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SUBURBAN PROP. Mnr.

REALLY CUTE comfortable and
cOZy brk. rambler on beautiful
lot. Many extras including CEN
tral air conditioning. 3 bedrms.,
Ia baths, liv. rm. with fTepl.,
dinette, all-elec. kit, full bsmt.
Located in Carroll Knolls. S1s,950.
Terms. Call JU. 5-4222 Ewes.
JU. S-526g. LAWRENCE v.
LUTES Co, REALTORS.
QUAINT ACRES-Custom-built 8.
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wIfreplace. sep. din. rm., It's. kits
lge. screened porch, full grounds
level bsmt., garage. o. D. FIELD
NC, JU. 5-7l13 9 til 9.
ROCKVILLE-TWIN = ia.
story Cape Cod; LIST floor, lsO.
eat-in kit. liv. rm. with fireplace
and wall-to-val caTpeting, 2 bed
rms. with lge. closets, and bath:
end A., 3rd bedrm. almost IN.
ished. End bath in family room
roughed in; bSmt.. fully tiled,
with partially pine-paneled rum
pus rm.; laundry rm. shop, and
store rm.: fenced-in rear I'd. with
brk. patio; S14,950; assume Ice
FLA loan. Call OWNER, PO. q
o903 No AGENTS
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MRS. KS is near this fine. all-brick,
slate-roof Colonial. with i'm
menSe bedrooms, magnificent liv-
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chestnut trim. garage, porch, full
basement, 2l2 baths, walk-up attic
Needs redecorating: asking S22,-
$50, A. j KESSINGER g. CO.,
JU. 9-4544
MT. AIREY-6 acres and cute g.
rm. and bath home Good terms
Sl0,600. Call Mrs. GLAND. WA
4-4O32 SLIGO REALTY. Real
tors, JU S-S60O.
NORTHWoOD PIX. -Four Corners
White brk ) rms, . full tile
baths, bsmt., garage: poss before
Christmas blk. Alex. pvt
sch, Northwood Elem, public
tranSp.; S13.500 terms or option
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD,
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BETHEsDA-EDGEMooR-southern
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library. First-hT. den and powder
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home for living and entertaining.
this will interest you. Priced in
upper 40s. Call Mrs. sullivan loL.
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TT. DAVIS PL. s.E.-Mod-. : bed.
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peting. drapeS, Venetian blinds
Also enc. apt. in bsmt.: shower
toilet and pvt, entr. Wonderful
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owner, MR.. HENKEL, wkdayS
S:3O 70 o, 81. 3-5500: ewes. anc
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GATE HOUSE, on beautiful estate
suitable for couple or bachelors
recommendations required, By
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Gloucester (Vo.) Club
To Show DuffodiIs

The daffodil show Of the
Garden Club Of Gloucester will
be held at Gloucester High
School. four miles south Of
Gloucester Court House on
Route IT. next Saturday. from
3 to 9 and Sunday from IL to
6. All amateur growers are
eligible to participate.
A commercial grower will
have q beautiful exhibit of
specimen blooms, and on SUM-
day the Gloucester Woman's
Club will serve q Brunswick
stew luncheon at the high
school from IL to 2::30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

hibition Daffodil Blooms"
(paneD.
Mrs. John Bozievich, former
president. Washington Daffodil
Society: Satisfactory Daffodils
Of Medium Price for the WASH
ington Area"
In the evening, in addition TO
the film. the following program
will start at 1880 o'clock:
Carey E. Quinn. former
president, Washington Daffodil
Society and American Daffodil
Society: Twenty Daffodil
Novelties You'll Eventually
Grow" (color Slides.
DR.. Charles r. Phillips, man
aging editor THE 1859 Ameri.
can Daffodil Yearbook: DAT
fodil Literature. Past and Pres
ent."
DR.. Frederick @. Meyer. plant
introduction, USDA: "A Plant
Explorer and Daffodils in the
Mediterranean Region"
There will be exhibits OF DAFT
fodils and literature.
Mr.. Wheeler is chairman Of
the institute. Mrs. George D.
Watrous. jr.. is president Of the
Washington Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

Garden Club Of CoIesviIIe. wednes-
day, 3 pm, at the ColeSville Elemen-
tary School on Old Route ~. Talk,
The Use Of Roses in Handspring, 8
Washington Daffodil Society. School
April l5, 10 am. to 4 pm: woodward
a. Lsothrop Chevy Chase auditorium. Ex-
perienced exhibitors will help begin
ners who will bring six soft-drink
Fl. 4-sl6s. EN- s-s6ae or OIL :-4S55.
Flowers will be provided. for complete
display, tagged, classified and judged,
Membership in the society Is not
required.
WOOdhaven Garden Club. Thursday
80 an, at the home Of Mrs. John
=. Lane, $500 Alcott road. Mrs. Weldon
Benson cohostess Talk, "Azaleas," by
Mrs. wallace Atwood.
Garden Club Of Chevy Chase, Mary
land, Wednesday 2:30 pm, at the
home Of Mrs. Wilfred 6oodvyn, 81
Primrose street. Annual meeting and
slides Of the clubs activities.
american University PARK. Tuesday.
Eate, Nd. (OL. 4-:i3I3D. Talk. "Trav-
els in Europe and Scandinavia" Ill
lustfatedI BY Miss Jessie Tyrrell.
Washington Garden Club. Friday,
17OS New Hampshire avenue. hostess
Mrs. Margaret Steward. assisted by
Mrs. Alfred shirley and Mrs John
d. Rhodes. Talk ''old Homes and
Gardens on the Eastern shore" by
Mrs. Ruth Starr Rose. artist.
KenWOod Garden Cub. April g. at
the KenWood Country Club. coffee at
10 am. Talk by DR.. Freeman Weiss,
"Camelias and Azaleas
Rock Creek Garden Club, Wednes-
day. 1890 pm, at the home Of Mrs
Paul seeal, ESQ Brandywine street
NV. Talk. Trends in Landscaping,
by Miss Margaret Lancaster
Burning Tree Garden Club, Thurs
day, 1880 am, at the home Of Mrs
r. L. Faulkner. 1924 Beech Tree road
Cheverly Garden Club, Thursday. 4
pm. at the Cheverly Community
Church. Mrs. B. F. Lehman will dem
onstrate flower arranging for the
home,
CarpoIIton Garden Club, Tuesday, 3
pm. ct the home of Mrs Joseph Ma
loney. S50l Oglethorpe street, Carroll
ton, Hyattsville, Nd. Election. Readins
OF constitution and bylaws. II planning
TO attend call Mrs. Buck, SP. 3-3296
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Bus Tour to Fete
At Norfolk Set
By Rose Society

Potomac Rose Society will
sponsor a one-day bus tour
April 10 to the International
Azalea Court. Norfolk. Va.
Buses will leave at tbs am.
tEST). Fare viii be $10.5O, not
including meals.
Reserve through Charles
Montgomery, EN-. $4,000, after
Is pm.
The Norfolk Municipal Gar
dens boast 100 acres Of blooms
with q quarter Of a million
plants of all sizes from tiny
seedlings to giants more than
IL feet tall, all growing luxuri-
antly under dowwood blossoms.
Bonnie Ruth Buchana n.
daughter Of the State Depart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Prune Dogwood After Bloom
And Check for Trunk Borer

Dogwoods should be inspected
in May. Check for borers and
eliminate any dead twigs and
dying limbs.
The time to prune dogwoods
is right after they have finished
blossoming.
Pruning serves two purposes:
To eliminate dead wood and
to open up the tree. Space the
limbs to permit better circula-
ton Of air. This will encourage
more blossom buds next year.
Unpruned, limbs may die back
because Of lack Of sunlight and
air.
Borers are one Of a dogwood
trees worst enemies. They
often follow a drought or other
weakness. The bump Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Doewood Hills Club
Plans Show and Sole

The Dogwood Hills Garden
Club plans its spring flower
show and plant sale at the
Belvedere School. 1921 Column
bia pike, Fairfax County. Va.
April Is. at 8 pm. The theme
will be ITS Spring Again. "
Funds from the event will be
used to benefit the landscaping
Of Belvedere School.
Exhibitors may secure tags
in advance from Mrs. G. Har-
vey Bloom. 805 lakewood drive,
Falls Church. CT. 6-0722.
The committee assignments include:
Mrs. Martha Deckard. chairman; Mrs.
8. Bruce Smoot, cochairman: Mrs.
Charles Cox. vice chairman Mrs. r..
L. Watson. Mrs. O.. Harvey Bloom.
Mrs. J. r. Perrine, Mrs. John Moore,
M $. John Ma .ek. Mrs. Raymond
Lynch. Mrs Stanley Shelton, Mrs. ida
Hurlburt, Mrs. Gilbert Crockett. Mrs.
Z. Il. Desjardens, Mrs. Joseph RENO.
Mrs. William Moran, Mrs. John oTto-
lani. Stanley SHELTON, Mrs. T. +.
Peasants and Mrs. John Bailey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
DoffodiIInstitute Friday
Offers voried Program

The Daffodil Institute, oper
to the public and sponsored by
the Washington Daffodil So
ciety, will be held Friday after
noon and evening at the Wood
ward & Lothrop auditorium in
Chevy Chase.
The afternoon program
starting at 2:30 o'clock includes
a film, Nations United for
Spring Beauty" and the follow
ing speakers:
Willis H. Wheeler, second vice
president. American Daffodil
Society: "How Does a Bulb
Grow?" (color slides and dis
CUSTOM.
Mrs. John F. Hauber, Fair
fax, Mrs. A. Slater Lamond and
Mrs. Harry W. Harris, Hunt
ing Greek Garden Club, and
Mrs. E. E. Lawler, jr., Belle
Haven club: How ] Grow Ex-
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lawn mower may become an in
vasion point for the pest.
Examine the lower trunk for
areas Of rough, loose bark. A
tell-tale sign may be sawdust
kicked out Of a tiny hole.
Squeezing q fumigant borer
paste into the hole is effective.
Better still. paint the lower
trunk with a slurry Of DOT.
Dogwood borers attack in spring
and generally lay eggs where
the bark is loose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

ment Chief of Portocol. and
Mrs. Wiley Buchanan has been
named Queen Azalea vi. Her
royal court Of princeSses are
from IA other NATO nations.
Other tours contemplated by
the Rose Society include a COM
bination expedition to our own
Arboretum and the Sherwood
Garden in Baltimore. probably
May 9. and q trip to Hershey.
Pa. tentatively dated June 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Tree VoIues Mount

A small tree may cost be-
tween IS and $40. Ten or is
years later the same tree may
be worth $3.50 or 5000, or even
more, depending upon the va
riety. Values increase every
year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25

daughters in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs, James Ashby, of
Harrisonburg, Va, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Ashby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Summers Holler
and Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Holler,
of Akron, o., spent a couple of
days last week with Mr.. and Mrs,
B. c. Holler and attended the
funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Charles
Best.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Shaffer
we're Sunday visitors of Mr., and
Mrs. Eliot Crigler at Rock Haven,
w. Va.
Miss Elsie Wright, a student at
the University Of Maryland, and
whose home is in Akron, O., spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Friend and son Larry. Miss
Wright returned to her home in
Akron on Monday, accompanied by
Larry Friend
Mrs. Alma Blauch, of Cumber-
land, and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur De-
Witt and family, of Baltimore,
we're weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Blauch and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Carskadon
and Mrs Margaret Knots were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Shaffer at Bayard, w.
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burlin Holler and
Mrs. Howard Sweitzer and daugh-
ter Jill, spent Sunday with Rev
and Mrs. Don L. Jackson and son
in Redwood, w. Va. Mrs. Holler
remained for a visit.
Miss Icie Schoch and Mrs. Edith
Saddler, of Falls Church, Va, and
Roland Schoch, Oakland, we're
Sunday evening visitors of Mrs.
Margaret Knots and other friends.
The Kings Daughters Sunday
School class of the cub. church
met on Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Floyd Carskadon.
Rev and Mrs. Marshall Brown
and two daughters. and Mrs. ELL
wood Adams were shoppers in
Cumberland, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, of
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capsules built-in safety hardware;
they will be tied into bio-packs
containing the necessities of life.
Eventually. chimps will be fired
into actual satellite orbits. When
enough of them have gone up and
out yonder and back down safely,
the astronauts will get their
chance. One OF the purposes Of the
Little Joe project is to test some
of the mechanism for cutting the
capsules speed of $4,000 feet per
second while in orbit to a safe
impact speed of 30 feet per
second
Two Significant Scientific Steps
Last week the United States ID
dropped the neutrality-suspicious.
X-15 rocket plane on a free-fall
test flight from a point seven
miles above the earth in prepare
tIOu AOl COilllllS oPHNC Ai45h1f
and C2) launched the first of nine
atomic-pOwered submarines equip
ped for firing ballistic missiles
with a range of 1900 miles.
These two steps, following immedi-
ately on the performance Of the
guided missile bringing mail from
100 miles at sea, present a dra-
matte show of progress in space
and atomic technology.
Massive Switch In Defense Plans
Our Committee on Armed Serv-
ices met last week in executive
session to discuss with Secretary
of Defense McElroy our CONT
mental air defenses. Accompanying
Secretary McElroy were Assistant
of Defense Mcneil and
Director of Guided Missiles Will
liam Holiday. The new master
plan was outlined. There will be
a cut back of defenses against
bombers and a speed up
Of defenses against missiles.
Under the new master plan, the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25
Congressional
Viewpoint
Sen. John Marshall Butler
More Communist chicaney

More Communist Chicanery
For the second time in a quarter
century, Western civilization has
been betrayed at Munich when the
International Olympic Committee
ousted Nationalist China on the
grounds that it mo longer repre-
sents sports in the entire country
of China" The Olympic ideal has
thus been prostituted by political
chicanery of the highest order.
Moscow has cracked the whip, and
the international Olympic Commit
tee has danced the tune of rec
ignition for Communist Red China.
The U. S. Information Agency,
in 1856. observed that the Com
munist drive to utilize interna-
tional sports for political purposes
is not merely well under way, but
is being planned for many years
in advance The fruits of that
activity are now being harvested.
But, surprisingly, Olympic officials
hold that political affiliations are
never considered in determining
eligibility of participants, and that
the rules of the Olympic Games
are based on the foundation that
neither individuals, organizations
nor nations shall profit from them
politically or commercially. That
foundation is now badly furnished
and eroded.
Three weeks ago, our Department
of State denounced this latest IOC
move as "a political and discrimina-
tory attitude which has no place in
the world of sports" and added:
q. even more is involved in the
IOC decision than a manifest in
Justice to a member which has
throughout staunchly supported
Olympic precepts. The mainten-
ance of the respected character of
the Olympic Games is also at
stake" The State Department also
declared ''it is evident that Com
munist pressures we're eXerted to
obtain the expulsion of the Chinese
Nationalist.
Sports and politics, just as sports
and dishonesty, will never mix. If,
as the State Department suggests,
the Kremlin has exerted a supreme
influence on Olympic affairs, the
free world should take second
look at all global ventures in
which Soviet Russia and her satel-
lites are participants. Obviously, as
has been said before, the Commu-
nists are not really interested in
goodwill, honesty and fair play. For
too long, with the help of dupes
and dopes, Russia has been per-
mitted to make her own rules in
every phase of human existence.
The sordid picture of the relent-
less Communist sports offensive,
which has as its primary goal the
making of political and propa-
ganda capital, is indicative of the
web of intrigue which the Krem-
lin weaves in all undertakings.
It typifies the quicksand Of chican-
cry which, for the lack of free
world courage and resolute action,
could trap all Of mankind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25

Washington D. c., were weekend
guests Of the formers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Martin and family.
Mrs. Harry Wilt, Jr., and daugh-
ter jamie, Of GalaX, Va, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. EllWood Adams, on
Thursday.
Mrs. Albert White and Mrs.
James Porter. Of near Cumber-
land, were Wednesday visitors Of
Mrs. Lester Yutzy. The former re-
NAMED for an extended visit with
Mrs. Yutzy.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Barkman
and daughter Carol Ann, visited
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programs Involving the Air Forces
Bomarc and the Army's Nike-Herc-
ules, both defense missiles against
aircraft, viii be cut back to some
extent On the other hand, the
program involving the Army's
Nike-Zeus, a defense missile
against missiles. will be enlarged
and speeded up.
Thus is heralded a massive
switch in our whole defense
theory.
Although stress is to be put on
anti-missile missiles, the defense
against manned bombers will not
be neglected. Both the Bomarc
and the Nike-Hercules will be
among the mixture Of defense
weapons to be readied but neither
will be the dominant weapon.
The doubts and confusions be-
setting cur overall defense ma
chine are not all due to Inter
service rivalries," which unfortu-
nately do exist. In addition, and of
significance, is the transition of
moving from one concept of de-
Tense to another
Milton Eisenhower TO Study
Soviets-The Presidents brother,
DR.. Milton Eisenhower, head of
Johns Hopkins University. is not
just going along for the ride
when he accompanies Vice-Presi-
dent Nixon to Moscow to open the
American exhibition there in July.
Dr. Eisenhower has been commits
stoned by the President to bring
back a personal report on Soviet
conditions. He will observe indus
trial and agricultural progress, and
talk with Premier Khrushchev
alongside Vice-President Nixon.
The twin presence Of the two out
standing American citizens should
make the whole venture more ef7
fective. DR.. Eisenhower will &C
company Mr.. Nixon throughout
the far-ranging tour, including
stops in remote sections of Siberia
and the Soviet Far East
Dilemma OF Farm SURPRISES
Illustrated-The Army says it
wants to buy 538,44O pounds of
butter at time when another
Government agency, the COmmodi-
ty Credit Corporation, owns 1700O,-
900 pounds, acquired under the
price support program. This is a
graphic illustration Of the incredi-
Bile dilemma of farm SURPRISES.
Logic would seem to dictate
use of surplus butter by the Army.
But no. There is no logic in the
topsy-turvy economics of price
supports and farm SURPRISES. For
the Army to use surplus butter
would simply mean that 538, 440
pounds of butter would go un-
sold on the open market, creating
more surplus for the CCC to ac-
quire and store.
Anybody got the answer?
Some people like to blame Sec
rotary of Agriculture Benson. As
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25
Senate Cloal-r001n
By J. GLENN BEALL
United St-tcs Senator from
l.-ryiaId

Little Joe" Tests For Space
Travel-At Wallops Island, not far
from the eastern shore of Mary
land, space engineers are getting
set to fire three monkeys and a
chimpanzee on brief rides aboard
space capsules like those they
expect eventually will carry men
into satellite orbits around the
earth. The program is called Lit
tie Joe" The monkeys and the
chimp will scout the way for the
seven astronauts picked by the
Space Administration to vie for
the honor of being the first Earth
man to travel in outer space. The
Little Joe animals will test the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25
CRELLIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Michaels
and grandson, Garry BroadWater,
of near Barton, spent last week
and part of this week with Mrs.
Michaels' sister Mrs. Stella Adams
and son Bill, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Adams and family.
Miss Cosette Dewitt underwent
tonsillectomy last Wednesday in
the Garrett County Memorial hos
pital.
Larry Friend spent last Friday
in Baltimore.
Mrs. Margaret Knots was a
Wednesday evening dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Fike and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25

Mrs. Minerva Miller, at Thornton,
w. Va, on Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Miller has been very i'll and just
returned home from a hospital in
Grafton, W. Va. Her sister, Mrs.
Dora Funk, of Baltimore, is car
ing for her.
Jackie Ramsey, of Baltimore, is
visiting Misses Alice and Phyllis
Uphold.
Robert Bailey, of Riverdale, Wis
tied Mrs. Oscar Shaffer and daugh-
ter, Betty Ellen, on Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-06-25
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-03

u Will. the news However, every
body doesn't keep up with social
security news. There are many
parents who were dependent on a
working son Or daughter at the
time that son or daughter died. who
have never applied for their social
security benefits. Death may have
occurred as long ago as January,
1910. The parent may have been
told previously that no benefits were
payable.
But if a parent was receiving at
least one-half of his or her support
from a child when the child died
and the parent was told he couldn't
be paid because there was widow
OF child potentially entitled to bene-
fits. this parent may now be eligi-
bic for payments. A father must
be IS years old and mother must
be 81 when payments start.
If the child died several years
ago there is a time limit for es.
tablishjne dependency-un August
lo6O-and this time limit applies
also in the case Of parents who
have not reached 81 or IS years OF
age. Since applications for social
security benefits are effective only
u months into the past, parent
who is already at retirement age
should apply as soon as possible to
avoid losing any payments made
possible by these recent changes in
the law.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-03
Selecting Replacement Heifers
Termed Vital In Beef Production

A SLOW stroll through the beef
COW herd is iii order for livestock
men al this time of year.
Curtis Mast. animal husbandman
at VPI Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice. says the first thing cattleman
should do before any cattle are sold
IS ID walk through the herd, study
them all carefully, and put mark
on the mother bi every calf that
does dot measure UP to standards.
After the calf marketing season
each COW marked should be sent to
market as a Gull.
Many cattlemen put emphasis on
using superior bulls, but overlook
the importance Of having good
COWS. Mast says 1t is not uncom-
mon for the bottom fourth of the
COW herd to produce calves worth
So to $50 less than the top fourth
Cattlemen don't have to be expert
graders to tel which calves are not
what they should be. Mast suggests
using a system Of grading by which
the calves are called very good, :"
good. and mo good
Judge a COW BY the calf she pro
duces, not by what she looks like.
Often cows that look the best will
produce the poorest calves. Mast
observes
He also says to be sure to save
back the bestgrowing heifers in the