4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Tongue In Cheek About Surplusses This week we clipped the following editorial from a paper called “Indust rial News Review”. WHY NOT ? From National Review: “Tongue-in- Cheek Dept.: Bill submitted to con gress by New York publisher to auth orize the government to buy and store all overprintings of books from all publishers, at public expense. “Why not? And why not extend the law so that government will buy all unsold automobiles, radios, newspa pers and everything else that is pro duced in excess of demand? It certain ly makes as much sense as for the gov ernment to spend billions for farm sur passes for which there is no market.” WHY NOT, INDEED And why not authorize the govern ment to make it as easy for the farmer to control the weather and the produc tive ability of his crops and livestock as it is for the publisher to stop his presses when he has completed the terms of his contract with book distri butors. Why not make it as simple to har dest crops during severe weather con ditions as it is to put a roof over a printing press or automobile factory. Or make is as easy to store fresh milk until needed as it is to store a book or automobile.. We could go on and on, but you get the idea. We are disturbed that anyone would put such nonsense into print, even with the heading of Tongue-in- Cheek. We would certainly hope it was not done in seriousness. The whole point we would like to make is this: Farmers do occasianally come in for some very unfavorable publicity in urban periodicals, and most of it is totally unjustified. There was a time in this country when farmers were a majority of the population, and later on when they Educated Illiterates Dovld<on Are we becoming a nation Surveys of what little of educated iliterates? reading moit grade and high You can find-evidence lo school students do show a support an affirmative ans- marked decline in quality wer in almost any grade or and use of English prose, ev nigh school in the country, Gn lrorn the Horatio Alger as well as in many colleges and Frank Mernwell books and universities. popular with young folks a The evidence is in the generation ago. Much of the themes and other written reading now consists of corn work turned in by students. k°° ks and other just plain These, in the opinion of literary trash, many educators, represent a An Educator Speaks Out “high degree of iliteracy” The seriousness of the sor and a “basic lack of Know- ry situation in many schools ledge of the use of the Eng j was emphasized recently by Hsh language” Washington, D.' C, School At the root of this serious Superintendent Carl F. Han deficiency m our educational sen at a special meeting with system is an alarming de- English teachers in the Wash chne in reading by younger mgton schools; people Good books have al- The current level of stu -mosl disappeared from-many dent writing. Hansen told homes and have been replac- the teachers, falls far short ed by television programs of meeting the goal of educa that contribute almost noth- tion —the creation of an en ing to an understanding of lightened and literate citizen the proper use of the English ry. Too often, he said, corn language. positions turned in by stu dents are “poor m form, slovenly in organization and shallow in content” The low degree of profi ciency in writing, Hansen warned, if not improved, “threatens a -break-down in communication of thoughts and understanding” in all Even prose writers break phases of business.and social .into rhyme, life He urged that teachers Succulent - Juicy - sweet - place greater emphasis on and red - Ml th l nUm Sl and T allt % Hungrier words were never of themes in both grade and „ ai( j high schools, « e a noted * at . although shortcake, preserves, pie there are “gratifying except- and * ’ ‘ K ions,” most high school stu- . J , „ _ , dents who enter college are -^* n y one hungry? I know I “woefully deficient” in Eng- am ‘ hsh, a condition, he said Only one thing is my defeat, which “places a serious han- Who doesn’t pick - doesn’t dicap on them in all of their eat Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O 80-v 1',2! LanciMtr, Penna Offices - Til Pnkf .St Lam istd, Pinna - T i-'VHT Jack Own l>ijtor Uob<j t Ci CVimpbclJ, \<l\. j '■for i*. Pusim ss Manifrcr s^ta‘lishccT Vo\ ember 4 Ui'm Z?ubtislu d ovfj> by X--apcasccr Tai muif? h r, P l intend ns 2nd class mare it I. tncistc! pn under Act of Mai ® lS7 f i idditional entry at Mount *jr*\ f | Vlb i i]»l .on Jlltrv «•> jv r m ‘-merle t</pv* pr c^ r r n‘k *’T’ " " N - '«-.nni,r P’lVi^li ♦-ri , *,„ n i \, ltJon<l ] UcJHor la! A>so< latvon. THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson were no longer a majority, many city dwellers had had their origins on farms or were otherwise closely associated N with the country life. Today as never before the farmer needs to make |iis case strong to the urban dwellers. It is easy for the uniformed person to look at the budget of the. „ United States Department of Agriculture and imagine that the entire thing is going to the farmer in the form of handouts and never realize that the school lunch program, foreign aid, military kitchens and a host of other regulatory agencys which protect the nation’s food supply from unscrupulous-food processors and distributors take their share before any of it ever goes to benefit the farm er. Even then a large slice goes toward research to provide .better food and fiber for the consumer. We get a little tired of hearing a bout the aids to agriculture when al most any other segment of the econ omy you can name has come in for its share of subsidies—some of them for much more and for a rQjach longer time. . A recent release from the Univer sity of Delaware says, “By applying new .scientific facts and methods the farmer probably has done more than anyone to keep the costs of living from rising even higher.” The report continues, “Over the past ten years the various food items consumers buy ►based on figures of the USDA) increased by $243, but the far mer got only $3.00 of it.” Most of this is not news to any far mer, but it disturbs us to see such proposals in print, even when they are in only semi-seriousness. We have a strong case. We should present it to the consumer at every opportunity. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. studies.” Too many coUeges, Hansen said, are forced to teach English that should have been learned .in high schoo 1 . Too Little and Too Late A report on college stu dents last year showed th« percentage of low grades and failures was greater in Eng. li&h classes than in any oth er subject. It blamed high schools for poor preparation of the students. Hansen, a former English teacher, indicated agreement with that report. A study of 5,000 English papers turned in by Washington high school students in one month last fall showed, he said, these deficiencies: “In matters of style, in cluding such elecents as ma turity of thought ahdT sen tence structure, and qualities of fluency and purpose, much improvement is needed. “The students seemed to have little skill in organiza tion of thought in appropri ate structural relationships. Short, choppy sentences or indiscriminate coordination in run-on sentences were all too common. “There was little evidence that the students had learned (Turn to page 12) Rural Rhythms STRAWBERRIES ARE RIPE By: Carol Dean Huber Once again it’s Strawberry time! Bible Material: Matthew 7 1-12, Lulce 10 25-37.- - Devotional Beading: James 2.8-17. The Golden Rule Lesson lor June 5, 1960 VXTHXT IS THfi Bible driving ' ' at? Whatsis the essence of the Bible, what is it that can’t be thrown awsy.or left o.ut ? Jesus put the answer to'this pretty strongly once. He did not quote any verse from the Old Testament (his Bible). He gave a single sentence of lua own, and said “This Is the Law and the I’ropheta” He never. said as much about any other sentence. No wonder the Christian church hit on the name “Golden Rule” for this sentence Dr. Foreman which Jesus boldly identified with the Law and the Prophets. It is in deed golden But “rule” can be mis understood. Most rules are design ed to save people the trouble of thinking. Applying rules is a scien tific procedure.- But this- '-‘Golden Rule” is of such a nature that ap plying it is an art, not a science. So far from saving any one the trouble of' thinking, it demands thought. The Golden Rule, in the life of a stupid and selfish person, produces only a mess, and can do great ham. At least three things are neces sary in ordei to make the Golden Rule work. What is this Golden Rule? "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.” This is a challenge, first ol all, to intelligence. It is really a principle, not a rule. It does not tell you to do any particular act. II does not describe any particula t situation. It is open to being mis understood (as all wise sayings are) by the foolish and the stupid. What could We say of a man wha Would give his wife a shotgun just because he would like to have one ? Imagination" The Golden Rule calls for imag- Now is The Time . . . MAX SMITH TO KILL THOSE WEEDS — E\ ery e® should be made to kill weeds when they are small, " realize weather conditions have not permitted much of ft practice in the past month; however, weeds compete & moisture and plant food; every effort should be made kill them while they are small. TO USE AMINE FORM OF 2.4-D—The post emerge” spraying of corn (after it is up) is permitted corn is not to be fed for 30 days; many fields wil' be nee ing this spray due to recent rains. However, it is very ” portant that all spray operators be spre. they arc using “ amine form of 2,4-D and not the ester form Many ” r 0 are injured by the fumes or drift of the ‘ester foiw a great risk is taken when used at -this 'tim<f ot the y car TO MAKE HAY WITH COLOR AND LEAVES A difficult taks in the last three weeks but every efioi t sl'j* be taken to hold the green color and the leaves 8 a ‘ into a small window before the' top leaves in the swath dry and crisp will help keep them from shattering, * get it into a windrow over-night so the dew will n ot b out the green color Air.movement through the ' via will also help in the drying process. Fluffing or 1 when too dry will reduce the amount of leaves and feed value. TO SEED SUDANGRASS FOR SUMMER Many livestock producers have ample pasture now 1311 be short during July and August.'Sweet sudangra 33 ' is the vane ' r ' will make a maximum amount 0 quality • nasture on most farms Seeded dui‘ n ® June at the rate of 25 to 30 pounds per acre, this cr ® ( weeks tm - d give excenen. summer pasture } permit gra- ' until the growth is 16 to 18 inches stop grazing --' er-'a kHli-ng'fnrst in the fall. ination as well as the man who gavoi'N shotgun would tiv ( hls "I intoh lswl £e' S p, ac >1 If I weie my W if 0 .: present would I might remember that L” \ something about w an h bathroom cm lams q 1( l an even stronger Po ,’’J mation, he could think h of l her mind and g U e Sj -fN she had never so ‘ N tioned an extension to,. 3 a trip to her old hor no t l you would wish peopiel *! —if you were in so to them That is u, tls l mg of this rule the Sometimes it calls r I of imagination that in the future. Paients an V.°S need this greatly You c !„l imagine what this chill ,1 dent, wants you to do 1 wants you not to pu Ris v"J wants you not to requir. 1 of him. Now you cl n W?J do as he pleases without 1 hand agamst him, and thatl his down to the ground 1 years from now y oll __ a “1 may sorely wish you had J him good when spanW.ll some good Likewise the M can be easy on the c!sss-JI consequence that they I M S ing. Years later they mavl competition with those nil studied under ha r der-driv mf l ers Then they will wish ft.* had put on the screws. I The Christian Heart The Golden Rule calls fo thing beyond, or lather®* ing, intelligence and lmafl Its right use calls for the a heart, that is to say, t tune with the heait of k heart wherein dwells th e Spirit t a heart sensitive noli to the wants of others butt needs. Jesus himself gavei tration of this when the pa man was brought to him man’s four friends who 1 down through the icof Tt. thing Jesus said to him was sms are foigiven” Some would have cnticized Jesi ’hat. Where was any evuh( 'his man wanted hissmsfotj vVould his f i lends think a tm been played on them” Aft: cripple weighs just as much -mforgiven cripple, doesn’t 3ut our Lord knew what ft needed most of all was i( ness. Only a C!mst-hke hei see through \i ant to need <Ba«?ocl on outline*? ropufcl r iie Division of Clmsinn Fd National Cornu t) of tlic Chur Christ in <h«* IT S 1 iomjmmity X*iess Semcc) BT MAX SMITH TO SIDE-DRESS CORN—Aflex ueath conditions permit the planting o£ jo corn crop, and if no nitrogen was plow down on stalk ground, it will pay tosii dress corn when under 12 niches tall w a nitrogen fertilizer. This is especial true in ground of low fertility and win no manure was plowed down, from J 5 40 pounds of actual nitrogen per !C when the corn is small is recommend 1 for improved yields.
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