From: rertman@ix.netcom.com
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 08:40:56 PDT
Hi, folks:
I tried doing some searches on various internet search engines
for "American Agriculturist Protective Service" but didn't get
any hits. Maybe it was a local organization once upon a time?
Dick
patrick jankowiak wrote:
>
> I don't know about such official things, but in the 1930's-1950's,
> when the Texas Aggies did their now somewhat infamous bonfire, they
> would go into the countryside and steal an outhouse to put atop the
> stack of logs. In those days, just before the date of the bonfire,
> farmers (including my Grandfather) used to sit up at night with
> rocksalt-loaded shotguns to protect their outhouses from being stolen.
> Today, A&M keeps the tradition, but builds an (meticulously
> engineered, I am sure) outhouse to top off the fire instead of
> stealing one. Not because it's wrong to steal a man's crapper in the
> middle of the night, but probably because the selection of outhouses
> is rather small.
>
> m35products wrote:
> >
> > Under the seat of my recently acquired '56 Dodge Power Wagon I found a tin
> > sign that says "Member American Agriculturist Protective Service" The sign
> > is roughly the size of a license plate, and is dated 1942-43. Can anyone out
> > there in the heartland provide any info on this organization?
> >
> > I am involved in the security business and thought it might be interesting
> > to know what this was all about. Up until now, I figured that an
> > agricultural protective service included barbed wire, a loud dog and a
> > 12-gauge with rocksalt.
> >
>
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