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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-08-01
Europeans Find 1t Pays to
Pile on the Fertilizer
By RALPH S. YOHE
By RALPH S. YOHE

FERTILIZE the soil. That's what
the Swedes advise on heavy clay
soils. On Swedish clay soils crop
yields fail to respond to what appears
for crop needs.
For some time soil scientists have
known that phosphates are easily
tied up in clay soils so that the plants
cannot use them. Iron and aluminium
compounds found in most clay soils
hook onto the phosphates. This
gradually locks them up so that they
cannot be used by plants growing in
the soil. Swedish scientists guessed
that the phosphates were being tied
up in the clay soil too fast for plant
use.
Swedish fertilizer experts decided
to give the clay soils huge shot-in-
the-arm treatment of phosphates.
This, they figured, would block off
the action of the soil to tie up the
plant foods. Experiments were set
up to test the theory. Various levels
of superphosphate were used on ex-
detrimental plots on clay soils up to
nearly three tons of superphosphate
per acre.
Heavy Dose Does II
Crop yields went up very little in
the tests when small amounts of
super-phosphate were used. But
when very heavy amounts of super
phosphates were applied-far in ex-
cess of crop needs-the Swedish re-
search people got big increases in
crop yields. The yields increased
steadily up to over $500 pounds of
superphosphate per acre. Not only
that, but the high level application
kept up crop yields in following
years when only the regular amounts
of phosphate-200 to 300 pounds
were used to take care of crop needs
These experiments have led Swed-
ish farmers to add superphosphate
ment. Even if the crop doesn't pay
for the heavy use of fertilizer the
first year, the farmers look on the
application as a long time soil i'm
provement treatment just like the
application of limestone. After the
shot-in-the-arm treatment, then reg
u1ar amounts, 200 to 400 pounds o
superphosphate, give just as good re
suits on the heavy clay soils as Oh
the lighter soils.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-08-01

This sloping field in Norway give
has about a thousand pounds of bal
it is important that every acre work
at full capacity. That's why Europe
uses what seems to us to be ire
mendous amounts of fertilizer.
Belgium Uses Most
Belgium uses the most fertilizer
on the average, 81 pounds of pure
nitrogen for every tillable acre, So
pounds of pure phosphate, and IS
pounds of pure potash. That figures
out roughly the equivalent of 500
pounds of 10-10-12 fertilizer for
every tillable acre in the country.
1t is followed by Holland and Nor
way.
In terms of fertilizer used on cu1-
tivated crops, the figure is even
higher, Holland leads with 1T
pounds of pure nitrogen, 104 pounds
of phosphate, and 1913 pounds of pot
ash. That's roughly the equivalent
of 500 pounds of 10-20-26 fertilizer
plus 200 pounds of 80 per cent nitro
gen fertilizer. Of course Holland
grows large acreage of specialized
crops. But even the application on
field crops, hay and pasture land is
tremendous.
forfi1izar- &c f1cad ir, largo
amounts in most of northwestern
Europe. Swedish experiments have
shown that permanent pastures, even
when they are fortified properly
with phosphate and potash, declined
in production after few years.
When as much as $50 pounds of
1915 per cent nitrogen fertilizer was
applied per year-roughly the equiv
alent of 125 pounds of 80 per cent
nitrogen fertilizer yields were
greater than without nitrogen, but
the pasture still tended to gradually
go out after a few years. But when
the Swedes put on 720 pounds of
1875 per cent nitrogen fertilizer
about the equivalent of $50 pounds
of 80 per cent nitrogen fertilizer
yields were not only higher, but
grass yields continued to go up dur
ing the years.
Yields. Quality Improved
After % years of treatment of the
permanent pastures, yields today are
higher than they were when the pas
ture was first seeded down. And i
looks as if yields will continue to g
up even more. All these plots haC
sufficient phosphates and potash fer
tilizer added. The only difference
was nitrogen.
Of course, with such heavy appli
cation of nitrogen, all clovers hav
disappeared. Then, too, the cost pc
pound of grass produced has gon
up somewhat as more and more nil
rogen is applied. But the grass
much better. There's more protei
and carotene in every pound of gras
on the plots that have had heav
applications of nitrogen fertilizer.
The extra amount of nitroge
doesn't make much difference
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-08-01

August |. 1857
Evening star., 1953-01-11

without even a MAY I?", he
assaults their ears with the blare
of liis radio; and there is nothing
they can do about it.
One of the questionable amen
tiles of our present age is radios
which have been installed in
buses, trains, hotel lobbies and
other public places.
The individuals responsible for
these nuisances doubtless have
impeccable manners and even
kindly hearts; but apparently
they are too unimaginative to
realize how ruthlessly they in
Evening star., 1953-01-11

his suitcase onto the
rack, he deposits a small,
ominous-looking piece
of luggage beside him on
the seat. Some of the
people around him are
reading. others are try
ing to doze off.
No MATTER! With a
twist of the dial, and
Evening star., 1953-01-11
Your voice can invade
peoples privacy, even
in public places >.

THE very first principle of
Il courtesy would seem to be
to respect other peoples privacy.
Once a year - but only once -
we permit ourselves brief fall
ing away from this principle.
When the midnight hour strikes.
on New Years Eve, we allow
ourselves the forbidden joy of
blowing horns and rafting rattles
in other peoples ears. In fact, 50
deep has become our feeling of
the right of the individual to be
secure in his privacy that many
of us cannot bring ourselves to
do this even once a year.
Yet note this man who has
boarded the train. Having tossed
Evening star., 1953-01-11
awareness of others.
It means precisely the

opposite of living in a sealed
compartment. 1t is a way of
being alive and sensitive to what
other people are feeling and to
what our own behaviors do to
these others.
To be greatly courteous is, in
John Donne's words, to be ''in-
volved in mankinde."
4 4 4
EVERYBODY likes to giue
GdUice bwt sometimes it's
dangerous. Mrs. Raymond
Massey giUes her rules ON it
nest sUeek.
Evening star., 1953-01-11

imagination apparently
does not spread beyond
themselves.
But worst of all, they
invade privacy without
even knowing that they
are doing it.
Courtesy in the great
sense means a keen
awareness of others.
Evening star., 1953-01-11
QUIET, PLEASE!
by H. A. Overstreet
AUTHOR OF tine MaTURE MInD"

wade other peoples privacy.
The too-loud talker does the
same thing. We have all been in
restaurants where we had hoped
for quiet conversation with our
friends. But the quiet converse
ton we had hoped for was made
impossible by the raucous, pene-
trating voice of some self
appointed monologuer at a
neighboring table.
Here again the failure is one of
insensitivity. The too-loud talker
is doubtless completely unaware
of how obnoxious he is.
In A similar manner, loud Cos
sipers IN the theater usually seem
to have no feeling that they are
disturbing those around them.
The curious fact appears to be
that for them others simply do
not exist. Such persons must live
in sealed compartments = their
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10

Airman 2/C Howard W. Cole
man, whose mother, Mrs. Ruby
Coleman, lives at 900 Westmore-
land Ave, Rockville, was COM
mended for efficient and courteous
service" by Brig. Gen. Ray H.
Clark upon the occasion of the
generals retirement recently.
General Clark was commandant
at Amarillo Air Force Base, Tex
as until his retirement recently.
General Clark wrote to Altman
Coleman that he wanted "to take
this opportunity to express my
sincere appreciation for the eff
cient and courteous service which
as a motor vehicle operator you
rendered this command and me,
personally, the past Is months.
"Your promptness in reporting,
willingness to work beyond normal
duty hours on numerous occasions
and your care of the equipment
for which you were responsible
have set an excellent example for
others to follow. My best wishes
for your continued success
throughout your military career"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10

West as the best "Little Bo Peep
and Phillip Geislet as Little Mis-.
Muffet."
Sunbeam Bread Company don
ated cut out trucks, comic bool
story characters of bread, Gene
Aubrey pictures and pins. Wonde,
Bread donated small loaves Of
bread.
Many persons deserve laurels
for all the hard work necessary to
carry through this three day-a-
week, $3.50 to 1880 am, playtime.
The program was planned by tbs
supervisor, Mrs. Julian Sante, and
when illness prevented her from
concluding, Mrs. Harold West
stepped in and with her usual mi
tiative and enthusiasm saved the
day.
The Recreation Committee that
worked so hard was made up of
Mesdames Sara Ward, Bernard
Cheslosky, Raymond Harris, and
Hy Hellman. The latter carried
the juice from her home to the
thirsty little mouths every day Of
the season, except two.
Each day saw a mother il
charge to help the supervisor, ant
she was assisted by or othel
mothers. To all those mother
whose names are too numerous t.
mention we say it all could no
have been done without your he'll
with Susie, and John and Bill.
Mrs. William Wells, who resign
ed as President of Homemakers
was missed, as she is now prob
ably far away in Cairo, Egypt, il
an entirely different atmosphere
but We have not forgotten her har
work and ceaseless energy in get
ting things into shape to start /
July. To Mrs. Lee Woelk VIII
stepped into Mrs. Wells shoe!
everyone votes an especial orchi
for the calm way she has wor
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10


The Twinbrook Homemakers
Pre- School Recreation Program
zane to a close September 2 with
a Dress-Up Parade at the Play
ground. This is the second sum-
;ner the cooperative nursery has
been open, and the droves of little
tots who came all dressed no in
costumes was evidence enough Of
the popularity and success OF this
tremendous undertaking of the
mothers.
A planning committee made up
Of Mesdames Lee Woelk, Leo Nc
earthly, Hy Hellman, and Bernard
Cheslosky had charge of the days
festivities. Under Mrs. Carl Bur-
rows direction big red and yellow
crepe paper bows and streamers
and vari-colored balloons among
the trees transformed the play
area into a festive background fol
all the darling costumed little folk
Mrs. Edwin Libby's refreshment
table was stocked with homemade
cookies and fruit juice for the 3G(
in attendance. Homemaker / mem;
bers had baked so generously thai
Walter Reed Hospital received
quite a few cookies that could no
be used.
Games came first. Mrs. Iren,
Anderson and Mrs. Harold Yves
had charge of the 3-year-olds ant
Ronnie Libby won the bean bat
throw, Karen Domsky the pape
toss, and Ricky cambridge th'
button game. Mesdames R. D. Dur
ham, and David Korb's 4-year-olt
group had bean bag throws witt
Scotty Durham, Marsha Domsky
Mike Riordan, Jan Bynum, and j
Marie Wakefield winners. Unde
Mesdames Mccarthy and Norman
Person the 5-year-old children
played a clothespin game witt
Abigail Stoughton and Dian
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10
Mrs. J. Thompson
Returns from Trip
To Reopen Studio

Mrs. John G. Thompson return
ed last week from a vacation spent
at Drexel Hill and Haverford, Pa,
with cousins, and at Spring Noun
tain House near Schwenksville, Pa,
in the Perkiomen Valley. Mrs.
Thompson also visited Valley
Forge and the Washington Mem
orial Chapel there with the new
tower for housing what is said to
be the most perfect set of bells in
the world-the National Memorial
Carlton.
Mrs. Thompson will open her
music studio in Sandy Spring Mon
day, September %, for the coming
season.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10

WEIGH winners, and in the spoon
game Gail Hambridge and Diane
Welch won.
The hardest task of the day fell
to the judges of the costumes,
Mesdames Cheslosky, Robert Ward
and William Wilson. And who
wouldn't have had trouble giving
out such titles as Miss Play
ground" to Checkie Cheslosky,
and Miss Bikini" to Karen Hulse:
best Hulas to Joan Curley and
Bobby Johnson; and best dancing
girls to Gail cambridge, Lucy
Waleski, and Debbie Boas.
For the Funniest costume 10
Marie Wakefield took the prize,
and to "Wee Winnie Wrinkle"
Gloria Jean Pittinger went the one
for the Smallest. Mike Riordan,
Diane WEIGH, and Christenc
Schroeder had the best formals;
Leslie Goldsmith was the best
Golfer and Rickie cambridge came
as the best Farmer. Indians were
there whooping it up, but to Pier
re Bynum and Marsha Domsky
went the prizes.
Cowboys Kathleen Henderson
and David Allen were best, while
Ronnie Hellman came looming ir
rs Spaceman No. /. Even Grand
mother was there with Barbara
Allen being the best one, and Johr
Procopio dressed as cat was the
best animal. Hobo Rusty Green
slade drew the prize, and Clown.
David Pittinger and Joyce Nc
I.aughlin laughed it up to get frs
place.
AS a Chinese Girl Sara Bymul
was first and Barry Barnes wa
the best Pirate, with Jackie Leon
ard judged best French Moroccan
AS Cupid Tommy Mather VOL
first. Old Mother Goose character
were there right out of the stor.
books in the persons of Christen
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Thursday, September 10, 1853
Twinbrook Community Guide
Distributed Through Area

outlined With regard to outomo-
biles, building, dogs and voting.
County, city, and Federal officials
are listed as well as a complete
alphabetical listing Of all COM
munity residents. There is a
Classified Directory for all the lat
ter who wish their particular ser
vices or skills listed.
Montgomery County organiza-
tions that joined together in this
experiment of county and neigh
borhood cooperation are Health
Dept. Medical Society, Dental
Society, Cancer Society, Health
Fund, Mental Hygiene Society
tuberculosis Association, YMCA,
County Dept. of Recreation, Home
Demonstration Service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10
PIANO TEACHERS CLASS

The Music Committee of Mont
gomery County P.TA. plans to
sponsor piano course for piano
teachers. The sessions, designed to
famlliarize the teacher with class
techniques and materials, will be
given by DR.. Richard Werder.
Classes will be held on Tuesday
mornings 900 to 1890 am, be-
ginning September Is, at 1923
Grace Church Road, Silver Spring.
The Committee feels that in
creased interest in the after
school group piano program which
was started during the past school
year will probably result in the
need for additional teachers. For
further information call Lockwood
5-3959.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10

The Twi nbrook Community
Guide, evidence of an experiment
in coopration between county o.
CARNATIONS that are interested in
serving and working with the citi-
zens and a neighborhood, is off
the press, and was distributed to
all residents last week.
The chief responsibility for this
guide to county and city resources
was carried on by Dewey Wyatt,
sociology field student of the Uni
versity of Maryland and Mrs. Will
liam H. Wells, past President Of
Homemakers | Club. Besides the
Homemakers the other parties
sharing jointly in the work were
the Citizens Association and the
Parent Teachers Association Of
Twinbrook.
The printing of the GA page
handbook was made possible
through advertisements, themsel
YES great help to residents.
Throughout the pages can be found
listed the churches, libraries, medi-
cal services, educational facilities
as well as health and welfare ser.
vices. Other valuable information
is listed about public utilities.
transportation, newspapers, postal
services, organizations and recrea~
ton in the area.
The Rockville city and Mont
gomery County structures are ex
planned, and there is a map of
Twinbrook. The regulations are
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10
MISS GARLAND A STUDENT

Miss Virginia Garland, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu Garland,
Rockville, has entered the Mary
land Medical Secretarial School of
Hagerstown, where she will pur-
sue a medical secretarial course.
She was graduated from Richard
Montgomery High School, in the
class of 1858.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10
Hite School Opens
Fall Term Monday

The Hite School on the Rockville
Pike, Bethesda, will open Monday,
September Ia, for the 1858 fall
term, Mrs. Maude C. Hite, Direc-
tor, announced yesterday.
The school, a fully accredited
day school with facilities from the
nursery school through the sixth
grade, includes in its academic pro-
gram, dancing, creative dramatics,
and music appreciation as part of
the daily curriculum.
Mrs. Maude Nyhart will join the
staff, Mrs. Hite said. Further en-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10

phasis will be placed on the
schools extensive social studies
program which encourages CORES
pondence and exchange of art work
between the students of the Hite
School and children in foreign
lands.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10

them and been able to guide all
The other steps in the right direc-
lion to last Wednesdays festivi-
ties and the end of the tots play
trail until summer comes again.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-09-10
Twin Brook
Mrs. CIsud o. Cross
Phone Poplar 1-4549

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Evening star., 1953-12-08

though, and a man can put up
with lot for refreshing girl.
Evening star., 1953-12-08

BUSMEN-Bill Williams and
Don Diamond of TVS "Adven-
lures of Kit Carson" went to
Palm Springs the other day for
few days of rest. Wound up
relaxing from their Western
chores by going horseback rid
ing.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Was Protecting Cir, Former
Fionce Says at Beating Trial

cal after he broke their engage
ment that he had to use force to
keep her in his car and get her
home during a wild ride last
September Z.
Calomiris is charged with as
sault and threats to Miss Betty
Mantzouris, 1913 Emerson street
NV.
Earlier in the trial, the attrac-
tive brunette told Judge Andrew
j. Howard. jr.. that Calomiris
beat her after a friends wedding
reception in the Mayflower
Hotel.
Sobbingly. the girl declared
Calomiris became angry because
she danced with someone else,
decided to leave the party and
break their engagement.
Calomiris testified he decided
to break the engagement after
Miss Mantzouris snubbed him
during the party.
"The only time I struck her
with my fist was when she had
her arm around my neck" he
testified.
Judge Howard continued the
case until 3 pm. Friday when
attorneys will present their argu-
mentS.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
On the Air
A Girl Named Betty White
Briqhtens a V Comedy
BY Horny Macarthur

A young woman with a capac-
ity for adding a bit of cheer to
your life has been quietly added
to the local TV fare. Quietly is
hardly the word. She has been
almost smuggled in and it is
high time some attention was
called to her.
Her name is Betty White and
she is the star of a filmed affair
called Life With Elizabeth"
seen Saturdays at 7 pm. on
WNBW. This is-you may as
we'll be prepared-just what the
title implies. another domestic
comedy. 1t is a lot brighter than
many of these, however.
Miss White plays what you
will call either a typical or an
atypical wife. depending on your
experience along this line. 1t
will be wise, of course, for you
to keep it to yourself if you think
of her as typical. She is a shade
on the Scatterbrained side and
life with Elizabeth is seldom dull.
Milt Kahn and George Tibbles,
who write Miss Whites weekly
frollc (Tibbles also produces and
Directs have deft comedy
touch. They may belabor a situ-
alton beyond it's normal mileage,
but they usually save it with
some bright and fairly off-beat
nonsense.
In a Gecent episode, for in
stance, Miss White at one point
claimed to be making an apron
while wrestling with enough
cloth to make a tent for Grif-
fifth Stadium. She reeled out sew
eral yards of it in front of her
startled husband, then gave him
the off-hand explanation that
she was measuring the pockets.
This may sound not particularly
funny here, but Miss White has
quite talent for throwing away
a line like that.
incidentally. this is quite obvi-
ously young woman who turned
to comedy of her own free will
and not because people laughed
when she walked into the room.
She is more pertly attractive
than a comedienne really has to
be and eminently photogenic. 1t
doesn't make Life With Eliza
beth" harder to take, of course.
Miss White and Del Moore.
who plays her husband, do have
to cope with a lot of typical Hol-
lywood embellishments on the
weekly film. The show comes
equipped, for instance, with an
announcer who tells you what
you are about to see at the be-
ginning of each of the three cpl
sodeS in the half-hour. then
thanks you for having watched
it. If he can find employment
elsewhere. he will not be missed
Life With Elizabeth" also is
hampered by some of that
canned laughter employed by
Hollywood telefilm makers to let
you know when to laugh This
does make Life With Elizabeth
harder to take.
Miss White is a refreshing girl,
Evening star., 1953-12-08

though, and a man can put up
with lot for refreshing girl.
ANSWER-An answer was
quickly forthcoming to yester-
days question about driving
sleighS through covered bridges
where the cover obviously would
keep snow from falling. Phil
Genthner. Washington musician
now with the Army Field Band,
remembered from his Maine
boyhood. It was all so simple,
too. The town just contracted
with some local citizen to haul
in a load of snow at the first
fall. Packed onto the floor of
the bridge, it would freeze and
provide a suitable surface for
sleighs all winter long. We are
willing to drop the matter by
assuming that this was every
body'S solution and may even be
Arthur Godfrey's for his TV
sleigh ride tomorrow night. AS
Maine goes, so far as we're con-
cerned, so go the Nations cov-
cred bridges.
NEW BOSS-David Sarnoff,
chairman of the board of RCA
and NBC. has answered a ques-
ton which has been on the
broadcasting trades mind for
some time now. He announced,
to the surprise of virtually no.
body, that Sylvester L. Weaver,
jr.. has been named president of
NBC. Mr. Weaver joined NBC
in l949. After three years as
vice president in charge of tele-
vision, he was put in charge of
both the radio and television
networks.
Last December Mr.. Weaver was
made vice chairman uf the board
of NBC and given the RESPONSE
bility of planning and super
vising MICS introduction of RCA
color televiSion. Mr.. Weaver also
is the man who launched ITO
day" IN the face of a great deal
of dissent. Nobody would ever
watch television early in the
morning, Mr.. Weaver was told
from all sides.
The success of To-day" has
vindicated his foresight rather
thoroughly, not to mention
emphatically. This and other
things have demonstrated that
Mr.. Weaver is a practical enough
visionary for a network to put
its faith in.
His elevation to the new post
seems to have brought an era
to an end, incidentally. He used
to be known as Sylvester L. Pat"
Weaver, jr, but not any more.
Not in the NBC press release,
at any rate.
BUSMEN-Bill Williams and
Don Diamond of TVS "Adven-
lures of Kit Carson" went to
Palm Springs the other day for
a few days of rest. Wound up
relaxing from their Western
chores by going horseback rid
ing.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Traffic Death Of Man,
"a, Held Accidental

A coroner's jury has ruled ac-
cidental the traffic death of an
84-year-old man, who was IA
tally injured early Wednesday at
Douglas street and Bladensburg
road NE.
The traffic victim was William
T. Mathers. 1920 Douglas street
NE, who was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Sylvia M
Boone. 40, of 1914 North Roose-
velt street, Arlington.
Mr.. Boone. who was driving
north on Bladensburg road, said
he did not see Mr.. MatherS until
he was in front of the automo-
bile.