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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Dec 1929, p. 26

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WILMETTE LIFE December 20, 1929 -= Introducing New Fanning Methods in India Slow and Tedious Process Winnetka Missionary Tells of Pitiful Experience with Fannera in Far East Country Edltor's note: Rev. and Mr~. Clarence E Wolsted minister in .India for the Winnetka 'congregational . church, ~re spending their furlough year: at 796 Pme street Winnetka. Followi!lg Is the second of a 'series of interesting articl~s which Mr. Wolsted has prepared exclusively f?r this publicatjon concerning the work m which he and Mrs. Wolsted are engaged. When styles demand that woman's figure should have lovely, graceful, perfect lines, STAYFORM is the ONLY foundation garment that meets the requirements. BY CLARENCE E. WOLSTED The question is often asked, "\.Vhat are the actual methods that are used in develo_9ing better agriculture in India?" The farmer there has known little about cultivation or conservation of soil moisture. He sows his STAYFORM is designed on perfect lines, and perfection cannot be improved upon; for this reason STAYFORM has been years in advance of everything else on the market. STAYFORM is, therefore, the IDEAL foundation garment for t<>day's style, the new Princess Gown-now that Perfect Lines of the figure are being recognized and admired. in the mission demonstration plots were most successful and served as models. One business man asked, "How can you teach farmers there anything about raising rice when that has been their staple crop for centuries?" This ·single example will illustrate. No gardener here would expect to get much corn if he allowed eight or ten stalks to grow in a hill. Yet for ages the custom has been for the Indian farmer in transplanting the . rice seedling to set out' a bunch of eight, ten, or twelve together. The result is obvious. The plough has been a crooked stick which rooted through the soil without turning a furrow. One day a farmer said, ul will not plow for you unless I THE STAYFORM SHOP STATE BANK AND TRUST BUILDING, Fountai" Square Phone Greenleaf 7077 EVANSTON 1009 Lake Street (Tbe Forsyth Bldg.)-OAK PARK Phone Euclid 5392 ·dgewater Beach Hotel Ul~ Btevene Bldg. CHICAGO SHOPS ~U7 51 B. Madlaon Bt. Llncoln Avenue 8!6 B. 63rd Bt. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS In the above picture are shown the plough (left) and seed drill both ol which are described in the accompanying article. The Indian calls the seed drill ··the gorru." ::;ecd ior the fodder crops by hand and thtn trusts to luck ' or the will of the gods. Cndcr the tropical sun the ground soon bakes hard' and the 'soil moisture evaporates. The result is a poor, straggly crop and for another year the farmer's family will exist on one meal per day a,nd the poor cattle will wander over the countrysitle in search of food. Inasmuch as that happcncd year after. year, the farmer decided that land that could not be irrigated was useless and so there are thousands of acres left idle. To meet this situation a simple seed drill has been devised which can sow two rows can bring my wooden plough." I answered, "Sure, bring your outfit along but try mine first and if vou find it does not work then you can scratch along with the old way." Two hours later I went to see what had happ cnd. I found him rather excited. "Then: will be no need to plow this field a ='ec ond time. Look!" he said, as we examined the well turned soil. He had caught the idea. \Vith the old way it would have been necessary to rccro='s the field again, bearing l~ard on th e wooden stick to make it stav in thl' ground. The iron plough couid do tlw work better and easier in the one op- ·!:i- 1 The "Leather Department" is an institution in itself. Exclusive imports provide a choice For extremely desirable Gifts SPAULDING-GORHAM INC. MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICACO OR.a.INOTON AVENUEEVANSTO~ These are the ploughs which serve in cultivating between the rows. The Indian name is ··dentalow." A yoke of oxen draws three of these imple· menta and in this way three rows are cultivated in one operation. ~with. ILACK STAll 6 FIOST·GOilHAM INC. '1ifth .Avuuu ..N'ew ~'* at a time. Then an implement is used !_o cultivate hetw.een the rows. Three of these cultivators are drawn by a voke of oxen so three rows can be cultivated at a time. A set of seed drill and four cultivators can hr made by the village blacksmith for $5. By using these methods the fodder crops eration. I offered to sell the plough to him, "No," he said, "it would be too expensive for me." Then I showed how the iron plough was really cheaper for they last longer and can be purchel{sed for even as low as $2. Fortytwo ploughs were sold that summer. (To be Continued)

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