4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Sept. 1957 Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS- Quarryville, Pa. Phone STerling 6-2132 Lancaster Phone Express 4-3047 Alfred C. Alspach Robert E. Best ... Robert G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins.. Subscription Rates: $2.00 Per Year Three Years $5.00; Per Copy Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879 With a Grain of Salt? WE HEARD A COUPLE of tales the past week that we thought were good enough to pass along Wayne Rentschler attended the annual meeting of the American Institute of Cooperation, held at Ft. Col -Ims, Colo He said that before he and his wife started the trip, he was prevailed upon to remove his fishing tackel from the car. The result —he had to pass up some of the best trout fishing in the country in the Rocky Mountains. Rentschler also claims that this was not a “honey dew” trip You know “Honey, do this,” and “Honey, do that ” Arhe Anderson, swine herdsman at Masonic Homes, was illustrating the jumping power of certain breeds of swine at a meeting of the county swine producers associa tion directors “You think they can’t jump,” he said. “I woke up one night at the Illinois State Fair with a 500 pound boar iSlobbering in my face And if you don’t think that’s a way to wake up quick, try it some time ” What Rent for Beef Animals? THE MAXIMUM RENT a beef animal should pay, and the m»st a farmer should spend on buildings, can be ,figured by a formula developed by USDA in cooperation , with Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station The formula allows for simple, one-story, open front shelter barns These are the most economical type mf buildings for sheltering beef animals Open areas are •well suited for removing manure as well as for bringing in ipower equipment and supplies Hay and bedding storage lis less expensive at ground level than in lofts, and storage •in horizontal silos is simpler and more economical than in vertical silos Nothing is included in bigness, uniform architec ture, and better appearance ARS agricultural economist ‘R N Van Arsdall says this should be charged to personal ipnde or advertising not to cattle i First step in determining rent per animal is to esti jinate the average gross return by substractmg original ,cost from sale cost If a 500-pound steer bought for 20 'cents a pound, or $lOO, sold at 23 cents a pound at the weight of 1.000 pounds, or $230, the gross is $l3O. 1 To figure the annual rent, take eight per cent of ■the gioss (This eight per cent represents the usual cost (of building rent m Midwest beef entei prises ) That "would ibe $lO 40 for the portion of annual gross income that jcould be alloted from each animal for use of the building l This figure ($lO 40 here) represents interest on in vestment, depreciation, repairs, maintenance, taxes, in surance, and miscellaneous expenses These costs (taking height per cent of gross income) usually total nine per cent tif the cost of buildings in the original investment \ To find what the maximum original investment /houlcl be, divide the annual rent by nine per cent Tn /this case, 810 40 divided by nine per cent is $ll6 the justified per animal for buildings This includes pSuch expenses as beefbarn with feed storage and yard paving The figuie represents the maximum allowable for buildings not necessarily the most economical Higuie The formula answer indicates the break-even point tanfl*#? u «-be used to prevent overspending f To deteimme the cost justified for buildings, multi ply the numbei of animals times the amount justified per animal With 40 animals (times $116), the total is $4,640. f The smallei the herd, the more difficult it is to build with in the cost indicated by the formula Economists warn that enors in estimating future income will be reflected m the estimate of how ffmuch should be spent for buildings Unusually high re lltuins horn beef animals do not always justify high mvest ument m buildings If gross income is usually $lOO, an p ,,n «al that has a $2OO gioss income should be figured as • when determining building expenditures A cow that ■ces a $2OO calf does not need twice as much housing *i that produces a calf worth 8100. STAFF Publisher Editor Advertising Director .Circulation Director BY JACK REICHARD 50 YEARS AGO (1907) In Minnesota a half century ago, it was a common thing for a family to have a fine chicken or turkey dinner at the expense of their neighbor A state law rela tive to poultry running at large provided that when fowl ventured off their owners’ premises and trespassed -on the property of another they may be considered as wild game and treated as such killed and eaten without the owner having any recourse at law. In other states, back in 1907 jr stai _., trespassing chickens could be kil led but not eaten GROUNDING WIRE FENCES F E Trigg, prominent writer on farm subjects a half century ago, advised farmers, to ground wire fences which inclosed pas tures in order to prevent the loss of livestock by lightning. Trigg explained this could be done by simply taking a short piece of wire, wrapping it about each of the two or three wires which constituted the fence, and" burying the end of he ground wire in the earth to a depth of from 18 to 24 inches directly be neath the fence Actual field tests proved that it was a rare case, where farm animals which had sought shelter under trees near a grounded wire fence during thunderstorms, had been killed by lightning. (Note This is still considered a good practice) HOW TO COOK ASPARAGUS How to cook asparagus and how not to cook it was a subject dis cussed among housewives and cooks in general a half century ago “Most folk cut the binders and allow the stalks to float around, in a vessel like derelict logs in a Maine freshet When served the tip are as mush, while the stalks are too hard for mastication This is criminal negligence Worse, it is criminal ignorance,” stated the New York Press The Press recommended plac ing the bunch of asparagus on end in watei two inches below its tips Then boil and boil and boil until the stalks became tender In the meantime the tips were cooked by steam The writer concluded “The stalk is quite as tender as the tip, yet by the old method of cooking most of the former is too hard for masucation by anything less powerful than a rock crusher ’ Labor Day Monday, September, 1907, in Lancaster County was observed by a general shutdown of all factories and a large picnic at Rocky Springs Park, sponsored by the Central Labor Union Spe cial features of the all day outing were the athletic sports At Marietta the day was ob served with a firemen’s parade, and at Denver the union cigai makers held a colorful parade. SHOT BIG CRANE 'Fred Boyd, near Oak Shade, lower Lancaster County, shot a huge crane back in September, 1907 The large wading bird mea sured 74 inches from tip to tip of wings, and stood 66 inches in height 25 Years Ago 25 YEARS AGO (1932) Seven parties had candidates loi U S President entered in the Pennsy Ivania general election In addition, candidates for othei, offices had filed under names of 15 parties including the two ma loi parties Candidates for President whose This Week* Lancaster Farming names appeared on the Pennsyl vania ballot in 1932 were Repub lican, Herbert Hoover, Washing ton, D C , Democrat, Franklin D Roosevelt, Albany, N Y., Prohibi tion, William D. Upshaw, former Georgia Congressman, Cociahst, Norman Thomas, New York; Job less, the Rev James R. Oox, Pitts burg; Industrialist, Verne L Reynolds, N. Y , Communist, Wil liam Z Foster, New York TAXLESS CITY? Residents of Chanute, Kans, boasted their s was a taxless city, back in 1932, which sounded too good to be true even in those days yet in a sense it was true. But as many so-called good things there was a catch to the Chanute claim which was of ut most importance Chanuters did pay taxes The only difference between them and other com munities the payments were not called taxes They were called water, gas and electric light rates. Instead of levying a direct property tax for the support of muncipal government the com missioners over-charged the users of muncipally owned electric light, gas and water services and used the surplus to pay municipal bills But the joKer in the system was that Chanute property owners re siding outside the city got all the Background Scripture. Jeremiah 36. Devotional Reading: 'Psalm 19 7-14 The Staff Lesson for September 8, 1957 ' I 'HERE is a lot of paper work in the Kingdom of God No doubt when the Kingdom comes in its final glory, paper work will not be needed any more But right now there are mountains of it Next time you are m the city where your denominational headquarters are, or youi Board of Missions, or the place where they put out your «jpP* r Sunday school lit- Ft eiature, just go «K in and introduce J to opeiate one denomination When famed missionary Schweit zer visited New York after-* the war, he went to the headquaiters of the church that had kept behind him while he was “orphaned” by the war, and he spoke especially to the office woikers He wanted them to know th,*lr the missionaiy on the field could not stay theie without these anonymous humble helpers back of him. Besides the Minister In laigei there is a staff of people besides the nnn istei No one man all by himself could possibly do anything but buzz aiound like a bee m a buo station, m a church where the membeiship i uns up near oi over the thousand mark Theie may be assistant min isters, each one peihaps with a particular specialty: secietanes, receptionists, a hostess, a secre tary of men’s woik, one for women’s woik, a minister of mus ic, a dnectoi of Cnustian educa tion.—all of these icgulai salaned people paid by the church There is a good Bible piecedent for all this The piophet Jeremiah had a scribe named Baruch, who wiote out Jeremiah’s sermons and helped him revise them after the original copy had been destroyed Baruch was not a prophet himself. benefits of city protection and im provement without paying a pen ny NEW LANC. S. A. HEAD The Lancaster Salvation Army had a newly appointed leader m Sept, 1932 He was Adjutant James Henderson, of Philadel phia Prior to Adjutant Hender son’s work in the “City of Broth erly Love”, he was in charge of Salvation Army work in the large mid-western cities of Dayton and Columbus, Ohio L. A. C. MOVED TO CURB RECKLESS DRIVING The Lancaster Automobile Club in a move to curb reckless driving on the streets and highways in Lancaster County, authorized a committee of 125 members to re port to the club’s headquarters every flagrant case of motor law violation they witnessed within the borders of Lancaster County. J. G Forney, chairman of the Club’s Safety Council, was named head of the crusade, but person nel of the general committee was -not made public. S Edward Gable, club presi dent, stated “First offenders will receive a warning from the Club. In cases of second and third of fenses, either legal action will fol low or the driver will be'reported to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles with the recommendation that his license be revoked” Other moves placed on record by the Club's Bbard of Directors at their Sept., 1932, meeting, call ed for new highway bridges at Witme r, east of Lancaster, and a new span across the Susquehanna River at a point midway between. Columbia and Conowxngo. He would probably never have been heard from, if he had not been Jeremiah’s secretary. On the other hand, some of Jeremiah’s most striking seimons would have perished if it had not been for Baruch’s faithful work putting them into written shape. We know too that Paul’s letter to the Ro mans was not actually penned by Paul but by a secretary named Tertius (Rom. 16-22) When Paul made a list of various kinds of “gifts” and gifted people in the chuich, he names “helpers” right along with healers and adminis trators (I Cor. 12:28)’. So from the beginning till now, the “staff” has been as much needed as the preacher Church Vocations Young people jn high school who are Chustians ought to know what the usual vocational counselor will not tell them (because not know ing): namely that there are many vocations open, wide open, where Chustians aie needed to serve God and man thi ough the Church, voca tions which ate not the mimstry of-picaching but aie mmistenes in their own light Especially is this hue on the mission field Right now there aie mission boaids call ing for teacheis, nurses, doctors, agucultui al specialists, dentists, in dustrial woikers, all over the woild. Heie at home—to name only one. ol these vocations—the ‘‘Director of Chustian Education” is a kind of job for which theie are not neaily as many trained woikers as the church needs. Dr. Foreman Volunteers Most churches, however, are small They cannot afford a stafT, they have double even in scrap ing up money for a janitor. In many such little churches the min ister is beating his head out trying to do all the choies himself be sides pleaching This Is where the volunteer woiker comes in We aie used to the idea of volunteer Sunday school teachers and choir singeis, why not a volunteer staff’ In most small chuiches you could find some one who could take dic tation and run a typewriter or mimeogiaph machine, some one to volunteer to dust the church early Sunday morning (a needed choi e often foi gotten); some one to ansvvei the minister’s phone and give him time for needed study or visiting Almost any church can have a good staff to help the pieacher,—they have the ability, all they need is the volunteers. (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education Na* tlonal Council of (he Churches of Christ in the USA Released by Community Press Service ) i * *
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