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the well, which supplies the water
automatically.
During the mechanical milk
ing process. the cows in each
stall are fed grain from an auto
matte feeder which measures the
proper amount for each COW.
Untouched by Hands
From the COW to the customer,
the milk is not touched by human
hand nor does air come in con-
tact with the milk. A universal
pipe line brings the milk from
the COW into a 700 gallon ice
bank tank cooler. From there it
is pumped into the tank truck
for Richmond delivery.
Cows are given every comfort
now. The latest addition to the
operation is a lounging barn, 144
feet long and 40 feet wide, open
at the front and one end, large
enough to hold the herd of 100
cattle. This is mostly for winter
USE" George Ashman explained.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16
Ashman Brothers
Farm Typical Of
improvements
BY HELEN MASON

Dairying is the top business in
Amelia county at present with
dairy farmers improving and
adding to their herds, and max
ing many Improvements in their
plants for more economical and
labor saving operations.
One of the latest Improvements
has been made by Ashman Broth
ers, j. Craig. James. Jr., and
George Ashman, in partnership.
Building Of their new operation,
valued at $4,000, was started in
June 1860. BY September of that
year it was sufficiently com
pleted to start milking. At this
time $500 pounds of grade A milk
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16

No music vas heard but one
wonders whether softly played
music WI not be heard in the
louHelns barn next winter.
"AI he area between the sjlo
ard nan building will be con
GREETED IN .lnle, You can sec
where tie work has already
sta!ted.' Ashnan pointed ont.
There ate cne and a half acres
N the plant which has been
arranged thai another silo, wfcn
needed, can e Quilt to connect
with tie same feed bunk.
We ta4ert Qute finished Tho
plant yet, but expect it to be en-
t.rely satisfactory when corn-
pleted. We VII be able to pro-
cuoe mix cheaper than with the
oloer methods. We think. GeorG,
Ash14an also ADDED, Il expect 10
build ny heme near the ne"
plant IN TIE same side Of nc
read within The next eight
eCCn.inued to page IL
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ensilage a day from this struc-
ture is needed to feed the herd.
1T has an automatic unloader
and screw augur brings the
ensilage to the feed bunk where
the COWS can line up on each
side" he explained.
Here they are fed and watered
at a supply near the end Of the
feed bunk, before leaving the
holding pen which is connected
by a gate to the entrance lane
leading to the milking parlor.
People laugh at the idea OF
using a forked stick to find water
but this was the way it was found
for the plants water supply. A
convenient spot was chosen for
the well but after drilling 3
feet = no water. Durwood Walk
er, a friend, suggested using a
forked peach tree branch. 1t
worked at another spot and the
buildings were planned around
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Dai1ying N01U Mum Der One Enterprise In An1eIin

from so COWS are being picked
up every other day to be de-
hvered to a Richmond dairy.
In the main building are the
milking parlor where six cows
are MIXED at a time, a milk
room, office, stock room, and
toilet facilities for workers.
To the right, some distance at
the rear of the main building is
one of the largest silos in the
state and the only one of its
size in the counties surrounding
Amelia. 1t hold 800 tons of ensi-
lage, is As feet in height and 80
feet in diameter.
Unique in State
There were only five others of
equal size in the state when this
one was built" George Ashman
said. Sixty acres of corn are
grown by the brothers to fill the
silo. Approximately two inches of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18

Army should be taken very Sc
riously and be placed under our
U. S. Defense Dept. with Presi-
dent Kennedy as Commander in
Chief. Every nation should be en-
titled to the aid Of the Peace
Corps, although its personnel
should be sent into a nation only
at the nations request. Whether
or not the Peace Corps should or
should not be tied up with for
eign aid is to be decided later.
.. Peace Crops And Defense
1t is q great mistake to COM
pare the proposed Peace Corps
with the Civilian Conservation
Corps organized by Franklin
Roosevelt to give work to un-
employed young men during the
depression of the 1905. In order
to be successful the Peace Corps
must be carefully selected, or
gained, trained. and disciplin-
ed. 1t must be treated and fl
nanced as if some entirely new
revolutionary weapon had been
discovered which we must Ell
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
BabsOn Discusses The New Peace Corps

BABSON PARK, MASS, April
13-Our defense against World
War III may not be nuclear
missiles or atomic submarines
but rather something far more
revolutionary. I refer to the
Peace Corps.
Peace Corps Described
President Kennedy has sent a
message to Congress on his pro-
posed Peace Corps suggesting
that 1000 young and middle-age
people be ready to leave by the
coming Christmas. Among pro-
jects in the exploratory stage are
work for surveyors, engineers.
and biologists. Expert farmers
and those acquainted with the
use of insecticides and ferti-
IZers are needed. Also In demand
are carpenters who will get
neighbors together. as in the old
days, to erect houses and barns
for one another. The headquar-
tiers at Washington tell me it has
5000 applicants. although q ma.
jortty of these cannot hope to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
Library Week
Program Slated
For ScOttSville

SCOTTSVILLE, April II - The
Rev. Glenn c. Oldaker, writer an
retired Methodist minister from
Culpeper will tell stories and
other excerpts from his book,
Memoirs Of Col. French" an
aide to Generals Lee and Jack
son, at the chapel program at
Scottsville High School Thurs
day. April 20, at LAS pm.
The program, arranged by the
National Library Week Commit
tee of the Scottsville Branch of
the Mcintyre Public Library will
also include a quiz program on
books at which students will try
to stump the experts. Winners of
the contest for the best book re-
view will be presented with gift
certificates for books by T. A.
Allison, principal and chairman
of the L brary Board. Mrs
George Jameson is in charge of
the program.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
Double Check

With twenty year record and
one miss. it is glad that l am to
get on the list again. At least
found out that a few people
could and did read. 1 thank you
for reading the one that did not
write it was so better.
Thanks to the editor for filling
the space. Here are the answers
to the questions put to me. Nope
l wasn't sick, didn't quit, didn't
go off in the Russion excursion
to the Moon, and just plain nope
and cannot explain. And to
that sweet little inquisitor
Mamie says you wasn't in the
Farmville Herald this time . .
why? you forgot 1 bet you
hyh? Well guess that about
answers it. any how to my
self l can't explain.
While the Gubernatorial politi-
cal is being hetted up here in Vir-
GINA the Ole Dominion is
going to get a Sprinkling Of what
is, has, was and what ought tC
be. Three fine men are putting
all they have or ever will have
into this pot of decision
that's what it costs to be Cover
nor in this state.) This could be
very enlightening to you voters
However the choice is yours
Those of you who wish to come
home to rooSt or roast will have
ample opportunity. The Demo
cratic party is very human
and forgiving party as vol
will see. You never get so far ou
on a limb that you can't come
back course it may break o.
get cut off, that's the chance yol
took.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
Service Men Ambassadors

THE Kennedy Administration has an
nounced that more American troops
will be sent overseas in the next year.
The effort to bolster United States con-
ventional forces is the reason for this
change in policy.
This will mean that more American
boys will serve on foreign bases, and
in foreign countries, than had been
heretofore planned. These servicemen,
in many cases, are our best or worst
- ambassadors
Unfortunately, the American service
man has been no better at this response
BILE task than the average American
tourist. In too many cases, they have
seemed unnecessarily loud, and boast
full, to residents of other countries,
where the people do not enjoy living
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
meet the requirements.
Certain Requirements

meet the requirements.
Certain Requirements
The Plan will no be Successful
with nonpaid volunteers. Wheth.
er or not these men and women
are obtained by volunteering or
by drafting, they must be under
army discipline and subject to
the same length Of service as
those entering the fighting ranks
They must be carefully screen
ed" as to loyalty, personality
and education. They naturally
should fluently speak the Ian
guage of the country to which
they will be sent an be well
trained for the character of work
in which they will be engage
Surely, the Peace Corps Person
mel are entitled to the pay of a
Second Lieutenant.
To make this new Peace Army
successful, Congress must be
prepared to spend as lavishly
thereon as it would spend on
the development of missiles or
any nuclear weapons. This new
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
Letters to Editor
Enjoyed Herald Edition = But
Marshal ROmmel Was Never Here

a warm personal friendship be-
tween the two and their fami-
lies. Through that source l be-
came acquainted with the Cen
eral and made many trips with
him over Civil War fields. Since
Freeman's death V. Boetticher
has visited in my home and We
have correspondent for some
years.
A few years ago / asked him
about the story of Rommel's visit
to America, which led to his visit
ing Rommel's widow and verify
ing his belief that Rommel was
not only uninterested in the Civil
War had never mentioned it to
Frau Rommel = but had never
set his foot on American soil. For
the edification of some OF my
friends in the Valley, I asked v.
Boetticher to put this in writing
and I have among my papers viz
tually his affidavit to that effect.
He laughingly says "Rommel in
the Valley of Virginia could have
been none other than your old
friend Fritz (himself).' This in
formation was commented on by
me on the occasion of the Second
Annual Assembly of Civil War
Round Tables held in. Richmond
! in May 1859 but it seems my eff
| fort failed to dispel the myth.
! thought that you, as one who
has demonstrated such a bona
fide interest in preserving his
toric record. would appreciate
my offering a correction which
would service constructive pur-
pose
With assurances of respect,
j. Amber Johnston
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Editor Of Herald:

Editor Of Herald.
Your April z issue of The
Farmville HERALD is most in
tereSting and I have enjoyed it
greatly. You have made a nota-
BILE initial contribution to the de
velopment and ful'therance of in
terest in the Civil War Centen-
NAL.
/ remember 50 well when Mr.,
Turner was a voice in the Will
derness" working on Lees Re
treat, and l think | went with
Mr.. Turner on a visit to see my
friend General Jas. A. Anderson.
who was then Highway Commits
sioner, with regard to the devel-
opnent Of the map covering Lee 5
Retreat.
May / take the liberty of offer
ing a correction to the item APP
pearing on page II touching
upon General Rommel's visit to
America?
I do not know now the story OF
Field Marshal Rommel's visit to
AmepNca originated, but I can
say with assurance that it is a
myth. l have most friendly as,
ISOLATION with General Friedrich
V. Boetticher, who was a Major
General on the General Staff Of
the German Army in World Wal
l and former student and per
sonal acquaintance of Won Hin
| denburg. Upon the opening of the
! German Embassy after Worlo
/ War I General V. Boetticher wa.
sent to Washington as Military
Attache. He already knew more
Civil War history than the aver
age American and soon after
reaching Washington began fol
lowing Jackson up and down the
Valley. registering at hotels an(
in no way concealing his identity
as a German from the people
| along the way. When Dr.. Free
mans r. E. Lee was published
in 1888, v. Boetticher immediately
wrote Freeman and then began
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18

metaphysics and mathematics
touches God.
Science begins to deliver rellgi-
Gus messages now. whereas in
earlier days it was thought by
negate religion. AS it approaches
dim edges and discovers that it
has really moved only inches and
prevailed over clOckticks above.
it learns for itself without con
sulting Holy Writ that there
are Mystery and Method unfath-
ENABLE. unimpeachable, unreach-
able. undeniable.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
PESSINIISTlC OUTLOOK

Actor (making speech after
punk play I wish l could
thank you individually.
Galleryite Tomorrow night
you will be able to.
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John Temple Groves
''Sail On To Outer Space

" Sail on, he cried. sail ont >"
HONOR FOREVER to the Rus
sian rivalry. science and deter
minatiOn which have skated a
man on the thin edge OF outer
space and brought him back
alive!
Weightless in orbit at gravity's
rim there for a few moments. did
the spaceman look upward and
onward and year for infinity and
eternity which must surely be
just around the corner?
Or did he merely wonder
which way was up. what was on
ward and what constitutes a
corner when you are surrounded
by all time and space?
WE MUST CATCH UP, yes.
We must pass into the lead. OF
course. A new world is in the
making and it must fly no ham
mer and sickle. American pres
tige abroad" is at stake. Ameri-
can security in some dim dis
lance is involved. Our self-confi-
dence could be dinmed! Our
faith in the New Frontier could
be shaken!
And look what came Of Colum-
bus's inner space flight in 1892
more than any could dream-yet
something told him to "Sail
On
Behind him lay the gray Azores
Behind the gates of Hercules
Before him not the ghost Of
shores,
Before him only S h ore e S
He gained a world; he gave thai
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18

AUD oiitSot itocoA. Viz odIl
on
ONE DIFFERENCE OBTAINS,
however. and aWareness of it
may make a difference in this
new conqueSting between glory
and death. Columbus had been
tipped off that the seemingly
limitless seas ahead were part of
a world that was round. and that
sailing on would take him through
that round. 1t may be. if we could
properly understand Einstein,
that the universe is as round as
Planet Earth and that sailing on
into outer space would bring lis
back to the Kremlin or Cape Ca
naveral at very long last. that
up" would turn downward at
last and onward would at last
be homeWard.
But if this is not so, a sure
status will come eventually to this
rivalry between ssia and
America in which, Icarus who
flew too near the sun and had
his flying machine melt under
him in spite of all the precautions
his father Daedalus had taken
with the wax, all mortal sub
stances and sustenance will be
melted in the increasing cost of
space-racing. Our Planet could
be liquidated then as Icarus' ma
chine.
Infinity is seemingly SO far and
eternity apparently so long that
even the most pioneer spirits
and competitive nations and
dauntless scientists are going to
have to consider how much Of
Planet Earth may reasonably be
invested in getting away from
Planet Earth.
| Lyndon johnson was quoted
some months ago as saying there
is a central place in infinity from
which this planet can be con
trolled and that we must reach
and hold it for the Pentagon be
fore it falls into the Kremlin'
hands.
If the place is only a few tril
lion miles away perhaps we car
do this.
But if it is those trillions il
light years away, not even a poll
tician can get us there before
candle-light or Armageddon.
NIKITA HAD BETTER STOI
, comparing Yuri Gagarin will
Christopher Columbus. Columbus
was an Italian and it was TO-
Spain that he discovered Americ;
but English speakers hav'
, made most of it today and mos
control it.
CERTAIN AS WE MAY be tina
our aStrOnautS have been exam
med and tested for just abou
everything else in the world, hav
we made sure they are good look
| ing, articulate, eloquent and DC
$ etc? Now that Gagarin ha
4 turned out to be all of thos
t things, too. we want no odiou
: comparisons when our tim
2 comes. Half the glory of Charlie
t Lindbergh was personal CHAIR
5 even if our Ambassador Herric
: in Paris had to hide him in tn
! embassy and coach HIM.
YURI GAGARIN saw no angel
: up here but they kept him il
t visible company even as the
+ barred his way.
! He describes the lack of an
feeling Of loneliness. How morts
: thing loneliness is! 1t has to d
! with the absence of some othe
! human being or beings who Nigh
: be present. not with the state {
being alone itself.
II Gagarin speaks, too, of Wishin
to go on and on to other trips
beyond the moon, beyond Venus
/, Mars and Jupiter. beyond tn
paths of all the western stars,
and perhaps even further tina
the two billion light years t
which the human is permitted t
reach through that 2OO-inch tele
;, scope on Mt. Palomar in South
: ern California.
This suggests the dim edge still
I further.
The one where physics turns t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18

So long as the United States excel in
these fields the space ship is not in
superable. Polaris submarines, mobile
launching pads for guided missiles at
sea and on land appear to us to be more
practical as military weapons than
space ships.
Effects of the Russian achievement
and propaganda on uncommitted ma
tons may result in the greatest value
for the present. International propagan-
da to impress the African and Asiatic
nations could be more damaging than
the result of this first in space. How
ever, most nations in Europe knowing
the effect of Communism and Russian
domination will be slow to support the
Russians politically.
The United States are the most
powerful nation on earth today, de-
spite infiltration by communists. So
long as the ability is held by the U. s.
to 'retaliate with superior weapons
rockets, submarines, and bombers-the
value of stratosphere space ships is
checkmated Infiltration by communists
questionable fiscal policies, idealistfc
political thinking, overshadow the
threat of spaceships Behring'S from with
in are the real dangers presently.
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standard as high as the American living
standard.
1t would be of great benefit to the
country if the program to educate our
servicemen in the diplomatic arts were
intensified and broadened. 1t is already
good program, in so far as it goes. But
much more effort, and time, could be
devoted to this project with beneficial
results for the country and the cause
of democracy, and we hope this is done
in the expanded overseas defense pro-
gram.
We might as we'll recognize the fact
that Americans are not usually good
diplomats : with exceptions and
concentrate on making friends where
we send our servicemen, rather than
enemies
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18

Their adopt or we will be sunk!
Certainly all nations including
Russia will be free to organize
similar Peace Corps. l under
stand that Charles deGaulle is
much interested. This develop
ment creates an entirely new and
apparently overlooked situation
Would it be good or bad for the
movement to have different
Peace Corps of other nations
working within a single nation
such as one Of the Latin Nations
of Central and South America,
including Cuba? Frankly. no one
now knows. The whole idea is so
new with such far reaching pos.
sibilities and dangers. If several
nations plan to send Peace Corps
to a foreign country, surely the
members of each will be able to
talk with each other since they
can speak the language of the
country to which they are sent
If both men and women are ac-
cepted this makes a further
complication.
China Send Out Peace Corps
Studying this whole idea with
its ramifications. it may result
In doing more to bring the ma
tons together than has even the
United Nations. There are about
one hundred separate nations
now in the United Nations Or
ganization. Imagine only a small
proportion of these one hundred
nations sending out Peace Corps
Furthermore, although Com
munist China is now being KEPT
out of the United Nations, YET
China would be free to senC
Peace Corps into the leading ma
lions. One more thought. what
If China should decide to senc
Peace Corps into the United
States? Perhaps all the above
may cause President Kennedy
or at least Congress, to pass the
entire problem over to the Unit
ed Nations to operate. Knowing
however, how slow the United
Nations works, this may kill OF
delay the entire idea as now SET
up. l am strongly for the Peace
Corps as set up by the present
able leader R. Sargent Shriver
Jr. It, however, has great pos.
sibilities and may be the one
thing to head off World War III
and save civilization.
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one, working through a smaller neigh
boring country.
The challenge of Communist China is
more ominous than Russian supplying
of the Laotian rebels. 1t means that if
the cease-fire sought by Great Britain
and the United States is not obtained,
there is a major danger of another
Korea - in the ill-chosen hills and
swamps of Laos.
President Kennedy is on record as
saying this country will honor it's COM
mitment to Laos if a cease-fire and
negotiated settlement cannot be obtain
ed. Thus the next few days and weeks
may be critical for the Kennedy Admin
istration and SEATO powers The di-
lemma will probably be clarified by
Russia's willingness to work out cease
fire agreement, or by Russia's refusal
to join in such an agreement.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
Chinese Challenges

COMMUNIST China has threatened to
- send troops into Laos if the South
east Asia Treaty Organization uses
force to. support the legal government
of that country. This is the most open
Chinese challenge to the West in some
months.
The Chinese Communists insist they
have sent no troops into Laos. And,
technically, this may be correct West
ern reporters and observers have not
identified any such force. The Rus
slams have been supplying the rebel
forces in Laos, and the Chinese have
been strangely quiet, until now.
But the Chinese Communist threat to
send troops if the SEATO powers check
the rebellious effort of communist
forces in Laos seems to reveal the
source of trouble in Laos. 1t would seem
that Red China's role has been we'll con-
cealed but that it has been an indirect
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
Man In Space

RUSSIA put man in space April IL.
Many people in the United States
are beating their breasts" and seeking
to place the blame on somebody because
the United States were not first in this
project. Coming in for criticism are the
Congress, the Defense Department,
civilian technicians, etc. The old game
of passing the buck" appears to be in
full swing. Placing responsibility for
y. S. delays will be little value unless
steps be taken to correct whatever
errors may be found. Simply tagging
blame here or there means little.
Achievement of Russian scientists is
notable, however, it may have been ex-
aggerated out of proportion. Some
years will pass before any value will
come from it, except to the propaganda
value which Khrushchev will use to the
utmost. The question has been asked:
Why explore new domains when we are
unable to perfect existence on this
earth? 1t is a good question.
Possibly some military use may be
made of satellite as means Of spy
ing, or of dropping bombs on enemies.
Guided missiles would appear to us to
counteract any value of this kind,
and w planes seem to be successful
Gall but one) in gathering information.