4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 7. 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Don’t Be The First Or The Last One of Alexander Pope’s quatrains cautions, “Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yefthe last to lay the old aside.” In the mail this week we received .an article frdm a Midwestern Univer sity extolling the virtues of a chemic al weed killer. The article entitled “2, 4-D is Still a Good Weed Killer” ex plained that while some of the newer chemicals will give better control of specific plants in specific situations, the old standbys which have stood the test of time are still capable of doing a good job. A farmer told us recently, “We have a practical farm here. We don’t do too much experimenting, but we try to keep up with the.. proven ad vances.” y Sometimes .we are so impressed with the advances of modern science, we are tempted to experiment with any new product or process that comes down the road. We see the im- proved new chemicals and varieties of crops and we realize what a giant step ift agricultural production has been ac complished in the past few years. So manv pew and improved things are available that we sometimes get the idea that everything new must be bet ter than the thing that preceeded it. This is not "always true. Many of the old strains of field crops have been around for many years. New varieties and strains have come upon the hori .zon and looked excellent in pilot stud ies and the first few years of general . production. After several years, how ever, some of'the strains begin to show that worp not readily ap pearant in the experimental plots. ._s with-crops, new ideas in meth- ods sometimes do not work out as well as first performances would indicate. .One poultryman of our acquaintance has what he calls his “Museum of Mis takes”. Whenever a new method or piece of equipment is proposed, he goes to a shed on his farm where he has a piece of all the discarded equip ment that has come and gone in his operation over a great many years. ‘‘Most of the time,” he says, “I have THIS WEEK i: —ln Washington nwld * c n Across the country from 'Florida to California some 200,000 families have begun their annual trek northward in search of seasonal employ ment on farms. They are Am erican nomads who “m 3 low the crops.” Their advance agents have gone ahead to bargain with tanners on wages and to conti act for their employ ment Most of them will work in orchards and on truck farms where the pay will depend on the number of bushe s or pounds of fruit or vegetables they harvest Earnings will vary 'ora a Lancaster Farming Cancastcp C<" Own Farm Weekly P O Bov 1524 Loncasbr, Pcnna Offices; 54 North Duke St Bima'itn, Pinna s?ho- T nnr EXpnss 4- 3.017 T &n\r f)u * rv F Robert G Campbell, Advertising J> rector A Manager Esta' lished November 4. ITO ■puhhslucl owrj -Siturda> by Farming r, Pa. Entered ns 2nd class matte*' at T>an *-t*r ?> under Act of Mar 54 187<} addition tl euliy at Mount OV Pi Subscription Hates 12 per tin *• v *j, Single copj i’fii' 5o n s -MV mix rs Pa Nhwspijxr Pnbhsb <rs* Aswntion. National LdHoi .ol Association With Clinton Davidson * > Migratory Workers ii few dollars to as much as $l5 or $2O a day, depending on the effort and skill of the worker. Housing accomoda tions, too, will vary from shacks to temporary homes with all modern convenienc es. Because the amount of work, and their skill, varies so widely Congress has nev er seen fit to set a minimum wage for migratory farm workers It has, in fact, ex empted them from the mini mum wage and hours laws that apply to industrial workers. Administrative Ruling For many years the labor unions have sought unsuc cessfully to organize the mi gratory workers into unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO and other industrial organi zations. Equally unsuccessful have been union efforts to per suade Congress to pass mini mum wages and maximum hour laws for migratory farm workers. Then, last fall, Secretary of Labor James Mitchell issued an “execu tive ruling” giving his de partment jurisdiction over wages, housing and payment of transportation of migra tory farm workers placed through the U S Employ ment Service Over the protest of most tried some variation* of the equipment and found it does not work in my op eration.” Recently a researcher told a group of dairymen they had been wrong in following the advice of researchers on the feeding of dry cows. He said re cent tests indicate what dry cows need is not higher energy feed, as all nutri tionists •yvere-saying until only recent ly, but a higher protein feed. Feeding a high energy fitting ration to dry cows has been an accepted practice for several years. Now University re searchers are saying we were wrong all along. Most of us can remember when the national magazineswere predicting the day (not too far distant) when the United States would be free of the house fly forever. That was in the first days of DDT—before the house fly built up an immunity to the chemical. Most Jntelligent people now believe that'it is almost-.an impossibility to completely destroy a species, but not many years ago well-meaning writers were predicting the eradication of sev eral pests in very short order. On the other side of the question are the people who do not accept any thing that looks like an advancement or improvement;- - * - We believe that we in America could not now enjoy the standard of living to which we have accustomed ourselves without the aid of'the mod ern chemicals and labor saving devices provided by science. Most of us would be unwilling to accept produce and nmducts of the quality offered by the farmer of 50 or even £5 years ago. An entomologist froip The Pennsyl vania State University said, v recently, “Only 20 years ago we thought that we were doing pretty well if-not more than 30 per cent of the apples in a pack were wormy. Now you couldn’t sell apples that bad.” To paraphrase Pope, there are two ideas we can get along without. One says, “This is new; it must be good.” The other says, “This is old, therefore it must be good.” At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. farm organizations and many congressmen the order be came effective this year. They charged that it estab lished a precedent of usur pation of congressional" pre rogatives by an administra tive agency. Secretary Mitchell claim ed, and the U. S. Attorney General supported him, that the 1933 law creating the "Ur S.'Employment Service gave the Secretary of Labor auth ority “to make such . rules and regulations as niay be necessary” to protect the in terest of workers. Constitutional Question The order states that far mers who obtain workers through the USES must “pay prevailing wages as de lermined by the USES, pro- m vide minimum;, standards of TO UTILIZE EXCESS PASTURE-^ housing, and? ’ pay workers’ livestock producers have an transportation from and pasture at this time of the year;" it is suggested that cess area * 3e * ence d off and the forage cut cithci Ior ever that is the common practice in the area ” - silage foi made into hay. This crop may do far i« ul Mitchell claims that the this summer in dry weather than to permit the ea ® 1933 iaw gives him power it down 'oy inference to regulate wages and other" farm em- „ Aiispr pioyment conditions, al- TO BE CAREFUL WITH SPRAY MATERIALS-? 111 ' (Turn to page 5) materials shou’d be regarded with great care and u ' _ _ identify each material if not returned to the oiig inal Rural Rhythms tamer. When used on the wrongcrop, or mUm ' vron^ r J ition, most spray materials will damage if not IUIII HOME COOKING _ ’ , . .... .. . and By: Carol Dean Huber Empty containers should be handled carefum ■Mother’s can cupboard was away from children and all livestock always full Of vegetables, fruit and TO USE CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL IN cOpN^J planting time is at hand and most weeds mav be c ° n . • ill3t * by usmg chemicals as a pre-emergence spia>, viding sufficient soil moisture is present At P latl No TV dinners of precooked both Atrazine or Simazine are recommended as J° o{ i foods emergence weed sprays;-in the spike stage the Were ever on her table, amine form of 2,4-D (1 to IV2 pounds pei rt rc ) ' f But good home cooking, and ..a pos l we ate pretty good results. Corn should not be spi 3' tur As much as we were able, ence this year. meat, And on her table was lots and lots of all good tilings to eat. Treating Enemies Wiiin If you are the sou 0J ' enjoys a fight foi the? Bible Material- Matthew 59, 21 25, 38- if you like to malt. “ £l 48 Mark 10 35-45. . „ K * a to* Uerotionml Beading: Mlcah 4 1-5. seems to you a sissy. then you are not a Ch” Peacemakers Lesson for May 8, 1060 WAR OR PEACE? The issue cannot be debated any more as it used to be. Once upon a time statesmen of great nations, and boys and girls m school, and coun try people in town of a Saturday night, could talk it over; Is war, or is peace, the -best way out of our troubles? Nowa- days those who know the facts of tins atomic age know that the next war is the last war, that any war means sm- cide for both sides. War is the death-way out of our troubles. Corpses have no further worries. Their quarrels are over. Peace may not, and will not, put an end to our troubles; but it will leave us alive to struggle with them. What About Oar Enomits “Blessed are the peacemakers” sounded wonderful in the ears of those who heard Jesus say it; it sounds wonderful today. We wish we knew where the peacemakers are, so that we could give them welcome. We wish we knew how ihey do it—it often lopks so hope less to us. For "peacemaker” in the year One was thoughtTo mean one who could think out a better way of living than by war. In this dread ful year Nineteen Sixty a peace maker, if such can be found, is one who can show us how to k§pp on living at all. Let us say only one thing about international peace or war. About the least we could,hope for would be not beat the state's drums; that the church would speak up as clearly as scien tists and others outside the church have spoken, about the extraordi nary danger and folly of depend ing on H-bombs for safety; and that the church would not let it continue to appear that peace is talked-up, and wished for, only by those on the far side of the iron Now Is The Time . .. TO INSPECT THOSE LIGHTNING Bd —The thunder storm sea'on is at & 1 and real estate owners are urged to spect the lightning rods now early w 1 season Owners should be sure that rods and ground cables are properly d nected at all points and that the Sf® pipe or wire is down into moist soil i rods are of little value unless pro? 0 grounded. curtain. Let us come down t. lems we can do more 0 ? 1 spoke of hostilities, t| la 7 whether their countu, ” or not He spoke of mies. What shall \ Ve g:m with. No use talkJ? you join the Christ,aJJ leally want to lw o at J has the way to u i*** shocking: sentence uZ ENEMIES. “ How can this be a* makes some suggest,, some gmdeposts He lease us fiom ha\ i ng . a great deal by ouic e i Ve ! tells us to take the you wait for your enej the first move you m a , ' ever. It is not cowaidb lo make the first gesfe.l peace. 1 Peace with your most important p loJect have. Jesus makes a stnlt tiation of tliis. Su ppos< in the very act of offer,, at the altar of God, and moment it occurs to youf one has something agin Getting straight with to is then the most imports in your life, more import, even worship Leave the, our Lord, leave the alti temple, the place of p l4 j, leconcilcd to your broil) then you arc free to wot* Dr. Foreman The Church As Peacaaulu Jesus said more, and the is invited to look this up ( 5 and Mark 10 and sesi actually said. It all sums up Treat your enemies as js wish'to he treated, tieatji mies as if they were your! do for them acts of huniblj with patience Can the church help mi It is the shame of the eta although she is in a good; to help local quairels get, and to say something aU national lelations (fordid Lord is called the Princed and the 'ehuich is the -oil, international organization woxld), she is too often si powerless m the face of i quarrels and intemal'oal (Brscd on onll no*! oopjrtf \q Dni'iimi (1 Christian El ,«r.oonal (c.muil of the Cte Ci»nst in tho I S A Jl’r« •»> kcr»uc) : BY MAX SMITH
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