^—Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 8, 1956
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British Chaps Will Be Non Plussed
When They Hear of Flying Farmers
By ERNEST J. NEILL
'‘Our chaps will be just non
plussed when I tell my clubs
abdit. airplanes for farmers'”
the sentiments of a
iSPßlfewsitor to this county
wtto isT learning farming is fabu
lous, at .least when done on Lan
caster' County or Pennsylvania
style- He’s Allan R. Bowen of
88"' Drewstead Road, Streatham,
London S W. 16, who was a
guest of Mn and-Mrs. L. L Lo
gafa of'Kennett Square at the
State Flying Farmers meeting
in Reading last weekend.
Mr. Bowen and Mr Logan met
at the 1950 Rotary International
Convention on the Riviera at
Nice, France Two or three days
later, Mr. Logan visited Mr Bow
en in London enroute home, and
now the London resident has
been able to return the call. Ar
rangements were made for Mr
Bowen to attend the National
Rotary Convention this week m
Philadelphia, and the numerous
side-trips, by farm plane, have
been most interesting to this
chap.
Operates 20 Delicatessenr
Mr. Bowen operates a chain of
20 delicatessens in London, so
he is well acquainted with the
city and how it is fed. But after
a flight /to the campus of the
Pennsylvania State University
with the Logans, he stepped out
of the Cessna, arid touched the
ground, “To see if I was dream
ing.” “We went to Atlantic City
in 45 minutes unbelievable,”
Mr. Bowen enthusiastically re
ported.
“There is great hospitality in
your wonderful country,” Mr.
Bowen told, relating some of the
other experiences he has' en
countered id his brief stay here.
of all, there was that
tagment of financial embarrass
ment. To travel from England.
£9s must travel without pounds
or" dollars. Hence a visitor must
have proof before he leaves
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that someone will meet him
and be responsible for. him dur
ing his visit m the States. His
plane arrived more than an houi
early in New York from over
seas, and there was not enough
change left to make a call and
advise his hosts!
“We can bring no dollars in
with ,us,' I arrived with no Am
erican currency,” he told Lan
caster Farming, “but.” he added
wryly, “the U S. dollar is wel
come m England.”
British Farm Situation
“The British farmer is gen
erally very well satisfied,” he
told after polishing off a lunch
eon of hot soup,_ potato salad,
tuna salad, ham' and turkey,
'cheese, pickles and potato chips,
rolls, coffee and ice ,cieam a
fabulous meal in British stand-
I ards.
| “He the British farmer
receives subsidies Gov
ernment for his milk' and eggs
But the average farmer over
there has very small acreage.
“When I tell my clubs” —■
and he will report to some 30
Rotary Clubs in London
“about airplanes for farmers,
they will question me- It will be
very, very entertaining. Our
chaps will be just nonplussed!”
“Our food supply is back to
normal. Our potato shortage of
three weeks ago (when frost
killed the 'crop) forced us to
import from 'Holland As a re
sult we’re paying three times
the usual price
No Meal Like This
“Over there you would find
no meal like this,” he told of
the land where the beef was
once knighted, “with turkey you
would have turkey alone, per
haps peas and potatoes. This
turkey, this ham, this cheese,
you couldn’t get a meal like this
in England, or one of this vari
ety.'”
“Soup, steak, potatoes, peas,
cheese, biscuits or ice cream
>mm. that would cost you about
$2.10 if you are not particu
lar, you can get a good meal
there for 98 cents, your money;
not variety, more straight, 1 ” he
continued.
| “You paople are very lucky to
have this wonderful food not
that we are starving, but we
lack variety.
“Our workers get a lot less
money than yours do,” the deli
catessen owner continued, “But
I think they are just as good
[off. Let’s see,” he said, studying
his currency conversion table,
“if you go to a hair saloon
let’s see, what is it you call it, a
I barber shop’ that haircut
jwould cost us about 28.35. Pic
tures oh, movies you call
them a good seat 35 cents.
Your
Salary Per Week
‘lSalanes there run about ten
pounds per week, iperhaps $2B
m your money, for a shop as
sistant, clerk, while, specialized
men earn more. Our people are
as good off, we hardly have any
time payments, perhaps a cer
tain amount, but we can’t afford
them,” he continued.
I Perhaps it was but a minor
disappointment that he couldn’t
fly with the Logans from the
murk-bound LanChester area
Saturday morning, but there’s
enough going on to amaze this
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Allan R. Bowen of , London (right) is
shown with his host,., L. L. Logan of Ken
nett Square. Mr. Bowen finds American
British man more, more to make
him appreciate more greatly this
astounding county.
You know, it’s unlikely a visi
tor— from Britain could have
picked a more desirable spot to
observe what is truly fabulous
farming.
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bud as be examines one of some
12,000 tomato plants hilled by
late spring frost. Crop damage
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