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Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01
Artificial Breeding

dairymen who hire trained technician
to handle the disseminating. But it is
available to any individuals who wish
to use it, as several in Montana and
Wyoming do.
The associations breeding fee is 1925
for first service, with second and third
services, if necessary. supplied free.
Local units charge up to SO for first
service and, again, necessary second
and third services are free.
Those additional services are becon-
ing less frequent every year as both
dairymen and technicians become more
experienced with artificial breeding's
requirements. (See story page 42). Az
erage first-service conception for the
Montana group last year was 65.4 per
cent, and Greenhalgh is confident it
will improve to around 20 per cent.
Non-return rate with natural service
ranges from so to 81 per cent.
GOOu Sire hattery
Good bulls are the backbone of any
dissemination program, and the Western
Montana association has consistently
maintained a productive sire battery.
One Jersey formerly in service officially
boosted production of his daughters
lob pounds of milk and 81 pounds of
butterfat over their dams records.
Among bulls now in service, records
show that H-12, Carnation-bred Hol-
stein leased from the branch expert
ment station at Huntley, is responsible
for an 84-pound butterfat increase in
his first daughters-499 pounds for
the dams, 573 pounds for the daughters.
HIP serviced 1855 COWS artificially
last year. And if the same 84-pound
average butterfat increase should show
up in each of the 6OO-plus daughters
from these services, he would be re-
SponSible for more than $4,000 pounds
of butterfat by last years breeding
alone.
Could Boost Production
That is speculation. of course. But
there's little doubt these bulls could
boost quality and production of many
state herds.
Three-year USDA records (195O-52)
covering II association sires of three
breeds show their first 54 daughters
averaged Il, 4O5 pounds of milk and
434 pounds of fat. And Montana's DHIA
average last year, according to j. o..
Tretsven, extension dairy specialist,
was 9,0OO-plus pounds of milk, only 1876
pounds of fat.
Benefits like these a genetic
improvement in herds make arti-
fetal breeding well worth its cost, ="
Tretsven says. ''You can easily see
what artificially bred heifers would
mean to the average herd in adding
inherited capacity to produce more
milk and butterfat."
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01
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laboratory technician and farm book
keeper, helped by Dee Lawson, who
has charge of stock at the farm and
doubles as Missoula-area inseminator.
At each collection, semen is taken
from two Holsteins, Jersey, Guernsey,
Brown Swiss and Angus. The Is bulls
on hand-6 leased in addition to the 10
owned-are rotated so that only the
Brown Swiss and Angus are used more
than once a week. (And in case you
wonder what Angus are doing in such
company, it's primarily because some
dairymen prefer to breed first-calf
heifers to the blacks, though a few
commercial Angus herds also use the
Semen)
An artificial vagina is used to collect
semen while the bulls are held in one
of several specially constructed collect
ing stalls at the farm Once collected,
the semen is checked for sperm count
and mobility, then mixed with a buffer
and checked closely again. The buffer,
aptly enough, is whole milk to which is
added food coloring for Identification
purposes and small amounts of peni-
cillin and streptomycin to control bac-
terial growth in the semen.
Average Collection
Semen collected per bull will range
from about to &C Lab Technician
Miller adds that to 24O &C. of buffer,
making 1 to so mixture at the weak
est. That is well within safe breeding
limits.
This will give you an idea of what
artificial breeding can do: An ordinary
collection of &C. of good raw semen
diluted only to 200 makes 1000 &C.
of buffered semen. A COW can be bred
with half &C., so it's easily possible
to breed 1000 cows with that one col
lection.
But dilution could be still greater
and Miller tells of a Guernsey bull the
association once had who produced
around IS &C. of semen each collection,
enough, if diluted to minimum safe
levels, to breed all the dairy COWS in
Montana.
But back to the farm again: After the
semen is mixed with buffer, it's bottled,
cooled gradually and stored at about SO
degrees until shipped. For shipment to
nearby areas, the semen is sealed in
thermos bottles; that for more distant
areas is packaged with ice in insulated
containers. Nearly all reaches field
units within 10 to IS hours of collection
Always Fresh Semen
That means fresh semen from six
bulls is available at all times to sub.
scribing dairymen, whether they are in
the Chinook or Forsyth area or right al
Missoula.
Most association semen goes out tt
these local units - locally organized
L.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20
Clan MacGregor ConcIave
Successful Nobody Kilt :

Members of the Society in the
Washington area include Brig.
Gen. John Magruder, John E.
Muncaster, Sr., 1t. Gen. Carter
Bowie Magruder Commodore
John Holmes Magruder, Col.
Marion Milton Ma grud e r,
USING, M. Hampton Magruder,
C. Calvert Bowie, Calude Worth
ington Owen, Walter Wyatt, j..
Maynard Magruder, Thomas Gar
land Magruder, Jr., and Col. Eu-
gene Ross Magruder.
Miss Cornelia Magruder Bowie,
Mrs. Ruth Ashley Waldo, Mrs.
Ralph Linwood Walker, Mrs. Rex
Hays Rhoades, Mrs. Q. Q. van
den Berg, Mrs. James P. KEN,
wife of former Senator KEN of
Missouri, Miss Regina Magrud-
er Hill, Mrs. Robert Waight
Fuller, Forest Dodge Bowie, Dr.
Walter Augustine Wells, William
Ernest Offutt, Rev. Enoch
Magruder Thompso Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

Members of the American Clan
Gregor Society of this area gath
cred in Washington May IL, to
pay honor to the famous Scot
fish rebel Rob Roy" MacGregor.
The occasion was the showing
of movie, filmed in the MAC
Gregor Country of the Scotch
Highlands, starring Glynis Johns
and Richard Todd
A large delegation of the Clan,
including direct descendants of
Rob Roy" participated in the
opening ceremonies and were
"piped" to their seats by the
Clans pipers.
For more than 300 years many
descendants of this most ancient
of Scottish Clans, made famous
in song and story and bearing
the names Magruder, Hill, Bowie,
Lowe, Addison, Clagett, Marbury,
Beall, Gwynn, Howard, Offutt,
Warfield, and many others, have
lived in this area.
The Scotch saying that "there
is nothing older in Scotland than
the hills, the lochs and the Mac
Gregors" can equally be applied
to the MacGregor descendants of
Southern Maryland.
Many members of the Society
are descended from Alexander
MacGregor, another Scottish
rebel, and close kinsman of Rob
Roy's branch of the Clan, who
landed in Calvert County, Md, in
1852, and changed his name to
Magruder to avoid the Acts of
Persecution then being pursued
against his Clan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

adelphia, has just been an
nounced, was honored on Mon
day. AS a "bride-to-be" an early
morning program on station
WIDOW was dedicated to Mary
and her fiance. The daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde M. Stout, her
wedding will take place early in
July.
There's wonderful news this
week about another Rockville
girl, another great favorite, and
another "bride-to-be" - that is,
Mildred Ward. Early in June,
Miss Ward will become the bride
of Mr. Edwin F. Smellie of Col
lege Park. The very popular
"briderto-be" and her fiance were
honored Saturday afternoon at a
party in Washington when Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Walter were
hosts at their home. On Sunday
evening, Mr.. and Mrs. John La.
cey entertained at supper at the
Shoreham Hotel in honor of Miss
Ward and her fiance.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

assisted by Mrs. Justice M. Cham
bers. Mrs. William French Bond
is in charge of tickets, Mrs. John
c. Mackey is doing the publicity
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kay, the
programs.
This promises to be another
treat for all you Gilbert and Sui
livan fans, so better put these
dates on your must list.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Curtis Morti-
mer left Rockville on Monday by
plane for Detroit, Mich. Mrs.
Mortimer, who needs no intro
duction, is City Clerk of Rock
vile and will attend meetings of
the National Municipal Associa-
ton of City Clerks being held in
Detroit this week. The Morti-
mers will return the end of this
week.
The weekend found Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick Hickman, their son,
Michael, Miss Margaret Tyler
and Mrs. Robert Peter, down
Front Royal way. They drove
down to Randolph-Macon to visit
Mrs. Peters son, Tyler, who is a
student there.
Monday afternoon found a
large group of ladies gathered at
Normandy Farm for the delight
full luncheon and fashion show
sponsored by the Rockville Re.
publican Women's Club. Crotch
en- Cole of Bethesda presented a
showing of lovely summer fash
ions. Mrs. ]. Hodge Smith, Mrs.
John Doonan, Mrs. Charles T.
Morrison and Mrs. Clyde Stout
were in charge of arrangements
for the affair.
Mr.. Preston r. Weaver of
Boulder, Colo. was a recent visi-
tor in Rockville. He was the
guest of his mother, Mrs. George
Weaver of Viers Mill Road. Mr..
Weaver came East on business
which took him to New York and
Washington, so while he was here
he had an opportunity to visit
his mother.
Miss Mary Stout, whose en-
gagement to Second Lieutenant
James Philip Coyne, Jr. of Phil
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20
Registration for
School Beginners
Planned Tuesday

Registration of kindergar:
teners at the Rockville elemen-
tary school will be held Tuesday,
for children who will be five be-
fore Dec. 81, or those who will be
six but have not registered.
Parents should take the child's
birth certificates, vaccination and
diphtheria certificates.
Hours of registration are: En-
ROLES whose named begin with
A through M, 9:15 am. to noon;
N through z, 12:45 to 2:45 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

ing, and was continued through
Wednesday and today to accom-
modate those who are interested
in viewing the students accom-
plishments.
Practically everyone at Rich
ard Montgomery, including many
of the parents of the students,
are working like mad these days
for the forthcoming operetta to
be held in June. 1t is to be an
other Gilbert and Sullivan pro-
duction, III. M. S. Pinafore," I'M
der the direction of the Reverend
Raymond P. Black. The dates
are June "a and June IS and
tickets are now available. Mr..
Linley S. Van Ripper is acting as
general chairman of the operetta,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

Rudolph J. Bopp, Mrs. Frank
Pelham Stone, and Mrs. Paul
Frederick Foster, wife of Vice
Admiral Foster, Retired, Mrs.
John G. Mcdonald and Mrs. Will
liam Randolph Talbot.
The American Clan Gregor So
ciety was organized in Washing-,
ton, nearly SO years ago, in the
old National Hotel and has held
annual gatherings since that
time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

Bruno. Mr.. Headley, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradford Nelson
Headley, will receive his Doctors
degree in medicine June 5 at
Maryland university. He will be-
gin internship July 1 at Johns
Hopkins in Baltimore.
The wedding will take place
June 10 in Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20
Rockville and Vicinity
Mrs. John Diamond III Poplar 2-2aI2

catching up on the news with her
friends and former neighbors.
Miss Lucy Smith is at home
on Forest Avenue after a won
derful trip last week that took
her to San Antonio, Tex. and
New Orleans. Miss Smith and a
niece, Miss Doris E. Smith of
Washington, enplaned to San An
tonic where they visited relatives
for few days and then flew on
to New Orleans for visit. His
toric and picturesque New Or
leans held an especial charm for
them since it is Miss Lucy
Smiths mothers birthplace. 1t
was her first visit to the delight
full Louisiana city and she and
her niece found it most interest
ing.
One of Rockville's favorite
young men was rushed to Subur-
ban Hospital last Tuesday for an
emergency appendectomy JEFF
frey Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Hodge Smith. The good news
is however, that Jeff is getting
along nicely and before long ex-
poets to be out and about taking
his place among those Every
young in heart again"
And speaking of the young
reminds us that Rita IIiltner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
liam ]. Hiltner of North Van Blu
rem Street, was hostess on
Tuesday at her home. The event
was in celebration of her birth.
day and many of her young
schoolmates were on hand at the
two to four party.
Little ones make the news this
week. On Monday, May 3, young
Calvin Wade Troupe made his
appearance at George Washing
ton Hospital. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Troupe of
Calvert Road and weighed in at
eight pounds and IA ounces. He
has sister, Annette, II, a bro
Their, Jackie, 8, and a sister, Nam
cy, Z, all of whom think he is
just wonderful. Needless to say,
his parents are very pleased and
happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Kraft
are receiving congratulations
these days. On Friday afternoon,
wee Miss Donna Lynn Kraft
made her debut at George Wash
ington, Hospital. She weighed
seven pounds and one ounce. The
Krafts have another daughter,
Kerrin, who is 21S.
And speaking of congratula.
uonS, they are in order these
days for William F. Belts, who in
the recent election in Somerset
was chosen Mayor. His election
is of particular interest to many
Rockvillians. Bill is the brother
of Dave Belts, and has a host of
friends in our fair town. With
his wife, Janet and two sons, he
has lived in Somerset for four
teen years. A very good choice
by the people of Somerset, we
say.
All parents and friends of
Richard Montgomery High
School are invited to attend the
Students Showcase, an exhibi-
ton of students work completed
in the year 1953-'54, at the school
from 9 am. to 4 pm. today. The
exhibition opened Tuesday eve
ming at the regular P-TA meet
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

The past weekend was filled
with activity from beginning to
end, with even "Old .Sol' cooper
ating at the last moment. Friday
and Saturday evenings found ca
pacity audiences enjoying the
program of drama and music at
the Parish Hall of Christ Church
when the one-act play, "The Va
liant" and Gilbert and Sullivan's
comic operetta, Trial By Jury"
were presented by the Mems Club
and the Junior Women's Society
of Christ Church. Both the play
and the operetta were so expertly
and beautifully done that to
single out any one performer
would be an impossibility. To
each and every one of them, and
to their directors, Mrs. Lloyd
Thomas who produced 1.-THE Va
liant" assisted by Mrs. Adolph
Guide, Jr. and Mrs. Shirley Grit
fifth, and to the Rev. Raymond
P. Black, who directed the oper-
eta, we say take another cur
tain CALI for truly splendid per
formances. Following Saturdays
performances, members of the
casts and their respective hus-
bands and wives gathered at Hec-
tic Hill, Dave and Sis Belts home,
for an after-show party.
While Saturday morning was
dismal, "Old Sol' did come out in
the afternoon and frightened up
the annual Spring Festival at the
Rockville Elementary School. The
affair, as always, was very sue
Aaessful and those who attended
found it entertaining Congratu-
lations for a job well done are
certainly in order for the teach
ers, parents and children--to say
nothing of Principal Albert A.
Gibson, quite an auctioneerg by
the way--who assisted in making
the Festival a success.
Probably the biggest news of
the weekend was the weather on
Sunday-remember? The sun
shone all day long and it was
truly beautiful day. For the
$50 students of st. Mary's School,
and all the other children and
their parents in the Parish, it was
made to order. Sunday was the
date of the May Procession at
st. Mary's Church. All the school
children and those in the Parish
participated in the very impress
sive ceremony which took place
out-of-doorS.
Miss Carole Richardson was
May Queen and following the
procession, Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament was
held. Allan Lloyd, Charles A.
Beard, Jr. and Vinson Mickey, all
.,8th-grade students at st. Mary's
School served at the ceremony.
Commander Bruce D. Hender-
son explained for Seattle, Wash,
on Monday, for a two weeks COM
bined business and pleasure trip.
While there he will visit his ia
Their, DR.. John M. Henderson, and
attend the Society of Naval Ar
chitects meetings.
One of Rockville's favorite
people was in town a few days
last week visiting her host of
friends - Mrs. Douglas West.
Sara was down from Madison, N.
j. where the Vests are now max
ing their home and stayed with
friends in Silver Spring. She
spent several days in Rockville,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

All parents and friends of
Richard Montgomery Hig h
School are invited to attend the
Students Showcase, an exhibit
ton of students work completed
in the year 1953-'54, at the school
from 9 am. to 4 pm. today. The
exhibition opened Tuesday eve
ming at the regular P-TA meet
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-20

catching up on the news with her
friends and former neighbors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-02
Dorothy Thompson
Consequences Of Rhee Proposal
Writer Says Attempt to Follow Korean Presidents Advice
Would Creote Diplomatic Victories for Communists
Dorothy 7 hon7pson

Unless we win China back,
an ultimate victory of the
free world is unthinkable.
Syngman Rhee, President Of
the South Korean Republic,
told the United States Con-
gress last Wednesday, urging
an About war on Communist
China to be fought by the Re-
public Of Korea's 90 equipped
divisions. the Formosan Chi
nese. other unidentified Asians.
and the American Navy and
Air Force.
Raising the question of
whether the Soviets would not
launch forces into q battle for
China. he answered. THAT
would be excellent for the free
world. for it would justify the
destruction Of the Soviet CEN
tiers Of production by the
American Air Force. !"
Thus. what DR.. Rhee wants
America to do is to break the
Korean armistice. negotiated
by the United Nations, and
launch a preventive war Of
counter-revolution in Asia.
and possibly Russia.
This proposition is made
during intense diplomatic ac-
tivity, aimed at possibly
achieving a general settlement,
the prospects for which are
not encouraging but the eff
fort for which is universal
throughout the free world
No settlement without war
is ever possible on the basis
of ultimate victory" No free
nation and no parties or fac
tons, Of parties within those
nations with the exception Of
a faction in the United States
are thinking in terms either
of ultimate victory" or of
ultimate defeat. They are
thinking in terms of sheer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-02
Dovid Lowrence
The DisiIIusionnnent Of q Patriot
Korean President Rhee Writer Says Can't Understand Calls
For Peaceful Co-existence1 with Red Killers of Americans

They finally announced last
Monday the official casualty
list of Americans in Korea
the dead: 33.417.
And Syngman Rhee came to
Washington the same day to
express his gratitude for the
help the American people gave
his country.
That's a lot of American
boyS-33,417-who gave their
lives. and there also were
108.650 wounded, many of
whom will be manned for the
rest of their days.
body except Syngman
Rhee. seemed last week to have
these American boys on his
conscience. 1t is true he came
in a bitter mood. For nearly
2 million of his countrymen-
civilians as well as soldiers
have been killed. But, coming
from the battle zone to calm,
peaceful, forgetful Washing
ton, it was. indeed. a realistic
If not an inexplicable, contrast.
For while Washington was
polite and gracious to the Pres
ident of the Republic of Korea.
it was somewhat annoyed that
he brought up the subject Of
what happens when you start
to repel an attack in a war,
kill and wound 142,067 Of
your young men, and then
fail to finish the war or to do
anything which gives the i'm
preston that you really care
about the sacrifices that have
been made.
This week Syngman Rhee
will pay his respects at Kansas
City to former President Tru-
man, who ordered the Amer
lean Army. Navy and Air Force
in June, 1850. to help defend
the Republic of Korea. 1t was
a magnificent action and Mr.,
Truman deserves the greatest
credit for this step. But then.
after a few months. Mr.. Tru-
man faltered-he listened to
the timid voices of the Euro
pean governments who feared
that war in Asia might en-
danger the safety of Europe.
Instead of taking the cal
culated risks of a battle al
ready begun, Mr.. Truman ac-
coded to the request. of the
allies and would not allow pur-
suit of the Chinese bombers to
their bases in Mancnuria. He
refused to order a blockade of
the coast of China, whose gov
eminent had interviewed in
Korea with more than z mil
lion soldiers, and he failed to
let the troops of Chang Kali
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-02

physical survival in the atomic
age, and In terms Of the sur
vival of the civilizations. cul-
lures, and institutions which
embody their freedom.
There is no capital but
Washington where DR.. Rhee
could make the speech he did,
or even be allowed to make it.
He could not even get a hear
ing for such proposals in Lon
don. Paris. Rome. Bonn, New
Delhi. Tokyo, or Cairo. He
could not make it in the ex-
pectation of starting anything
except a general uproar of
hostility in New York before
the Assembly of the United
Nations. q majority of whose
members. If DR.. Rhee's advice
were followed, would unques-
tionably regard the United
States as an aggressor.
What. therefore, would be
the worldwide political conse-
quences Of following DR.. Rhee's
advice?
A worldwide political conse-
quence would be that the
United States would initiate
among non-C Communist states
a universal stampede to neu-
trality.
A worldwide political conse-
quence would be a series of
shattering victories, not for
Soviet arms but for Soviet di-
plomacy.
A worldwide political conse-
quence would be the rise to
power in every major country
of anti-American left-wing
parties, tacitly backed by the
Communists, branding t h
United States as the menace
to peace, and furthering inter-
nal revolutions.
We do not say these conse-
quences ought to follow. We
don't belong to the ought to"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-02

Asian campaign of the Re-
publicans succeed. He also ap-
parently believed that such
friends as Admiral tRadford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff; Republican Senate
Leader Knowland and Gen
Van Fleet had aroused senti-
ment that his personal appear
ance would crystalline.
Not so. Congress gave him
a personal ovation and sat or
its hands when he called for
war. The President rolled out
the red carpet but turned
away from the war drums.
Mr.. Rllee put it harshly in
New York with his taunt
about common CUTS" to which
he added: 1.-THE United States
is, so mild in it's warnings to
the Communists because you
don't really mean them and
the Communists know you
don't mean them" United
States Senators however have
gibed at Secretary of State
Dulles for his inflammatory
phrases-"m retaliation"
and "unleashing Chang Kali
Shek"-and insisted they were
meaningleSS.