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FILE N A M E : In te rn a tio n al H a rve ste r (INTH) DATE: 1955 Jan DOC#: INTH 102 D O CU M EN T DESCRIPTION: Com pany m agazine w ith article on asbestos usage, n othing ab ou t dangers [That Old W h ite M agic, Pgs. 10-14] Al InlrllAtlOnai H a r v e s l e r 'i Fori W a y n e Woflti. talented t#en-ag6jf became BOSSES FOR A DAY ' 11 ft.v TM:ni r. top cKicudv* hjFJim imi Ach-ievriiini firm,-occupi chafe af Furi Wtyne Work Manager Hugo W c is s h r ik ii iti iiu d iin ir iu n g t r - n f it in t e w li A LI H taJicp. im it a n e w o rk s rn a n a ic r, J. L. R tflim . g c n cr?! iup trinre-nd enT , k tiii f D i .lim , ir .it ili jPAn.i.L'.irr. T w a t lt y - t n e F lir t W u -y n r r r t n - g c r J t o o t o v e r m in a t e m e n e '! c h o re s fo r th e day. T W F .N T V -O N I- 1 ?:]IN -A G E* 5 recently " ( o a k d v h " t o r it d u y che p o s it io n s o f j like fl nmbrr o f im nagem tut ihild at H ar vester's Fo rt W a y n e m otoi truck w orks. ' T-odajf, you de r lit wheels, 1 they were to! J as they arrived at tilt- p ittili in rflt b u ll-lig h t Ilf HlOO 3 111 A iti to ugi 1 tilt- day VviS part n f U itir C hrist juj i-N 'ew Vetri vacation frcun school. all hur .t few <il thceapected number appeared. li wasn't the iirst tunc high,school students have filled grownups' roles for a day, btN Jr is doubtful whether any group ul youngsters was ever herrer qualified by experience ui ban die the responsibilities of rhrii brief assignments As executive*, cm 2 pluyes and share owners in tvur Furr W ayne J u n io r A ch ie v e m e n t com panies, The boys a n d g irls ta m e GO rlie ir |obs w ith valuable experience, ` I'hey Im j h e lp e d rc> org a n ize .1 co m pany a lo n g corpo rite lines T h e y had chosen and designed products for m uniifatture, purchased materials. devised job m erhodi, plan re ti production. They had m n m achinery in the m arnila ct hi* o f clieir products LkiuJ had w o rked tin their ow n assem bly lines. A i intesimeli, they had taken t iu ir p ro d u cts to m ir t e t i, so ld them at p r ic e s they them selves had .Set. R a n g in g in age from 1} to 17, rlie you ngsteri represented rwo J A firms: Pksc-O M a rie com pan y, m anufacrurers o f p ia 5Ik L iik -iiJa i pad holders, arid W o o d com pany, producers o f .shadow b o s w all shelves. H a st- 0 - M a rie i.s sponsored b y F o n W a y re W o rk s , w h ile W o o d co m p an y gets us guidance from the IH M o to r T ruck Service Parts D eparrjncni Each Harvester operation fu rn ish es fo u r adviscit* w h o are present d u r in g w o r k in g 1ili u n t o g iv e b u s in e s s , p rod u ction and sales counsel Aw ed by the size and relative co m p lexity o f the b ig truck p la n t, d ir A i h levers co u ld , nevertheless, understand and even speak the language of m any o f the jobs rn w hich they were assigned In answ er t o a q u e rc in il a bou t H u s t'O - M a iii. p ro d u c tio n volume-. 16-year-old M orse Sanderson said' "W e PANH-EV^n MARI IYN HOBSON, 16, Ififo hnw6sf.ii.nnr W n ilta M a n a g e r 6 . [3. M ish a p keeps id vised n f track production throu g h o u l day as she takes over ah ul pairing sum is o f 9 u.m JUNIQH A C Jtltv E iH w in i irlisi face b u y in g public, w ith p ro d u cts th e y b u ild , m a k e c a r e fu l iiis p e c r io n o f fin is h e d a rtic le as rl le a ve s a s s fiT ib iy line-. W o o d c o m p a n y 's H u ire rr P o it g lu y (at w heel: in d Sandra Uehrens, P l llt - O - M u k ije iiS iire i. Jiisd ccumrerparc o f th is procedure al Fort W ,iy::i. H. A. tIFRHAN, m o to r track district sites manager, tn d II. Morse Sanderson. Fiaar-O- Marie company saies ri u n if ie r , share p m b ie ju s " F o i the m ost pair,," young Sanderson is. Saying. "O u t sales l i t ah eid o f production H e rm in 'y reply: " I f we were d o in g that well, we'd be terrific! " A O IIR VIR S V I!ItE im pressed wish w e n ! o f Fort W iy m W d it s m rrtp jrnd w ith their ow n "plane" in dow m nw n _JA Center. W iw sJ c o m p a n y O fficers N a n cy ffo b su n and Ken Roderheck m il H a rv rit'i liill fa w iey in the huge drafting room in W orks Engineering Depiijuinenf, n i.ih'j: a iK in U e n [ike sutiin^ cue from IT-year-old C h ic le s Ikoiran, w h o turns on pow er to b eg in lin e'* prod u n io n A ch ie ve rs k n o w th e value of power in ptoJuetkiB, as .fillers are e q u ip p e d w ith saw s and d r ill |irfiSSfiS to in C M iS i producrirm capacity Chari** r". I' l i S i M a r i e production manager. IIS' DA SCHVAJt gets lin e m anagem ent eye-view o f 1nrsk iSSM nhly npcraiian s i s i heavy engine is dropped in to chassis o f m i lira ry track. Lin d a says m#nuiciute o f plastic calendar pads also fo llo w s assembly Jine pattern-- in J less co m p le x way, f t F T I:I.N-VEAg-t> Lfi J u d y W in k le r, W o o d com pany secretary, learns it takes ab o u t (d iu .o u tj and d.iauc1 ch e cks Bp pay F o rt W a y n e em ployes W o o d torrt! paivy pay m e i i 13 cents pet h o u r far tw o -h o u r work "week " Hiir SOmf, J 6 cm iip iny puydlttka arc lirst checks rhey ever re cti vtd i BOSSES FO R A D A Y h k j u a N' ohFir t b nerve center o f produc tio n department. A m id hum o f machinery, T e rry N c L h iu s #fccs fe ti o f ru n n in g F o n W i y n i i from axle m achining ile p irrm e n i aj ttc con fir s * i[h i. t i- S o n n . c n d forem an. MART H A M H IC K o f Wcsnd co m p an y d on s guard <ap and checl.s er.rifl nhncugli p la n t ' b ttiy m a in gate. M a ry 'a fu cher, A l I L im ic k , i t head im p e c K ir io F o n 'Vivine m a ch in e shop. In her irrsi y t i r in J A , M a ry plans io co n tin u e 5 lo n as sh e s c lig tb lc . A g e tim i; li 17, UH N i l AKi-R. wrho ih n u L J e re J H iy lim ie y 'i responsi b ili (ics is r m c k pE in t'J Superintendent o f m achininyt, tnkes rim e rti im p e c i W o rk s ' fi re n g h rin g equ l pm en t. a Speu a11y figger 11n tc rn a tin n al.Jo b n is p io d u c n o n rn iM fig e m f W o o co m pa n y. IN' c x a i l t n o rm a li y o ccu p i ed by Furt W ayne W'firScs m anagem eor m a i in conferei), o fli rs and em pio ? li t m J A C o llip anie-i Im iti m eerm g ai srarr o f "JA [>ay ar Hgrvarcr program Teen-agers w ett ,isvigno! in man.igeiL.il p o s ti il Mie p ls n t fb r ,i day Larry W h iit of P ln ii-O -M a lic euiipajiy, flanktd by other o f lic m . o f b e th rim is. presi des al m eetin g O p tfa tin g cosi tlTici-encv chart rn background is ia rg M c a ie porrrayal o f problem J A co m panies face, ro o <1 WOOD COMPANY 5*1.ES M an ager Od 11 iM c rh in , Ji,, LO, calls on J H uu(Jt CLiiCiunri T o m Aayles, wtlSe firm . O - l- M Transit C o rp o m ic o , bis lie t i i j ' I I n ^ f n i d g A f l l s e r v itifi O J ih>, I n d im i; *rul M ic h ig a n , C k iie ic T it ic n ih ifi o f I H m anufacturing u n i sales helped Achievers c o m p ile F o rt W ayne | tiii )i)S wuh th e ir Own firms, wlierc even closet- teLatitinsIigp ( l i m jr A5SIYAN1 W illlKS MAWAtitfe A . D . U iih iip <ll(iLJ. in^r i.t.cnl. c e n i11cj rt- i vh.itc iw ner in both _i,4 t o m p jn ie i sponsoreil bn- J H i t !vtic W ayne T h t Jive inert tie owns in e id t iifm it m axim inti allow ed any one investor. Mi tuts cost Id cents. MEH. HAY HtiBSHN pnd *1-5(1 Anil pfULr fot shadow b o x w ill shelves, product o f W o o d com pari Jiei d a u g h te r? h u n M e n u fanture involve* exacting pov-er iaw D p ln tin n , since shelves arc held tot;ether w ith o u t nails or screws. LF.IL.A SNYIM'H clucks PI lit- o M irle ccmtpatiy't S jjfih e d p ro d u ct in v e n to ry . P ro d u c t is p lastic desi: caten dar pail tuiIlSet H u ILive bendi ;ng. fili Ufi, drilling ant! assembly lire step! in itis n u fu iu ti Wirli |3id. unit retaik for J i f l l -Saks art good. first ordered tniittmal for 90 units, bur we've already sold m ore Than tiO. SaErs are g o in g ao w e ll tEiat we've increased m a te ria l orders to co ve r 150 u n its " I t w a sn 't <1ifTicnIt lo r M o rs e ro v isu a lise such things as rite- effect on Forr W ayne W o rks o f b ig d-rnam! for rtie new cub-Over-engine Internationals. Speaking for W o o d Com pany, Sales M u linger P a n M tetu tn said his firm 's p ro duction hud been ham peta I when a power saw acred up and cu trin g tolerances were lost. B u t he h e ld high hopes fo r b ig p ro d u c tio n incrciuses. in 1955, " Since c u ttin g is o u r m ajor p ro b le m ." D a n said, " w e 1f t g o in g to solve ir by w o rk in g exti.i hours w ith o u t pay so that m ure o Our regular w o rkin g hours can be devoted to assem bly,'1 D a n , wJio hopes som eday to be co m e a sales engineer, came up w ith ih e idea o f m e r ch a n d isin g h is tu rn 's sh ad o w boxes th ro u g h established retail ou tlets, gor perm ission for s a le s m e n to m a rk e t them in u large l hum grocery. N o w he has w orked o u r an arrangement with Fort W ayne's leading ik p a rtm e n t .store t)0 act us dealer fo r rhe product. W o o d Com pany's wholesale price ro rhe.store w ill be on e -th ird Jess than retail. "O u rs isn't a dem and p r e lu m ," Dari sard, " f 'eople w a q T b u y it on rhe run. But sales have been good, just the sam e." D an 's ready grasp o f problem s facing JH salesmen was understandable "Hit com panies regularly operate tw o h o u rs per week, pay wages a c c o rd in g no rates agreed upon by all employes. Jind based on theit estim ate o f a b ility to pay. O f the tw o. P in s t- O -M a n e wage rures are h ig h e r :hy 5 Cents per hour). M ore conservative. W o o d c o m p a n y officials say they set lo w e r ra le s till h e lp in s u r e s h a r e o w n e r 10".', d ivid en d and g ive each e m p lo ye a yeutend bonus. Tw o years old tn Fort Wayne, Junior Achievement incorporated now has 6 companies in operation sponsored by 17 different business mid industrial firms, More than 4i>0 tiigh-scbool students nun the 26 companies whose current stock issue is well in ext ess o f G.CJW shares, Harvester operai ions in fo ri Wayne have supported JA attivitie borii years. 5 Hi f * hind a J'O W FIlftiL new ta m u l! r u in in to r' 10 d p 30 )Tir) o Iradctttiip in the in i t c r iiiJu-stty, A U I ( 1M O B IU 1 O W N E R S , f o r weeks now, iiavc been hearing about Tap-around wind shield new styling and increased horse p o w e r an L9 i 5 ear models. Ar rhe same [ime, those car owners who are also tractor owners, have been getting their first intro duction to a new line o f Firm-ill tractors. T ile coincidence calls m ention to contrasts in model change problems in the two industries. O r owners have com e to stisre rhe fore gone c o n c lu sio n that .1 new m o d e l stays new o n ly a few m on th s. Less than a year after m o st n ew cars are purchased, a co m - p lctc new line, hailed as the best evej, o u t dice s cliem. 'i'Jie trac tor ow ne r is a lso getting used ia qu icker changes, Hat the .1ppeutaj i ce tif new tractor in n dels has been less regular a m i Jess fixes Lien r rhan in rhe autom otive industry. T h is is partly because tlie sartie titan w h o w ill b u y a new cur for its heavier chrom e trim o r sleeker lines w ill noT trade in hi.t o ld tra cto r fo r the same reas tins -- and those reasons alone. T h e mart w ho buys a tractor is out, first, to btty a pow er plant. It's the same tilin g be used to get in a crew n f h ire d hands and a stable o f w o rk horses. b u t b y 19W) he hail firm, tools w hich were b eg in ning to o u t strip rhe pow er o f men and anim als to operate them. D u rin g W orld f u r i the horse altereJ o p e n ly is j source o f pow er tor farm w ork before [he w o rld 's increased dem and for food. In addition, farm man power, w h ich had been d e clin in g for years, w js even m ore severely d mi nei! by rhe war. G enerally speaking, rhe only m echanical pow er available to burners up to that rime appeared in rhe form o f huge, ungainly tractors, b u ilt a lo n g the lines o f the steam traction engine and suited o n ly fo r field crop operation! on rhe largest acreages. I.-Li. > i:v F ifm ills-- lull', }uO, 2M, m<i *nd CuL>-- prestili h solid troni ini pumer. lire rupi-cif-ihe-hne -1 lu i 11 id i and -ii tirawLur liGisti'Liwei I h e need for practical m e ch a n ical pow er Ln. .Hgriculrufe: was never .greater rln n it was in 1924, when the firs: P an n ali tractor was sold. The world's Jirst successful aII-purpose [factor, the F a rm a li revolutionized farm methods, Its light weight gave farmers a power advantage they bad never known before. For lire first time, they had med ia n tal power for row-crop work, power they could m aneuver in any fiele!, power that wouldn't bog down. For die first limey horses aniJ mules were on their way to perm anent pasture so far as Iarm, w o rk was concerned, A n a n tiq u e by present stani lards, the 192-1 barnialJ s till bears i s in k in g reseti)M an te to tractors o f to d ay. Its h ig h rear drive wheels, aFchcd rear axle for crop clear ance anti sm all frunt wheels set clo se !(> gelher fo r ro w -crop w ork are the basic design o f m ost farm tractors on [lie market today. b u r basic design was not die only durable feature o f the F u m a li Farmers fou n d thcir j L iu r [ust w o u ld n 't wear our, T h e firs: Pannali sold w ilt s till d o a il the work it d id when it was new. A n d passing years hayc proved this [rue n ot o n ly o f the P an n ali line b u t o f tractors, g e n erally T h is has set th e d ir e c t io n -- as w e ll as te m p o -- o f }0 years o f change; T he o n ly tractor that w o uld sell was one that w o u ld n rtiu v rl its predecessors. $i> it is n 't s u rp ris in g that tines and general shape o f the Fatm all have rem ained conS la ill enough tl) m ake its silh o u e tte as m u ch a tradem ark as its nam e. C hanges in its o u tlin e Irave c o n ic o n ly w h e n they w o u ld aid d ie tractor's a b ility to w ork, M o s t radical change in the Fiirtnidl lo o k a p peared in 19^9 w hen engineers d ro p p e d rite weight o f its /onnet heavy frame and s lim m e d d ie m u io r dow n to ii.s crankshaft 7 NEW TRACTORS, NEW CONCEPTS Q N H -M IN L T E (1AM tU A KKPOSUJIE I t J lj th e StOry u f n ew H y d ra-C reep e r :iItHcJiIDc-ii[ Jiv jilu h le w ith hi m nil 200 D uring 60-second period, rhe 200 with Creeper in upeciiiun iforeground .travels only 25 r'eer v iiilt m in w iltin g it norm,11gait CO vm 220 Teel and F ir m ill 40O in lo w g e n goes IfiL feet, Creeper provides slow speed necessary iur rnnsplim cng without irillfjuis or power Jqm. S lo w g ii rratrfQ T e v e r h u itf T tlC T ori' d u n 't break records fur h ig h \pte-ilii. M o m f ir m W()fk requires co m p ara tive ly lo w speeds low,, that is, b y je ta g e standards. A n d som e jobs-- like transplanting tobacco, vegetables and H o w b u lb s-- m ust be done at a snail's pace So tobacco tarmefs and nurserymen h iv e been n t r d iit g ,l m o o r tlm t w o u ld b u e ly m ove a lo n g w ith o u t lo s in g p ow er and stalling our. T liis need for slower than stow m otion gets its answer front Form al I in the Form o f a new tractor attach men c called H ydraCreeper A v a ila b le w ith (.lie new h i m i a11 200. the u n it iisls the tractor's h y d ra u lic p u m p ro drive a h y d ra u lic m otor. T h is , rn turn, drives the tractor's rear wheels th rou gh tin 1 power take-off sh ift. U sin g HydraCreeper, the farm er gets fu ll horsepow er at speeds as lo w as 23 feet per m in im - a bou t OJlfi-EWrlfth [he norma] w a lk in g speed o f a man H y d ra Cneeptr i i a no th e r c-V,tmpie o f increased pow er fle x ib ility offered bv FwiuhII, 8 h o u s in g .la il il n n iin structural m em ber. T he change provi,led better use o f power th rou gh decreased w eigh t, cleaned up rhe rraccor's lines. Tn d e fin in g the crankshaft, it also expressed the F e r m il i's p o w e r in jr-i appearance. T h e '30s alscF saw the b e g in n in g o f size V tiia tieni in lite Farm ,ill line. O n e, tw o and three p lo w m odels were available in 1<>33A n d when the stream lined F irm a li ap peared in 1939, it offered fo u r sizes- A , B, IT and M , in a sce n d in g order for the farm er' s selection. So che F ilm a li Ime be came tailored to acreage and the farm er's special needs. T he Fiirniail C ub, on sale for the iits i lim e in 19-17, p ro vid e d a fifth varia tio n in size, aim ed at p a rt-tim e and. truck farmers. A t the clim a x o f 30 years o f leadership in the farm im plem ent industry, the 1055 line o f Farm alls su pp lies more pow er fur w o rk , m ote kin d s o l pow er and better Control o f it lJuii fanners have ever had P ow e r to puJE and push, belt pow er and pow er ra k t-u if ro run the mechanism of im plem ents, h y draulic pow er in control them -- a ll art im proved in Harvester's new tine o f trsctnrs. A n d to the new F u m a li, I lf lias added a fifth p o w e r electricity, generated from rhe tractnr engine to operate im plem ents, power portable rools and even light a farm house in case o f emergency. F R O M F O W E R to aid the fa rm in his w o rk, ir w as o n ly a step to the idea o f m aking ir easier for the o p e n tor to use thac pow er. F o r exam ple, in d ie new Farm all, sim ply b y H ipping a Convenient lever the operato r Can ( O decrease Speed and increase pull pow er when hard spurs in rhe soil de m and ir. {2J sink a p lo w in the g ro u n d ro desired d rp rh , (3) lift a corn planter or cultivator and catty it w hile tu rn ing at the end o f a row, (d) run the m echanism o f a hay haler, corn picker or harvester-thresher, (5} lif t I .HO pou n ds to a h e ig h t o f (0 feet. Back break has largely disappeared from farm ing, M oderate ling er erercisc has replaced it. T o d a y 's Farm s 11 farm er can a ls o h itch o r switch attached im plem ents w ith o u t leav in g the seat o f rhe rracror. H e can steer w ith little effort. H e can reach all controls w ith out bending or stretching. and on e glance can tik e in all gunge readings, day or night. H e can stand nr sir at the wheel m ote co m fortably, stun the engine w ith the turn o f 1 key. H e (an even lig h t a LigiLtette w jih o u t TACIIP lie l.lf-FTT, fliF p lo w itt jj |-.ilturn J ii n. Fatin oli -inti is I h f ftil ih t-l(liii[1 cf lim e s th e s iiti o f th e ( s l i t t a m i J c by i 192*1 Faunal! in [be same Letiftili f [irmi. a match. The dinner i>d! is about ail there is to call him ironi [he traitor platform. Tractut Appearance is conung in for m:-. share of attention, too. Without sacrifidng its distinctive cu.t-gf-jib, die him buimali m akes ii h eifer appearance w ith new lines, stainless artel em blem s ins [cud of decals., -stis| a new grille which carries the family relationship rhrough rhe five models. Grow ing emphasis lui comfort mid coiivenience for the driver and on styling and general appearance could nuike iraLitir model changes more frequent in the foiure. Still, the tmetof'j special purpoiic must co n ti!]uc ti> sci som e lim its on ch a n g e -- as it has in. the past. T ractors ate b u ilt, first, for w o rk, A n d they ca n 't wort; alone, T he y n umr h iv e im p le m e n ts designed a n il b u ilt to U K iheir pow er. Since it takes a tend im provem ent in this a b ility to work to make a w h o lly [levy tractor, ad e q u ally b ig ch ange is required In im plem en t atta ehm cm ? to m ake fullest use o f the rtu cto i. T h is is an obstacle fo r tiie Custom er as w e ll as the engineer, liu t in spite t>( sm h a b s tid e s ami lim ita tions. the Farm ail'S future is Certain to fo llo w a Course o f con tin ili rig change and Im provem ent. Increasing population means m ore m ouths ro feed, assures the firm e r o f a grow ing marker. Census lignres also show rhar farms and farmers are becom ing steadily less num erous w h ile acreage under p ro d u ctio n is iuLieasm g, M o re work and less m a npo w e r adds up to this: the farm er m ust co ntinu e to dem and and use a ll the nicchanic.il pow er available. H is major crops require- a h ig h degree ot m echanic.ititm. A m i the farmer h im s d f w cU -cd u C ittd and efficiency-m inded is certain t o w el come tractor tm provtm cttts w hich w ill help h im to earn better p ro lits and p ro v id e him w ith a d d itio n a l leisure- to lead a better life. 9 JCm h t t r t ll j t AGE From th i cold fd is of a New England m au n lain , m *n arid m a t K i n c i e x t r a c t THAT OLD WHITE MAGIC T H E R E IS A N O L D , and p rob a b ly true, story o f how Charlemagne, K in g o f the Franks from 76iH to S H A .D ., averted a war by means o f a magic tablecloth. 'Hie Saracen hordes were th re a te n in g an invasion o f his em pire when the K in g in vited Ins enem ies to a peace conference. A huge banquet was prepared to w elcom e rhe ambassadors from Arabia. U p o n com pletion o f die fens lin g , C h arle m ag n e to o k the tablecloth, stained w ith wine anti grease, Hind cast It in to a ro a rin g hre-pbue, 'H ie bearded envoys were jelly U D E U tJ a t this wanton d estru ctio n o f valuable d o th by die obvio usly rich king. B u t a few m in utes lite r, when Charlem agne w ithdrew the tablecloth fro m the lire, cleansed o f its stains b u t unharmed by the flames, ihcir am usem ent turned to feat,- 'ilie y returned in their ruler and advised him to avoid war w ith a k in g w h o could sum m on to lib aid tilt powers o f in agit. The tablet lo th , o f to u ise , had been w oven o f rare asbestos. Asbestos is actually a ro ck, h ut w ith an tin usual fibrous struc ture that allow s it to be handler! like the m ore com m on textiles i i f w o o l, cotton ur s ilk . B e in g ft m in eral insti-ad n f vegetable or PILi'.DmiJHmirh hufLiip ha** q| CpcriullilitiUtwrrHi, blue fntetniUiiilliJt im || fus-i j w in 'r y V e r m o n t la n i ls t ip e N a t io n 's n t h c s t a s b e s to s d rp o iit is in ru^ed Btlvideje m nujim n m noirJiiin Vefuwn.1 V tltH u N r j.iviNis-, "T h e S ilk o f th e M in e ra l K in ij ik im , " Is .i p liy iiia l paradox, bein both fibrous and crystalline, K fto v , ls " s lip fib er," ashesi-os is fo u n d in ( tr n serpentine rock, Tins ML mill, running 24 houxs i day ar che bise o Uthi.ilere mountain in northern Vermont* products most of the asbestos used in the U. 5. An diyli^lir brunici on January (nettling, the lemperii ufi is 4 degree* bdixW aefd. j'v N O fiN , [Ite n p A n t jure o f the day, die therm om eter le a J i an even zero. un ima!., asbesto s is nor harmed by fire, warcr w add. Saurcrtd through history ire stori of this wonderful fiber, H ie Rom ani us-nl it tain near the village of H y d e Park in nonliern Vermont. A mine was opened, bin p ro d u ctio n of asbestos wis small until rbc lire 1930s, when the Ruberuhl com ctntvtgc p f all U . -S A lb e rto s p ro d u c tio n . T h e u iliL i.tl record o f lo w tem perature in this rugged Verm ont m ountain country, ju st 2(1 m i l b d o w Ilie Cian.tdiitn border, is fo r funeral gannenti o f kings, so that at pany cook over the holdings, degrees b elo w i'ero, Average winters cremation tilt ashes o f the royalty would In rb c late IfMOs, ;l new, m u ch richer b rin g tem perarurcs o f 35 degrees below , noi be lost in the ashes of the lire. The d e posit was found on the south side o f ilit w ith four to five feet o f snow on rhe level, Creeks u sti the material for wicks in the m ountain. Heavy-duty trucks, bulldozers but the w o rk goes on ar B e ivid ert m o u n lamps ciiat burned " eternally" in their and g ia n t pow er shovels were brought in to tain, B lu e InteEnartonal tru cks, p ile d h ig h temples. Marco Polo writes of string rex- core o u t the ore a n d transport: ii t o d ie w ith bu rla p bags o f c o iro n lik e asbestos, f tilts that resisted lire while travcling through w orld's most m odern efficient asbestos fo llo w rhe fence line rbat m arks rhe road) S iberia, m ill, w h ich was b e in g budt on the .site. T h is in to town and llte warehouse. Four Ilite r- The early history o f asbestos, when ir was ram- and Commonly thought to be magne, m ill, designed and built by rbc m ining engineers, eon rains SO m any rcv o lu riu n a ry uutioiials, w ith school bus bodies, roam the sparsely settled countryside w ithin a IV entis in 1887 when huge deposits were discovered near Thttford and C o leraine, in lileas o f ore separation that the R u b e ro id com pany prohibits in ten or photography o f m ile radius, b rin g in g in workers front rhe Inlle settlem ents and isolated farmhouses. the Province o f Quebec. Five years latex, the m ill it s e lf This on e m ill, w o rk in g 2A B u lld o z e w ork rhe quarry. A ron.i grader, in 1892, a woodsman's ax skidded o ff a log. hours a day in the heat o f su m m er and pow ered w ith im in tc rn a lio n a l engine, split a rock, and another im portant deposit hiting JQ -degr-below -zero temperatures fights ro keep the driftin g s m iw back o il Was discovered on rugged Beividite rnouri o f V e rm o n t's w inter, ru in s o u t a h ig h per- the roads. A little red T D ft g r in ,3s th ro u g h LI T H A T O L P WHITE M A G I C HIGH LiP above [he face o f r h t i|uariy nn [he side o f Betvidere m o u n ta in Jo b e K . Stiw m t, m ining- eft^tutcr. aufiervisei rhe loading o f a chaise STItUNO OUT ainnjt [lie pattern o f hnJea drilled for the blast, fhe crew load a riie t u p liis iv c and sirm/s PfimatH.trd Ttaeli blast i- carefully planned to brinj$ dn-WQ -In 11Li.si nre |nr pound o f esploaive, and Leave a high, [faighr, iv u iL itk face. the bush of the m ountain, p u llin g snow sie-J-1 loaded w id i d rillin g cq uj pm c n r. Ii is la b o rio u s and to ld w o rk , a Ac [ fra il in bge fo r ro u g h V e rm o n t men and tnfyithl eqm prtleiit. H a u l K-innoy, mamren;ince forem an, w h o supervises all m o ra l m aintenance for rhe m ine, likes ro m lk abou t (lie winters, when, lie says. "even the ice feels warm to the m u ch ." "M etal, rubber ami liquids do strange and unexpected t ilin g s a r those tefiiptrarures. A m achined parr, b u ilr to stand a certain stress at n orm al w inter tempera(iiri-i. may unexpectedly s h cir it otic-tench rh t load w h en it is 50 degrees colder. Experience is the best readier, and I've been W o rkin g w irh Intcm arionnlF fo r 17 years. A ll rru tk s are c o ld -b lo o d e d w h e n it's J a n uary in Verm ont, but when w c get those Interriiirtcinals going, dow n rhe m ad, they just go and go. " Consequently, we do the obvious a n d simple thing- we keep our trucks moving 24 hours a day, some L,94fl miles a week, lieca use they don't get a chance co reitly cool off. we use plain old alcohol in the radiators and 50-weight oil both summer and winter." A S B E S T O S , w ith ir.s fib rou s. cry sta llin e structure, is fo u n d in serpentin e ro c k it heavy, dark-green, m o ttle d ro ck char is quite co m m on b u t generally useless, Here and there, however, the m ysterious sub surface cycles o f heat, pressure, co o lin g a nil rim e have com bined in the rig h t propor- I L d ^ , V V/ r w f NTY'THfQ ihousitid pounds o f high explosive dislodge some LOO.DOO ions o f orc. Rot k and pip i hlow 1-uo feet inro the arr, and ev en r i [fie chmera position so m e 3,-DOO ttcL away, sm aller p iit L d thudded into the Snow. I TIHL H E A D W A Y lll'fv , r l | l p o lin g ItlOU n i l i 11S o f it u S h f j lir e and waste ip kep t o pe n i>t J n i lir .r m n w by >n fist ern aiLiiiuJ-p o w ered road grader. BliTHfEIiN S rtttT i JT1 IllKMMkMlii SthoaJ bus H passed up. Buses anc used rcn b rin ii in m in e and m il! v t i titers frcjm the sparsely scriied countryside. Calo.Tt ms '-KSTnvr-R, tru ck driver. rinds ih e sn aw j n elicit Lri(f d w ile n g r to his d riv in g skiEii, Like1; to rell o f rim es he b y -passed drifted reads by d rivin g across w indsw ept pastures. .RAYING II1B MILL i t th e b it e uf B e lviju r-C J U ln n la ll) , an I n te rn a tio n a l L - L70, loaded with burlap ba^s o f asbestos, bead* fo r (ow n and warehouse, fa rh tru ck m akes three rou n d trip s per shift. aCAOSs 1>I sn o w -c o v e re d V rid -sw e p i Verm ont landscape d ie iiirtruatiorial* u f Rulierrtrd roll w ith their iriads (if a ib [ 0 i. THAT CLD WHITE M A G I C MOJtGANFHrTEH. hunt mine manager, is * top executive' bur com ro work in lieivy w o o d sm an doth in u ; f n n fA M Jis ; r .| r M O M :. s u f ie r v is o r o e x p lo r a tio n , L e w is J o r d a n i n i d i n t i l l ill ill C o t that w ill Ti-vml q iijlit y m d q v in g iy o f is b r in o i in v ifg in se ctio n s o f m ob mans. (.o re b o le : .ire d rille d tin a 1( K l- fo o r g r id s y s te m , a n d e x p lo r a t io n m r n h av e a lre a d y f o u n d e n o u g h lii^ h - g t H d r a s b e s to s to k e e p m in e g o in g a n o th e r 2D years A T o -fi Iiam Is .i .-111r i^ e< |uipio cnt li>r e x p lo ra tio n pan^ t lilQ lg li d ir brusii L ilft'li /tltD A M UH3 a in|.;iip|i.:'i[i!rei ro I n tu it upr btulies below rht iu rfje e - G e o lo g i Jord an ' p rilla m o il o f bis rim e o u t in d ie bush, usinft irio w ih o e s to tram p fivet the five -fo o t sno w . structure asbestos, Fiber I tu n tili vary from extrem ely short CO som e 12 in d ie s, The longer fibers are caie and most valuable, for they ran easily be spun in to yarn and then in to cloth. H ie other grades are used in sudi products as asbestos electrical insulation, shingles, asbestos p ip e r, cement, rile am i a hose o f office b u ild in g maccuaJs, V erm o n t asbestos Comes from large open quarries. The r o c k is blasted nil t h e face o f l i t i vide- tn oiin rain w irb farge* t h a t l o u - U tftin as m uch as 22,000 p o u n d s o f explo sives. G ig a n tic power shovels oad the ore in to tru cks chat transport the ore to the crusher, D rie d in large k iln s, the ore in successive op e ra tio n s is crus Met! sm aller and smaller, each tim e passing under a pow er ful suction hood m uch like a vacuum llean er, w hich picks u p the asbestos libers loosened by die crushing. Asbestos, rare and a lm o s t priceless ju st a few decades ago, is now w ithin the e c o n o m ic resell o f everyday Ainericn. There are, how ever, s(ll runny uses f(>r the lllilttri.il that have not been discovered or exploited, Indestructible p ip e r. for exam pic, lias long been the dream o f those w h o w o uld pre serve o ld docum ents and valuable records for posterity. Fo r several years, an asbestos paper that easily passes the hottest flume tests has been in existence b u r, unfor- ru n a rd y , a ll rhe m i l r b l c in k s bu rn away, leaving rhe sheets blank. Si IO W B U S IN E S S and big business rt no longer w orlds apart. In m ore and m ore cases they are W o rking hand in glove, A m anufacturing firm with i new lin e rtf products to S ill begins the effort by w h ip p in g u p enthusiasm am ong its sales org an ization. A n d ir d o rs it w ith show m anship. In 1953. LJ. S, in d u s try spent an estim ated three b illio n do Hats o r sales m eetin gs and conventions, In some it),turni instances, pro fessionals were called in ro plan, p ro d u ce or direct the shows. In dustry show s m a y n or lie s Javish as Broadway productions rhough some o f them are b u i they Jin: as p o lish e d .LJid as sm artly paced. Entertainm ent and 'll ani id i" arc cjtpcrdy interwoven, D u rin g rhe 1954 cu le n Ja r year, In tcrn arnm nl Elltrvctte r b ro u g h t o u t new in d u s tria l p ow e r p ru d u i IS, ,l new re frig cta tio n lin e and a new iiirn i tractor lin e T o lire up its .selling forte, it went to the footlights ca d i lim e w kh a professional presentation. M o unta in peaks in A riz o n a p ro v id e d a hrearh taking backdrop for the industrial IN D U STR Y IN THE FO O TLIG H TS e a s - o r r fo r tb c tu n y re h riis * ! lururs: im o r n b C h ic a g o ilm w . .lu m e jU(h 1iitv rs c e r m in from Central vnd fs'ujThwesr regions msem-bted to preview 1101 r tf r if e r ii 1 line. 1ul>scrLuen:r sltoivs n i f e lie lJ in u r t it i ri ties. -HOW ciBi-s T o rn i T h u rsto n m il H ild n H enke to n n i huted beauty and Sparkle. Non-pfOi in die ( l it Weft 11-9 itfrL^frnlii'ii la in extiUIJVfl. 'Nil: it. a m u f U t i l i i {above) and r iiiy iim Ju^ cd apd di peered fo u r t i l ih o w s during 1014. in clu d in g die huge industrial power ro endup on ih t A r ia n a descii Jjsr M arcii. INDUSTRY IN THE FOOTL IG HT S AS REHEAHAAli proceed, lilt ijJciinen-lufued-uCcori warm up to [he jobs . . . but Jtebeiisiil Director _|hn Dexter keeps pleading fur more lire ren1: \ M'MOUS-MINDFT* young executive era his lirsi look j[ refrigetarinnscript, discovert for the first lime what he's ir fur. CiENIgJl: Meipofi/tnj; scripts proved to tie difficult fob; most of the men became jiJcpr at improvising. situ mem is in Harvester'; -year 'round air eonJit Loner-- which heats as "vt]J as coots--receive an inspired reading here. Skits in ti irtunicRt parodiai were sUo used, Anrxifi'i-FVI! VIEW o f rehearsal audience Seated ar tibie wirli opened script is Kc-hcursal Director Alan Fishbvrn. FLejtion.il refrigerator spokeman in hattgruLirUl awaits Ills Uro On platform 16 ma own irEtifATiiiU struggle b-eliisiJ him, this fellow enjoyed W illin g others Squirm, Sties ex-eciLtivcs from e h IH region were tetruircd Id cxtnll the 1955 freezer, refrigerator and lit conditioner lines pros rw the Cast rook (he dress le b e m il snag! in stride: tlsc businessmen found [hem discouraging. Dress rehearsal was first K t t t ip g when all (he elements o f the show were pieced together. TO DRAMATIZE siJient features of new r e t r i ion. Jine. rheamed Jeriees were uscii wherever fwiEsibJt. Water was added to prove refrigerator doni was iirrighi Duck w b added (or laughs r n o rs c rr sri'CiAi.lit Hen Derr was one c ic t iit iv t w h o d id n 't need i l r j i i l j t i r i n i ni Tig. H e preached p ro d u c i n i d i a th r illin g Ite li-nre. MI'w LTBJCf, written i f co lleg e fight H u g * , h;ci ih o w cjJJ in t h ir in g , sym icrJ s i u t r ill; li.id to learn nearly ferry college songs, me lu d i rig JjaDfiiJici. power roundup in March. Spacious ar mories in selected U . S. cities provided atens sp a (or (he FarmalE tractor show in Decem ber. Hotel ballrooms in Chicago, Mew Y ork. Hoca ftarcrn, Si. Touii and Los Angeles housed the refrigeration show in November. T o capture the h cm ich cs and the humor of no industrial show in the nuking, Photographer Harry Williams was on hand in h ie October as Harvester's refrigeration presentation took shape, IH h id assembled a hybrid cast, partly professional, partly amateur, 1 he amateurs were Harvester sales executives for the most pan, lung on enthu siasm but short on stage experience. W elding the pros and the non-pro* into * cohesive unit, in seven days" time, was die task confronting rxccLiiivc Producer Curt Dcchert and Producer-Director Arnold Cory on Monday morning, October 21, The a c c o m p a n y in g p h o to s rct'tirr! rh e ir p ro g re ss hAST-PnC lo Ml Hi. I>y he girls directs tendon tu virtues of air ComiiriofK* U ili-jjnarcd on chair, i'*st rempn keepv business-nun j urnpi nb to finger each ilogan Ou C u t 17 BGLQOK5 MCCORMICK Lefcl u new I H d ire cto r o f m iq fo ia c c u jk g H is ciirdef w iik epropiiny in d u J.e i v.itscJ U - 5 cspcriente in both m a n u fa c tu rin g and H.ile-s. H e has returned to parent co m p a n y a f t t t Src-mng as to p ese cu tive o f B ritis h iu-bsi?3iarf since 1952. NGW DIPKrTQH. of IH foreign operations^ Chad D Rome Ibelow I was formcHy pridem o f Canadian aubsiJbfj1, W ith Harvester jince 1924, !Roke is veteran of U. S. sales and EH foreign inamiijccu drift operations. Previous overseas service included executive posts m Australu, Europe. new responsibilities for McCormick, Roice M A JO R . C H A N C E S in International H a r vester'* execu! jve tuganteatii>n11ave brnugh t Brooks McCorm ick afld Charles D. Rohe back to the G e n e ra l OtEce in Chicago. Both m e n retu rn ed Iio ji'i outstanding service wiili iJ.l company outside the linired States-, In addition to new find heavier responsibili ties, ilic changes involved in ocean voyage for both rnen and .1 return to the scene o f previous positions with IHBrook* M cCorm ick, m anagin g director o f IjMfcfmriortal llurvestef C o m pan y o f t r w r Britain, Ltd,, since 1952, came back to become director o f man ufact tilin g io r the parenr co m p a n y in the L L 5 A m o n g his first Juries wns a program o f v isita tio n to scvcr.il LI S. p liin ts w here he had fo rm e rly held u variety o f p osition s Charles D . Roice, in h is new position as director o f foreign operations, returned after fo u r years in w h ic h he served .vs ie n io i v ic e president and then president o f [nternariciniil Harvester C o m p a n y o f C anada, T.rd. A m .m g his first d tit]us was n to u r o f I H E u t o p a t f operations IH where he k id previously served as assistant Jiretroi general and, in Great Britain, as managing director. Koice's new responsi bilities Cover all o f Harvester's world-wide? foreign operations. In the places they revisited, both men fo u n d C o n d ititin s g reatly ch a n g e d , W h e n M c C o rm ic k left fo r England in A u gu st 1951, IH business was running at (he h ighest level in history. For d ie first time, Sales V iita m e w as p a s s in g the b illio n -d o lla r mar];. P ro d u ct dem and, em ploym ent and production w efe near an a ll-tim e p e a l. J[ w at to a Conm dcrably different set o f c ireumsranees that M c C o r m ic k returned in 1954. I H p ro d u c tio n a n d e m p lo y in e r t had u n d e rg o n e cu rta ilm e n t, sales v o lu m e wins lower, salesmen faced a tougher test before livelier com petition But new product developm ent held out great h ope fo r early improvement in the situ a tio n . A nd in the few weeks si n e t M c C o r m ic k 's rrtu /n , them: new p ro d u cts paced by new Jttie o f Farm all tractors-- have already begun rn And a m arker and to restore m any 111 plants to a rising level o f activity, W h en he rtrtimed to Europe after a Jiveyear abseiiLt, Roice, on the other hand, w alked in to a scene which, in s o n ic respects, lo o k e d lik e it b o o m . 1Je h a d been there lasr in 194941 theend o f a four-year tour o f Ju ry when rhe p o srw ai re h ab ilita tio n and capansi on rtf I H Eu ropean fact] 1ties was g e ttin g u jiiler way. O n his return trip, lie fou nd a stronger econom y and grow ing abundance w hich contrasted sharply w ith rht situation tn 1949, w hen evert sut'h necessities as food and fuel were in sh ort s u p p ly in som e countries. In Germ any, France, Sweden and England, R o ice found new or m odernised III factories. P ro d u ctio n and em ploym ent were m u ch h ig h e r rhan he Itad k n o w n them before, H arvester's in v e stm e n t in E u ro p e had been d ou b led , sales volum e hud in l reused by S 2 6,00(1,000 an n u ally. N e w c o n fidence and enthusiasm were m u c h jii evidence in rlie Europe o f 1954 to w h ich Roice returned. nuMNC. WtHTBS ju on lki, f ol-LK-id., A & M <[i-wi iiieauirc the ileprh o f snow m the nicjmHiLns and check the m oisture I'nnieiu. T he rwo ficeon help ra foretell rh r agriculrurrl Sfory for (he follow injt Summer, OLOw: Nerve center for Colorado's a^riculrure activities rs d ie A n b u ild m ir tin, The Fort C iiillio s rim iu iF,. B r M C f D E J HUflST p f c t l , b y K O S t I U D H O M A A-*- ISJoei S o r TO H r v t i l l ru r a l C in it it u e n t i, C loin rifl A Si M m u tt cope with p la in t , p e a k s a n d b r a w lin g ri Y c r i C O L O R A D O , T H E 3St h STATE, is the demean i*| Sure If was adniirted ro the LJntjjn o n th e o n e hiiciL-trc-ilr'h ann iversary o f file S ig n in g o f the I}r:c!arat in n o f In d e p e n d ence. H ut before statehood was graft ted, members o f tile rem toriiil legislature n u d e p rovision fo r a land-grant college. '["h o se early le g isla to rs respected the plains, the crags and the m ountain peaks. T hey appreciated that, w hile the to p o g raphy and geography were rom antic and overpow ering, they co uld present a g ricu l tural problem s as stubborn and defiant as a g riz z ly bear, Tire state straddles the C ontinen tal D iv id e . W itt)in its h o r d e s are 5 i R o c k y M o u n ta in peaks exceeding 14,000 feet. M o re than l, 500 peaks arc higher than 10,000 feet, to the sp rin g , re e k in g snow trickle s d ow n tire m onntttifisicles T h e waterfall begins in tin y streams that sume[ijre s g ro w in.ro b ra w lin g rivers, O n som e o f ilit- low er m ountain* arc h ig h -altitude g ro w in g areas, In m a n y valleys, n atural o r AS IS [he c u t on m any cam puses, ihe s ie p i o f (he U n io n B u ild in g nr C o lo ra d o A Si M ai= a p o p u la r p o in t o l TcnH-ervous. M odern nurture houses dining ami lecresriond farilm es. 5,*l*frn(ii in a j-drjc [ n f A -titf* ' o* Li S. Aynicii/iurffJ C o lle g e r If) C A M PU S IN THE R O C K IE S OM A HEIGHT N tm rm f-i-r . ln lc rn iiljiru l M .irv rs h e r t q i ii j u f ii in l m u jw a ut m i l .1 ifhllrii*' fifr a f it lt l, hrl^LEiK tC Jjte j'.in 1 r l li lu ll f t n rn i y i l f ' s I.rups-. cjn be uted lor reseeding allanduned empfand Hid renovating depleted rangel andk. R I], B im in fio n u ijiltci k inline Im il (if Mi-i lijii i ll Fnjpjieerinfl. 30 m an-m ailc Jakes Catch and Store Some o f rhe coveted w ar supply. Even th o u g h 250 valuable m inerals hAve been found in C o lorad o's depths. one of d ie great u n d e rg ro u n d w ealths o f the stare today is trs water su p p ly to help grow affsJfi, wheat, fruits, vegetables, sugai beets and. grass. S e rvin g every g ro w in g area in the stare is C o lorado's A g ricu ltu re and M echanical college, the land-grant school for w hich provision was made by the territorial legislature, lr is the pulse o f a g ricu ltu re in Coin-ratio. O rd in a rily Ft. C o llin s , ahoot 60 m iles n o rth o f D enver, i.s considered the h om e o f C o lo ra d o A & M . T h e LGO-acre cam pus til tie does house the adm inistrative offices, moist o f the elans room * and som e o f the laboratories, bur by no means Joes the 3't. C o llin S cam pus co ve r the w o rk Ju n e by the school. T h e school ow ns approxim ately 11,000 acres thoughm t the smrr. It m a in tains four experim ental areas and seven branch stations, each representing unique grow ing and m oisture conditions. Some of them arc across the m ou n tain s far from Fr. C o llin s. 'H r rou gh these o u tly in g stations C o lorad o A & M i s constantly in touch w ith g ro w in g areas w hether they ate in the plains o r at an altitu d e o f 4000 feet. T h e y know the o o p s whether they be fruits, grains, or graving lands fo r the trem endous herds o f sheep and cattle. T h ro u g h its Extension Service, Colorado A 4 M meets with rural people in every are. Research ill eii Steps in. co wrestle with any problems brought to light at thesr meetings In the classroom* the future agricultural lenders learn from current hold studies as well as from te x tb o o k s H ig h pc-iiks o f the R o c k ie s fo rm a b a c k d ro p to the Ft. C o llin s cam pus, w h ile rhe fo u r Inil:, exten d alm ost to the b a ck doors o f classroom s. In rhe near fo o th ills is H orse m oth Reservoir, i m an-made lake sist m iles lo n g . T w o m iles fu th e r buck and h ig h e r tin? 1,670 co lle g e acres used fo r an A n im al Husbandry Range, a Forestry and Range M anagem ent Reseeding Range. Streets, le n d in g from rhe fro n t cam pus vein out th rou g h the Cache la Poudre valley and lead to other co lle g e -o w n e d e* peri men ral farms and the great eastern plains, C O L O R A D O 'S scie n tific approach to agri cultural p ro b le m s has benefited individual farmers and ranchers as w ell as the e co n o m y o f the rare T h e s c h o o l has attained in te r national recognition.. S tudents from -11 states, the D is t r ic t of C o lu m b ia , tw o territories and 2^ foreign countries arc registered T h is year's e n ro ll m ent approaches 4.non. p residen t W' C. M organ points our rhar because o f tiie rapid g row th o f the sch o o l, no o ntim e and evening classes may have to be held in the near future to accom m odate the Student*, Tne diversity o f C o lorad o's agriculture, d ie g ro w in g dem and tor research, am] rap id ly expanding student body are today's m ajor problem s ai C olorado A and M . The c o lle g e has. taken a le a d in g ro le in rhe past d cve iiip n le n t i )f the State, i tx fu rure ro le may w ell be determ ined by appropriations g lin te d (or expansion in lin e w ith its increased responsibilities- A cco rd in g the rhe president, m uch n f rhe future o f C o ln rsd n s agriculrure depends upon im provem ent o f crops and livestock and the advancement o f the engineering and TITe c h in i cal s k ills i l l rural areas. la k e irrigation. Today, nearly five per cent o f the iOL.d area is under irrig a tio n . A n d it has been ciOm aced that incom e from C o lo ra d o 's irrigated lands co uld be doubled if p a rticip atin g farmers w o u ld a p p ly rhe m ost practical practices now available- T w o o f rhe secrecs fo r the success o f irrigation are the am ount o f water available and its in te llig e n t use. T he snow -capped m ountains pretty m uch control the supply For b o th surface and g ro u n d waters. M e n lo o k to rhe m i sun rains in The fall h o p in g for an early and abundant and m oisr snow. The school w orks w ith govern men: agencies throughout the winter, m easuring the depth of the sn o w o f Ihe m o u n ta in s and ascer ta in in g its m oisture courent. These tw o factors foretell m uch o r the agricultural story for the fo llo w in g Summer. W h ile nature governs the am ount o f m oisture, C o lorad o A & M and govern mem b o d ie s dire ct its in te llig e n t use. A n d d ie am ount o f water m ay not be as iinpnrtanr as the rim e o f its a v a ila b ility fo r cro p p ro duction. A s a means o f srorm g w a in for drouth periods, artificial lakes and dams bave been b u ilt in plateau areas. T h e R ig T h o m p so n D am project has made m uch greater water supplies available to areas jireviousiy to o dry. It catches water on the western side o f the C ontinental D iv id e and runnel* it d u o ugh m iles o f granite m o u n tains to rhe thirsty eastern plains. Irrigation studies i t C o lo ra d o t i M reach in to m any departments o f die college. T CjLfJdADlJ rt # S preside! II. D r. W 1. M o rg a n , believes ih j l ifif rrspofliibU ir f kir ii'ctiiiij [he unii ru c d u titn j; ri ir L u if t r l g c fltM fi n o f LIU'IIK peuple frills lin [Ile l'rese-li r pen tj*r h m if f jd u lr s m jK s ip i.s y m tjn J o jid o A Si M is liie n J iy Thin, fedo, d i t ..-nr: o f frinjt. is .lit) ih e fu s io n e many q f t i l t scucie n n , n num ber nf w hom brinj rlit r i i n n pan its in i t i inni WKN r THf: iJlliic ui [Ir. S H W J i f f i f i . denn o f ihn .i([ri a i t i irmi t'ul l i g i i bu iy une. 1 l i t D ean j* lik e ly m In.- Found JL tile Itt 11 peni an in affrerim enuJ M m i irr c o u n s e lin g w ith c t lic j 'c ur in.[ilirn .it leader* TWii n f [ioJurdJtl's hi pill y flfcS ffffifii .. Li rJL. i,lLtlIr_kI te n d ili jrc Mis Ciica Andfnfon, since Infine Leriinm r r iiiiim .inerir, .mil J. E- Miiwton, tlinefiot of tiftriS n i THI-. H Y IS R M 'I u I fh i ir j k ir y . w here F ig i tin M devi t e i ir e d t v d f lj ie J .nut ra sro J, Jr a n . iiu n i bnckJrdip f(H W. tL. {'ode. i s s o c i j re e n g i n i . .n il D . F. PeitfSO o f IffiK ir iiin iiiijji nctfinp. fSrl ALL s o f f i l i N h o rs e s ,if|-v t ,is n i in Ijrc u e m o d e ls f o r pm .lt uuifircpn^ . in in are-i w h ere rid in g the ir j . il. n p o p u la r p u t ir n e mil lA iu is r irra tiM M i, th e p .u h !. im p u r i! nr ( o l o n d o A A M e v e r has a c o u r s e fo r d ud e n n t h t n C A M P U S IN TH R O C K I E S TYWCA I- HSAHM e o f e x p a n sio n o n Fr. C o llin s tsn n p u i il G re e n FiaII, c h i m in '? d o rm ito ry B u ild in g was fin to c e li un a seEf-liqujdi<in.g b a s il w ith o u t f a i t tu state. s u g a r B u rrs cum prise u ia rrie t b ig source o f inco m e to C o lo ra J u fateti era. A lte r f l i t Su m I n i been ea entered, suit.: beet tops and the beet pulp IrlaJte g o o d Trie rations Below : harvest qn the Baca-G rant firm . IN COLORADO, as elsewhere, square .Ia n tin a retains its a l e n i li ippe al. Sw in g in g out in cheti t iiic o s am i sifts arc merry members o f the H ayloftew club. STe>cp RRMi d r c a ld e and sheep ir e a fa m ilia r tig h t On the c a m p ili o f Colei rade: A & M and th ro u g h o u t rbe stare. A sla n tin g .rim b a c k lig h t! the w o o lly u u dines o f a c o l lece Him fc. THU CATTI ^ areas ire p re tty m u d i a m a n 's w o t 111. b u i n o t e r iiir d y . C o e d s H L e M a r ily n K a y B u t . a Im b man from Anderson, Indiana, p e r fo r in as o r e J Iru tily as ih e ir m a le d i u n ta re * 22 w U J lB pJIYLI U V U L n d e r d ii'l h u ll I'M K ir s f lilid u m * 411 li. Mias Murmj WjlL.tr. acting hej.J l,I the |(jiiru D tf|i Af[ in [hr ScbiioP o f J-lmne FtLmumii5j iilfu ju ihicj.Js on i loom. t v t i c a i . n E * 1 u ' i f iio n s lo to p e w irh r u r u r f is sins hig h J r ic u d r M l k itc h e n in rln* S ch o o l uJ io n ir EcD oairiica- Ji h a u riiiju r tu b o m o ry it r .o n j f U . S. cuJLsjjeS * fld uri b e r i l l i , IMTIIIi Ijitious Oval on l i l t cam pii*, the R, O , T . Ci drilli Lindn rln? viijitliful eye UI M j j o r M a c G v t r i. T h e sc h o o l a lio 111) jij U. O. T. C Air F a ic r unit. W h a t rypt-K o f In-cti, itfalfu, w heal, grasses .nd other plantings w ill ip ro u t j r d grow best before rh t J ty season com es/ W iii-cl'i ryprsi c m l>t harvested earliest? C a n b itte r type* he developed? W h ich crops beLrer conserve soil? W h ich cm p i should, or s h o u ld inH. he planted in specific arenS' These questions and others are closely allied with irrigation. T o get the important livestock story, we wanted first to see Dr. S h W h eeler. dean of the college tad dircccot ol rht experi - iriftti stand nut. It ls J if f ic iili to rind the Dean "at home" In his office. He's on the go constantly, meeting with ranchers, farm ers and research g ro u p s En response ro one of our phone calls, his secretary told us that the Dean had just Left for the feed pens on one oi the college's Janus, 'll mi's where we found him, Lwning against ,i fence, looking at i flock of sheep ilia c hail just been brought from T11C grac ing plains lor winter fettling Dean W h te Jci explained iliac livtsto ck and liv e s to c k p ro d u cts ire ilte greatest so u rce o f a g ricu ltu ra l nicotine In the suite In L952 they am utinted tn $355 m illio n .Si illars T lie c o lle g e re ck o n s w ith the b re e d itig, d ie fe e d in g a n d the Cate o f the trem en d o u s I llic it and sheep herds It w orks in every phase o f anim al husbandly. N aturally, it is interested in g la r in g grasses and the w inter feeds. It lies made exhaustive studies o n d ie lo c a lly p ro d u ce d cro p s IS Livestock teed. Lheie Studies have brought ad d itio nal wealth to C olorad o's huniers. T h e iU uitm rion Dean W heeler used was sugar beets W ow, not o n ly the heel titp s b u t also the pu lp that rem ains alter d ie sugar has heeo extracted jnake good rations Recently a special research foundation was established by rlu- C o lo ra d o 's Cattle m en's A ssociation, industrial organizations am! stockm en in couperai inn w ith rile college. A n n u a lly it is expecred ro save thousands of dollars for C olorado's ran ch ers. T h e F o u n d a tio n has been nam ed m honor ot Dr. Floyd Cross, dean o f the School o f Veterinary M edicin e, tor his services and those o f the veterinary school to the state's Livestock industry. N o t all o f the s c h o o l's veterinary w o tk is research. A n an im al h ospital provides care for sick anim als and Training for v e rn i nary internes, P riv ate ly ow ned, as w ell r.h college anim als, big or sm all, can get h ospital c u t A s in h i spirals for hum ans, w s e histories a rt taken, tharlrs me kept [J1 a lu m in u m ta b le ts, diet k it ch e a t prepare special food?,, d ru g roo m s lo o k lik e pharm acies, .lJlcI one u f tlie operating room s has a g iis s -c n d o S id b a lco ny. O n ly three th in g s art- m is s in g m the anim al hospital: m. private room s, no ilawef-s and no visitors. V is ito rs d is tu rb rhe patients, a resident p h ysicia n told: us. He mg a w om an, l WHS interested ill the college courses that did n o i pertain ui cattle o r sheep, o r trop.s, even th o u g h iu n u coeds at the sch o o l are en rolled in those Subjects. Colorado A & M l-. the only college or university h iv in g a high altitude tesr kitchen. Dr. Feme Buivnun, acting Jfcan iif ihe School of H om e Economics, e xp la in e d ilie simulated air pressures thai can be created in rhe laboratory, and she give us recipes for cooking at ditfertmt altitudes. She showed us a chart which explained why Aunt M a n ila 's wedding cake recipe that was suth a Im in Chicago, M em phis or Atlanta would never work in high altitudes. Nature made Colorado an unusual state. Colorado A * M provides broad programs to cope with nature HARVESTER WORLD y fm blitb ti/ hy the IIS-1 KNAT10M AI. lASVFjTSFL COM.I'ANV JWfJ Partii MtbigJrl A i L . Cbicdfta I. IH [l-H.SJ.U t). HURLEV, tliilo t H-EMOKLl , O V IK K A N M it IIWM.UV rUJAM-K, JlU H ii.llt r J lit n IWN.VN U I IT n n . M ilitim i lu r i a r jit iif 23 1 HARVESTER W ORLD 110 N. M ich ig an A w , Chicago 1, III. Form 3 M ? Requintad C A M P U S I N T H E R O C K E S i i o r> b .B m, ,, p e g . Pt. * AT A A M's m odem hospitjtl for anijtuls, j tarpic partent es h o iste d in to p c iir io n fiT em ergency surgery P riv a te ly tw ire d . J j well ip c o l l i e im m illi, L in get huspiraJ cart IPH ItE STUDENTS w it c h Injfl g iu s , en close d b ik t m y , to ll eneve Ierin i i in s prepare Ftir jn operation ni rhe sm iU -M m U surgery section n f c t i hospital IN MEDICAL sch n n t s u rrn u n d in g s, fum ee veterinari.in i risin a CO lecturer. T ile m in ia J hn sp jrsl its e lf has m in i o rh c c.ra|i |i i n gs m .l l.itiim es usually reserve.I fur hospitals For h u m ilia .