4—Lancaster Farming, .Saturday, May 14, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - It’s An 111 Wind That Blows No Good It's an old saw but still sharp. “It’s an ill wind that blows no good”. We don’t have much sympathy for the people who find tune to complain about their misfortunes, but we have less compassion for those who can find occasion to complain about their good fuck. It reminds us of the complicated tale we heard as a boy about the old farmer who had more hay than his barn would hold. Instead of rejoicing in his good fortune, he sat down and bemoaned the fact that his barn was too small. He finally. prayed for a storm to come along to ruin the crop. Well he got the storm, but the rain just made the grass grow that.much more. Finally, in desperation he said. “Oh well, maybe I’ll die befgre har vest time anyway.” Perhaps this is just another examp le of the old contrast of the optimist and the pessimist, but 1 we -have seen so many examples of this thing recent ly, we feel farmers ought to stop and consider their situation. During the past few weeks we heard a poultryman complaining, about the commission he-had to pay for sell ing his birds through an auction sale He admitted on questioning that the increase ih price over what he norm ally get more than covered the cost of marketing, and in addition he got a guaranteed payment from bonded buy ers. It seems to us that this is an exam ple of complaining about the crop be ing too large. We heard also of a farmer who complained about the high cost of ma- ' ** f- D avldien Congressional farm ex- veloped by farmers them perts this week are re-writ- selves and then submitted to mg a long-range farm pro- Washington for approval. If gram which observers rate as approved by Congress it the favorite to replace pres- would be submitted to grow ent programs within the next ers for approval of rejection two or three years. in a reftrendum. The program was first of- The first step would be el cered in February by a ection of program drafting llca of (_[rv]6 group of 20 Democratic con- committees by growers of t gressmen representing every each commodity, such as __ _ _ Q. section of the country. They wheat, corn and cotton grow- inClcdScb 111 ra. called it “The Farm Family ers, dairymen, hog produc- Lime use in Pennsylvania Income Act of 1960.’” ers, etc. Each such commit- increased 7.7 per cent during Public hearings before the ee would work out o pro- 1959, the Bureau of Foods House Agriculture Commit- Sram for its particular com- and Chemistry of the State tee in March brought out a modity >. then submit it to the Department of Agriculture majority of farm experts Senate and House agricul reports. generally favorable to the ture committees Total lime tonnage in 1959 bills, although there was en- It would then go through W as 878,211 compared with ough criticism to cause the the usual congressional pro- 815,415 tons in 1958. These Committee to order them re- cedures of hearings and, fin- tonnages were compiled from written. ally, to the Senate and House affidavits received by the The bills, all identical or Rebate. If approved, the Bureau of Foods and Chemis place the emphasis just Secretary of Agriculture try from lime dealers. where the title implies on woldd su b mi t it to growers Agricultural limestone use MAKE GRASS SILAGE Two improving the net income of m a referendum accounted for 815,326 tons; MAX SMuri most common faults in making qi® family-owned and -operated A big advantage claimed hydrated lime for 39, 758 . grass silage is harvesting at too 1® farms. These make up four is that such a program, if tons;, burned lime, 17,573 maturity and putting it into the silo at too high a men out of every five of the three adopted, would immediately tons; slag, 2,826 tons; and content. With poor hay-making weather when the and a half million farms pro- end the costly and ineffective gypsum, marl and by-prod- (crop is ready to cut, the plan of putting part or ah °* ducing for markets. price support programs. uc ts, 2,728 tons. into the silo has some merit. Wilting of the new-cut f° rs Farmers' Choice Each farmer would assume Limestone adds calcium W il assist in reducing the seepage and help make a bet The big departure from responsibility for any sur- to the soil. High protein quality-feed. Many preservatives may boused with the fl present programs is that the Plus he might produce. plants are heavy users- of j j nrooer fermentation new program would be de- Bargaining Power calcium. insure proper fermentation A major purpose of the ' J ’ ' ,■ , "proposed legislation is to p I pr, .i , , TO PLANT SOYBEANS—Livestock* pmduceis that are P give farmers through their IxUrai iVnymmS ning to make soybean sh ould attempt to get the bt own organizations bargain- , , ~' ~ mg power in the market A FARM LIFE In the ground dunn « middle or late May; usually when comparable to that of organ- By Carol Dean Huber weather and ground is warm enough to plant corn i ized labor. ’ He wanted chance tQ be on also time to sow soybeans. The plan is to get the One way of accomplishing hlfi QWn be ready to harvest in August or-eariy September Phono _ - r.„on„„ Sfng“|?Lmen t £ <,U Scr* On hu own to rise or fall. stm Express 4-W47 those now in effect in many She wanted a home where * ...vj ' Ro!u rt G Ln campheu r , Advortisuu; f ruit > and vegetable everyone TO USE PRE-EMERGENCE SPRAYING OF CO ro-jeetoi a. Husimss Man.iiftr producing areas, which per- Could work for the good of control ox grasses and weeds on the row is dmW- Pubh^iKd hfd ei^ry e ™Saturday rr ’ by mits producers to adjust all. mechanical cultivation; however, with the use of A trl r-mca-ter Farming Lancaster, pa their production and sales to or Simazine, at planting tune and the use of Amine Pa 2 umiw“\c™of t demand at prices found to How could these two 0 f 2, 4-D in the spike stage at least over the row joy IB p, ‘ id ' , ' Uo,,lU cntp y at M'.nnt be “fair and reasonable” by dreams blend good results The recent fains'have given sufficient' aims. npMnn mtfs $2 par \p-ir, ? oynt , farmer - government In a life they both could ture to make these chemicals useful in the coming 2 " VmhMs p, l Xctspa. rTuiVi' Justification for bargaining a farm and ol Ranting. Contrary to an earlier report jljsj -i*mn is j i rstwspapt r I uhiisii- _ , _ . ® J mended that corn mav be with thp amine 11 ;rs As.oo, .non National cduoi- Power to increase farm income made a home „ .' . y f - . wim me ~ „ r ai Asfcocution i s argued on the basis of gov- That was good beyond com- a *ter emergmg providing it is not to be i<- - ~ ~ «»i * ernment reports showing the pare. ed for at least 30 days after treatment. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 Lancast cr, Pcnna Offices: 52 Xorth Duke St, Lancaster, Pcnna TfflS WEEK —ln Washingtoa With Clinton Davidson The Family Farm chinery he had to buy. Now every one knows that machinery Is high, and everyone knows that capital invest ment in farming is going higher and higher, but we are convinced that a farmer could eke out a living without the use of a great amount of machin ery. He would have to be willing to work hard for long hours every day and be satisfied with a standard of liv ing below that considered essential by most of us, but he would save the cost of high priced machinery. We believe that even though prices are high and we sometimes ‘get the feeling that we are on a financial treadmill, farmers today are living with more conveniences and luxuries than ever before. We do not mean to be painting a rosy picture to cover up some of the difficult phases of agricul ture, but we would like to suggest a little more satisfaction with the pro ductiveness of the crop and a little less complaining about the small size of the bam. - We often hear farmers say, people couldn’t live very long without food or clothing, and this is very true, but by the same token, if all manufactur ing plants were to close down, rural families would have to do without many things too. Even many manufac tured food products on the farm wife’s cupboard shelves would disappear. ■ The standard of living we enpoy today is costly, but the economy of each tied up with .another. The rain that spoils one picnic is helping pro duce food for another. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. average-income of farm fam ilies, including allowances for housing and home-pro duced foods, is only about half the national non-farm average. The objective would be “parity prices” for each com modity. Parity is a price con sidered fair to farmers in relation to prices , they, pay for the tilings they buy, such as automobiles, refrigerators, tractors, etc. Latest USDA figures show farm prices now average 80% of parity. Congress isn’t expected to pass the bills this year, but backers think they have a good chance of passage in 1961 or 1962. writer has seen~ ar . motives. A real Chu s ?° tc b (meaning: one wh o h'n, n ' semblance to Jesus pi, a c l«i he has the mind of Christ lives m him), off as peculiar. Once there was a Kentucky village who \va!,P from all other htUe bo\ 5 Bible Material: Matthew 5 10-16 13 31- ? W0 counts - He woi e „ 35; . he played tlie fiddle, rv l>©Totion»l Beading: PhiUpians 1 31-30. supposed to indulge ° U^°t , these till you were So all the other bov s ,„ an ' J t | this boy hve hard would yell as a dozen 0 7"' on him at once. "Hit w, ? the fiddle!” m Welcome, All l>sson for May 16, 1960 TT TAKES aU kinds of people „ TWs is not only a true. to make a world,” but some- f; parable of life In Qj" times we wish it didn’t Even good tear , and hate wi la * people get us down, sometimes. en “: j slot aU People show and a? for the people who are not a ? c lJ‘ ear ’ n °t all f ee i g u good—the robots and the rats, the of th ® people m Jeru sa i hypocrites and the hoodlums—it _ feared Jesus, wh o would be wonderful if we knew we standingly different f lO . didn’t have to bitterly that they coum worry with a one “Crucify him!” Ever sin of them any Christians have been unw more. a non-Christian society But here they y° u when ALL men ■=3p ea j ; are and here we you,” Jesus said (Luke 6 are, all intone everybody speaks w«n 0{ world. If you shows you have no real want to keep y° u appeal to too many clear away from kinds of people! Supp OS e 0 no-account peo- had tried to please eveiy t pie, you will just .. have to get out of this world. At ”* ,r,s ' ,an * Are Welcoitij least Paul found it so in his time All the same, and you o (1 Corinthians 5:9, 10), and it is. paradox if you hke— all t still true- Christiana do live- in. Christians are welcnm "society,” that is, m the great among those who can’t gatheration of mankind. The whole point of view. Jesus call human race are our cousins, and- lowers “salt” and “light l they seem to be on our doorstep— light operated by contac or we on theirs—most of the time, do Christians. Jesus assu Christians An Diffannt his people would make dir , , . tacts with the human wori Christians have always been out- them, even as he dld T rl , C3 ‘ ? Ve ? are seldom actively gral' eluding all the nominal Christiana for salt or llght / B ° t we make up scarcely more than when thev ar ■ Toft- ,n u.j (A nominal Christian has been de- food without salt Perhaps a f one who goes to church, tlansarewelcome „ or more precisely is dragged there, strongly -Christians a™ ’ onC Vt° be would come closer to the b P f J a seconc3tl ™ e Towns without Chi istians 1 nC *’, T terest TV fans, but vho i nil, V Wlt llve 111 one? No business H I I i- an t, are A Soing to send its best men whl™ U 1 . And ta the worst tows M when you do see a real Christian, ts tto gend t r there is one thmg sure: heis differ- to school jn th ]east ent. He just doesnt see things the part 3 0 f town Even peo wajr most people do. He doesn’t ne ver darken the doois of u H . e would not hke to live has a rather special approach to churches are . - the problems of living. He is so rare, the real Christian, that the (Based on ontlrnft Coptic advertising men, aiming at “mass ls man,” never appeal to Christians. Chiist m tiie it. s a it The motives' appealed to by most Commands Tress Service) advertising—judging by what this Now Is The Time . . . TO CLIP PASTURES The practice clipping tlie pasture area several tir during the summer is one that will u good dividends. The first clipping she be» when the grasses start to shoot hi and when the weeds begin to bloom, ually this will be the latter part of M: This clipping will help control weeds encourage new growth »V MAX SMITH
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