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Evening star., 1960-09-10
THE POLITICAL MILL
Election Issues Not Yet Hardened
BY GOULD LINCOLN

The contest for the Presi-
dency between Richard M.
Nixon, Republican, and John
F. Kennedy, Democrat. has
still to take definite shape.
Issues are in the making.
However. there already are
straws in the wind which in
dicate strength or weakness
of candidates and the prob.
able Importance of such issues
as farm prices and govern
ment supports. the religious
issue and the great question
of foreign affairs-or war and
peace. One of the straws is
a poll of sentiment among
farm voters in Iowa, recently
released by one of the big
farm publications Of the Ma
tion-Wallace's Farmer. This
poll, taken after the national
conventions of both Republic
can and Democratic Parties
but before the Democratic
rally in Des Moines, gives the
Nixon-Lodge ticket 40 per
cent of the farm vote. the
Kennedy-Johnson ticket 80
per cent and 19 per cent un-
decided.
Commenting on the results
of the poll, Wallace's Farmer
said: Democrats have one
crumb Of comfort here. Most
of the undecided voted Demo-
cratic at the last election,
Kennedy may pick up more
of this group than Nixon be-
tween now and November" 1t
also pointed out that Mr..
Kennedy was weaker on Iowa
farms in August than Adlai
Stevenson was in September,
1856. In that year, in the end
Mr.. Stevenson got A. per cent
of the Iowa farm vote. And
further, it is noted that the
farm vote in Iowa is slightly
more Democratic than the
vote Of the State as a whole
Many Moving to Nixon
This does not look encour-
aging, at the moment. for the
Kennedy forces. President
Eisenhower in 1856 defeated
Mr.. Stevenson in Iowa by
vote of 1918 to SOL .898-s
lead of approximately 228. .00C
votes. The pollsters for Wal
lace's Farmer interviewed
hundreds of farm people or
their farms in the period be,
tween August 5 and IL. Asking
the question why the drop ir
the Democratic farm vote, the
publication answered for it.
self; Religion may be one
factor. Catholic farmers are
not voting Democratic al
usual. Kennedy has picked
up a few extra votes here
But many Protestant voters
are moving to Nixon"
OF the ProteStantS WHIT
voted for Gov. Loveless
Democrat, in 1858. only hal
said they would vote for Sen
ator Kennedy in 1860. Mr.
Nixon is getting more vote
among the older people anC
among the women than Sen
ator Kennedy, who, on thu
other hand, is getting more
preference votes among thu
men of middle age thar
other groups.
In the Senate race, Gov
Loveless is doing better thar
his Republican opponen t
Jack Miller, among the farm
people, the poll shows. Tht
Evening star., 1960-09-10

Catholic in the days before
the Communist take-over,
and of later rejecting his re-
ligious faith to become an
important official in the East
German Communist Party.
One of his assignments was
to read and evaluate for
party purposes some free
world literature on Catho-
licism. Only highly trusted
and extremely dedicated Com
munists ever are permitted
access to such information.
This literature reawakened
old convictions on the i'm
portance of religion and free
dom to a full, productive life.
Mr.. PrausS escaped to West
Berlin, because, in his own
words, This was the only
way to win back freedom of
faith and conscience" Once
more, he attends services in
the church of his choice, and
is building a new life for him.
self unhampered by the
stringent restrictions and re-
quirements for total atheism
necessary to membership in
the Communist Party.
A. M. J.
y y =
On one level, the case Of
the NSA defectors points up
a condition which has been
apparent to me for a long
time. One does not have to
move in Washington civil
service circles very long be-
fore realizing that there are
people in our Federal Govern
ment who are a good deal
less than hostile to the Soviet
Union. This is not to cry
Witches! Witches!" I know
how futile this is. No. I as.
sumo that the proper author
tiles have their eyes on and
hands ready for the real CP
members and fellow travellers.
I am speaking here of a kind
of disloyalty which is harder
to get at, that of the doc
trinaire liberals who have
lost faith in our system Cor
perhaps in our apparent lack
of one), the half-educated
humanitarians who believe
that we are indeed the evil
capitalist state that Marx
described, and sick and en-
bittered people who want only
to destroy a society that
seems to have rejected them.
If we are to have a govern
ment that we can trust and
not wake up some morning to
find that this whole marvel
Gus experiment entrusted to
us by the past has been sur
rendered without a struggle.
it is to be hoped these people
can be reconverted without
bell, book and candle. Some
one, perhaps either Mr.. Ken
nedy or Mr.. Nixon, can
restate the Western position
in such a way as to convince
all of these diSsidents that
we are the real heirs Of free
dom and progress, not the
Marxists, that our faults and
errors can be and are being
corrected without an abrupt
and radical change and that
whether God lives or not,
man is only dignified so long
as he remains an individual.
If this is not done and
soon, it may be necessary for
fighters for freedom to think
of their own safety and pro-
ceed alone. Cato.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
WiIIs(reek
WILLSCREEK - 10 r

WILLSCREEK = 10 Ranker
and wife from Malaga, were visi-
tors here on Monday.
Herbert Law and wife and son,
Clark, were here on Tuesday
from Middleborne.
Auto Carpenter was here on
Wednesday. Auto was taking the
flu. Hope he is better by now.
Earl Moore and Hayes Bates
made business trip to Caldwell
last Wednesday.
Erwin Stalling and son, Randy
were here Thursday evening.
Glen Layman has been carry
ing the mail for Bill Dotson for
a few days.
William VanMeter from Calais,
was a social caller here on Sun
day.
Blaine Day is still in the house.
He has had the flu real bad.
Ronald Bates and family were
at Hayes Bates Sunday for din
ner.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21

C. G. Osborne of Quaker City
and T. V. Stevens, of Quaker
City route 2, represented Guern-
sey county's fair board when
they attended the 35th annual
convention of the Ohio fair man
ayers association past week at
the Deshler-Hilton hotel, Colum~
bus. The dates for the 1860
Guernsey county fair are Sept.
% through Oct. /.
Dismissed Home
Mrs. Harold Toohey, of Quaker
City route 2, has been dismissed
to her home from Barnesville
General hospital.
AT Dinner Meeting
A number of people from this
place attended the dinner meet
ing at the First Methodist
church, Cambridge on last Thurs
day evening when Bishop and
Mrs. Hazel C. Warner, Columbus,
addressed group of $50 persons
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
PLEASANT CITY news Notes

PLEASANT CITY - Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Eddy and children,
of Canton, visited over the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Finnegan and other
local relatives and friends.
Mrs. Peggy Ellison and Miss
Betty Miley had dinner at the
tea room in Cambridge Tuesday
night and afterwards attended
the show at State theatre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Bayly, of
Lore City, were Sunday dinner
guests of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Bayly and son, Merlin.
The flu epidemic has hit sew
eral homes in this community.
Miss Blanche Moore of Sharon,
Pa, spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Alva Moore.
Mr.. Warren Miley accompanied
by his brother, Walter, of near
Senecaville, visited Sunday with
their brother, Howard and fam
lily in Canton. The latter is recup-
Grating at his home after an auto
mobile wreck several weeks ago.
Miss Linda Maier, student at
Ohio State University at Colum-
bus, spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Glenna Maier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Mckee spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Mckee, of Caldwell route 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ancil Coleman
and daughter, Laura Lee and son,
Leslie Michael spent Saturday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Homer d.
Trott and sons, Roger and Riciy
of GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. William Clendenning, Of
Buffalo, visited recently with her
sister, Mrs. Hulda McGranor and
husband.
Mrs. Elsie Coleman, of Pleas
ant City route 2, spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Ruth BeeBee.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
Chaseville
CHASEVILLE :

CHASEVILLE - Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sayre, Sr. visited Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Sayre and Charles
Sayre, Cambridge route, Sunday.
Marlin Combs, of Senecaville
route, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Murphy and
family.
Mrs. Nellie Laughlin and
daughter visited recently with
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Moss and
William Laughlin, Buffalo.
Sunday visitors of Newton
Davis were John Pipa, Pleasant
City and Earl Tripplett of Pleas
ant City route.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hickle,
of Cumberland route, spent Sun
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Drumm and daughter.
Wilfred Hill and Martha Muir
ply, students at Senecaville high
school, were among those that
took the senior scholarship test
at Cambridge, Saturday.
Mrs. Ada Williams, of Seneca
vile, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will
mer Barr and family, recently.
Mrs. Miley Larrick, Mt. Zion,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Hill
and family, Sunday.
Mrs. Halderman Murphy call
ed on Mrs. Dorothy Brown, of
DerWent and Mrs. Olive Swetz
of Pleasant City, Saturday.
Charles and Thomas Singleton
visited Mrs. Hazel Finley recent
ly.
Jimmy, Martha and Paul Muir
ply, Wilfred Hill and Marlin
Combs attended Luther League,
Sunday evening.
Miss Waneda Drumm attended
the Young Peoples Service at
the Senecaville Presbyterian
church, Sunday evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
SOUTH Olive news NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Schoep-
pner entertained with party,
Saturday night.
An epidemic of flu has hit the
town and surrounding COM
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Sanford and
son called on his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Howard Sanford.
Mrs. Rose Pryor visited Mr..
and Mrs. Wade Gillespie, Cald-
well, Friday.
Mr.. A. V. Swain and son, Billie
called on his mother, Mrs. A. A.
Swain, of Buffalo, Sunday.
Alva Keith, of Macksburg,
was caller in town, Monday. (
Miss Nancy Archer Of Belle
Valley, called on Villa R. Har-
per, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Clara Davis remains
patient in Memorial hospital, of
Marietta.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
Caldwell High
School Bonds
Sold By Board

At special meeting of the
Caldwell exempted village school
board of education Wednesday
night, bonds in the amount of
S524,000 for the construction of
CaldWell's new high school build
ing were sold to a Cleveland
concern at the interest rate of
AZ percent.
Mcdonald and company of
Cleveland was awarded the con-
tract bid with the interest of
4H2 % and a premium of $2,69O.00
which was the deciding factor.
Other bids received were as
follows: Field, Richards and COM
pany, Cleveland, Az percent in
terest rate and premium of 1926;
Ball, Burge and Kraus, Cleve-
land, 4$4 percent interest rate
and premium of $1,032.28; Walter,
Woody and Heimardinger, Gin
cinnati, S percent interest rate
and premium of $6,9l680 and
William ]. Mericks and company,
Inc, Cleveland, 434 interest rate
and premium of $4,14700.
The said bonds are being issued
for the purpose of constructing
a fireproof high school building,
undermining the existing school
buildings, equipping and furnish
ing the same and acquiring real
estate. s~Ia,
In denominations of $1,000
each, the bonds shall mature as
follows: $4,000 on Dec. l in each
of the years 1861 to 1888, inclu-
sive, except $4,000 on Dec. in
the years 1861 to 1865.
The board also authorized the
attendance of school personnel at
an executive workshop in New
Concord for five Thursday start
ing Jan. IA.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21

SOUTH OLIVE - Mrs. Myra
Rowlands spent the weekend
with her daughter, Mrs. James
Tidd and family, of Coal Run
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blake
and daughter, of Marietta, called
on her mother, Mrs. Rose Pryor.
Mrs. Wilma Swain and son,
Danny and Willard R. Harper
were callers in Canton, Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Davis were
callers in town, Saturday.
Mrs. Wava Milestone and
daughter, of Caldwell, called at
the A. v. Swain home, Saturday.
Ruth L. Harper and son, Will
lard, called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Sanford, Thursday night.
DR.. LaBarr, of Marietta, was a
professional caller in town, Sun
day.
Mrs. Frank Davis is visiting in
Belmont.
Mr.. Edward Greathouse, Mrs.
Dollie Mae Thomas and daugh-
ter, Ruth L. Harper and son, Will
lard called at the Baur and Tur-
ner funeral home, Woodsfield,
Sunday p. m Their cousin, Duel
Clymer passed away suddenly
Friday of heart attack. Funeral
services were held Monday at
200 p. m. at funeral home. In
terment was made in Pleasant
Ridge cemetery near Woodsfield.
Richard Sanford is employed
in Canton and was home over
the weekend.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
Caldwell Route ;

CALDWELL ROUTE B Mae
Gardner spent the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gard
ner, who are very poorly at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Garvin,
Mrs. Alva Garvin and Mrs. Glen
Garvin attended the funeral
Tuesday of Gale Matheney at
Canton.
Bessie Harper and Dwight and
Mrs. Virginia Wagner spent
Tuesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gardner.
Alva Garvin, Edna Boyd and
Guila Garvin attended the fu-
neral Wednesday of Lozzia Nor
rison at Caldwell.
Bernard Gardner called We'd
nesday evening on Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Gardner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clem Garvin
called Wednesday evening on
Mr.. and Mrs. James Garvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Garvin, Mr..
and Mrs. Ronnie PARCEL, Alva
Garvin, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Barnhart and James Edwards,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Smith,
Johnnie, Gary and Dana helped
butcher at Glenn Garvin's on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Garvin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Barnhart
and James Edward and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Garvin spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Garvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Gardner,
of Canton, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Gardner, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Mitchell, M. and Mrs. Lawrence
Harper and Dwight and Leonard
Gardner all called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gardner, Sunday.
Lots of flu and sickness around
here.
L.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
NOTIFIED OF DEATH

Friends in Caldwell have been
notified of the death of George
w. Haas, which occurred Dec. 80
at his home in Ell Paso, Texas.
He was born and reared in the
Lower Salem community and
will be remembered by the older
citizens.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21

Boy Scout merit plaques were awarded re-
Gently to number of persons for outstanding
services performed to promote scout work in
Noble county.
Prominently identified and present to ac-
cept the plaques were the following, left to
right: Scoutmaster Robert Paxton, of troop
SOL, CALDWELL who presented the awards; Worl
w. Thompson, local auto dealer, who provided
a number of calendars featuring Boy Scouts;
Richard Ball, owner Of Balls Super Market,
who has supplied the food for all scout activi-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21
Quicker City
Local Representatives Attend Annual
Fair Board Meeting In Columbus

of their trip through Africa.
Rev. Richard Drake, district
superintendent, presided. An Of
fering of $425.00 was received
to be used for special project
in Africa.
Announce Birth
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Flood, of
Quaker City, announce the birth
of a daughter on Jan. 9th at the
Barnesville General hospital.
Enjoy Trip
Mrs. w. J. Moore has been at
the home of her son, Frederic
Moore, of Dover, while he and
Mrs. Moore are on a trip to
Phoenix, Arizona.
Enjoyed Visit
Mrs. Leila Rowland, of Fair
view, spent a day recently at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine
Day, Quaker City route.
Foraker Death
The death of Clark V. Foraker,
96, of Pultney Ridge, occurred at
the Community hospital, Cam
bridge on Friday. Funeral SER
vices were conducted on Sunday
at 100 p. m. at the Eberle fu-
neral home and burial was in
Friends cemetery.
Mr.. Foraker was born in
Guernsey county the son of Pat
terson and Lucy Foraker and
was married to Rose Cochran
who passed away in 1897. He
leaves two sons, Ralph and Ray
mond of Salesville route; three
grandchildren; six great-grand-
children and one sister, Mrs. Inez
Roe, of Cambridge.
Brill Obituary
Friends here have received
word of the death of Mrs. r. r.
Brill who died last Friday at her
home in San Diego, Calf. Mrs.
Brill was native of Salesville
and was born in 1864, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Rebecca Men
denhall. She was the lost surviv-
ing member of her family. Her
husband, r. R. Brill died in 1888.
The deceased leaves three chill
dren, Clyde Brill of Cambridge;
Scott Brill of Trail, Ore, and
Mrs. Fay B. Piersall of San
Diego; six grandchildren and
twelve great-grandchildren, Mrs.
Martha B. Ringer of Cambridge,
is a granddaughter. Funeral and
burial was in San Diego.
Dismissed Home
Mrs. Aultman Albaugh, of
Quaker City route 2, has been
dismissed to her home from
Guernsey Memorial hospital,
Cambridge.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21

ties at cost; Frank Estadt, who accepted the
plaque in behalf of the K. of C.'s for making
available their hall as a meeting place for the
scouts and Don Bates, assistant scoutmaster.
Others who received similar awards includ-
ed the following: Walter Quick, who is serv-
ing as merit badge scout councler; Crock &
Schafer, for providing the troop with black
board, tent pegs, and other scout equipment;
and Dallas Bond, local implement dealer, for
work performed in conditioning the ground
site at Camp Edibrac, near Middleburg
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Ford and
son, Jackie, of Cambridge route
3, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Coleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer D. Trott
and sons, Roger and Ricky, of
GAINESVILLE, visited Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Trott and
Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hronec and
daughter, Kathy Ann visited re-
Gently with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Nc
Kay and family, of Byesville.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-01-21

The Zane CavernS, Bellefon-
taine, Ohio, are unique in that
stalactites and stalagmites are
still forming there as they have
for the past million years.
Evening star., 1960-08-17
BY ED HARRIS

Here on Hidden Valley
Farm we try to squeeze hay
making in between spraying
the apple orchard (about
every week., cultivating corn,
threshing orchard grass, clip
ping and bushhogging the
pastures, combining the wheat
and other grain and caring
for our herd of Aberdeen An
gus cows and calves.
IT NEVER DAMNED on
me in the city that rain on
the farm can be a mixed
blessing. 1t can ruin hundreds
of tons of good hay, lying in
windrows and ready for bal
ing, while at the same time
save the corn and wheat and
barley and pastures.
When heavy rains played
havoc with our production
goals, I volunteered to help
make hay and cultivate the
corn. I should have known
better.
But I wanted to do my
share. So I offered, the other
day, to finish raking hay in
one of the hitler fields, where
one of the farm hands had
raked about half of it.
Everything went fine for
the first few minutes. The big
cumbersome rake swept the
grass and clover into wind
rows like magic. But to keep
making that windrow I had
to 60 up a rather steep in
cline, and as I neared the top
I could have sworn that the
tractor was going to turn
over.
I hugged the wheel but the
world still looked topsy-turvy.
To save the tractor from
damage, I swung out Of line
and down the hill, going
around it at the bottom. The
rake reraked some other neat
Evening star., 1960-08-17
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Beloved Wife Says Farewell

John M. Bishop felt bad be-
cause, many times, he had
promised Jenny that he
would never put her in a
hospital. He didn't under
stand that he had no choice
in the matter. He fused
around her, adjusting the
sheet, feeling her forehead,
asking in a growl If there
was anything she needed. She
said no. We left at 9 p. m.
A priest came and it was not
discouraging for my mother
to make her peace with God,
because she had done it ev-
cry day of her life.
At 10:30 I was watching
television. My father was sit
ting in the kitchen, reading
the newspapers. He came in
to the living room. Il must
be hearing things" he said,
II Sdistinctly heard your
mother calling John! John!
At 1880, the phone rang.
1t was the doctor. Better get
your father to the hospital" "
he said. II don't think she's
going to make it."
Get your hat" I said to
my father. We're going to
the hospital" He didn't ask
why. He knew. We rolled
down the beach fast.
There was a doctor in the
room and a nurse. My mother
was sleeping, the small hands
clasped together on top OF
the coverlet. My father
pushed the doctor aside and
kissed my mother. then he
stood away and looked down
at her.
THE NURSE was talking
Evening star., 1960-08-17
FAMOUS FABLES
By E, E. EDGAR

TIRED: One afternoon,
Manager Casey Stengel OBJ
served with some anxiety that
his starting pitcher was more
than a little shaky.
Three times, Casey ambled
out to the mound. Each
time the pitcher assured him
that he had his stuff. Finally,
after the pitcher had given
up three walks and as many
hits, Casey trudged out to the
box for the fourth time and
ordered his man to the show
ers.
But Casey" protested the
pitcher, IT tell you I'm not
tired"
IT know" said Stengel, "but
I am. So out you CO."
4 i y
TRIP: The late Gen.
George c. Marshall was a
student of military history,
whose hobby it was TO visit
famous battlefields and re-
enact what had taken place
there.
At one time. ne and Mrs.
Marshall took a cross-coun-
try automobile trip. They
stopped at every battlefield
on the way. When they re-
turned to Washington, a
friend asked Mrs. Marshall II
she had enjoyed the trip.
"Oh yes," she said. "but I
kept seeing a cannon behind
every rock"
Evening star., 1960-08-17

It happended three years
ago today, but it is real. Very.
The four men were big and
they came in wearing beach
trunks. Jenny Bishop was
sitting in the yellow leather
chair in the dining room.
She was 70, a pale wisp Of
the woman who had married
my father so years earlier.
They had been visiting me.
and momma had sustained
two heart attacks in a row.
For hours, my father had
famed with a newspaper
trying to get air to her.
The men of the Sea Bright
First Aid put her on a
stretcher and took her out to
the ambulance. talking ten
derly as rough men some
times talk.
ON THE WAY to Mon
mouth Memorial Hospital,
one of the volunteers turned
the bed up and pointed out
the old mansions on the
dunes. My mother had to ex-
plain to him that she had
recently lost her sight.
II didn't know" he said,
and proceeded to describe the
mansions, color by color, and
how the sun hit the big green
rollers as they crashed white
on the sand. He told her
she had nothing to fear, that
she was over the worst of it.
Nothing bad could happen to
her, he said, on such a sunny
day.
My father and got to the
hospital five minutes behind
the volunteers and they yelled
not to worry, that she was
doing fine.
Evening star., 1960-08-17
DOWN ON THE FARM
Lush Weeds ChortIe
As Man Ruins Corn

windrows into strange new
patterns but I doggedly kept
going.
I kept trying to dodge the
sleeper hills as went around.
Once, finding myself far to
one side of the field and de-
termined to get back toward
the center, I cut straight
across. making shambles Of
the work already done. I
hated myself for doing it, but
it was a pull-type rake and
I couldn't lift it off the
ground.
After half an hour, Billy
Smoot, our farm foreman,
came along with the baler.
He stared wide-eyed at my
handiwork, then started bal
ing. He drove his tractor in
the strangest formations Of
his farming career to bale
my windrows. The tractor
made a series of ISIS. "Z"s
and ms while I watched in
modification.
GAVE UP RAKING right
there and offered to cultivate
the corn. Billy showed me
how, letting the teeth of the
cultivator rip out the luxuri-
Gus weeds but miss the rows
of cornStalks. OFF went Billy
and I was left to my own
city-bred genius.
AS usual, all went we'll at
first. But just when I was
about to congratulate myself
I turned around to find that
I had torn up about 300 feet
of corn. I had done so quite
cleanly, leaving in my wake
a wide row of lush, leering
weeds.
Later I learned that the
cultivator teeth had been
knocked too closely together,
making it nearly impossible
to do the job right. When I
gave up I had nearly cleared