Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1949 — Page 15

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SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1949

Lt. Bales Describes Hydroponic Farm

Most Advanced Agricultural Experiment In World Run by U. S. Army in Japan

By LT. BOB BALES

THE FIRST time I realized cucum

that there was such a thing as per farming was about 15 years ago. Jarvis Peer once told

me I could raise a wagon load of cucumbers by just planting some

seeds around an old strawpile. -

My first problem was to find a strawstack that had been left;

to rot of its own accord. My dad donated me our old strawpile for

the experiment. This boyhood

me a monopoly on the cucumber

project finally turned to giving Speaks Tuesday

business of Dana. I used to tell fantastic stories about my pickle business, used to dream of getting rich just off pickles, used to wonder if I could get someone else to do the picking. Yes, I raised bushels of the little green varmits. ‘Had some as big as an ear of corn, and

First Lieutenant George C. ‘(Bob) Bales is the grandson of Ernie Pyle's Aunt Mary of Dana, Ind. Lt. Bales is now flying with the 18th Fighter Wing Headquarters, Clark ¥ield, Philippines. In this, the third in a series of articles he is writing for The Times, Lt. Bales describes one of the most advanced agricultural experiments in the world—the hydroponic farming of Japan.

that is a pretty good sized cucumber after you have seen the corn some of Indiana farmers raise. I had forgotten all about, raising pickles until today.

I reckon, About 20 miles from downtown Tokyo is the Army's

: " Hydroponic Farm. Since all of the farmers in this section of the

world enrich their soil with human fertilizer, the occupation troops have never used any locally grown products. This keeps the dysentery rate at a minimum. Because of the

Hydro Farm. ” » »

from four to five tons of fruitsithe Murat Theater.

and vegetables a year without the

Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen

®'" » And today I saw one of the| biggest pickle farms in the world, :

Msgr. Fulton Sheen To Address Group

The Te Deum Forum will pre great demand for fresh vegeta-igent the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton: bles, the Army has developed the y “gpeen of the Catholic Univer-! sity, Washington, D., C,, THIS UNUSUAL project raises address Tuesday at 8:15 p. m. in

in an,

“Msgr. Sheen, known for his; use of mother earth. Frediragdio talks on the Catholic Hour, |

Lauer from Dana worked here has been instrumental in the con-

on the same project. I am sure|version to the Catholic faith of Fred will back me up on some many prominent persons. Among of the fantastic figures I received. these are Mrs.

Clare Booth Luce | |

I walked down a long twisty/and the late Heywood Broun, |

lane tHrough some

Japanese Louis Budenz, former managing

farms until I came to the big|editor of the Communist Daily

gate guarded by MP's. Once in-| Worker, returned to the church could see thé{through Msgr. Sheen's influence, The Te Deum Forum has an-| a Japanese Kamakazi training|nounced that non-members base before the U. 8. Army took be admitted to the Right down the middle of cause of the “unprecedented pub-| the tract spreads a big wide|lic runway surrounded by under-jusually are for fnembers only.

side the farm I

complete layout. The farm was

over.

ground concrete airplane stalls, Across the field is’ project started.

B-acre plots with big reservoirs

ty flow. There are ‘55 acres of

interest.” The

Msgr,

meetings :

“While Te Deum membership | where the provisions do not permit the sale | of single admissions to lectures The Hyro Farm is divided into|in the annual series, those who | e w rshi of water all along the tract. Each present uP wilt us} row of troughs is made up of|zqamitted to the “three long concrete boxes placed |jacture without charge,” the an-/ end to end so that water runs|nsuncement stdtes. from one to the other by gravi-|1950 season begins in October.

Sheen’s

The 1949-

these troughs, with only a pathway betweeri them. The cucumber department is under one glass roof that covers five acres

These concrete boxes are filled with washed screened pea-gravel. The nourishment for the plants comes from the countless miles of pipelines that flow through the

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about 30 chemicals to the water. ss a's» I WAS VERY pleased with the cucumber production. Big healthy vines were plowing up out of the gravel everywhere I turned.

of the leaves were 15 inches wide.

pickles, fat pickles,

green pickles, pickles everywhere.

this category,

shipment to any place in the 1450 W. 19th St., Far East. In hopes of establish- are so proud of their achieveing some kind of ‘a record, one ment they will gladly send you cucumber was left on the vine|their free brochure and fed vitamins until it weighed wrapper)

almost five pounds.

Has No Receiver

Button in Ear

Chicago, . Ill.—Deafened people are hailing a new device that They twined their’ way toward gives them clear hearing without the ceiling using bamboo slivers| making them wear a receiver for support. There were cucum-|button in the ear: ber vines all over the place. Some| joy songs, sermons, friendly companionship and business success There were big pickles, littlejwith no self-conscious feeling! skinny! that people are looking at any pickles, dark green pickles, light button

hanging on

Chicago

produce and the utilities involved. | Write Beltone today.

They now en-

their ear.' With the new invisible PhantoAfter a pickle gets tired of being mold<you may free yourself not, just a pickle, he extends himselt| only from deafness, into the cucumber class. Once in| even the appearance of deafness. he is liable for|The makers of Beltone, Dept. 40,

but from

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(in plain and explain how you |can test this amazing invisible The farm employs about 1000 device in the privacy of your own Japanese laborers to handle the {home without risking a penny.

will | lecture be-|

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» ” ” | I INQUIRED about the great| mob of coolies chopping up sod along the runway and was informed that in the summer of '49 the farm will have its first dirt farm; meaning the project will see if it can produce vegetables by using dirt. This and has been idle far 17; years. It has undergone all sorts of treatments and rejuvenations including injections of lime and potash. There will be 175 acres of dirt farming this spring along , with the 55 acres of water farming. Even during an ordinary; winter season, the hydro farm can produce a big portion of cucumbers, lettuce and radishes] needed for the occupation troops; in this area. In the summer time) they raise everytning from garlic,

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