4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 23, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND ■ I’m a coward Lots of things give me the creeps Things like taking a chance of getting a hand cut off in or der to save the fifteen seconds it would take to shut off the tractor engine for instance. I’m a coward about such things as climbing ladders with rotten rungs or stairs with missing steps, and a fork lying in the barn floor with the tines pointing up at me just makes me shiv er. I’m a coward, too, when it comes to. kids riding on the tractor. I know it is hai'd to refuse the li + li° ones when they beg daddy to let them climb up beside me seat, but i’m cowardly en ough to think dad ought to refuse. The old wheeze, “It’s better to be safe than sorry,,” might sound trite to most of ns but to +1 families crav ing the loss of a little one under the wheels ot some piece ot larm machin ery, the old saying makes a lot of sense. By' and large, the soil sonservaton ists have done a marvelous job of sell ing the farmer on the idea that it is good economy to use his resources wisely. The same thing can be said for the foresters, water conservationists, livestock, conservation organizations, wildlife conservationists and other na tural resource protectors. It is ironic that such a poor job has been done in the conservation of our most precious resource. The human re sources of this country are being wast ed in a way we would not allow some of our natural resources to be wasted. Each year many thousands of farm people are killed or maimed for life in accidents which easily could have been avoided. All too often these accidents occur because someone who knew bet ter took a chance on an unsafe practice or allowed someone who did not know better to handle complicated machin ery. Each year the coming of corn pick er season fills the safety experts with a < > & mm I [ onwlrf « e n Wheat growers in 39 states In which the bread grain is grown for market vote this week to continue a program -hat is, admittedly, a costly cai l ure Congress and the Adminis tration, in their inability to agree on a more sensible pro gram, left farmers little al ternative but to continue ad ding to a supply that has reached 2Va billion bushels. Wheat growers and farm organizations asked Congress tor a change in the law to permit a substantial reduc tion in acreage in order to nnng production into bal ance with demand, but no agreement was reached after months of hearings and dis cussions. By the time the combines Lancaster Farming Lam aster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box r>24 Phi ciski, nna Offices \oilh PnKe St I J iM<ast«i f pinna Phone - Lnrristrr Express 4-0017 terv 0< n 1M tor Robert a Cam pin 11, Advutismg l> 11 olor Husiniss Manager Esl i 1 li ,In <3 Nnumhtr 4 195) Pub i*-h' d t\( r\ -Svtunliy by I-.inca'.tPr rirrnin*! L. inca*-t< r. Pa Pntt-cd a<- 2nd cl ias matter at Ia no -.tor, Pa under Act of JU- R ’«"<i additional (ntij. at Mount lov Pa Subamplion Ratr® *2 per mar, 4bne ), Sinslo tops Fmcl tv n l^ Mend) = Pi \'i« iinpi r Pnb'ivb era’ ' ■-> 1 Mon National Editoi iil \'-sociition It’s Better ►#*########*#* THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson % Wheat Referendum il have completed the 1960 har vest we will have enough wheat to meet all our needs, other than exports, for the next four years, even if an other bushel were not grown before 1964. The Alternatives The vote is between con tinuing marketing quotas and rejecting them for the 1961 crop. The final tally is ex pected to show more than 90% of the growers in favor of continuing quotas. Only about one out of ev ery three growers are per mitted under the law to vote m the referendum those who plant more than fifteen acres in wheat. A “yes” vote on quotas will mean price supports at not less than 75% of parity (about $1,78 a bu) for grow ers who plant within their acreage allotment for the ’6l harvest The law provides a minimum national wheat al lotment of 55 million acres. Any grower exceeding his allotment will be subject to a fine of about $1 10 a bushel on his excess production and, xn addition, will be denied price supports on all wheat grown on the farm. A “no” vote would mean no marketing quotas or pen alties, but price supports at 50 percent o" parity (about $1.20 a bu) for those who continue to plant within their acreage allotment. Placing the Blame You will hear lots of cam paign talk about who is to To Be Safe dread, because they know the. statis tics will show that all’too many farm ers will gamble to save a minute and lose a limb, or perhaps a life- There is an old story about the far mer who was kicked by a mule. When the hospital attendant asked how the accident happened, the farmer said, “It wasn’t no accident. The critter meant to do it.” The horse, once one of the greatest hazards on the farm, has giv en way to other sources of' injury which have no intention of harming anyone, but do just as effective a job of mangling flesh as if the intent were there. Agriculture is in a unique position in the industrial structure of this coun try. There are no safety engineers, in spectors, or experts to tell the farmer he can not continue doing an unsafe practice. Industry spends millions of safety devices and programs to con serve their human resources, but the farmer is his own free agent. The safety department of a nearby manufacturing plant places large signs near every hazard. The signs have only the word “Think!” written across them. It might be a good thing if some farms had the signs posted in several spots around the buildings and mach inery. Most accidents are simply the result of poor judgment or the lack of thinking. Think! There is no excuse for the carnage taking place on-the farms in America. Only you can prevent acci dents. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. WYNNE, ARK., PROGRESS; “More than 2000 people-are killed each year by farm work accidents—more than in any other major industry. “More than 11,000 farm residents are killed each year in all types of acci dents “Farmers are getting scarcer all the time.'Let’s not waste them through ac cidents-” blame for permitting the Life’s Biiferest Cup pi esent wheat law to contin- Did Hosea give that innocent ue. The facts are: child that gruesome name because President Eisenhower in he had discovered that hiS Gomer January asked Congress to was a woman without mercy? 1$ pass a wheat law which he did, the third baby bore a name would abolish acreage allot- more sinister still. It was a little ments and lower support hoy; and Hosea named him Lo pncos to about $1 25 a bu. _ He said, however, he woiPd \frkAxr I O Tin ,o T,'mh accept any “reasonable alter- I IUW JlO A lit? A • • • native ’ Congress was strongly op posed to lowering price sup ports and, in the end, was unable to agree on an alter native that kept supports at 75% of parity, reduced acreage allotments by 20%, and make in-kind payments equal to 50% of the normal production on the idled wheat acres. A bill to that effect was passed by the Senate, but was voted down in the House. The President never did say whether he would have signed such a bill if it had reached him Spokesmen for wheat growers protested .that they already had reduc ed-acreage by 3070 since ’52 and that another 20% reduc tion would cut acreage to the point where they couldn’t get back production posts. It will be 100 late when Congress returns next month after many growers have planted their 1961 crop, to do anything about the absurd wheat program. Rural Rhythms SUMMER SAFETY By Carol Dean Huber Now is the time for boa mg Now is the time for swim ming. Country streams are cal’ing. City pools are brimming. Let’s all enjoy the summer sports, And answer Nature’s call Obeying all the safety rules, And b° around for fall. Bible Material - Hosea 1 1 through 4:3; 5 15 thiough 6 6. Devotional Beading; 1 John 3 15-21. 'Steadfast Love Lesson for July 24, 1960 LONG AGO there lived a man by the name of Hosea. God maiked him for a prophet but perhaps Hosea did not know this until after his tiagedy. For he went through a great tragic experience, one of a sort that cannot simply be tossed into memory’s trash basket and forgotten. Hoseas ex perience was one that left scars upon his soul. The Woman En His Life Hosea’s story, told in the first part of the book which bears his name, is a puzzling one as it stands, and it remains a puzzle even when it is reconstructed. What follows now is a very widely accepted interpretation of that story, though no interpretation 13 beyond mistakes. There was a woman in Ho- sea’s life; her name was Gomer, from the same Israelite people as himself. It is clear that he loved her, and Dr. Foreman that she bore him children. The names of the children, however, suggest that all was not well m that household. The oldest child was named Jezreel, the name of a well-known fortress city of those times There was nothing odd about that way of naming children. When the second child was born, Hosea (still not yet a prophet) gave her a curious name. It sounds strange in English; it was much more strange in Hebrew, the lan guage Hosea spoke. Lo-Ruhamah, “No-Mercy" was the little gnl’s name. BY MAX SMITH -TO PRACTICE FARM AND HOME S4FI TY—Next week is National Farm Safe! Week—a time when everyone should tak time to inspect their farm and home an their habits for safety’s sake The mipo tant use ou. farm machinery is one of th main causes of farm accidents, take tn _to follow the manufacturer's safety ail gestions; also, do not allow small ehildrt to ride machinery. TO MAKE THAT FARM POND SAFE - In hot weather the farm pond becomes very popular place; it can also Joe a hazard and bring so row to any family. Inflated inner-tubes, a raft, a iop«r wooden ladder are all items that should be near the P° n in case of emergency. No one should be permitted to sw® alone and a 1 persons kept out of the water when oi e' h? a ed and for at least an hour after eating. These peicauM 1 may save a life. MAX SMITH TO KILL WEEDS UNDER ELECTRIC FENCE— Many I" 1 stock and poultry producers have trouble with v> eeds =' ing out their electric fence wires. Labor may be saved using weed killers directly under the wires that wi 1 a ' out both the weeds and grass. Further details available TO KEEP THAT GARDEN BUSY—Successful g will replant a number of times during the growing seas In this way limited space may be made more piodu Ct After the first crop of peas, cabbage, beets, onions 1 £ and others the ground may be re-worked and vcgc planted for fall production. TO KEEP AFTER THOSE FLIES Good moisture tions for the average farm crops also presents good j ing conditions for flics and mosquitoes; flies breed f ■moist places where table scraps, barnyard, manure 01 animal or vegetable waste is found Residual fly may be used in barns or porches, or fly banr m Ml ings. The best place to-start is a good sanitation P l0 ° in and around all buildings. Ammi—"Not My p pnw , ' Child of Mine” Ho had f’' lief that hus wif e “ lo,t true to him, i n branded hci by that name Gomei d',l th( might expect she Im " h| children, and he hm * w them to bung up j, v , e tt Tha Woman In The Slave y Long-aftenvaids. Ho" woman m the shue ml,, bought her end bion-h?? home. The interp^uij* story which we aiofoC' this woman (not nam- Bible stoiy) to be tl0 O fJ the lost Corner it , tl ’ (l that sh - l - ' a , »J she was It would . courtesy not to gne h„, 01 she had indeed sunk the stoiy snous it , u J J suie enough, then n OSoa V covered something hcs„i former bade He had cW, 1 his own heart a lo\cv jujit all the lifts and chasms that ward womans moiules, , ness had cut pciom the fa of their happiness He disc™ love which na S stionO enduring than anything- Love of God Other writers in the 0141 ment speak to us of the 1 God, but the word they USI often been mistranslated or ed down in the tiaiulalm, Hebrew woid is now ( m t ‘ vised Standard Veision) glv rightful meaning; Steadfast The translators worked hi find one word that would saj the Hebrew void say.;, but could not find one So “stei love” it is Hosea’s expe taught him two things On the depth of his own lore, were just saying The oth* the depth and endurance of love. Hosea. who became kno a prophet but ner ei fu’ly r« ed from the shattering cxper of his early life, ah.aisspi God and Israel as hustani wife. Just as Gomei had be< faithful to him, so the nati Israel had been unfaithful ti But past as Hosea’s lore v, steadfast that he could take and care for a hon b’v da> Gomer. so Gods lore is <=tcadf spite of his Isiael’s sir > cannot suppose that Hocei, his wife was at home rsr. n, d care what she did, arc l \ e’na heve th"t God thougnhoU sinner, hates the sin (Based on mill n°s ranrdif Dmsio j o* C T ir i National Cornu i < i V * CMn! Chr.st in I**o \ S / uWs Comiaunit> Prjp*»s Sen c•» •
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