—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 30, 1956 12 Venezuela Lures Best European Farmers to Jungle Garden of Eden TUREN Venezuela Deep in West Cential Venezuela, on the edge ot the vast “llanos” the gioat plains that form the heartland of the nation twentieth ccntuiy pioneeis aie working a muacle of modem agriculture ti anstorming a ■wasteful, savage jungle into a rich, overflowing bieadbasket Men and women of vision and strength aie spelling out a bold example not only to Venezuela, but to the icst of the continent as well, how the gieat jungle mass ot South Amcuca can be converted into a modem day cornucopia Established by the National Agrarian Bureau and the Venezuelan Development Cor poration m close cooperation less than six years ago, more than 500 European immigrants and refugees from 68 difterent nationalities are now discover ing there what fieedom ot The Best Broiler Cross a! its Best Martin fuses the work of the no tion's leading breeders to give you top quality chicks that mature early for quick broiler profits. PLACE VO UP ORDER NOW MARTIN'S HATCHERY POULTRY: FARMS, INC. >h»ne EX 2-2164 enterprise means in the New Woild. They live in modem, con uete homes with baths and run ning water. Their children go to an up to date school, and hos pital and dental services aie fiee. If is a moving expeuence to listen to the Venezuelan Na tional Anthem being sung by the happy voices of the childien who have found a new and peaceful home m Tuien. Many of these families were refugees from Geunan and Rus sian prison camps Virtually all arrived m Venezuela with little moic than the clothes they had Today, they aic on the load to piospeiity Many aheady have paid back then loans liom the Venezuelan Government and are putting money in the bank Two crops a year are raised, in the vngin soil which, ac cording to an ■tineiican farm ing there, “is so uch it won’t need fertilizer for 35 years.” Beans, corn, lice, sesame (tor oil) and other ciops find an immediate asle at good prices. The Venezuelan Government cleaied the land and built a modem town, families wcie given homes, machmeiy, seed, and even food, m a move to in crease agncultuial production Farms average 112 acres each, and have convenient nngation systems Take the tvpical ease of a Rus sian from behind the Iron Cui tam, Theodore Popoff He ar rived at Turen about two yeais ago, and today he has 95 acies under his plow, which so far have i endered him four crops ot uce totalling 114,500 kilograms (250,000 pounds) or some 3,350 kilograms per hectare (2,500 lbs per acie). He jeceived 68,664 bolivares ($20,500) in leturn, and after paying all his debts be had 50,000 bolivaics left (Continued on page 13) U S tractors are lined up at Turen in Venezuela, a South Ameiica country mak ing rapid advances in agucultuie through European farmers are using modern U j S. ti actors m fanning cultivating corn on a Turen, Venezuela, S A. farm, an opera- 1 Penn State Tests Automatic Feed Processing Unit An automatic feed processing unit is now under test at the Pennsylvania State University This unit is designed to elimi nate most hand labor needed to gund and mix livestock rations This automatic unit will grind ear corn without processing smafll giains and conccntiates Swine and poultry rat'ons may be mixed without blending ear com with the ration Dev doped bv the Agncultui al Experiment Station, the machine is reported m the fall issue of Science foi the Farmei, now in circulation The unit is described by Ralph P Prince, assistant pro fessor of agricultural engineer ing. Uniform speed of both the Mending table and the ciushed corn meteimg auger is another feature This protects the ham mer mill from overload while the unit is operating. In addition, a separate feed mixer is eliminated when, pre paring livestock rations Capacity of the unit is about 1200 pounds per hour when grinding a live stock ration Development of tnis continu ous-flow feed-processing unit be gan at Penn State about three years ago. It uses commercially available machines as well as several techniques proved suc cessful m other systems A bin agitator to direct com into a crusher and an auger to meter crushed com onto a blending table were designed by the Penn sylvania Experiment Station. Fur ther details are found in Science for the Farmer. This Is Son ill American Farming QUARRYVILLE Venezuela lands producing prolific crops. (Photo bv Hamilton Wright, 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York City). tion described in this issue ot Lancaster Fa'rming. (Photo by Hamilton Wright) PRODUCTS COMPANY A. 11. BURKHOLDER—Ph. 175 Chimney Block and Lintel Steel Sash, Cement Paint. CONCRETE Phone 109R2
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