Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22
THE CENTENNIAL OF FARM
REORGANIZATION

tennial of Farm Mechanization will be OBJ
served at Michigan State College in East
Lansing. 1t will be the largest and most
comprehensive exposition of past, present
and future mechanization achievements ever
to be presented. 1t will cover over so acres
of the college campus, and the exhibits are
valued at some S20,O00,O0O. More than $780,
900 visitors are expected. A worlds fair
atmosphere will prevail.
Cotton pickers and threshers will be seen
in action. The evolution In farm machinery
from the crooked stick to the hydraulically
operated pillow will be shown, along with
railway cars designed especially for agri-
cultural producers and a complete display
of electrically operated farm equipment
There will be exhibits detailing the great
roles of oil, chemicals and steel in agricul-
ture. And the farm wife will get an eyeful
too, when she sees the transition in kitchens
that have taken place in the last century,
the oldest and newest in sewing and cleaning
equipment, miraculous developments in light
ing, and other such displays.
1t is certainly fitting that the centennial
of farm mechanization should be so dramati-
caly observed. AS President Hannah of
Michigan State College has said, the exposi-
ton Twill present the saga of how the me-
chanization of agriculture has helped to make
possible our American way of life. 1t will
demonstrate how agricultural naechanization
ture have released millions of our people
from the job of producing food and fiber,
and freed their efforts for the tasks of pro-
viding the goods and services which enrich
our modern life" 1t will commemorate, in
short, a vast revolution which has worked to
the direct welfare of every American.
A FREE WEST GERMANY
A little more than a decade ago Germany
was desolate. The path of aggression down
which the German people had followed
Adolph Hitler had led to crushing defeat.
Cities were in ruins and many believed the
Germs MS to be spiritually as well as finan-
cially bankrupt Now West Germany has
assumed the status of a free and Independent
nation, full partner in the community of
the free world.
At the end of World War Ii there were
those who proposed perpetual punishment
for the vanquished Germans, peace terms so
harsh that Germany would never again take
place among the foremost nations of the
world. If this attitude seems harsh today it
should be remembered that it was fostered
by the times and by the brutality and wanton
cruelty in which the Nazis engaged
! That West Germany has recovered and
has emerged as a respected state is the re-
suit of many things. The industry of the
German people, the wise and dedicated lead
ership of men like Chancellor Konrad Ade-
nauer played big part. So did the abun-
dant help given Germany by the nations she
had fought during the war Not all this help
was given altruistically. The nature of the
contest between the Communist nations and
The West made it important that West Ger
many be elevated to an independent state
1t is too soon to expect that everyone in
the Western world will be entirely at ease
with this new ally. Too many people lost low
ed ones in World War Ii, too many Others
were the victims of Nazi crimes Yet West
Germany has gone a long way in the right
direction. Ii now has the opportunity to &c
the rest of the way toward respectability
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