

Round-Up Club Annual Livestock Show

The Cornell Round-Up Club will
hold its 39th Annual Student Live-
stock Fitting and Showmanship
Contest on Friday, March 27th.
Superintendent of the show, Jack
Wysong, °53, and assistant super-
intendent, Bob Reid °54, announce
that the show will be divided into
five classes with the following
people in charge: Dairy Cattle—
Herman Hansel °53, Beef Cattle—
George Emde 754, Sheep—Jess
Brewster °53, Swine—Pete Nesbitt
°54 and Light Horses—Jack Perry

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College of Agriculture

Eastman Stage contestants: Back row: Edward Engelhard '53. Second row: Frank
Brunstetter ’53, John Wysong °53. Front row: John Spencer '54, Paul Hoepner ’55,
Robert McCarthney ’53.

machines, cutaway models of many
electric devices are on display. A
word and picture story of the his-
tory of electrical farm equipment
is shown by a huge model book
complete with turning pages, which
has been constructed by the class
members.

The officers of the Ag Engineers
are Ron Furry °53, President, Doug
Day °53, Vice President, Dave Hu-
lett °53, Secretary, Dave Dirkson
53, Treasurer, Bill Plevich 54,
Scribe, and Professor E. S. Shepard-
son, Faculty Advisor. The entire
student branch, under the direction
of Doug Day, is co-operating with
the ag engineering department in
planning and conducting the dis-
play.

Marcu, 1953

The student livestock show has
been held continuously since 1911
and the first show had only three
classes: sheep, swine, and draft
horses. The following year dairy
cattle and some time later the beef
animals made their appearance.
This year draft horses had to be
dropped from the list because of
the sale of these animals this fall.

The show is scheduled to start
at 9 am. in the Judging Pavilion
and will continue until 3 p.m. Ten-
tatively, the dairy and beef classes
will be held in the morning from
9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the sheep,
swine, and horse classes will be held
in the afternoon. Prizes are being
offered to showers by several na-
tional organizations as well as by

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

many individuals in the state .
Mr. K. R. Sly, manager of the
MacDonald Farms, and Professor
J. P. Williams of the Cornell ani-
mal husbandry department, have
been chosen as honorary members
by the Cornell Round-Up Club.

Two honorary members, one from

—Pringle
Bob Reid and his prize-winning
Yorkshire.

Cornell and one from outside the
University, are chosen each year on
the basis of their outstanding con-
tributions to livestock and to the

Round-Up Club.

Ag Domecon Activities

The Ag Domecon Council’s Farm
and Home Week activities include
a round and square dance and a
Farm and Home Week Queen Con-
test. The round and square dance
is to be held Thursday night, March
26, at Barton Hall with the Ozark
Mountain Boys furnishing the
music. The highlight of the dance
will be the crowning of the Farm
and Home Week Queen. She is to
be selected from and by the stu-
dents of the Agriculture and Home
Ec schools in an election on Thurs-
day, March 26. One candidate will
be nominated by each organization
of the upper campus.

Ken Van Liew °53, is chairman
of student participation in Farm
and Home Week, while Al Dries

54, is his assistant.

Library Survey

The result of Ag Dom’s recent
library survey show that many stu-
dents wished the Mann _ Library

to be open on Sundays. However,
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Dot Dean

Dot Dean seriously considered
becoming a mermaid this year. Or
perhaps pseudo-mermaid is_ the
term? While working as a camp
swimming instructor this summer,
Dot was offered a year ’round job
as a Florida resort mermaid. This
would involve ballet or exhibition
swimming, as well as_ paddling
around in a glass aquarium feeding
fish for the amusement of tourists.
Just the type of job that appeals
to Dot—but she finally decided that
it would be better to come back and
get that Cornell degree.

Of course the degree itself is
only one of Dot Dean’s interests at
Cornell. She has devoted a great
deal of time to 4-H Club work; an
activity which has interested her
since she led her own group in
high school. Working on Octagon
and Kermis was a lot of fun for
Dot—she especially enjoyed play-
ing an ultra-nasty mother-in-law in
a Kermis production of Fumed Oak.
On Ag-Dom for two years, she was
last year’s Vice-President and was
chairman of the Farm and Home

Introducing...

Week dance last spring. At the end
of her Junior year Dot was elected
to Omicron Nu, Kappa Delta Ep-
silon (national education honorary ),
and Raven and Serpent. Dot’s ca-
reer as a waitress has been varied;
she has worked a year each in Dick-
son, Risley and Balch. If you knew
Dot, you have probably never been
able to figure out how she found
time to work her way through
(Continued on Page 28)

Wolcott Stewart

“One of my first meetings with
a Brown Swiss cow was a rather
unfortunate one,” admitted Wol-
cott “Curly” Stewart with a char-
acteristic shy smile. “My two
younger brothers and I used to ride
a particularly docile cow to pasture
till one day she threw me, giving
me a brain concussion.”

Wolcott chooses to ignore this
incident, both at present, in his
plans for graduate study in animal
husbandry at Cornell, and in the
future, when he hopes to enlarge a
partnership with his four brothers
in raising purebred Brown Swiss

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cattle. That cow may have had
some influence, though, for he
spent a year and a half studying
nuclear physics at the University of
Rochester, before coming to Cor-
nell.

Judging by his many honors in
his chosen field, animal husbandry,
the switch was no mistake. As a
member of the top-placing Live-
stock Judging Team this year, he
missed first place individual honors
at the International Livestock Ex-
position at Chicago by only one
point. “You might say I was ‘high-
est man’ in the contest. The win-
ner was a girl.”

Wolcott was also a member of
the Dairy Cattle Judging Team
that took first place in the national
contest at Waterloo, Iowa, and
third place in the Eastern States
contest. Last year “Curly” was as-
sistant superintendent of the Live-
stock Show and this year is presi-
dent of Round-Up Club. He is also
treasurer of Ag-Domecon and
chairman of Ag-Hec Day as well
as member of Alpha Gamma Rho
Fraternity and Student Council’s
Finance and Leadership training
committees.

During Farm and Home Week,
Wolcott is participating in a panel,
“Preview of College Life.”

D. K.

THe CornELL CouNTRYMAN

Jean Lovejoy

“As long as I can remember, I’ve
always liked plants. I decided that
if I were able to attend college, Cor-
nell would be my choice since it
was a school where I could study
floriculture.” This is how likeable
Jean Lovejoy chose Cornell to pre-
pare her for a career in floriculture.

Not only is floriculture the main
item in Jean’s curriculum, but it
also plays an important part in her
extra-curricular activities. During
her sophomore year, she was one
of three members of Cornell’s Flow-
er Judging Team. In this capacity,
she placed second highest individ-
ual scorer of all colleges participat-
ing in the Intercollegiate Flower
Judging contest in Baltimore. In
her junior year, she was elected to
Pi Alpha Xi, floriculture honorary.
Now, as a senior, Jean is secretary
of the Floriculture Club and a busy
member of A Capella Chorus.

One of the biggest honors which
Jean has received at Cornell was
announced this fall. She was one
of five senior girls in agriculture
recognized by Ho-Nun-De-Kah for
outstanding scholarship and _serv-
ice.

Most of Jean’s summers have
been spent at her home in Victor,
New York, working on the family

Jean

Marcu, 1953

... Your Friends

farm. However, last summer Jean
worked for the city of Rochester at
its newly acquired herbarium. Her
duties ranged from dusting to re-
planting plants. She also assisted
the city taxonomist in plant classi-
fication. At times, Jean had the op-
portunity to work in Highland
Park, well-known for its beautiful
lilacs. Jean enjoyed her work and
at the same time gained experience
toward her future career.

Anyone seeing Jean after Christ-
mas vacation probably noticed the
golden tan she had acquired. This
was the result of a trip to Florida
that Jean and two of her Cornell
classmates took over the Christmas
holidays. Equipped with sleeping
bags, food and a *41 Chevrolet, the
three girls drove to Key West.
They spent most of the nights
sleeping under the stars on beaches
and in orange groves. Putting their
domestic abilities to use, the girls
cooked all their own meals outside.

After her graduation Jean wants
to continue her travel in conjunc-
tion with her career. R. K.

THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 26

—Cannon

Ken Van Liew

Ken Van _ Liew, affectionately
called “Spider” by all who know
him, plays an active part as com-
edian around the upper campus.
He spends his time amusing his
brother husbandry majors and
sister pre-wed students with his
orginal assortment of cranium at-
tire, contortions paralleled only by
Rubber Man himself, and vain at-
tempts at maneuvering his lengthy
appendages into the well defined
positions required for wrestling and
the Charleston.

When not practicing this worthy
art of entertainment, Spider may
be found contributing his talents in
many phases of ag life. He plays
the role of Chaplain in both the
Grange and his beloved fraternity,
Alpha Gamma Rho. He belongs to
Ho-Nun-De-Kah, Ag Eng Club,
Baptist Student fellowship, and is
presently serving a term in Ag
Domecon. He even is sharing his
knowledge with the students of

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Pro or Con

What Do You Think
Of Farm Practice?

“Waste of time,” “Absolutely necessary,”
Cornell ag students show wide varieties
of opinion to this question.

By Daryl Griffin ‘56

“Do you approve of the farm
practice requirement, and, if not,
specifically what is wrong with it?”
Here is what some fellow students
replied to this question:

VAUGHN LARRISON ’56—“A
farm practice program is necessary
for anyone taking agriculture, but
I believe there should be more em-
phasis on variety of experience and
more leniency in giving points for
work done.”

HARRIS BEACH °56—“I think
it should be continued, but there
should be more careful investiga-
tion of the student’s farm back-
ground. There should be less em-
phasis on the size of the project
and more on its worth.”

CLIFFORD KELSEY ’°54—“It
is hard to administer such a plan
but you have to take the good with
the bad.”

DIANA MOTYCKA ’56—Diana
says it is hard to get 40 points in
floriculture and doesn’t see why a
floriculture major should resort to
other fields to get enough points.

GEORGE BROADWELL ’753—
George thinks there definitely
should be a farm practice required.
However, he thinks that there
should be a better system of place-
ment, in which the farmer is willing
and able to teach some of the
theory as well as the practical ap-
plication of farming. He also thinks
it would be better if the farm prac-
tice requirement were filled before
starting college.

DON WICKHAM ’55—“I think
it is very good. It keeps city boys

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from coming up here and getting an
agricultural education without
knowing anything practical about
farming.”

SY ROTTER °53—“I don’t ap-
prove of it but think it should be
continued on a voluntary basis for
students who want it. Since many
students go into allied fields, farm
practice is not necessary, and it is
certainly a waste of time for farm
raised boys.”

HERB HATFIELD °54—Herb
thinks farm practice is a good thing.
He feels that even in summers you
don’t get a satisfactory picture of

. farming and that if you haven't

been raised on a farm you should be
required to live on one for 6 months.
(Incidently, Herb was not farm
raised. )

JIM SAHLER ’53—“It gives the
farm boy who has had just average
high school grades a chance to com-
pete with city fellows who have
higher averages.”

CHARLES MILLER ’°55—“I
think it is rough on city kids and
should be dropped from some
courses.” (Charles was farm raised. )

MILTON C. PARSONS ’55—“It
would be OK if the farmer could
pay better wages.”

GEORGE ASKEW ’56—“T think
they should send out printed infor-
mation, telling the prospective stu-
dent what he is expected to know.”

JIM BRAYTON ’56—“Basically
I think that the farm practice test
which is given to incoming fresh-
men is a fair one. However, I think
it could be longer, and the testers
should be more consistent.”

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JACK FERREL ’56—“I think
the farm practice test is good be-
cause it tests knowledge rather than
length of experience.”

JOHN W. KIERNEN ’56—John
thinks the farm practice test is fair.
However, since things such as ma-
chine parts vary a lot according to
make, the student shouldn’t be test-
ed too specifically on them.

WARREN TWITCHELL ’*56—
Warren says that many students
can’t afford to work on farms during
the summer, since the wages are
low. He thinks that some arrange-
ment should be made so that the
student can earn better wages while
getting his farm practice.

JOSEPH BRENDER ’55—I
think the test is very fair. It covers
so many things that it is easy to get
enough points if you have spent
some time working on a farm.”

ARNOLD REMSON ’56—Arn-
old feels that there is too much em-
phasis on dairying in the farm prac-
tice tests and it is hard for someone
who has not had much dairy ex-
perience to get enough points, even
though he may have had ample ex-
perience in his field.

CARL DIETERLE °55—Carl
says that farm practice definitely
is necessary, but the test is unfair
because it is possible to study for
it without actually getting experi-
ence.

—Collins

Daryl Griffin listens to Don Wickham

55, George Broadwell °53, and Jim

Sahler ’53, as they discuss the farm prac-
tice requirement.

In spite of their criticism most
ag students are in favor of the
farm practice requirement. They
realize the importance of having
a background of farm experience
in applying what they learn in ag
school.

‘THe CorneL, CouNTRYMAN

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greatest damage to the first crop. Adult fe-
males lay from 600 to 800 eggs in alfalfa stems.
An imported wasp is a parasite of the larvae,
but it does not destroy enough second crop
weevils to prevent a large build-up of weevils
the succeeding year.

SWEETCLOVER WEEVIL

Sitona cylindricollis Fahr.

Sweetclover weevils are small, slender, drab
gray snout weevils. They feed on tender plant
leaves and stems, eating out circular notches.
Natives of Europe, these insects were discov-
ered in Canada in 1924, and have spread at a
rate of more than 100 miles a year. They now
extend over most of the United States and
Canada. They move in armies of a hundred or
more per square foot.

SALT-MARSH CATERPILLAR
Estigmene acrea (Drury)
Mature caterpillars are either light

green -or dark brown. They attack
alfalfa and other crops and travel in

hordes. The adult femal th |
ob U % T s e 5% P cd AY % eae: as 1000 fale aul eaten
which hatch tiny dark brown cater-

. pillars. There are three generations of
For fi ull color booklets showing pests in the southern localities, two in

these and other insects write to Hercules the Midwest, and only one in New
England. In the South, the third gener-
ation causes the greatest damage.

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Dot Dean...

(Continued from Page 24)
school, take part in a multitude of
activities, and. still maintain the
highest average in this year’s grad-
uating class of the College of Home
Economics.

Dotty has always enjoyed camp-
ing and swimming. As county direc-
tor of the Wayne County Swim-
ming Program, she estimates that
she has taught “at least a million
little children how to swim.” Say-

Here’s What It

ing, “I get claustrophobia in the Old
Armory Pool,” she labels the lack
of swimming facilities for girls at
Cornell as one thing about which
she would like to see something
done.

In her home town of Marion,
New York, Dot won early fame as
a baker of cherry pies. According to
her, “Family, friends, relatives—
everyone got cherry pies three times
a day, until everyone I knew was
sick of it.” But family fortitude

Can Cost You

NOT TO INOCULATE

... CLOVERS

paid off; in 1949 Dot took 3rd place
in the 4-H sponsored State Cherry
Pie Contest. One of her favorite
stories is about the contest-slated
cherry pie which was all ready and
waiting to go into the oven, when
it was knocked to the floor—face
downwards. Hoping to salvage it at
least for the family, Dot scraped it
up and baked it. It came out of the
oven looking so good, that she en-
tered it in the contest just for the
sake of curiosity. It took first prize.

“Just Indescribable!”

As an education major, Dot spent
last term at Merrill-Palmer School
in Detroit, which she says with
enthusiam is “just indescribable!”
The school, which accepts just two
Cornell seniors a term, had an in-
dependent research set-up aimed at

Even “good catch” clover stands can cheat
you out of yield quantity and protein feed
quality. Healthy root nodules created by
NITRAGIN bacteria help you get all the
forage and all the proteins clovers offer.
One test showed that 75 cents for inocula-
tion produced 390 dollars’ worth of extra
clover seed. In other tests, uninoculated
clovers were serious failures—cheating farm-
ers out of pasture, seed and hay. It pays to
always inoculate.

... SOYBEANS

Bonus bushels you can expect from inocu-
lated soybeans pay well for the little extra
time—for the few cents you invest. A New
Jersey Experiment Station proved in field
tests that inoculated beans produced 67.8%
more yield. A Purdue bulletin claims inocu-
lation can return more than 10 dollars per
acre. 91% of the champion soybean growers
questioned said they always inoculated.
Those expressing a preference chose NIT-
RAGIN 3 to 1.

...LUPINES

Lupine and other cover crop growers claim
yield and quality improvement for fields that
followed inoculated cover crops. The Geor-
gia farmer pictured here produced an extra
56.3 bushels of corn from an acre which
followed inoculated lupines. The other acre
produced only 13.6 bushels, mostly nubbins
and stunted ears. For soil-building success
and crop-boosting power—don’t gamble—
inoculate with superior-strain NITRAGIN.

graduate and selected senior stu-
dents. Currently Dot is sharing a
home ec apartment with five other
seniors. They are quick to agree
when she says that she is driving
them crazy with her latest project
—teaching herself to play the
guitar.

Future plans? First of all, there's
Alaska. Dot and her sister Betty
are determined to go next summer.
They say they are perfectly willing
to accept the mud and mosquitoes;
the pioneering country idea in-
trigues them. Dot has applied with
the extension service for an Alas-
kan job, but if that doesn’t come
through, she and Betty are willing
to take almost any kind of a job
to work their way there—and
they've considered everything from
fish canning to can-can dancing.
Then one of these summers Dot
says she has to get to Europe. As
far as working goes, Dot is in no
hurry to settle down, but she feels
her general education background
will be invaluable in extension

work—the field for her.

But wherever she goes, what-
ever she does; whether it’s fish-can-
ning in Alaska, 4-H work in New
York state, or being a mermaid in

with confidence based on successful experience. — . Florida, she'll have fun at it. Dot
OAL LGU meen

NITRAGIN carries a bacteria-count guarantee and Mig es cower toes to ig ~ Dean’s that kind of girl.
results have made these superior strains famous. Rage, <''*'*
°

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Serious young man: “Do you en-
joy Kipling?”

Giddy Gal: “I don’t know—how
do you kipple?”

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Through educational pieces such as Dr.
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through Dr. Salsbury’s informative book-
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people have learned to know more about
poultry disease. Consult your Dr. Salsbury
dealer or write us at the Laboratories if
you have poultry disease problems.

Your Dr. Salsbury Dealer Carries
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ence i ’
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BUY NATIONAL PLAN

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The National Plans serve and protect you, as the purchaser of chicks or poults,
by encouraging hatcheries to maintain better health and sanitary practices
and to improve their breeding methods.

A good hatcheryman relatively close to you is bound to have a National Plans
classification. You'll want to buy from that hatcheryman because his classi-
fication is an indication of quality.

Stop by and see us in Rice Hall, or write us at your leisure.

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Service To All Five Major [fou
Dairy Breeds TO

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Besides service to the best sires in the breed of your choice, you'll
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detailed breeding records including up-to-date proofs, protection
from breeding disease, trained an experienced technicians and many
more. For all the facts call your local technician or write to:

An invitation is extended to you to
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from 1 till 4 during Farm and

Home Week.
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==

=Breaking Away
: From Old Ways

In the day of the wooden plow, people said that iron

plows poisoned the soil. In time, this superstition gave
e W Og Vv O way to another: “strong iron,” they reasoned, “strong

&

dy

soil.”” Today, science is supplanting superstition. Farm-
. ers plant on time with seldom a glance at the moon.
Business methods now earn more money than b’guess
q | N g and b’gosh ever did. Each step forward leaves a part
of the old behind.
EW ¢ E N You, too, will find it so. As you progress from year
t N E R to year through college, then advance in your own
aX 4 ? / farming, in extension or research, in organized agricul-
or O ture or allied industry, your achievement will be largely
&' EA LE ® ty based on your ability to build from old ways to new and
° better ways.

The noblest and most vital service to your fellow
man is in helping to feed him. Ever-mounting demands
on land, time, and farmers make it mandatory to boost
production per man, per machine, per everything else.
To this end Case presents Eagle Hitch Farming with
conveniences and efficiencies only dreamed of before.
This is but a foreshadowing of advancements to come

in this and following generations, as through all of the
past 110 years.

in a revolutionary shift from present ideas, Case created the
first tractor-mounted breakaway plow. Stumps and stones that
would cripple the ordinary plow merely slip this one off its fore-
frame. Driver recouples just by backing tractor. Then he lifts plow
over obstacle with hydraulic power and goes on plowing. It hooks
up in a minute and plows even-width furrows on contour curves.

The C Eagle Hitch Break C Plow has indeed
broken far a Gus old nates daekek aa which coe SE RVI NG AGR ICU LT URE
today. J. I. Case Co., Racine, Wis.

SINCE 1842

Marcu, 1953 SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE COUNTRYMAN

Gaon The Best Iu Seed
Plant

Neu York Certified
Seed of :

Small Grains, Potatoes, Wana Sil al aie
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For A List of Growers, write to:

NEW YORK CERTIFIED SEED GROWERS’ COOPERATIVE, INC.

The Official Seed Certifying Agency of
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Plant Science Building, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Welcome Visitors to
FARM AND HOME WEEK

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A Hearty Welcome

to The New Design — Cornell Ag. School

T-shirts $1.65

Juvenile T-shirts

Farm & Home Week Visitors

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Cornell Stickers and decals ............ $.05 to $.15
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arr MYO LEGG
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New Frontier in the “West 40”

Many interesting and important develop-
ments in American agriculture are forecast
by the President’s Materials Policy Commis-
sion Report of June, 1952.

During the years just ahead, farm produc-
tion must be upped steadily to meet the
gradual increase in our country’s population.
To do this, the Report figures, 80 million acres
of open pasture and 10 million acres of wood-
land pasture should be improved for use in a
rotation of crops and pasture.

Grassland farming is the natural answer
for such a program. Grasses and legumes are
first-rate rotation crops. They’re about the
only crops that can help improve marginal
and submarginal land and yield profitable
returns at the same time. Grassland machinery
will be in greater demand, too, for the Report

YOUR FUTURE IN FARMING
Each year, New Holland selects graduates

points out that the farm labor force is gradu-
ally decreasing.

No company is beiter set for new growth in
grasslanding than New Holland. New Holland
pioneered the first successful automatic pick-up
balers and has become the world’s leading
manufacturer of this type of baler. Today,
New Holland is ‘‘First in Grassland Farming”’
with the highest capacity balers on the market
and a complete line of farm-engineered grass-
land machines.

But “‘today”’ is only a springboard for “‘to-
morrow.” On the drawing boards and in the
testing fields right now are machines that
promise even greater returns for farmers, and
continued leadership for New Holland.

The New Holland Machine Company, a
subsidiary of The Sperry Corporation.

me Sy om

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aniinimetmmnos | 7) NEW HOLLAND
neering, sales and other fields of the farm

machinery industry. For information,
write to the New Holland Machine Com-
pany, Dept. I-12, 'ox16, New Holland, Pa.

“Zrst in Grassland Farming’

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We Always Enjoy
Visiting You

After Farm and Home Week last |
year, a poultryman friend wrote to |
us and said:

“It seems like a regular part of Farm
and Home Week for us to run over to
your hatchery, and we always enjoy
visiting you. Planning to drop in again
this year as we sure want to see your
new hatchery buildings.”

Here at Marshalls we're glad to know folks like
our farm and to all Farm and Home Week visitors
who are interested in better poultry, we again extend |
a cordial invitation to “run over to Marshall Bro- |
thers,” just one hill away from Cornell.

MARSHALL BROTHERS

R.D. 5 PHONE 9082 Ithaca, N. Y.

| REMEMBER |
by
DEXTER S. KIMBALL

Dean Kimball’s warm and human autobiography
which really is two stories. It is the record of a
machine shop apprentice who became Dean of
one of the country’s great engineering schools
and president of the American Society of Me-
chanical Engineers. It is also a nostalgic and
vivid account of America’s awakening to the
miracles of the machine age.

In the clear, animated style of his famous lectures
and his lively conversation, Dean Kimball traces |
the path of his long life—from San Francisco of

the eighties to Cornell’s campus, from engineer- |

ing education to engineering practice, and final-
ly, to government service in Washington.
Dexter S. Kimball died on November 1, 1952.
One of the last tasks which he completed was
checking the proofs of “| Remember.” This book
offers fascinating reading to all members of
the Cornell family.

$4.00

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WELCOME
Farm and Home Week
VISITORS

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THE SURGE MILKER—< great Milking Machine backed ‘eae
by a Surge Service Dealer whose business is cow milk-
Surge) ing. Used and loved from South Africa to Alaska.
THE SURGE SIPHON fakes the milk from the end Surge)

of the cow’s teat and delivers it wherever you

hether they are milked in a shed or a want it and you see just what you are doing.

parlor, they still need the udder pro-

tection of genuine Surge TUG & PULL
that holds the teat cups down where they belong.
That’s why more and more thousands of farmers
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OD

Whether you milk into a pail or a pipe
line—whether the milk goes into a can or into
a tank—we build a Surge Milker to put the
milk where you want it; but every Surge Milker
of any kind takes care of your cows and your
profits with genuine Surge TUG & PULL.

Parlor Stalls—Releasers—Pipe Lines—Milk
Pumps—Milk Valves—Line Washers—Weigh Jars
...we have them all, but we know that the
first job of any milking machine is to get all
the milk quickly and safely, and creeping teat
cups do slow up milking and they are dangerous.
Siphon or Surcingle ... Surge Teat Cups don’t
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HARRIS SEEDS

Try These
IN YOUR 1953 GARDEN

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RHODE ISLAND RED WATERMELON
MINIATURE SWEET CORN
LINCOLN PEAS

WADE BEANS

COVER GIRL PETUNIA
MULTIFLORA SWEET PEAS
COLOSSAL SNAPDRAGONS

These and many other superior vege-
tables and flowers are described in
our 1953 catalog.

Send a post card for your copy.

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People in The Know

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to

APs
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Accessories .. .
(Continued from page 21)

If you have an old coat with a
fur collar that is still in good con-
dition, you could make a fur as-
cott or a collar and cuffs to wear
with your suits or wool dresses. Pers-
ian lamb, squirrel, or muskrat would
be most adaptable. And white bun-
ny-fur could add an exotic touch
to a black faille evening suit.

If you do your own sewing, try
making accessories to match your
dress or skirt. There’s something
smart about a suit or dress with a
matching bag. You might like to
make matching bands for your
tailored cloche, and change them to
go with your costume. Have you
thought of making earring to
match some unusual buttons on a
dress or blouse?

Interchangeability

It is wise to buy shoes, belts,
and scarves that can be used with
many costumes interchangeably. A
pair of shoes that clashes with every
dress in your wardrobe but one, is
not a good investment as a rule.

By letting your imagination get
to work for you, you can discover
many unusual uses for accessories.
And once you begin to keep your
eyes open for those different
touches, you'll see that new ideas
are surprisingly easy to find. The
really well dressed person has a
certain air of individuality about
her that is often achieved through
the exciting and imaginative use
of accessories.

Practical Poetry

In discussing desirable farm size,
Professor Stanley Warren likes to
use the old rhyme:

A little farm well tilled,

A little barn well filled,

A little wife well willed,

Are great riches.

“There may be less poetry in a
moderately large farm,” says the
Professor, “but there’s a lot better
living:”

A moderate large farm well

tilled,

A moderately large barn well

filled,

And the wife, whatever her size,

Will be well willed.

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for Men & Women
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Laces — Polishes

Leather Goods

401 Eddy St.
Near Campus Gate

The Changing Chair . . .

(Continued from Page 18)
freedom from _ household _ tasks,
Carreiro continued. They want a
home that is easy to clean. Hours
that were once spent dusting the
curves and turns of a Victoria chair
are now being used toward increas-
ing the family income or serving
the community. But women are also
conscious of the need in_ these
times for emphasis on the family as
a whole. They want a pleasant home
where the family members will
want to work and relax.

Technology, the new discoveries
of science, makes its contribution.
We are no longer limited to using
the traditional wood and_ uphol-
stery for furniture; plywood, dur-
able synthetics, and foam rubber
are finding their place in furniture
construction.

“But with all this change, we
have not forgotten the successful
ideas of the past.” Designer Carreiro

indicated the new desk chair in
which he was sitting. “Remember
the old ‘ice cream’ chairs with their
curved wire backs, plywood seats
and metal legs? This chair applies
the same principles—a wire frame-
work backs the plastic seat and
padding.”

Tradition can be a retarding in-
fluence, too, he admitted. All about
us, in stores, schools and at home,
we have examples. of poor design,
design that was “good enough for
father so it’s good enough for us.”
We cannot help but be influenced
by it.

In the field of furniture design,
as well as in other fields of art ex-
pression, most of us are limited by
this inexperience. We do not under-
stand good design. “When the facts
are denied to us about something,
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He went on to cite the example
of the beautiful shape of the modern
airplane, where “form follows func-
tion.” We are willing to accept it
because we understand that there
would have been little progress in
aeronautics if engineers had kept
to the Wright brothers’ original
structure. We are not even startled
by the inter-planetary versions of
Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers,
which are rapidly becoming fact.
This brought to mind a certain jet
bomber, in our opinion one of the
most beautifully shaped objects
ever created by man.

Changing Patterns

The progress of science seems to
be worthwhile, yet we are not
consistent in keeping pace with cor-
responding progress in our own
lives. Our modern world moves
ahead at a fast clip while most men
plod behind. The world is changing
and so must change the pattern of
our lives, our work, our thinking,
and, as a result, our homes. “But it
is my feeling that people will change
when they know why they are
changing and what the advantages
of changing are,” Carreiro said hope-
fully.

“Above all, we need consistence
and order in our planning. We can
lead full lives as individuals if we
work together toward the common
goal of keeping pace with modern
advances in science and thought
with comparative advances in
making our homes more livable.”

We looked at the “hammock”
chair once more but this time with
the new _ perspective Carreiro
had given us. We saw it as its cre-
ator had intended, as a reflection
of life as it is being lived today.

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The young adult farmers were
another important group under
Bill’s sponsorship. These young men
were anxious to learn the best farm-
ing methods and to work out their
problems together. Several of Bill’s
Cornell classmates in other com-
munities also organized groups of

young adults who have been meet-
ing actively ever since.

During the semester, Bill and his
classmates met one evening a week
with a member of the rural educa-
tion staff at one of the town centers
planned by the University. At a
dinner meeting they discussed their
experiences and their common prob-
lems so they could form a perspec-
tive of how this fitted into their

four-year training and how it
would contribute to their jobs when
they graduated. During the term,
four full-time advisors from Cor-
nell, under Dr. William R. Kunsela,
acting chairman of Vocational Ag-
riculture, visited each trainee.

Bill feels that his advisor, the
school’s full-time ag teacher, and
the school principal did everything
to make his experience a well-round-

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ed one. They made helpful sugges-
tions, but left the teaching methods
and planning up to him.

Actually becoming a high school
ag teacher and a member of the
school’s community for a semester
convinced Bill that he’d certainly
made the right vocational choice
when he entered Cornell. He grew
up on a farm, but the idea of ag
teaching was suggested to him by
his Veterans’ Administration §ad-
visor. Bill feels that it applies to a
great many other fields, so he can
transfer to something else later on
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Vocational agriculture is open to
all ag students, and the semester
of practice teaching is a part of the
program. The State has a tremen-
dous demand for vocational agricul-
ture teachers each year—a demand
that is far greater than can be met
at present. There are 23 men who
will graduate from Cornell in June,
but there are 60 high schools that
desperately need them. The begin-
ning salaries are high and they will
rise still higher.

In 1952 the range extended from
$3,700 to $4,000, as compared to
1946 when the annual pay was
about $2,700 to $2,900. One of Bill’s
classmates, Mike Mihuka, tried to
convince Bill that his experience
at New Mexico could not have been
richer than his own at Wayne Cen-
tral School in Ontario, N. Y. Mike,
who had had agriculture as a pupil
is his home town, and who chose
the field because he likes to work
with people, especially liked the
feeling that he was a real member
of the community.

Mike, like Bill and all his other
classmates, feels great satisfaction
in knowing that his job is worth-
while; one that has a great influence
on the boys he teaches, and on the
future progress of agriculture in
the State.

Ken Van Liew .. .
(Continued from Page 25)

Ag Eng 102 and 103 where, as an
instructor, he can often be over-
heard repeating his favorite axiom,
“T don’t know, Buddy!”

The most recent report for our
story, “Farm Boy Makes Good,”
(Spider, incidentally, is from a cash
crop farm in Union Springs, N. Y.
where he attended Union Springs
Central High School.) finds our
character with the title, “Chair-
man of Farm and Home Week.”

Spider is in advanced ROTC and
will remain engaged in it for at
least two more years. Some day,
though, he hopes to turn in his
hard-earned officer’s bars for a job
as field representative with a ma-
chine company or dealer. Thus it
is that our hero, whether as enter-
tainer, instructor or Lieutenant Van
Liew, is ever faithful to his first-
love—engineering and machinery.

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During this period the Army
turned its horses over to the Uni-
versity’s equitation course, and
the Polo Club has used some of
these ex-cavalry mounts together
with privately owned horses for
their polo ponies. At present, there
are fourteen “playing” ponies.

It is no easy task to meet the
financial demands of _ boarding
these ponies, buying equipment,
and traveling to away games. Con-
sequently, the boys on the polo
team are a hard working bunch of
athletes who realize that the sport
will only stay at the University as
long as they can keep the club in
a solvent financial state. The Stu-
dent Council grants the club some
money for- travel and equipment,
and the remainder is met by re-
turns from gate receipts, conces-
sions at dances and horse shows,
and parking cars during the foot-
ball season. Every member of the
squad must buy his own personal
equipment, such as breeches, boots,
helmets, and mallets. Boots alone
cost from thirty dollars up.

Practices are held on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights 6:00
to 8:00 p. m. Each player must
clean his own equipment and be

responsible for putting his assigned

pony away cool and clean. Too
much emphasis can not be placed
on keeping these horses in playing
shape, for they are not simply a
means of conveyance; they are an
integral part of the team. The ef-
fectiveness of an excellent man, of-
fensively and defensively, is se-
riously limited if he is poorly
mounted.

Lengthy Season

The polo season here at Cornell
begins in September when the pon-
ies are brought in from summer
pasture to condition and harden.
Games start in the middle of Octo-
ber and extend until May, with the
team seeing activity almost every
Saturday night.

The thrills of watching even an
intra-squad game are many as man
and mount moving as one, race,
check and turn. It is small wonder
that with every game new fans are
won for the “galloping game” polo.

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Practical Teaching . . .

(Continued from Page 16)

veloping the farm management
survey which is now one of the
accepted patterns for fact gather-
ing in farm management work.
During most of the period from
1914 to 1920, K. C. Livermore
taught the course, but at various
times A. L. Thompson and Carl
Ladd (the late Dean Ladd) took
over. Except for 1926 when George

Warren taught Farm Management,

William I. Myers was in charge
from 1921 to 1933.

Throughout the history of the
course field work has been an im-
portant phase of farm management.
The course is usually conducted in
the spring term so that students
can get the background informa-
tion during the bad weather and
take the field trips in the spring
when they know what they’re look-
ing for.

The Old Days

Professor Stanley Warren likes to
hold the last field trip of each year
in the eight-square school house
near Dryden. When the bus ar-
rives at the school, built in 1827
and vacated several years ago, Pro-
fessor Warren unlocks the door
and takes the class inside. The stu-
dents sit in the old style seats and
the Professor rings the bell to call

Marcu, 1953

the class to order. He uses this
setting to point out the relative
impact of progress of different types
of land. For example, a grain cradle
—there’s one in the classroom—
could be used about as efficiently on
poorly drained land as on well
drained land. It was no trick for a
man to cut around a swale hole. But
the combine puts the poorly drained
land at a disadvantage because it
is not designed for wet ground and
swale holes.

A Running Record

Professor Warren probably knows
as many graduates of the college
as anyone around. He likes to keep
records and one of his records is
in the form of a book in which each
of his students has a page. On that
page is the student’s name, home
town, picture, and other informa-
tion. The professor says this book is
a big help in remembering names.

The farm management course
has grown with the growth of the
various studies in agriculture. Stu-
dents often regard it as the one
course that ties together and makes
valuable all the technical informa-
tion they gain in college. And this
is what the course is designed to
do. For according to Professor War-
ren, farm management — should
“teach the business principles in ac-
cordance with which the know-
ledge acquired in the production
courses can best be used.”

THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 26

Forkless Future?

(Continued from page 12)

ents. About three-fourths of the
herd’s total nutrients are now home
grown in the form of hay, pasture,
silage and grain.

We can’t expect to see any great
change in the methods of stabling
within the next few years. Most
cows will still be in stanchions or tie
stalls despite some of the advantages
of pen stabling. Professor Cunning-
ham says, “I believe that conven-
tional stables will remain in com-
mon use because: (1) pen stabling
doesn’t save an appriciably greater
amount of labor than the stanchion
barn, (2) there is little difference
in disease control, (3) there is a
lack of adequate bedding for pen
stabling.

More Milk

By 1960 some 200,000 pounds of
milk produced per man per year
will be as common as_ 150,000
pounds is today. This additional
milk will be produced with less
physical effort than is experienced
at the present. With less physical
exertion, more brain work will be
used in running 1960’s dairy farm.
The need for up-to-date information
on crops and cows will be even
ereater, so dust out the cobwebs
and see where you're going.

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Meat Dollar .. .

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should like this inexpensive, very
tasty ham loaf: Heat 1 can of con-
densed tomato soup and 1 cup of
water, and add 1% T. unflavored
gelatin softened in % cup of water.
Blend in 3 ounces of cream cheese.
Cool until the mixture starts to con-
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2 tsp. prepared mustard, 2 T. vine-
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the spot on a hot summer day, and
should be a special treat for the
cook, as there is no cooking in-
volved. The loaf will serve about 10
people, so maybe you'll even have
enough left over for the next day!

Those Leftovers

Does your family get tired of
eating cold, leftover meat loaf? Try
spreading slices of it with ketchup
and broiling slowly for 5 minutes;
then top with grated cheese and
broil for 3 minutes. This should
please anybody’s taste buds!

Does sausage and _ spaghetti
sound like an odd combination?
Well, it’s really not bad at all, and
here’s an appetizing casserole to
prove it: Cook 2 cups of broken
spaghetti, drain, and put it in a

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When the sausages are brown, place
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tomato mixture, and bake in the
400 deg. oven for half an hour.

A Meat Roll

Then there’s always the meat
roll. You can make a good one by
just combining some chopped
cooked meat with a little onion,
salt, and poultry seasoning, rolling
the mixture up in biscuit or bread
dough, and baking. Serve it with
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tastes good, too.

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Ag-Domecon .. .
(Continued from Page 23)

due to lack of funds and trained
personnel for added hours, it will
be impossible to open the library
on Sundays this term, but further
considerations will be given to the
matter by library and university
officials.

Ag Hec Day
“Ag Hee Day,”

is to acquaint the rest of the campus
with the ag school, will be spon-
sored by the Ag Domecon Council
on April 11, 1953.

According to Wolcott Stewart
54, general chairman, the day’s
activities will include a pie baking,
greased pig, and milkmaid contest.
An activities fair containing displays
by the various agricultural organ-
izations will be held from 3:00 to
5:30 p.m. in the Judging Pavillion.
From 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. a poultry
barbecue will be held and from 8:00
to 12:30, a square dance will take

whose purpose

place.

Home Ec Club Elects
New Members

On Tuesday, February 10, the
Cornell Home Economics Club
swelled its ranks by initiating Dot
Baker °56, Gale Briggs °56, Esther
Corcoran °54, Aiden Ehlert ’56, Hua
Fu °56, Janet Frost 55, Rhodalee
Krause °54, Pat McCaulley °55,
Janet McGinnis 7°56, Linda
Mandelbaum °55, Nancy Olney °56,
Alice Platt 56, Margaret Reed °56,
Bonnie Smith ’56, Nancy Van
Valkenburg °56, Jane Wight 754,
and Ann Williams ’55.

Outstanding Participation

Nancy Hencle, Rhodalee Krause,
Linda Mandelbaum, and Bonnie
Smith were awarded American
Home Economics Association pins
in recognition of outstanding par-
ticipation in activities while work-
ing to qualify for membership in the
club. A point system is used to rate
the prospective members for in-
terest and participation in the Club.
Points may be earned in the follow-

48

ing ways: attendance at regular
club meetings and programs, at-
tendance at and planning of the
vocational teas which are held after
classes once or twice a month, help-
ing with the coffee service held
mornings in the Student Lounge,
working on the Spool & Kettle pub-
lications, and helping with service
projects for the school and the
Club.

If you are not already familiar
with the Ivy Room of the upper
campus you should head for the
Coffee Service in the Student
Lounge on the second floor of
Martha Van_ Rensselaer Hall.
Throughout the spring term the
Home Ec Club will continue to
sell coffee, doughnuts, and juice
Monday through Friday from 9 to
11:30 a. m.

Latest Doings

The latest news of Club activities
is posted on the display screen in
the Student Lounge in Martha Van.
For further information attend the
next regular meeting of the Club
or leave a note requesting more in-
formation with your name, address
and extension number in Box #153,
Martha Van Rennselear Informa-
tion Office.

Amateur Boxing Finals

The finals of the university open
boxing championships will be held
at Barton Hall Wednesday night,
March 25, during Farm and Home
Week. It is a campus wide tourna-
ment open to any amateur boxer
who wishes to enter. There will be
eliminations in each of the eight
weight classes from 120 pounds to
heavy weight and the finalists will
fight it off.

Anyone desiring information on
the tournament may call Mike Hos-
tage, president of the Boxing Club,
at Ithaca 42131.

FFA Reorganized
The Cornell FFA Chapter has

been reorganized into the Cornell
Association of Teachers of Agri-
culture. A new constitution has

VOTE FOR SUE FINN

been drawn up which includes af-
filiation with the New York State
Association of Teachers of Agricul-
ture. Since interest in ag teaching
has been decreasing at Cornell des-
pite increasing opportunities in the
field, it is hoped that an affiliation
with NYSATA will provide inspira-
tion and better understanding.

George Dodge, president of
NYSATA, spoke at the reorganiza-
tion meeting. The officers of the
club are: Phil Eastman °54, Presi-
dent, Raymond Merrill °54, Vice
President, Dick Haner °54, Secre-
tary and John Preston 54, Treas-
urer.

Mrs. Stocker Leaves
To Become Editor

Mrs. Marion K. Stocker has re-
signed as editor and assistant pro-
fessor in the College of Home Eco-
nomics, Cornell University, as of
April 1, after more than six years
at Cornell. She will become an as-
sociate editor of Farm Journal and
Pathfinder, national magazines
published in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Stocker came to Cornell in
1947 as assistant editor in the home
economics division of the depart-
ment of extension teaching and in-
formation. She became editor and
ussistant professor in the spring of
1949. In addition to her many oth-
er activities, Mrs. Stocker is a mem-
ber of the board of directors of the
Cornell Countryman.

Farm Deferments

All farm men who wish to apply
for draft deferment because of their
farm work must fill out and file
with their local draft boards the
New York State Selective Service
Farm Report.

On this form the applicant re-
cords the year’s production or
sales of livestock, field crops, fruits,
vegetables, seeds, etc. These
amounts are then multiplied by a
conversion factor and the number
of selective service units are deter-
mined. The minimum number of
units that must be secured to be
eligible for the draft deferment is
20. For more information see also
the Selective Service Act 1948, sec-
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AF nods JB

THESE ADVANTAGES MEAN MORE POWER, COMFORT,

LOWER COSTS, REAL SPEED IN THE FIELD!

1 MORE POWER! Higher compression cylinder heads, greater com-
pression ratio offer more horsepower with new fuel economy! PER-
FORMANCE that adds up to /ess time in the field, more work done!

2 NEW HIGH PLATFORM! This one big feature provides greater
visibility, puts the operator up away from dust and heat, provides
ample standing room for a change of pace while driving the tractor.
Platform gives a safe, solid foundation for new tractor seat.

3 NEW IGNITION SYSTEM! Double the voltage output means
easier starting. New position for battery means easier servicing.
Sealed beam headlights make night work easier, road travel safer.

4& NEW STARTER! The Model UB will start time and again where
other tractors fail. Shorter cables cut down power loss.

5 NEW CENTER LINE STEERING and “needle bearing” universal
joints deliver the most responsive, easy to control tractor on the
market... equal vision on both sides of tractor. Throttle is right
under the steering wheel.

6 NEW SAFETY FEATURES include shield over hydraulic Uni-
Matic jack, complete protection from working parts of Uni-Matic
and PTO attachments.

7 NEW PRESSURE COOLING! Now the UB Tractor has a cooling
7 like most automobiles... sealed system cuts out anti-freeze

osses.

8 AUTOMATIC WEATHER CAP keeps moisture out of your trac-
tor, stays open automatically while tractor is operating.

9 NEW FLOTE-RIDE SEAT! Never before such comfort! New seat
pan, new springs to take the shock, new hydraulic cylinder to absorb
the rebound... weight, distance from steering column, and furrow

ieveting adjustments. Seat can be flipped back if operator wishes to

stand.

10 NEW FOOT CLUTCH is located to the left of the steering column.
Large capacity clutch and long pedal make operating easier.

11 NEW BRAKE SYSTEM! Longer brake pedals (both on the right
side of the steering column) . . . disc type brakes that operate on the
transmission countershaft . . . close Spacing that eliminates locking
pin... brakes that can be locked in “‘on” position by foot lever.
UB brakes are advanced, respond faster—typical of a tractor that’s
ahead in so many ways.

12 NEW ROLLER DRAWBAR that can be locked in place or allowed
to roll free.

13 LIVE POWER TAKE-OFF! Live PTO lever is convenient to
operator. Pulled back, lever disengages tractor wheels but allows
PTO shaft to turn and clear.clogged or jammed PTO implement.
Live PTO is optional equipment on the new UB.

14 EXTRA CAPACITY FUEL FILTER.

15 STELLITE EXHAUST VALVE INSERTS for best high compres-
sion performance, longer wear.

16 NEW, STRONGER “BOSSES” on side of transmission case pro-
vide far greater strength for front-mounted loaders or implements.
17 LIKE DRIVING THE LATEST MODEL CAR! MM has designed
the new UB to place the steering wheel, throttle, clutch, and brake
pedals right in front of the operator where they are naturally and

— reached... yet the UB keeps the exclusive MM Visionlined
esign.

MINNEAPOLIS-MOLINE MINNEAPOLIS 1, MINNESOTA

" takes that UB power bones to hold plowing costs

to the very rock bottom. LP gas.

Here's the Model UB factory-equipped to burn
Farmers everywhere are cutting costs
with MM's advanced LP gas system.

Operator stands if he wants to. The big, safe platform
on the new Model UB gives plenty of space for a
change of pace.

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A report to you about men and machines that help maintain International Harvester leadership

IH engineers make another farm job easy—

The McCormick Cream Separator

washes itself in 3 minutes!

For years, farm families dreaded the drudg-
ery of washing a cream separator by hand
--. especially on a cold winter morning.

Today, the new McCormick power wash-
ing cream separator eliminates that routine
drudgery! All the user has to do is pour water
into the supply can, regulate a valve, and
operate the electric motor switch. The
McCormick separator uses the same centrif-
ugal force that separates the cream from the
milk to do the rest. It flushes, washes, ster-
ilizes, and dries itself in only 3 minutes. Com-
pared to hand washing, this means a saving
of from 15 to 20 minutes every time the
separator is washed!

One-piece antisplash supply can. “4
Rubber metering valve

Flushing valve

Supply can spout

Skim milk collector cover

Stainless steel bowl shell

Rubber collector gasket —~
Skim milk collector ‘

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Rubber collecSr gasket

‘Ts L nia

rh

upply can spider

Two skim milk
regulating screws

Stainless steel discs
Supply can latch

‘Ee Three cream outlets

Cream collector ff Self-positioning bowl driver
Bowl ding ae —— shaft ball bearing
Stainless steel bowl base t Switch

Motor fan ; f “Brush holder

Armature

Armature shaft ball bearing

Motor governor

Mercury switch
Easily cleaned sheet steel body

Electric cord

Supply can support tube

Y ] e . Bs Foot pedal
a pe a bts A Lifting lever

This cross-section shows the power wash-
ing action of the McCormick separator. As
the separator speed is reduced for washing,
the bowl ring (A) contracts to open the wa-
ter escape holes (B) at the base of the bowl.
With the flushing valve in the supply can
removed, a large volume of water rushes into
the bowl. Centrifugal action floods the wa-
ter through the bowl and out the opened
holes with a powerful washing force.

Here is a cut-away view of the new McCormick power washing
cream separator. Actual tests show that power washing gets the
discs cleaner, leaves the separator more sanitary than hand
scrubbing.

This Modern Designs
Award was presented to
International Harvester
Company by the editorial
staff of Design News
“for excellence in general |
mechanical design of the |)
McCormick power wash-
ing cream separator.”

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER

International Harvester products pay for themselves in use—McCormick Farm Equipment and Farmall Tractors...
Motor Trucks... Crawler Tractors and Power Units... Refrigerators and Freezers—General Office, Chicago 1, Illinois

IH engineering teamwork produced the McCormick power
washing cream separator. IH research, engineering, and
manufacturing men are constantly pooling their time and tal-
ent to solve farm problems—to provide equipment that makes
farm work easier and the farmer’s time more productive!