Tárogató, 1948-1949 (11. évfolyam, 1-8. szám)
1948-07-01 / 1-2. szám
TÁROGATÓ IS bates, and investigations were begun. Experts were consulted and the sheet in which the meat had been wrapped was identified beyond doubt. It was part of one of the reprints of Parliamentary proceedings printed by Hansard in 1819 and 1820. Only 1,200 copies were printed, and, except for the official volumes retained by the House of Commons, they were unbound. It was discovered that this document, with other faded sheets from the rare records, had belonged to a lady who died early this year at the age of 97, the daughter of a former mayor of Cambridge. —The Children’s Newspaper. IN CHINA Everywhere one goes in China one sees poverty, filth, superstition and everything that is foreign to all that we know that is good. Never before in my life have I realized what a wonderful influence Christianity has had even in the Western countries. There is now no doubt in my mind that what China needs is not Western civilization but Christianity which has no barriers. China then can work out her own civilization on a firm and sure foundation.— D. Dalziel. WITH OUR MISSIONARIES Last Friday my 1939 Chevrolet halfton truck carried Allen Knight and the six pupils of his first farming class out to Ulondo, together with the plough presented by Mr. Spence last March, blankets, books, food boxes and a few properties for the drama to be given a trial run. Saturday morning was spent in describing the importance of erosion control, the marking out of some terraces with the aid of simple levelling instruments that can be made in the villages, and in contour ploughing with oxen. The play, developed from an outline a page long, was a stupendous success, with the audience participating eagerly in the trial of Lazy Farmer, and intently listening to the explanations by Industrious Farmer of the reasons for his evident prosperity. A good time was had by all including the extras who were recruited in the village. The Ovimbundu have such a gift for mimicry and caricature that it hardly seemed possible that Lazy Farmer could be changed. His excuses were always so convincing. But his conversation was thorough.—Theodore Tucker. HOW ONE NATION HELPS ANOTHER Less than 30 years ago, a medical missionary, Dr. Ralph Mills, sent a package of lespedeza seed from Korea to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Department specialists planted the seed at the Experimental Farm across the Potomac River from Washington. In a couple of years, they had enough seed for trial plantings at several State experiment stations. They found that in the East, Central and nearby States the new crop made good hay and pasture on poor, slightly acid soils unfit for such crops as red clover and alfalfa. All in all they figure they spent about $75,000 finding out where and how to grow the Korean lespedeza the missionary sent them, but the U.S. crop of Korean lespedeza is now valued at over $200,000,000 a year. The farm value of the seed crop alone amounts to $20 million a year. The hay crop runs over $100 million a year. Of course, it is hard to say exactly what the value of the lespedeza pasture is, but the specialists estimate it is probably worth over $100 million a year. And this estimated $200 miliőn hay and pasture valuation does not take into account the profitable use of millions of acres of low fertility land made possible by the introduction and establishment of Korean lespedeza. This is another little success story of a plant immigrant that made good. NO SUBSTITUTE FOR RIGHT THINKING In one of George Eliot’s famous novels there is a story of a woman against whom had been brought a charge of lying. When the accusation against her was proven and she thought there was
