4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18, 1961 FROM WHERE WE STAND - “Living To Serve ” - A Good Motto Learning to do, Doing to learn. Earning to live, Living to serve. The motto of the Future Farmers of America gives in a capsule form, the purpose of the organization. ~ Future Farmers and their teachers of vocational agriculture believe in first learning to do a job properly. Fu ture. Farmers learn in the classroom, in. vocational agriculture shops, on field trips, and on other educational "trips. But, as the second line of the motto says, they a so believe the best way to learn to do a thing is to. do it. Future Farmers know that they will rememb er longer the practices they put into use on their Supervised-Farming Pro grams-at home. These Project programs, as they are popularly called, form the basis of the instructional program in any. well designed and well operated vocational agriculture program. The supervised farming program aids the Future Farmer to gain the goal set forth in the third line of the motto. Many millions of dollars are invested in agriculture each year by the blue-jacketed farm boys. For many of these Future Farmers, the single project in the Ireshman year of high school is the beginning of a farm pro gram which will become the business mid the way of life of the man. While Future Farmers know the business of earning a living is vital to the farmer, they also be'ieve there is more to life on the farm than mere ex istence. Future Farmers believe they must 'contribute something of themselves to the communities in which they live. Each year the Future Farmers of America choose the week of George Washington’s birthday for the observ ance of National FFA week. Although usually recognized as a Revolutionary War General and our first president, Washington’s first love •was the farm he called Mount Vernon. There he was amofig the first in the nation to practice contour farming, crop rotations, fertilization, and soil Oavlilxi The sole purpose of this fied for making the decisions column always has been to that will preserve our demo , . , , cratic institutions and keep take our readers behind the our natiQn strong> right scenes in Washington to see vote is of uttle value to how the Legislative, Admm- people w ho are uninform istrative and Judicial branch- * misinfonned . es of government serve the American people We believe that govern jment can be responsive to the wishes o' the citizens of a democracy only to the ex tent that the people know and understand its functions and operations. An informed and Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 1521 J.-nir i*tcr, Penn*. Office#: i>' .North Duke St. Iwinrastei Ptmna Pht mi> - Lancaster EXpress 4-3047 lark Owen Editor Robert Q Campbell, Advertising OiKctnr A. Hum ness Manager Esta'lishid November 4. Pu>ci«bed every - Saturday by lAnoa-strr Farming Lancaster, Pa Filtered a« 2nd class matte- at I-aiUMPter, Pa under Act of Afar 8 ISTO additional entry »t Mount Joy, Pa Subscription Rates- $2 per rear three veiri SI Single copv Price 5 oepts Members Pa Newspaper PnVlsh ers Association- National Pdifor lal 4*iienri*twiTi THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson The Rules Battle It has been our privilege over the past thirty-odd years gent people are best quali to observe at first-hand the legislative, administrative and judicial functions of our increasingly vast and com plex Federal government, and to know personally a great many who are truly servants of the people, as well as some who were not. Behind the Scenes An astute visitor to Wash ington, even if he stayed for weeks, could see only a frac tion of what goes on in ■ the scores of congressional com mittees and the hundreds of administrative agencies and departments. intelli- One of the congressional committees, for example, to which he would not be per mitted to listen is the House Rules Committee. Yet that committee is one of the most important and powerful in Congress It is because of that power and the way it is used, that the Rules Committee has be come in recent years one of and water conservation and improve ment methods. It was more than a century after Washington’s death before general use was made of many of the sound agri cultural .practices he advocated. Future Farmers know they must a dopt and adapt the new and-proven farm practices as they become avail able, but they know, too, the leader ship demonstrated by Washington is sorely needed in the rural areas of the nation today. " . Membership in the FFA is made up of over 378,000 farm boys in over 9000 local chapters in aft 50 states and Puer to Rico. The .largest organization of farm boys in the world grew from a few “Agriculture Clubs” in Virginia in 1927 and 1928. The fame of the FFA has been so great that many other countries have patterned Future Farm er organizations after the one in the United States. This country needs about 100,000 new -farmers every year if we are to maintain our present production, and produce the increased needs of an ex panding population. < The boys studying vocational agri culture in the high schools' of the na tion are preparing to answer this need. In the words of the FFA creed they say, “I believe in the future of- farm ing with a faith born, not of words, but of deeds—Xn the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy,have come up to us through the struggles of for-, mer years.” They express their conviction and confidence in the worth of the individ ual fanner in the last few lines of their creed. “I believe that rural America can and will hold fast to the best tra ditions in our national life, and that 1 can exert an influence in my home and community that will stand so 1 id for my part in that inspiring task.” We urge you to visit your local chapter of FFA and become acquaint ed with the "boys and their teachers. We think you will see leadership in ac tion—leadership of the kind America needs for the days ahead. At least that’s how it looks from Where we stand. the most controversial incur legislative system of govern ment. It has been - described accurately as a “legislative traffic cop.” The Rules Committee nev er originates legislation, but it sits as a jury to pronounce what often amounts to a “life” or'"*‘death” sentence on bills which other committees approve for action ,by the House of Representatives. Appeal Procedure All bills approved by oth er committees of the House - must first be sent to the Buies Committee, which de cides the time and under what restrictions it can be OBSERVE SOIL EROSION- —Its brought before the House for Scult to detect this problem under heavy snow cover debate when the snow melts fanners are urged to notice the The committee may send a of the water to determine if any topsoil is leaving bill to the House with a fields Land owners that have not yet accepted coni “rule which, for example, strips on sloping fields should be especially interested permits only members of the the amount of topsoil that leaves the farm during the srsa.srsT.n4 r ?- *» « , : t pigeonhole a bill by refusing eroslon ° n °P en ground after the snow melts, or migM to act on it. water erosion from too much open ground on any That power, however, is slo P e - Vegetative cover is very Important during the i« not absolute There are three in addition to strip farming in order to hold a ina? ways in which a bill can be amount of water on the slopes, brought to the House floor (Turn to page 5) TO FEED GRAIN ACCORDING TO QUALITY OF AGE—Dairymen are urged to base their grain feedng D | q i ,i gram upon the quality of forage crops being fed IxUrdl K.nyTnmS varies from month to month, then it is recommended FEBRUARY REFLECTIONS grain ration be altered to fit the need. A change good quality hay and silage to poor hay should present need for more protein m the gram ration. The quaW the forage crop can be determined through the Forage ing Service; we urge more producers to take advantal this testing service. The children are excited Looking all around'; Everywhere the deep drifts Cover all the ground. Father may not like to be Shoveling the snow, But the children love it. See their faces glow! By: Carol Dean Huber Bible Material; John 10 through 11, Darotlonal Beading: Romans 8 31-39. Lord of Life Lesson for February 19, 1961 MANY MORE people died in Palestine than Jesus brought hack to life. He did not spend all his life, or anywhere near the most of it, in breaking up funerals. We hear actually of only three partic ular cases where he brought a dead person to life; John tells of only one, the story of Lazarus. Jesus took death as a natural end of hferit isthe one event" to which every one nan_ confidently look forward. Jesus' did not set out to make a holiday for death: He did not share the modern prejudice against even using such "ugly 1 ’ words ns "die” or “dead.” No Tears for Lazarus 'Why then did the Master weep - when Lasaru a died ? Some think he wept for'himself; but this would , be most tinlike him. Self-pity would bo the last sin you could think of in connection-with Jesus. Others think he wept for Lazarus. This could scarcely be true; for he knew he was going to restore the man to his family. Some would agree to this —Jesus did not mourn for a man death could not hold. But could he have been weeping for. the opposite reason—that Lazarus had to come back to this world of pain and sin ? It is more likely that Jesus’ tears were not for Lazarus at all,- but for the grieving sisters Mary and Martha. If he wept for Lazarus, It would be the one and - - only funeral that brought him to tears. It is more natural to think of Jesus as sharing the sorrow of the two-sisters, as he shared the woes of the world always 5 . He v*as indeed “acquainted with gnef.” Man’s Worst Enemy Many people, perhaps most, think of death as the worst enemy of man. Death is called once by St Paul the “last enemy,’’ but neither Now Is The Time ♦ • ♦ The moving of all kinds of livestock is business in this part of the state. Prt crs are urged to have needed equipn such as chutes, lamps, and a system handling cattle to keep down injury excitement. The proper loading chute is big item with any type of livestock are available for various types Ever; fort to keep down bruises and excite will pay dividends. MAX SMITH TO ATTEND.LANCASTER COUNTY “SOILS DAY’ ali-day educational meeting should be of benefit lo farmer; many current and vital problems will be dif The date is February 23th and the place is the G>. Sale Pavilion. Additional details found elsewhere jn .publication. We hope YOU can make it!! Paul nor any other writer Bible (except Ecclesiastes) at death oa man's worst That place is reserved foi damage that sin can do i 3 than any damage death r This is not to say that p r( of death, or rather postpom death, which is all that science can- accomplish, worth while- If "Thou slu hill" is a divine command, another commandment up, as It were, In that one, shalt do all things possible J serve and prolong Ufe—tha and the livesjrf others N( less, though'the healing sion* owe much to Chru and have contributed mm fact remains that no death anything but postponed, v can actually be prevented Lord spent most of his In breaking up funerals but mg the power of evil It Is portant, after all, to kcej from dying than it is to ker from sinning. Two Kinds of Life and look at it another v. important enough to be li for a long time. Here is a What is the most impoitai in the world, to you? Ma. sons would'come tip with seems like the simple- answ life. That is,a true ansvv' haps. It depends on what, life you mean; for there « kinds. One is the life that the moment of death, the lit is tied >to your heart and The other as the life cal’ef Apostles’ Creed the Life * lug, but better, called in Testament the Life Eternal at Bethany Jesus did not p; for Lazarus a pill-or potic anteed to keep him. from again. Lazarus would dw and Jesus knew it. So du ters. Jesus did not offer t) everlasting; they had It ( made us human beings death is not the end But tl ing, even the terrible, qua What sort of person are yc to be, forever and ever 7 the life eternal, the life ev» can be an eternity of frusl best, torture at worst. Wii life eternal, life everlastir only existence shut away, Lord of Life. Eternal life kind of life that makes evai life worth the hope of man promises of Christ, / s (Based on outline* oopvrij the Division of Christian £i Nat'onai Connell of t' - e C'» Christ in the IT. S. A. 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