(ED NOTE Following is the speech ol Glenn Herr, auction manager of the Lancaster Poultry Exchange, which he de livered during that group’s celebration of their fourth anniversary of activities in the county While his remark’s are directed at poultry producers and members of the poul try industry in Lancaster County, in regard to their maiketmg agency it is our opin ion that Mr. Herr’s statements stand in re gard to manv other farmer organizations His remarks are offered LANCASTER FARMING readers in the hope they will produce some seiious thinking on your part For if farmers do not organize to pro \ ide and protect their own free markets who will 7 ) We have been receiving congratula tions and praise from others which is greatly appreciated We have been patting ourselves on the back, which I think is justifiable, to some limited extent. I am glad to have been a part of the success the Exchange has experienced to date. How ever, we dare not allow ourselves to be carried away with success Remember the story of Nero and Rome For we must leiiiember that there are those of our as sociates who do not view the Exchange functions in -the same light as we do. ( There has been ever-present, since our beginning, some under-current opposition to our activities But only recently this op position has struck out in force with some “truths and some tales”, that have influ enced a few growers to abandon the sale as a means of disposing of their poultry Biit whether thev used the sale as the actual tool of selling or not They did use it as a tool in determining the paying price I can't help but question how' many of the growers who do not use the Exchange would “hollei” if theie was no local aver age price established by w hich to sell their poultiy This business of opeiatmg the Poultiy Exchange is not a job for only Clara, Claude, myself and a board of directors w e can't do a thing if we don’t have poultry to sell and the support of the growers By the same token, we can’t do a thing with out the support of our buyers. It is you, the growers, who ultimately detei mine the degree of success or failure of the ‘Lancaster Poultry Exchange ” If vou aie at all m sympathy or har mony with our auction selling idea, won’t \ ou take an active part in establishing the market Won’t more of you growers con sider helping to MAKE the market, instead of just ACCEPTING it. IfijfefJl WASHINGTON RED INK 2 Davidson *■ wo Ameiicans ha\e become chs costs the Tieasury Depaitment tielsingh blase about the late S 7 3 billion a \ear to pay the at jvhich the Fecleial govemmenl mteiest on the debt J-- spending 0111 mone\ and sink- Congress eithei appropuatcd 01 us'cleepei and decpei into deot authoiued 579 2 billion to be A statement bv the Bui can ol spent this fiscal vear b> Fedcial the' Budget that Fedcial spend agencies That is Sl2 2 billion mg this veai will exceed income moie than estimated tax collac b\ moie than a billion clollais a lions ol 567 billion molilh caused no moie than a “The rccoi d peacetime deficit is . ~ mild apple ol public mtciesl m shaj . p contrast with the official A S ucuuule DriTrr , Tl Mauucc II Stans, Dnccloi ol estimate last Januarj that the Thc Post ofrice Dc P a ilment, TO BE ROUGH ON RODENTS Coldei weathoi tlv Budget tcII- us that Uncle go\ eminent would end this fiscal despite mcieased mail lates, ex- 1 is appicaching which means that mice and rats Sam I- spending at a peacetime vodl w ,th a ‘net sin plus’ ol $5OO pects to spend $735 million more ings this moblem existsonmnTfaVm l^ ft!" about \ he fa ™ build iccoid late and that bv the end ml ]] I0 „ , n income ovei oul-o .u * „ f pl ° , GXlsl " ° n m ° bt fa ims and the first step is to clean ol this fiscal Mai the public debt V ° than lt collects 111 stam P sales up the suiroundmgs and have few, if any, places loi them to harbor v ill reach a new all tunc iccoid Stans C )P ains Ulls “ mis ' That is due to thc increase in Junk Piles boxes leecl bags stone piles, stone walls without mortar o' $ 2?/> billion h T", ( ' st | nldt( ' ln P° int / ng OU . I wages voted postal employes by should bo’cnnsin' h J de and nest Corn cro P s ancl gram bins , , co -„ , that (li Congiess okayed spend _ should be constructed with tin or wue mesh to ureveni ihe rnrlonk c.icTn-imn w onAVin'd diikl— lns{ S 5 3 bl,llon mole ,han Was oo "« U ' ss Ml Stans explains Irom getting to the giam Rat poisons may be used but clean sur jivs in lulci il tlxes cuhci di bIKl S° tC(l atl(i (2) tax collections Olhei mcieascs ovei last yeai loundmgs and latpiool stiuctures aie more impoitant mrhroct^sh!nm„n now au ‘ cvpecled to tall $7 4 include $225 million loi Health „ vill spend $420 40 dm in-"the bllllon below lhe oarlici estimate education and Welfare Depait- T 0 Gl y E SPEGI^ L C^ RE T 0 CALVES Young calves are very im , p . , Whcie Vom Moncv Goes ment public assistance giants ancl P° llan^lll Ibe futuie ol any dairy held With improved bleeding and ' K J 'ibe biggest slice ol vom tax reseaich $199 million moie for mana g eme nt Practices it is also impoitant to do a good iob with the dollui as well as the inciease in the E'poit-Impoit Bank $225 ialsin “ oi fbese Inline held replacements The calves should have a fb'bl goes loi items undei the million foi suiplus sales of fann £ °an waim place fiee ol drafts and some winter sunshine if soui shall ol lhe lidual gcneial heading ol national de- products, and $92 million for the P ' S , Individual calf pans are giving good results The daik übl bv next June 30 will amount fensL . Defense spending will set newlv authon/ed Small Business u 0 01 }t' n oarn 01 tl( ! d 111 the ieecl 01 llUcr alJ ev is not d good to a .eco.d total ol $1 645 That a peacetime iccoid ol $4O 8 bil Adm.n.stiat.on loan p.og.am h ° mC ,M the aiow.mg calf di'b, 'and I .', Tin rrsi 1 on the national debt T^ )N T F i VFREE DA ™- Wheat growe,sa.e reminded ci-«omilmg to 542 50 a vcai II U,ll ‘' * dS dn ddded M *°J cld] spcndin - 01 the Public conditions the ciop should get off lo a good start Dual wheal is the billion ior the Depai Iment ol cicnu onlv vauely that can be sowed caiher without danger of fly trouble. 'i ou Owe* 5i,645, A Farmer Speaks <++******< THIS WEEK —la Washington Wit/i Clinton Davidson This is a big job making a success of an operation like this All of us find the day too short, your directors are busy men, hence only so much time can be spent on auction activities, so those of you who believe in the auction do a little mission ary work whenever you get the chance you will be doing yourself and others a big favor We have a good group of buyers parti cipating here and if I were to ask any of them for the main criticism of our auction, the number one reply would be that we do not have enough birds listed, and I agree. Because of this situation, I am the last to censure them for trying to buy privately, because if a grower is going to sell pri vately, someone has to buy his birds Therefore, each and every- buyer should have the opportunity to try for his birds and then we have the same vicious rat race all over again. These buyers are good men and all bonded They have supported us in the past and will continue to do so Their de cision to support us in the future lies not so much with themselves as it does with we growers. After all, the poultry is ours, we are the first in the line of production and marketing It is our decision first Let’s not have a “tobacco selling” condition in our poultry industry Let’s have open and free competition I sell broilers three times a year: how can I match wits as an independent with all these friends of mine who are at their trade six days a week 52 weeks a year It seems to be a much fairer match to let them match wits with each other In closing, let me say this: The money I spend as a listing fee, I consider as bring ing the best returns of my whole broiler operation It not only insures me of “Bond ed-money-return” for my poultry it as suies me of the fairest and best price for my quality of poultry on the day I decide and not the dav a buyer tries to tell me to sell Think of what the Exchange and Clara’s market reports through the press are doing for you Think of what bi oiler promotion through the Exchange and the Association is doing for you And now, think again, think of what you can do for yourself and for the industry Again let me thank those of you who have supported us in the past stay with us for the future and I ask those of you who haven’t been with us to reconsider If you are on the fence fall off our way, give our method a try We will do every thing in our power to make you a satis fied Exchange customer Lancaster Farming Lancaster Countj’s Own Farm Weekly Allied C Alspach, Publisher, Dan McGrew, Editor, Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director, Robert J Wiggins, Circulation Director Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS, Quarry idle, Pa -- Phone STerlmg 6-2112 or Lancaster, Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa, iwler Act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rates- $2 per year, three years 55, Single copy Price 5 cents. Express 4-3047, 4 Lancaster Farming, Friday, September 26, 1958 Bibl* Material: Amo 1 ! 7 7-9, Isaiah 1 10- 20 Micah 2.1- Q „ 6-1; Matthew 7 i 5-27, 25 31-46 Darotional Beading: Psalm 37:1-11. Final Verdict Lesson for September 28, 1958 ONE THING the Bible teaches quite plainly: God is the final court of appeal, his is the final verdict. This is true in two ways. First, only God’s judgment is final, because all other judgments are partial, they are based on a comparatively ignorant point of view. We never see the inside of people, or not very clearly at best. We cannot even examine our own mind'- and hearts with any accuracy We are ignorant, moreover, of many of the cir- Dr. Foreman cumstances surrounding or lead ing up to the acts of other people. Only God knows man inside and out, only God knows the “intents of the heart”, only God knows all the circumstances leading up to men’s decisions. In another sense God’s verdict is final, because it will be the last one. After all a man’s friends and enemies have had their say, after history has enshrined him, blasted him or forgotten him, God will have the last word. Not man’s opinion of himself, not other men’s opinion of him, is finally decisive. Every man’s destiny depends, in the long run, on what God thinks of him Justice comes first The great prophets, and our Lord who was “more than a prophet,” bring this home to every body with a working conscience. Amos had his vision of God test ing the walls men have built, with ms own plumb line, ready to tear down every wall not meeting the test, Isaiah tells his church-going city that God has no use for any religious thing they do, because they have beeij, content with in justice. The first thing to do is to "seek justice.” Micah pro nounces the doom of God on those who make themselves rich by ★★★ ★ ★ Now Is The Time . . . By MAX SMITH County Agricultural Agent ■v.,% m making others poor Jesus in his great prevision of the Last Judg ment, divides men right and left on the basis of how they have treated their fellow-men, especial ly their fellow-men in distress. And then there is the Sermon on the Mount People argue over this and try to by-pass it, in many ways They debate over whether it is a practical ideal or not The fact is, Jesus presents it as God's way of life for man The Golden Rule, for example, Jesus’ princi ple of justice in one shoit sentence (Matt 7:12), is not just a nice idea if you can do it it is a rock in life's foundation. Build on my sayings. Jesus says, in effect, and your house will stand the storm. Pay no attention, or memorise them if you like—just listen and don’t do, and the great storms will bring your house of life to cureless rum. Justice is not optional Every one agrees that it takes all kinds of Christians to make the Kingdom of God A Christian can serve God and men in various ways It is by no means necessary for all Christians to be ministers, or to enter politics, or to be pro fessional men A good Christian dish-washer—if that is the most he can do with the mind he has— is just as faithful a Christian aa a good Christian governor of a state But there Is one thing that is not optional, not an extra that a Chustian can take on as a hobby if he likes, but an absolute essen tial: justice. We have seen in these past weeks that the Bible idea of justice is not confined to the courtroom (though it is there, of course). Treating people-as you would wish to be tieated, seeking the good of others as if it were your own: this is justice, in the home and everywhere This is the ABC of living as a Christian. Justice Comes Last So it should not be surprising, thouh Jesus hmted more than once that a good many people will be surprised—it should not be sur prising that at the last, when God sums up the case and his his final verdict, he will judge (I Peter 1: 17) “each one impartially accord ing to his deeds.” And since it ist very hard to perform any 'act whatever without-affecting other people, this means that -after alii other judgments are in, God’s last judgment of each -of ns will be! based on that question: How did you treat people? (Baled on outlines eop-yriehtod by) the Division of Christian Xdnoatlonj National Council of the Churches of Christ in tha C. S. A. Xeleased H ; Community Press flsrrlss.) TO STOCK PONDS WITH BLUEGILLS Farm Pond owners who have built new ponds or plan to i e-stock their fish population this year might consider the lemaming part of September as a good time to put in blucgill sunfish, if these fish are put into the ponds during late August or September, they will not have time to spawn this year and therefoie, will not over-populate the pond the first year Largemouth bass may be put into the pond at any lime dining the growing sea son and usually will not spawn until the second year alter stocking
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