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: At Least 30 Years Old
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1 Most American homes—and farm
'homes in particular—were erected
more than a quarter of a century
ago.
Nearly 23,000,000 of the estimated
42,000,000' homes in the nation are
at least 30 years old. Millions of
these older homes are in need of
modernization and repair.
The expected cutback in new
home construction as a result of
Remodeling of this previously
unused bam provided much
needed space for livestock and
hay storage and at the same
time improved the over-all ap¬
pearance of the farm property
and increased its value. The
eompleted barn (bottom) with
new asphalt shingle roof, new
siding and other alterations,
contrasts sharply with the di¬
lapidated structure (above) as
it appeared before start of the
work. Here’s proof that re¬
modeling pays when the struc¬
ture of an old building is basi¬
cally sound.
credit restrictions and other con¬
trols stemming from the defense
program will make materials, such
as asphalt roofing, siding, insula¬
tion and paints available to meet
the pent-up demands for moderniza¬
tion and repairs on the farms of the
nation.
Farm Families Know Type
Of Home They Will Build
Farm families know the type of
house they want to have if, and
when, they build. But building is
more a question of “when” than
“if”, according to a recent survey
of 12 north-central states.
Approximately nine hundred
families took part in the survey.
They were selected to give a cross
section of the wants and desires of
2,270,000 farm families living in Ill¬
inois, Indiana, Kansas, Iowa, Mich¬
igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne¬
braska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota and Wisconsin.
A one^story house with six or
seven rooms, a sloping roof and
central heating was first choice.
The house must have one or more
porches, a spare bedroom, a base¬
ment or cellar, coat closet on the
first floor, a separate dining room,
first floor workroom, and a drive
so planned in relation to the house
that callers will come to the front
door.
Most families wanted to have a
dining area in the kitchen, but
many of them wanted an additional
dining room which could accom¬
modate six or more persons.
‘Farming’ Coach 1
Adolph Rupp, coach of the na- '
tional champion University of
Kentucky basketball team,
studies his crop of hereford heif¬
ers with the same sharp eyes
that he looks over a freshman
basketball player reporting for
his first practice. In his pro¬
gram to improve his hereford
herd, the ‘farming’ coach will
keep most of the heifers on his
first team providing they de¬
velop as expected.
New Jersey Farm Prices
Behind National Average
New Jersey farmers have gained
less from increasing prices than
have the nation’s farmers, accord¬
ing to Rutgers University agricul¬
tural economists.
Farm prices in the state have
increased 13 per cent since the start
of the Korean war compared to 26
per cent for the nation as a whole.
Most important New Jersey com¬
modities are milk, eggs, fruits and
vegetables.
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Two Psychologists Claim
Alcoholism Starts Early
Alcoholism has its seeds in early
childhood, according to two Uni¬
versity of Denver psychologists. E.
Ellis Graham and Robert Parks.
The educators said that persons
suffering from compulsive drink¬
ing often are those who are unable
to untie themselves from their
mother’s apron strings. A feeling of
dependency of this sort, they
hastened to add, could stem from
lack of parental affection during
early years, parental rejection of
the child, or other causes.
Alcoholics typically yearn for
self-gratification on an infantile
level, Graham and Parks pointed
out. And one of the ways they can
attain gratification as adults is
through drinking.
The pair stressed that true alco¬
holics are persons who are emo¬
tionally immature and mentally
ill. Consequently m amount of nag¬
ging can be expected to work as a
“cure”. Many persons who drink
excessively do so in part to escape
from tension generated by lack of
self-understanding.
People should realize that alco¬
holism is a result of personality or
emotional problems—conflicts ■ and
tensions which the individual tries
to resolve through drinking. The
psychologists warned against well
meaning efforts toward “home
made” cures, and recommended
prompt professional help for the
alcoholic.
