davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
20 Pct. Increase Shown in Kent Farms
During Census Over 5-Year Period
OF KENT COUNTY

Delaware farms are getting
larger and the farm business is
expanding. Delaware farms now
average ll.6 percent larger than
S years ago, according to the
latest census figures.
BY counties, the differences
look this way: Kent County
farms are 20 percent larger than
5 years ago; Sussex County
farms increased by 8.6 percent
and the New Castle County
farms by 15.2 percent during
the last 5 years.
University of Delaware farm
management specialist w. T.
McAllister, explains the trend
this way: First of all, the cost
price squeeze with reduced
margins means farmers must
sell more to maintain the same
level of income. Also, increased
labor cost has pushed farmers
to more mechanization, which
in turn, demands more land to
justify the investment in equip
ment."
McAllister cited bulk milk
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
Proper Heating,
Ventilation Paws
Dividends to the
Broiler Growers

Baby, it's cold outside" has
been the chicks theme song
this winter.
Fuel costs have gone up,
along with mortality of chilled
chicks and morbidity from di-
sease outbreaks. Poor ventila-
ton and wet litter will aggra-
vate conditions says Ray Lloyd,
Extension Poultryman, Univers-
ity of Delaware.
Adequate heat and ventilation
pay big dividends in healthier
chicks that grow better and
cost less to produce, the spec
ialist continues. 1t is better to
spend money on fuel than on
medicine. Some broiler growers
made the mistake of keeping
windows closed to reduce fuel
costs. This results in wet hous-
es and usually outbreaks of re-
spiratory disease and heavy los
ses through condemnation.
If gas stoves are used, it is
suggested that some type of
supplementary heat be provided
during very cold weather to
raise room temperature, dry out
litter and improve air circula-
ton. One coal or oil stove to
each two gas stoves makes a
good combination for winter
brooding under extremely cold
conditions.
Whatever the type of heat
used, just be sure tn ere is
enough to keep the room tenn
perature up to SIS degrees. II
might also pay to look at the
thermometer once in awhile
And then, just for good meas
ure, check the thermostats. You
may be surprised how many
are not working satisfactorily
and need replacing.
Don't be ''penny-wise and
pound-foolish" when it comes
to brooding chicks in this kline
of winter weather. The money
spent for heat doesn't cost, il
pays.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
County Agent
! Advises Use of
Certified Seeds

! How can farmer be certain
he is planting the variety of a
crop he wants? How can he be
certain of clean seed which will
germinate well? According to
Kent county agent George Va
paa, the answer to both ques-
tions is certified seed"
The biggest difference be-
tween certified seed and ordi-
nary seed is that certified seed
can be traced back to the orig
inal breeders seed and can thus
be identified. Certified crops
are inspected in the field and
laboratory to insure high quail
ity. Uncertified seed may not
be true-to-type and have the de-
hirable characteristics the farm
er needs for his farm.
Here's an illustration: Several
state agricultural experiment
stations ran field trials on a
number of sample lots of al
falfa seed. All the seed was
labeled Ranger--and plant breed
ers can tell true Ranger by GER
tain growth habits. The expert
ment stations found that all but
one lot of Certified Ranger was
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02

of a certain fertilizer element
can keep plants well-fed-
The county agent urged all
farmers to ask themselves two
questions: Q) Are you sure you
know the fertility condition of
the soils of the farm? (2) Do
you know what kind and
amount of fertilizer to use on
your crops for top yields and
profits.
If you can answer these
questions, he said, you are on
the road to more profitable
farming. But if you can't he
strongly suggests that you OBJ
tain the right answer by having
a soil test made right away on
each field of your farm.
For details on how to take
good samples, and bad samples
are worse than none, call the
Extension Service on the second
floor of the Dover postoffice,
telephone REdfield 6-l448.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02

tanks as an example. Installing
a bulk tank often means add
ing more buildings, another silo,
raising more crops, acquiring
more land and expanding the
cropping system. This is chain
reaction, inevitably leading to
more and larger equipment and
eventually getting back to add
ing more cows. And more cows
probably was the reason the
bulk tank became necessary in
the first place!
Larger farms are not neces.
sarily more efficient nor do they
necessarily make more profit
but they have this potential be.
cause a large-size unit, under
good management, can have
low costs and a high sales vol.
ume, McAllister said.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
Farmers Urged
To Make Entries
In Hay Contest

Who's king of the haymakers
in the Northeast?
The Northeastern Hay Drying
Association will decide at its
annual winter hay show meet
ing March "a, at the College of
Agriculture, Rutgers University,
N. ].
From now until March d,
last day for entries, farmers
may enter samples of their hay
in any of l3 classes, ranging
from first cutting alfalfa to
mixed. Mr.. w. H. Hosterman,
u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture hay specialist, will be the
Judge.
Besides announcement of win
ners and comments by the
Judge, the meeting will include
talks suggesting ways to inn
prove hay.
Among the speakers will be
John E. Baylor, extension agron-
omist at Penn State; Nolan
Mitchell, vice president of the
Aerovent Fan Company, Lam
sing, Mich; William ]. Roberts,
extension agricultural engineer
at Rutgers, and Charles Hovey,
Eastern States Farmers Ex-
change, East Springfield, Mass.
Farmers who want to enter
can get a copy of the rules and
a list of classes from their
County Agricultural Agent who
will also collect the samples.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
Soil Fertility
Results in More
Profitable Farms

Plants have appetites, just as
humans and farm animals do.
But unfortunately, Kent county
agent George Vapaa, says plants
can't vary their available foods
at will to match their appetites
for a balanced diet.
This is where you, as an alert
farmer can enter the picture.
You don't have to wait until
your crops are ring-streaked,
speckled, and spotted with blot
chy discoloration. You can get
help beforehand by having a
soil test made to detect nutrient
DEFICIENCIES before you plant
your crops.
Mr.. Vapaa said that soil
test will help you determine
how much and what kind OF
each fertilizer element you
should add to produce a heavy,
healthy yield of any crop.
The county agent explained
that many crops in the county
are forced into ''overeating'
certain elements but are on 9
starvation diet for other nutri
ents they need for healthy,
steady growth.
He emphasized that a major
soil fertility problem in the
county is an unbalanced supply
of plant nutrients. Eating only
one food source each day is un-
healthy for people-similarly
he pointed out, no one morsel
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02

true-to-type. Approximately hall
of the non-certifed seed was
either mixed or not Ranger al
all.
Always keep in mind" Mr.,
Vapaa said that the blue tag
of certification indicates pure,
high quality seed of an identi-
fled variety"
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02

helped him expand to larger
quarters. Today. he is worth al
most quarter of a million dol
lars.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
Off To A Flying Start

The first Independent bank to
open at an Airport landed 500
accounts in the first month at
Fla.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-02
Strange AS 1t Seems

ANAA6S NAS - 0S~AS
A carpenters helper borrowed
$500 from a local bank for
TOOLS TO set up a small shop
in his garage. Later the bank
Evening star., 1961-11-13
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Truman and Ike have friendly meeting Their armis-
tce kind of trade agreement: Each agrees to
give prominent free display his library to the other
latest books.
Attorney General Kennedy calls meeting
protection His biggest problem protecting
from being consumed by wepackaged product
called Rockefeller
Chester Bowles tours the Far East They couldn't fire
him In fact he's been given heavy responsibilities
of them at least 10,000 miles from Washington.
Pablo Casals will perform at state dinner Kennedy
musical tastes getting highbrow that their favorte
wants to be asked back he may change
to Franck Sonata.
Politics proves that any American boy can grow I'D to
be called scoundrel by his opponent.
Too much time is wasted worrying about why Johnny
can't spell and why Johnny can't read-and enough on
why Johnnys mother can't balance her checking account
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Reds Lose Grip
On British Union

LONDON, Nov. Is (AP).-
The Communists have lost
their grip on the executive COM
mittee Of Britain's 250,000-
member Ele ctrical Trades
Union.
The result of weeks of voting
by union branches shows there
will be only two Communists
and nine non-CommunistS
when the committee reforms
at the end of the year. Eight
Communists and former men,
bers of the Communist party
have dominated committee
affairs.
The result was announced
yesterday by ETU President
Frank Foulkes, himself a Com
munist. His term runs to 1864
and he said he has no intention
Of resigning.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Tax Reform Delay a Worry

funds for new plants and the
undermining of equipment.
Estimates Just released by
the McGraw Hill company's
economists and statisticians
indicate that in 1862 about
$3.50 billion will be spent for
new plant and equipment,
which compares with $35
billion in 1856. Yet, during
these same five years, the
gross national product of
America has gone from $419
billion to $526 billion in 1861.
Why. in a period Of pop
ulation growth and such an
increase in gross national
product, has there been a
static condition in the heavy
goods industries? Everyone
knows that the only chance
for industry to absorb some
Of the higher labor costs is
by labor-saving machinery.
Yet the inability to put in
new plant and modern equip
ment is costing America many
billions Of dollars in national
growth and in corporate prof.
its. from which the Treasury
needs taxes to meet the
higher defense budgets.
1t is quite evident that the
time to begin to tackle this
problem is now. President
EiSenhower's Commission on
National Goals, in its report
in November 1860, gave its
prescription for economic
growth. 1t called for IAN
overhaul Of the tax system,
including depreciation allow
ances."
President Kennedy has
spoken Of the same thing.
But, for some unexplained
reason, the problem has been
sidetracked, and the next ses-
sion of Congress is not ex-
pected to tackle the whole
subject Of tax reform, leaving
it instead to 1868. But maybe
it will be a Republican House
Of Representatives in jan
uary 1868 which will respond
to the demand of the country
for action in the very field
which today is producing the
largest proportion Of our un-
employed.
(copyright, 1eeD
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Nehru Fails to Sell Line to Kennedy,
Including Summit Talk on Berlin
WILLIAM S. WHITE

The absurdly high degree
Of influence so long exer-
cised on Western policy by
the neutralist powers is at
last coming to an end.
This is clear in the wake
Of Nehru's visit to President
Kennedy in Washington. A
fair summary Of the results
Of that bland but tough con-
frontation is this: Nehru has
sold no part of his neutralist
line here. And he has in fact
lost much of that curious and
awed veneration which for
years has accrued to him as
"the worlds leading states
man for peace" and as the
ultimate and almost sainted
voice of neutralism.
His mission is ending with
no success for any of his
basic aims. The biggest of
these aims was to prod Presi-
dent Kennedy into seeking
yet another summit confer
ence with Nikita Khrushchev
over the Berlin crisis despite
Evening star., 1961-11-13
NeutroIist Influence on Wune

resumed its own atmospheric
testing in the face of enor-
nous Soviet provocations.
But he has simply found
that even this has brought
him little from the neutrals.
To the end here, for one IL
lustration, Nehru declined to
go along with the President
in a simple statement that
the people of Berlin had a
right to make their own
choice as to whether they
wanted to live in a Com
munist or free society.
Nehru thus took the more
or less classic neutralist line
that while self-determination
is the manifest right of all
Asian and African peoples, it
does not necessarily apply to
the German people. -
1t would be a mistake to
suppose that Mr.. Kennedy is
furious" with Nehru or that
he intends to cut all con-
facts tomorrow morning with
neutralists, or anything like
that. This country does not
operate that way - though
Khrushchev does.
But it would be no mis-
take at all to suppose that
Mr.. Kennedy is by no means
enchanted with the incanta-
tions of the Nehru idolators,
who believe that the West
has o kind of suernatural
duty to accept him as the
best and wisest of all men,
and never really to disagree
with him. Western policy will
increasingly be made in the
Nsest-and nowhere else.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
But 1t Still Exists in PrNote Talks
Despite Porty's Election Successes

help only those who have
shown that no help is
needed.
1t is by now no secret that
the bait which brought Mr..
Kennedy to New Jersey was
a poll showing that in mid
October Gov. -elect. Hughes
was almost evenly matched
with the Republican candi-
date. former Secretary Of
Labor Mitchell. Mr.. Ken
nedy's presence was desired
to cast luster on a rather
dull campaign and inspire
the party organization. The
risk to him was slight, as Mr..
Hughes had by his own ef-
forts pulled up from under
dog position. Even so, Mr..
Kennedy hesitated until al
most the end.
Mayor Wagner got a drive
through the streets of New
York. Yet his victory not only
seemed assured but was es-
sential to rebuilding the party
in the biggest State to cope
with a potential Republican
nominee for President in
1864, Gov. Rockefeller.
RepreSentative-elect Con-
zalez got a letter, although
the President was actually in
the vicinity. When it was re-
leased, White House Press
Secretary Salinger was asked
what would be done for Mr..
Hughes. then painting down
the home stretch alone. Mr..
Salinger replied patronizing-
ly that Mr.. Hughes could have
a letter "if he asked for it."
The slow burn resulting from
that remark has not yet
healed in some quarters.
The President will soon set
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Nixon to Give
Campaign Talk

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13
(AP) .-Richarl M. Nixon kicks
off his gubernatorial cam
paign in Northern California
tonight with an address at a
$l00-a-plate Republican din
ner.
I'm not ready to announce
my schedule yet." the former
Vice President said yesterday
when he arrived from Los An
geles.
Mr.. Nixon began a heavy
two-day schedule of meetings
in his suite in the Hotel st.
Francis.
Former Gov. Goodwin Knight
and Assemblyman Joseph Shell,
also seeking the Republican
gubernatorial nomination, said
they did not plan to attend
the fund raising dinner tonight.
Mr.. Nixon will fly to Indian
apolis tomorrow for a fund
raising dinner.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Morse to Speed
Cooperation

HELSINKI, Finland, Nov
13 (AP).-Premiers of five Nor.
die nations-Denmark, Finland
Iceland, Norway and Sweden
have decided to speed up the
work of mutual cooperation
They made the announcement
yesterday in closing a two-day
conference at Hanko, a Baltic
Evening star., 1961-11-13

Khrushchev's record Of treat
ing such conferences as mere
propaganda forums. Mr.. Ken
nedy made it plain that he
is having no such conference
again, unless and until Khru-
shchev changes his tactics.
Indeed, Nehru's November
visit here has produced less
for him than did a summer
visit for his great rival. Presi-
dent Mohammed Ayub Khan
of PakiStan. Ayub Khan OBJ
tanned measurable if not
memorable results: More
American arms assistance
and a friendly presidential
interest in his long border
disputes with Nehru.
Actually, the nations which
have so long been "uncom-
mitted" in the cold war as
between Soviet East and free
West may now find they have
missed the buS-on both sides
of the street.
Premier Khrushchev of the
Soviet Union has already
shown his total contempt for
them. notwithstanding that
on the whole their neutral
ism" has been of a kind
which looked upon the til
niest of Western shortcomings
as though these were exactly
as bad as the most murder
Gus aggressions of the Rus
slams.
When he broke the mora
torium with us on nuclear
testing in the upper air,
Khrushchev at that moment
showed what he really
thought of the neutrals. For
it was they who for years
had held one foreign policy
aim above all others - to
bring about a permanent halt
to such tests.
President Kennedy, for his
part, has made almost ex-
ceSsive efforts to get along
with neutralist opinion, as
witness the fact that the
United States has not yet
Evening star., 1961-11-13
DAVID LAWRENCE

The time to begin is now, I"
said President Kennedy the
other day as he proposed that
America revise her world
trade policies. But he might
also have made this comment
about the necessity of doing
something right away about
the rise in unemployment due
to the stagnation of the
heayy-goods industries Of the
United States.
For the warning signals
are up. Steel men fear a
strike next year and another
increase in wage costs as they
face q declining market due
to competition from abroad,
where wage costs are low.
There Is also q good deal of
gloom in the whole manufac-
turing segment of the ma
tional economy. where the
bulk of the unemployed are
to be found.
win the economic advisers
OF the New Frontier" repeat
the mistakes made by their
fellow Brain Trusters" in
the New Deal days of the
1905 when unemployment
persisted, with 100000 still
unemployed when the United
States entered World War II
in December 194l?
Today unemployment is
running at an indicated fig
ure Of 1900, 900 for the year,
which is larger than the
average for any year in the
last two decades. In the
1930's, as now, the heavy
goods industries were neg
lected. Yet they were then 4,
as they are today, the key to
national prosperity.
The administration is talk
ing about reform for 1868,
but If it refuses to deal with
the tax-depreciation problem
any sooner than 1868, then a
chaotic condition may result.
For the confusion over tax
allowances is what is holding
back the progress of the
heavy-goods industries.
There are also interna-
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Criticism of Kennedy Is Muted

out on a Western trip. First
he will attend dinners for
Senator Hayden in Arizona,
who can be reelected with
only a showing of proof that
he will be able to occupy his
chair as Chairman of the
Appropriations Committee.
and Senator Magnuson of
Washington, against whom
Republicans haven't even a
candidate.
Then the President will
proceed to California where
Richard Nixon is certain to
give Gov. Brown a tussle
next year. 1t has been an
nounced that the President
will talk about foreign affairs.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Progress in Heavy Goods Industries
Held Back by Depreciation Issue

tional complications ahead.
Already European countries
which have benefited from
the growth of American in
vestments abroad in recent
years are beginning to wonder
why the Washington govern
ment is proposing that Ameri-
can-owned companies over
seas pay taxes on their earn
ings which could prevent
their reinvestment.
The political implications
of the whole situation, more
over, are becoming more
pointed. The President nat
urally wants a victory for the
Democratic Party in the 1862
congressional elections. But
II unemployment rises, the
Democrats will lose ground
in Congress. Also, If the in
dustries of the United States
find tariff and quotas re-
duced and more foreign goods
flowing into this country in
competition with American
products, there will be an up
surge of protectionist senti-
ment in the ranks of labor in
many urban centers where
the loss of a substantial
number Of seats and possibly
the loss of the House of Rep
resentativeS itself by the
Democrats.
1t is interesting to note the
Democratic Party in 1862 will
have been in control of both
houses of Congress for a Pc
riod of eight consecutive
years. Congress, and not the
President, enacts the laws.
1t is beside the point for the
Democrats to be blaming on
the Eisenhower administra-
ton the present economic
condition of the country.
During those same eight years
that the Democrats were in
power in Congress, the tax
laws on depreciation were not
overhauled as they should
have been. The latest figures
show that in the last six years
America has been standing
still in the investment of
Evening star., 1961-11-13

Wisconsin and Western Branch:
535l WISCONSIN AVENUE, N. W.,
Evening star., 1961-11-13

port 80 miles southwest of Hell
sinki.
The premiers made no COM
ment on the Soviet request for
mutual defense talks with the
Finnish government. Finnish
Premier Martti Miettunen said
only that his cabinet would
meet tomorrow to consider a
report from Foreign Minister
Anti Karjalainen. who has been
on an exploratory mission to
Moscow.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
DORIS FLEESON

Recent elections turned out
well for the Democrats, so
criticism Of President Ken
nedy as leader Of his party
is muted. But it exists and it
is the topic Of much private
discussion.
What happened is that the
President did not intervene
in New Jersey, New York or
Texas until after private
polls paid for by the party
showed that Democrats
Hughes. Wagner and Con-
zalez would win. BY that
time the hour was late so the
question Of which one was
the coattail rider was moot.
Also. the Kennedy inter-
vention was somewhat less
than fervent and, what was
more CALLING, was patron
izing. This has not been lost
on Democrats with other
battles to fight against odds.
They are asking why the
President seems to have lost
his sense Of stewardship so
fast. One old pro who
Sweated out Mr.. Kennedy's
belated decision to come into
New Jersey said bitterly that
in his experience it took a
new President at least a year
to reach the conclusion that
he had inherited his job by
divine intercession.
BY the nature of their Of
flee Presidents are obliged
to be selfish and they must
often placate their enemies
with the favors they owe to
their friends. Yet they can
not possibly build the loyalty
Of their own troops If it is
known to all that they will
Evening star., 1961-11-13
u. S. to Do Film
On Buy Fishing
BY the Associated Press

Two Of Americas finest fish
ing areas-Chesapeake Bay,
between Maryland and Vir-
ginia, and the Columbia River
in the Pacific Northwest-are
going to be the subjects of mo-
ton pictures to be produced by
the Interior Department.
Both pictures will feature the
historic and present Importance
Of the fishery resources of the
areas. together with other ac-
tivities and events Of special
interest.
Evening star., 1961-08-06

REET from owner IN apartment
bldg. psbsdrm. apt: ~ hlesk shop
pine, church.. express bus to down
town. Convenient 70 schools. Boil
!qE Fled. Navy Research Lab
Picnic area along si6e. Nice, liv-
thing phone 20: s.leol aft. 8 p m
SHoREAAM Loc.-ExeiusiVe NV,
iRe. I bedrm.. Ampis closets, Sec
rataFi1l service. roof guards. Avail.
Sept. !, $40 per mo. incl. utils.
Evening star., 1961-08-06

DUPONT CIRCLE, I62S 10Th st.
n.w.-Completely new lge. Ground
II. etfic.: sep. kit. and bStn. pvt.
front and rear entrances; $50 per
mo. incl. all utilS. Call AID. 4
Evening star., 1961-08-06
nuPnNr CIRCLE AREA

1922 10Th STREET NV.
ONE BEDROOM S13.5O
Nicely redecorGted cpt. in quiet
adult elevator bldg Res. msr,
AD. "-i59f.
Evening star., 1961-08-06
EMBASSY APIS.

1913 Harvard ST. n.w.-Liv. rm.,
= bedrms., kit, d.nette and bath.
Plenty Of closet space. Southern
exposure. Also I-bedrm. and eff
cheney. furnished or UNFINISHED
FERNH0OD APTS., Just off 10th al
Columbia I'd -bedrm. apt, IL
Ice. elev. bldg.; newly decor. Call
resident mgr, AID. 4-643l.
FOGGY BOTTOM. 26lS K st, NV
-Lge. effic. apt, or l bedroom
living room, kit. and bath in well.
maintained historical bldg. with
lovely garden. Mgr. FE. 3-582a
for appointment.
STUART A BERNSTEIN q co.
ST. 3-6040