-rLancaster farming, Saturday, April 15r 1961 4 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Surplus Or Just Good Insurance Things have a way of just about balancing out in this business of farm ing.' * Last-summer, many farmers made more good quality hay than they had made in years and years'. In addition to high quality hay stored by many dairymen and livestock feeders, sur plus grass, legume, and corn -forage was put in temporary or permanent silos. Over most of the county, record yields of corn for grain were harvest ed. So much corn was grown on many farms that temporary storage “had to be provided for the crop. Then along came a long, hard, cold winter. Most. Garden Spot farmers were still in good shape so far as feed is concerned. But with the spring season opening so slowly, very little -growth has been made by the early pastures. It appears now-that winter-feeding may have -to be continued-later into the season. What loked like it niight develop into a surplus commodity last fall might cturn out to be good insurance this spring. ..Insurance in the form of temporary pasture -is another excellent invest ment for the livestock'farmer. Most of the permanent pastures in this part of the world are mainly bluegrass and white dutch clover, as all dairymen know. The old established pastures furnish- Someone has figured out that the frankfurters Americans consume each year could reach to the moon and back and circle the world five times. On picnic, baseball and cook-out days, it is small wonder the orbiting hot dogs don't block the sun’s rays. Ever since the sandwich appeared on the scene, its taste and convenience ’have made it ah all American favorite. This year, for example, the average American will consume about six pounds of meat in this form, the Am erican Meat Institute estimates. %; . , ; % 4lr DavUtta Farmers should take a careful look at what Wash ington is planning for their future, then tell their con gressmen whether they ap prove. President Kennedy’s mark et Supply management pro posal sent to Congress re cently is both complicated and far-reaching in the effect it would have, If adopted, on both farmers and city con sumers. The heart of the proposal is that producers of each farm commodity shou’d be allowed to choose the kind of a program they want' and Lancalter Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Offices: 62 North Duke St. Lam aster, Penna. Phono - Lancaster EXprtss 4-3047 Jack Owen , Editor Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director & Business Manager Established Not ember 4, 1955 Published every - Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lancaster, Pa, Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancaster. Pa under Act of Mar. (, 3879 additional entry at Mount Joy, Pa Subscription Pates' J 2 per year, three tears $5, Single copy Price B cents Members Pa, Newspaper Publish ers A««oi 1 rtlon: National Editor ial Association. Orbiting THIS WEEK —ln Wathingtoa With Clinton Davidson Farm Message then, if Congress doesn’t dis approve, put it into effect. The course proposed for farmers in the future differs substantially from that advo cated by the previous Ad ministration in that it calls for strong action to control production and raise farm prices. Farmer Committees Under the Kennedy plan growers of eoch farm commodity wou’d elect members of a committee which would, with the coop eration of the Secretary of Agriculture, draft a pro gram applying to their com rodity. The program would then be submitted to growers in a referendum and, if approved by two-thirds of those voting, it would go into effect unless disapproved by the Senate or the House within 60 days The President asked Con gress to amend present farm laws to permit each of the farmer-elected committees to choose just about whatever kind of a program they wanted. He suggested that pro grams available to the com-, mittees include individual farmer marketing quotas, in bushels, pounds or bales Or, if they preferred, production could be limited through acreage allotments Our methods available for a large amount of feed -if they are managed properly, and many of these pastures are on land too steep or-rocky to make reseeding practical. But bluegrass does have its draw backs. There are other crops (such as rye) which will "make growth earlier in the spring; there are crops (such as sudan grass) which will produce more forage in the hot, dry months of- sum mer, and there are crops (such as some of the cereal grains) which will pro duce feed later-in-the season. With-the - use of some of these other crops plant ed for temporary pasture, it is possible tp extend the grazing period over a. considerable longer'time. ~ ~ ' One precaution might be worth - mentioning. If a temporary pasture is . used, don’t keep livestock o'n* it s'O Tong - that' the bluegrass gets old and tough." With the large apaount of .moisture .put •into the ground last winter, hluegrs»£s ’ is likely to -make rapid growth and get ahead of the livestock during Slay. However, if no temporary pasture is used, care should be taken not to graze the permanent grass too , hard" before it begins .its rapid growth. Many Lancaster Comity farmers could realize much greater value from - their pasture lands through a program of management. The “let it grow* phil osophy used on the old established, bluegrass-white clover'hillsides is poor economy as well as poor conservation. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ' •" Hot Dogs Legand has it that a sausage ped dler at the 1883 St. Louis Fair created the weiner sandwich. He had been handing his customers white gloves to protect them from the juicy meat until - the gloves and his profits began to dis appear. When he wrapped a bun a- . round a sausage, a national institution was born. The frankfurter is at home in the ballpark, at a bench outing, the back yard patio, a picnic, or a queen’s lawn party. All this in addition to being easy on the budget. No wonder the , hot dog has remained so popular. improving farm income wou'd include direct, so-caU ed “compensatory” payments) price support loans or pur chases; in-kind payments for land diverted to soil conser vation, or “incentive” pay ments for taking land out of cultivation. Bargaining Power The main objective of_ farm proposal, Mr. Kennt explained, would be td ; farmers, with governfti* backing, the power ta , collectivtly in - establishing fair -prices for what they duce. This is a power now gua. anteed by Federal laws ’, labor unions, -which bargain - £S tl Muslry , '’ S «k S t ““““S® CASK**. DAISY H™ tect its prices through the MANAGEMENT—Good management of the dairy herd fair trade practice-laws. advised at all times during _the year; however, at t’ne But, farmers’ power to set o£ the Pasture Season' special" care should be used m o® prices’ would be limited, JMr. to prevent off-flavored milk. Much of the trouble ft® Kennedy declared, by disap- “grassy” flavored milk- can be prevented by: (D R enloV ® proval of any program which the herd from the pasture at least four hours before 111 wauld “exploit the cdnsum- milking period, (2) Feeding hay and silage before ® er.” Prices, he said,, must be goes out to pasture, (3) Keepihg the barn well ventilate ‘ fair to both producers and a jj times, and (4) not grazing the milking herd on g ? - r lCl! consumers. fected oastures Whether Congress approves fecte<l p stures ' , the President’s plan almost TO FERTILIZE FARM PONDS—When vegetation starts certainly will' be decided by grow in the spring farm pond owners should apply * (Turn to page 5) first application of a complete fertilizer to the pond in order to encourage the growth of plankton; tb ese small water plants are needed in order to give the ( (or brownish) color to the water, this coloring is ncS order to keep out the sun’s ray and to discouiage and algae. A copap ete fertilizer such as 10-10-10 at i of 80 pounds per acre of water every 2 to 3 weeks the color develops is suggested. Rural Rhythms MISCONCEPTION , Ebenezer has curly hair, Black and silky too, A broad deep chest, a flowing mane, And eyes of reepest blue. I’m never far away from him; He is my friend of course; More than just a friendly pet; Ebenezer is my horse. By: Carol Dean Huber no son of Israel. Here is umv ( sal man. Hjs questions are , men’s questions, his problem our own. When Life Crashes In The reader of Job should Inch along a few verses at a tin, Take your next day off and ro a , the book straight through, 0r ! you can’t do that, then take ■ least a chapter at a time tJ Jol> I ' 2; 19-13 26; book is mostly a debate, but (I Dwotitmai Reading: I Peter 5:6-ii. debate begins "With a story a v n another debate, one between Gn and Satan. God asks Satan if j, has -taken a good look at j O - c there is a good man for you' Sah Jdoes not agree. Job is not g OOJ he is only smart, Satan savs j IF MORE questions' raised is * OCK | because God has ble SS( Sian are answered, in the Bible with success and happi n(!( study, for this.week, that-is be- Let ' God < a9 ;it were) stop cause lor three -weeks the center an< l he will see the last of Jo) of-attention is on the book of Job So God S ives Satan leave to dob, partpf the Bible’s “Wisdom Liter- worst, only he must not touch * Attire." The book of Job itself himself. a question Th « n comes a smashing S e t „ It does not of disasters. Job’s- wealth and i, answer, family .are all swept away, Jt important dob Is left 'poor and lonely tins week is, bitter wife for Compaq hold of the" But -Job does-not-turn away f MI .m. ;Next God.Tltt next time Satan conn and the to visit God, God>sks him- a After that my servant Job’ He i >ll ,b« con- better . thanr you thought y« "more wjjh "moved me-against him, to desiro —!*ul ; the answers. \ "him without .cause; but he still, )«k Is Cyary Mm ' * «Q°d man. Oh. Satan say. r Therp is no; need to inquire stiU-hias his health. He can stj; ■' -whrtiercthiaAeok of Job refers to'“** egsin. Let me drag him doit •soma'historica'l tsAiVidual-mamed -lb, sickness and pain, and you « -Job, thls-ls a drama, e “5* r 7, ™ cin-se-you to your fat, ixa&. otAaafouad thought-cast In- Thm-Goi. who believes in them io ,-the 'form of a atory. For Job J?b, gives. Satan permission i lives on every street, your middle wreck this man's body, and ii i name is : Job: Job Is the man whh one - -N ™ the » f 0“ e r m 15 s to .-has everything. He is the man that ble 18 t ‘ ns:- wby does Gs Americans allW'ahttpbe.He "has P ermlt disasters'? it made.” He has a big-family that No Insurance is a .credit to him, he has -wealth Some of the answers-breughu more than he needs.-He has solved in the book oT- Job- will be® the problem of security. .&e does globed in the next two weeks’ co ■not need help from the govern- ,umns. For the present, the pot No Instance Lesson for April 16,1961 N meat nor from any man. Be Is, is that there is no insurance you might say, insured against this world, against trouble To I trouble. Wealthy, -respected, sue- sure, you can buy insurance whs cessful—put Job Into modern tai- will put a check-in your hand i tor-made clothe*, exchange his your husband dies. But you cam tent lor Jt big-house-at a desirable buy insurance which will guan: 'address,' and -he docks so much tee he-will'live as long as you like a 20th-century American ol There is absolutely no msurai the “high salary bracket" kind, that life, your life, will not cr. that a play can actually.be written in. No amount of goodne s, today, with the scene laid in our heroism, no amount of sen time and nation, 'using 'the very done to others, will msuie plot .of the book of Job, and that that you will go down to play,can be asmasH hlton Broad- grave without a> care of » j way and around the country. • m the world. The only msursi ■Most other books -of the Old you can buy (and it is good so Testament’-are distinctly Jewish, as it goes) will -pay you moi This book of Job la .nob The ihan when'the crash comes Jobistjota Jew; he is Called (pur- (Based ou outlines coryrifhUil -poselylvaguely a man from Uz, one oi the 4 children of the East,” Christ in- the xi. s, a. Community Ptc ss Service ) Now Is The Time ♦ . * TO PLACE CORN FERTILIZER PROPERLY— Many 5 of corn have been reduced in recent years because o lizer burn on the seed; with the trend toward mare use of fertilizers it is very important that the seed a fertilizer be kept separate in the ground plowing - the larger part of the fertilizer is strongly adv * s planting time the fertilizer shou’d be placed about - to the side and below the kernels. All growers are u adjust their corn planters in order to make\this P O5- ’ BY MAX SMITH TO BE CAREFUL WITH FERTILIZER - All gardeners are urged to be careful u not permitting complete fertilizer froa< coming directly in contact with seeds oi -with the roots of plants Fertilizers con taining any nitrogen or potash, will into fere with seed "germination and will b url the plant roots ,The fertilizer should H well mixed with the soil or be placed » ' a band to the side~ and below the P 1 ®' roots.
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