16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9, 1961 'IFYE' Glen Porter Finds Nepalese Friendly People Ed. Note: The following is a series of excerpts from a report written by Glenn Sor ter, son of Mr. and Mrs Ed gar Porter, Washington Boro HI Glenn is now in the In ternational Farm Youth Ex change program in Nepal. Basigoon, Gakorna, Nepal October 20, 1961 Nepal is an independent kingdom (not a part of India as many people think) lying along the southern slope of the Himalaya Mountains, northeast of India between the Tibetan Highland on the north, and the Ganges Plain of India on the south. Kath mandu, the capital, is about the same latitude as Tampa, Florida. Nepal is a beautiful and scenic country about 100 miles wide and- 500 miles long, which is about the size of Wisconsin. The climate is 'varied from tropical in the south to very cold in the High Himalayas, the highest ly and hospitable people I ■elevation being Mt. Everest, saw more smiling faces after A. B. GROFF. Founder In the year 1890, Mr. A. B. Groff started in the business of selling farm machinery to* his friends and neighbors. 'The following are,trade names of machines which he sold at that time: Adri ance and Osborne binders and mowers: Iron Age cul tivators and potato plant ers; Hench and Dromgold cultivators; Perry har rows; Imperial plows; Great American and Kemp manure spreaders; Super ior, Spangler, Missouri and Buckeye grain drills; Bulls Eye com planters: Colum bia and Fleetwood wag ons; Hoover, Parry and Martin buggies and spring wagons; Spangler 1-row corn planters; Mountville hay tedders and many oth ers. Who can remember us ing these machines? We carry a full line of parts and attachments on the lines of farm equipment which we sell, and have qualified parts men to wait on you for your parts service and to give you the required information you need. We are not going to have a salesman on the road, we are going to save you this cost and expense by quoting you LOWER prices. It will pay you to stop in at our store and see the new 1962 models on our floors and get our prices before you buy. 90% of the peop e make their living from the farm. ‘ The Nepalese are a friend- GLENN PORTER Farmers Take Notice Farm Equipment Now for 1962 to Save Money! We carry a full line of: John Deere Tractors and Power Farm Equipment. New Holland Grass Land Farm Equipment. New Idea line of Hay Machinery, Spreaders and Com Pickers. Brillion, Pulverizers; Wisconsin Engines; Planet Jr. Garden Tractors; Ariens Power Mowers and Rototlllers; Pax & Smidley Hog Feeders and Waterers; McCulllouch Chain Saws We are quoting special discount prices. We are giving you an extra discount for cash. We are giving you the salesmans commissions. We carry a large stock of complete machinery and attachments. We carry an adequate stock of repair parts. "We Service What We Sell" Special December Price 1890 A. B. C. GROFF NEW HOLLAND. PA. five minutes in Nepal than about $l.OO. a village* - During ~ this tlj the two days I spent in India. I will be staying with this the principal makes an ov I am now living with my family for two weeks vis- night visit to each group first host family, the “Mani ited some of the 4-H Club trainees and returns to ] Ran Challise’s”, who live in plots. Here the clubs have a desk in the morning He tn the village of Baslgoon, Gok- joint project instead of indi- els by bicycle or on foot, arna, ocated about six miles vidual projects like we do in fusing to go by jeep, as from Kathmandu. He is a the States because the par- wants to set aTti example Brahman, one of the highest ents cannot afford them. A the trainees, even though cartes among the Hindus, al- club meeting fo lowed, with is no young man. One of though he is not a strict one. introductions, business, a talk problems is to get people He is more well-to-do than by me on 4-~H in the States really work, because as ei most of the people. He teach- through an interpreter, and as they get some educat es in an elementary school, some native dances by two they look for a soft office j owns about four acres of of the club members. Now it and to do a good job a land and raises rice, wheat, was time for lunch. The Village Development -wor millet, com, one banana tree, menu was the ever present in the mountain areas i and one orange tree. The rice, (You have it at every leads a rough life. On t bananas are just ripe, meal except tea,) chicken particular trip we rode hi but I am afraid I will * miss which is another item served -cles for about one half ho the oranges. only on special to ]ing Ke pal is By the way, I’ve seen those> eat it dal, a for there- are green grapefruit a foot in tvne * thine side-walks in most places; diameter. f ulse ’ a ba h n .ft® £ where they are .they are We live in a two story tLt Ss S « .* brick house with a tile roof. 2 iced and two raw vege . and fidj o f drtd The floors are constructed of dish Ac /t m,-? eat s 9 me 50 ad we had to i bamboo girders overlaid with ' vegetables for teas- xy our cycleB i f bamboo strips covered with . health! have .to dodge, stones, -ho clay that is well dried. The 01 ' people,- cows.jiogs, and main girders are of hand I also spent one night in. ter buffalo- - 'Thel; buffalo hewn wood. There is no heat- another hill village* with the -not move for anything I 1 ing except the open wood principal of the Rural Insti- -a -scrape with die horns stove in the kitchen. If you tute where the Village De- one but it did not throw 1 have to buy wood for fuel in velopment workers-are - train- After a night’s rest 01 Kathmandu, it is quite ex- ed. In the last phase of their hard floor with one blarJ pensive. A load that a man training they spend two which was sufficient, can carry on his back costs weeks of practical training in <Turn to mage 14! ORDER YOUR BALER TWINE Order Now! 1962 Phone ELgin 4*Bool A. B. C. GROFF. Son 'of ‘ Founder In the year 1Q62- we will he celebrating the .72nd - anniversary -of our .busi- - ness. We have had the- pleas ure'of selling and servic ing your, farm, machinery for the past 71, years- and will be pleased to keep on giving you-this service. We are now represent ing the.top manufacturers of the industry, making first class farm equipment. On all early orders for im mediate or later delivery we are going to allow you an ex tra cash discount for' “Cash with Order." Early orders-get the best discounts. -- By taking advantage of this extra cash-discount you will be able to save money even if you make a bank loan to pay for the new equipment. - We have qualified and specially trained servicemen and equipped ’service- trucks .to give- you prompt and. effi cient road service on the farm equipment which we have sold to you. We have a well equipped service shop to take care of repairing, overhauling and rebuilding jobs. Now is the time to check over your tractor and equip ment and make a date during the winter months for that' repair job.
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