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Colored Farmer Who Has
Planted Two Million Trees
To Expand His Operations
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An Arkansas colored farmer,!
who has set out more than twoj
million trees on farms in his sec
tion as a sideline enterprise dur
ing the past 10 years, is prepar
ing to expand his services as a
result of the Soil Bank Conserva
tion Reserve program, says Dis
trict Agent T. R. Betton of the
Arkansas Extension Service.
The farmer is Prentiss Monk
of Magnolia who operates a 240
acre diversified farm in addition
to planting trees for fellow farm
ers for miles around to supple
ment his income.
In line with the State and Fed
eral forestry services, which are
enlarging old tree nurseries and
establishing new ones in order
to assure sufficient forest seed
lings for farmers who may wish
to plant trees as conservation
projects in the Soil Bank pro
gram, Mr. Monk is making plans
I to expand his operations.
Among other things, he hopes
to buy some additional equip
ment, including a tree planting
machine. With this tractor at
tachment, he says he and one of
his tons can set out 10,000 to
15,000 seedlings almost every
day throughout the planting sea
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lars per thousand.
Mr. Monk got started in tree
planting in 1943 when, on the
advice of a Soil Conservation
Service technician, he set out
3,000 pine seedlings in a low
area of his farm which was not
suited to growing cotton or corn.
The seedlings turned out so well
during the next year or two that
neighbors began asking him to
set trees out for them.
Soon business got so good that
he needed tree-planting machin
ery. His Soil Conservation Dis
trict, which encourages farmers
in the section to plant more
trees, lent him some of its ma
chinery. Mr. Monk estimates
that he has set out more than
2,000,0(X) trees in the past 10
years. About 10,000, of these
have been on his own farm.
In addition to growing trees
as an important cash crop on his
own farm, and planting them for
others at a custom rate, Mr.
Monk also raises cotton, corn,
hay, castor beans, watermelons,
peaches, cattle and hogs. These
provide him and Mrs. Monk and
their nine children with a gross
income of close to $12,000 a year.
And like his tree planting, his
farming is a kind of demonstra
tion for his neighbors, too, says
his county agent, Wesley R.
Dansgy who, along with the
Soil Conservation Service people,
has helped him build terraces on
the slopes and establish contour
cultivation for his cotton and
corn to stop erosion.
Also Mr. Monk has two stock
ponds and improved pastures for
his cattle and hogs. “I couldn’t
have built ponds and limed and
seeded my pastures without help
from the Department of Agricul
ture which shared the costs,”
says Mr. Monk.
For their sound farming prac
tices and their production of a
! year-round home food supply,
the Monks have been named one
of Arkansas’ champion soil con
servation farm families, and an
honor family in the Tri-State
Live-at-Home Contest; and Mr.
| Monk has received the Bankers
Award for conservation farming
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CANADA... Photogenic Northern Neighbor
Photo : Courtesy Canadian National Natlwoyt
Canada, stretching across the Continent from the
booming headlines of Newfoundland lo the rugged
and picturesque shores of the Pacific In British
Columbia, Is a country that simply abounds in still
and motion picture photographic possibilities
There are few If any other, places in the World
where nature provides for more diversified subjects
or more striking photogenic backgrounds than the
ten Canadian provinces, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island. Quebec. On
tario. Manitoba. Saskatchewan. Alberta and British
Columbia.
American tourists have no border difficulties what
soever in taking their camera equipment with them
to Canada, nor a reasonable amount of 91m, although
film Is as readily available In Canada as It Is in the
United States,
American Customs officials suggest, however, that
cameras of "foreign manufacture" be registered with
their when leaving the* United States so there will
be no question about reluming the camera to the
United States as "personal effects" PNS
The family live in a modem
home surrounded by an orchard
of 200 peach trees. Under their
tool shed are a tractor and other
modern equipment for more ef
ficient farming.
Mr. Monk grew up on a share
cropper farm. In 1927 he and
Mrs. Monk married and joined
the ranks of croppers. But they
were determined to own their
own farm, says District Agent
Bettnn. So they stayed out of
debt by raising just about all
their food. By the end of the
year, they were able to pay $100
down on 40 acres. Then they
borrowed a wagon and a mule
and moved their few belongings
to the rundown shack on the
farm they were buying.
They returned the wagon, but
kept the mule on a rental basis
to make a crop. Six years later,
they scraped together every,
penny they had and paid off thc^
mortgage on their 40 acres to
avoid being foreclosed. Since
that time, they have added 200
acres more to their holdings and
have become one of the most out
standing farm families in South
west Arkansas.
With the Soil Bank program
underway, providing cost-sharing
and annual payments for carry
ing out"soil and water conserva
tion practices on land taken out
of such crops as cotton, com,
wheat, and peanuts, Mr. Monk
says he is going to put several
more acres in trees.
Drouth No
Hindrance To
AK Show j
Despite the serious drouth con
ditions that forced many farm
youths to market their animals
earlier than usual this year, Ak
Sar-Ben’s 4-H Beef Show will
once again be the largest of its
kind in the world.
The 4-H Show is a feature o f
the twenty-ninth annual Live
Stock Show, held in conjunction
with the Ak-Sar-Ben World
Championship Rodeo from Fri
day,September 21, through Sun
day. September 30.
*‘Wc arc exceedingly pleased
with the number of entries we
received from four states,” Stock
Show Committee Chairman Harry,
| B. Coffee declared today.
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"In fact, it was most surpris
ing to discover that entries are
larger in six of the eight divi-j
sion than in past recent years.”
Those divisions, and the num-J
her of entries, are market heifers, |
172; pens-of-five market steers,1
215; pens-of-five market heifers,
55; purebred beef heifers, 62;
dairy cattle, 369; and sheep, 169.
In addition, 653 market steers
and 179 market swine will be ex
hibited at Ak-Sar-Ben. This
gives the Show an over all entry
total of 1,874.
The popular 4-H Beef division,'
which bears the tag of the larg-j
est in the world, will have 1,095 j
entries with 704 coming from
Nebraska. Iowa has 368 entries
and the remainder are from
Minnesota and South Dakota.
Mr. Coffee pointed out that |
Ak-Sar-Ben will be playing hostj
to nearly 1,000 boys and girls
from the four-state area. During
their Omaha stay the youngsters
will be busy with day-long Stock
Show events and evening attend
ance at the Rodeo that features
Gene Autry and Annie Oakley
at all eleven performances.
Letter To
The Editor
September 17th, 1956
Guide Newspaper
Do you Negroes in Omaha ever
do anything about the editorials
written in The World Herald in
regards to Racial troubles. If you
will remember Friday night’s
paper September 14th, and en
titled "After Two Years” and
this was one of the worst pre
judiced articles I have ever read
in my life. This editor just came
right out and said enforcing the
law wasn’t any good and enforcing
the law against the white people
in the south wouldn’t work
You know I really don’t under
stand what has caused the World
Herald to change so much here
lately against the Negro It used
to be a paper that was so fair to
the Negro but they must have
changed editors for the editorial
l page because I notice all their ed
itorial wntings now are in favor
of the radical southerner and this
is just the opposite of the way
( they used to write. I do wish there
was some way the Negroes in Ne
braska could make their resent
ment felt, and in conclusion may
Seeing Is Believing - i
WATCH THE BIRDIE—Assuming an air of nonchalance, Julius, a
chimpanzee from the Detroit zoo, gets mugged by Tarzan, a broth
er chimp. With the help of a Detroit News’ photographer, Thel
Burget, the chimps have become quite adept with the camera act.
SCOOP! BEAR TREES MAN—
Tourists driving near Cliff
dell, Wash., take a quick sec
ond-look when they see this
scene. It looks like the real
thing, but actually it’s the skin
of a long-dead bear, nipping
at a straw-filled trousers and
Shirt. —(Wide World Photos)
MIDGET MALES DOUBLE-UP
FOR BIG MAIL—Since the
"Big-Top” of Ringling Bros, and
Barnum and Bailey circus re
cently folded, these two midgets
are probably looking for work.
Could be that Prince Paul and
Lauro Mn rales are making sure
their employment applications
get in the mail box.
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SEA OF Wl?D—An unusual sight near Agua Dulce, Tex., Is this
International TD-14A crawler tractor, spreading a "sea of mud,”
which results from salt water pits. After the tractor, equipped with
the special mud-spreader, has done its leveling job, the mud drys
and the earth is returned to its original condition.
tide (After Two Years) you
should.
This is just a personal letter to!
you.
A Minority Subscriber
Chaplain's
Message
Mirror of World Opinion
One would "think that if there
were a nation of people on the
face of the earth who possessed
the lion’s share of the good things
of life, things like plenty of food,:
houses, automobiles, telephones
and television, interior plumbing,
refrigerators, electricity for com
mon use, etc., that that would be
the most contented, well adjust
ed and happiest people on the
earth.
We are that people. We have
the lion’s share of this world’s
goods. We have more of modern
conveniences, gadgets, food, and
1 other good things than any other
nation on the earth. Yet—we are
one of the most discontented na
tions of the world. Let me prove |
this:
We have the highest crime rate
of any nation. In any 24-hour
period there are some 300 deaths
from crime, 1,100 burglaries,
250 robberies, and countless other
minor crimes. Fifty per cent of
these crimes are committed by
persons in the 21 year age aver
age.
We have an exceptionally huge
dope problem. Thirty per cent
of the crimes committed in our
large cities are the direct result
of dope addiction or of efforts to
obtain money for the continuance
of the dope habit. Our high
schools and colleges are infiltra
ted with the dope traffic. Dope is
a big problem.
We are a nation of sick people,
j Over 65 per cent of persons in
j one of Tour hospitals is sick from
the neck up. This does not mean
that the person is a mental pa
tient. It means that whatever
illness is present has come out of
worry, tension, the poor adjust
ment to daily living ....
Alcoholism is a big problem.
Over eight per cent of the popula
tions of our large cities are alco
holics: not just moderate drink
ers, but people who must have an
other drink no matter what the
cost.
It’s time we woke up to the true
picture about ourselves.
The Christian Church has,
through the centuries, sought to
guide mankind whenever it has
sought the right paths to God. The
church makes its mistakes, it
sometimes blunders, but can you
name any other institution on
earth that you can turn to for
what we as individuals and as a
nation so desperately need? At
tend YOUR church. Give God a
chance.— Franklin C. Nixon, in
the National Grange Monthly.
County Polio
Fund Aided
By $9825.00
A check for $9825.00 has been
received by the Douglas County
Chapter of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis to pro
vide financial aid for local polio
patients, it was announced Sunday
September 16 by T. F. Naughlin,
Jr., Chapter Chairman.
Mr. Naughtin said that this
county is one of a number in the
nation where local March of
Dimes funds are insufficient to
cover polio-fighting needs.
He stated that the Chapter's
present financial plight is the
result of the assistance it has
given in the past to a large num
ber of patients who have required
—and still require—costly care
to give them a chance to recover
their fullest capacities.
“In the Salk vaccine we now
I have the means of bringing about
the eventual control of new po
lio,” Naughtin said. “But to us
of the March of Dimes this is not
enough. Our job in the conquest
of polio will .not be finished until
polio is finished as a crippler of
human beings and until further
mass apppeals to the American
public are no longer necessary to
insure the care of those whc have
been stricken.
Second Smallest
Delaware la the second smallest
state In the Union.
NATIONAL TICKET y
For President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
For Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon
STATE TICKET
For Governor
□ Victor E. Anderson, 6501 Havelock, Lincoln, Neb.
For Lieutenant Governor
□ Dwight W. Burney .Hartington, Neb.
For Secretary of State
□ Frank Marsh. 2701 So. 34th St., Lincoln, Neb.
For Auditor of Public Accounts
£] Ray C. Johnson...3911 “A” St., Lincoln, Neb.
For State Treasurer
□ Ralph W. Hill.. Hebron, Neb.
For Attorney General
□ Clarence S. Beck, 5th & Pine, North Platte, Neb.
For Railway Commissioner
□ Wayne R. Swanson..6617 Spencer, Omaha, Neb.
For Representative In Congress
Second District
□ Glenn Cunningham 5514 Harney, Omaha, Neb.
. COUNTY TICKET
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For County Clerk n
□ John Slavik.. Omaha, Neb.
For County Commissioner
5th District
□ Leonard Bergman 3263 Jackson, Omaha, Neb.
For County Commissioner
3rd District
□ Dexter'N. Nygaard 2446 Redick, Omaha, Neb.
For Register of Deeds
□ Jack Loyd Ewing 6060 So. 37th, Omaha, Neb.
For County Attorney Short Term
□ Joseph R. Moore, Atty., 1526 City Na’tl Bk. Bldg.,
Omaha, Neb.
For Public Defender
□ Ralph W. Adams, Atty. 2622 No. 24th, Omaha
GRAND RAPIDS CD ON JOB BEFORE TORNADO
TYPICAL of some 1,000 civil defense volunteers tornado are these rescue workers looking ioi
on the scene of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) area survivors in suburban Btandnle's business district,
(FCDA Photo)
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