4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12, 1961 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Any Defense Is Better Than No Defense Vhplomats' o,i botn sides of the oceans luirJ charges aud caamer charg es Tiouble spots de\ e!op in fust one cmntt ot the wor'd and. then another Tt'e -pace race gams momentum and Lie aims i ace plunges Headlong and pell-mdi toward the mink of disaster I'hotc are pacifists v.ho say tie totally disarm and reh on the goodness of mankind to pi event any gimp Morn attacking an unarmed na Lon Theic <■ re alarm sts, who say «houlri immediately declare war on al who oppose our way 6i life but thev noi quite sure just who opposes car v*av cf hfe, or else the/ can not agree with other alaimists as to what constitutes our way ol Me There are those frightened souls who «jy war is inevitable and in tms day ol nuclear weapons there is no de fer se rttid with no hope there is no rea son lo concern ourselves with planning aiT -delense. There are those who say iney wou'd not want to survive a nu clear bombing Theie are those who say we must budd our defense and our deterrent and retaliatory forces to the highest possible point to be ready m the event cf attack by an agressor nation but ihey are opposed by those who claim preparation for war makes war more envnent In the United States all these peo ple are guaranteed the light to holy' these beliefs and to express their be liefs without fear of reprisal and that cs, w«. believe, as it should be £>ut let us look at the record Since tecorded history began, there have have been nations with desires which die., could not satiate by peaceful means and no amount of pacihcity has ever deterred such nations from the.r course ot conquest Again since earliest times there have been wars fought because nations or persons acted too hastily and with out proper preparation. We feel it can be truly said there is not a nation on earth that desires war and nations will go to great length to avoid open con flicts Theie were probably people living in the day of the first spear who be wailed il-e fate of maniand because ihey believed that there cou'd be no safe defense against such a hoi jcible weapon, but when it comes right dowif i<> the time, not many people wapi ><• 'the—no matter how hard life is The controversy rages and we do not presume to take sides in the argu ment over disarmament, but we do not 3md will not subscribe to the the ory rfial there is no defense m modern war J K; small item in the Nova Scotia Civil*.Del ease magazine has an interest ing sioiv to tell Here it is for your consideration. ‘ A neighbor of ours is a pecu'iar guy He’s building a fallout shelter in bis basement As a carpenter he'd be a Cfvii Defense Farmer And 'Fatal *5<J Note Presented here are some rnougnto on the sub ject ot Radioactive fallout It is the work of Dr E Mailing Olsen, veterinary inspector m the Danish Veterinary Direc torate and has been tianslated from a Danish publ cation He calls Pal’out ‘fatal ram’ In the event of atomic war (he (armer will be confront ed v/ith a pecial problems, since his responsibilities are not only concerned with the safety <»l himself and his household, but also with his cattle and farm products He wll be responsble for the feeding ot the population, and hi= task will consist a rnong oilier things, of seeing that lood which is produced where radioactive fallout has cccurerd is safe and edible While gamma rays can cause lasting effects on living organisms, this is not the case with inanimate matter Experiences have been car ried oni with a v.cw to con- In the event of > good minister, tnc the vioist He says he's preparing against nu clear war Nobody seems to be able to commce him that nuclear war is nsan ty that the balance ot terror is such. that neither side is going to start a \ ar “He says if the fireball doesn't hit v here he is, then he 11 at least be safe from radioactive fallout , He smiles a thne and hints that he's- woxng to be o le who has a good chance to survive “Got everything lined up his water supply and his food, got his family all primed so they II get into that shelter fast—his v ife and a I his children 1 Odd guy Odd name too Named Vi d Nosh ” At present we know of no sure de fense against the nuclear bomb if a pei son happens to be right in the midst of the blast but there is a good chance for survival if the person at the fringes of the shock area is properly perpared and properlv educated There are many things rural resi dents can do to give their families and their livestock every chance for surviv al in the event of a nuclear attack Lo cal and national Civil Defense offices have building and other p'ans free for the asking We believe it is the duty of every farmer to find out what can be done and then do it At least that’s how it looks from where we stand There are areas of real need that the scientists have ignored. We think something ought to be done about them Why gor instance is it possible to tell which mountain has uranium and whal part of the ocean floor will yield oil but impossibe to tell whether a melon is ripe without cutting it ? If we. have to go around holding our ear to a mel on and thumping it with our knuckles, have we really progressed very far? Is there anything any more disap pointing than selecting a melon with an air of wisdom, and carrying it proudly home only to learn that it is not ready for the sacrifice 9 Let the scientists consider the embarrassment of a man who yields a knife with a flourish, cuts deep and true, then stands there a failure Would it not be noble to keep a man from fa 1 ling on his face before his family 9 Look, you fellows with the test tubes, the white coats and the slide rules, lets get with it Put aside the work on those other projects What if it does take a week longer to develop the neutron bomb 7 We can always blow up the world later Lets solve the real problem The time is ripe— and suffering mankind would like to know whether the melons are Rain' serving foodstuffs with the aid of gamma rays' When, however. fallout fal's on uncovered food or fodder whicn is later consum ed by man or arjmals, radio active substances will get in to the system and will either be passed out in the urine or milk or retained m the in ternal organs Various types of radioact ive substances reach thyroid gland, bones and muscles A good form of protection for harvested crops or animal food is to cover it with,sack-' mg, paper bags or similar things beforehand Bat he still keeps building The Time fs Ripe The Daily Star Journal, Warrensburg. Mo. without warning manj thmgs can be done to remedy the situation Food in jars or thick paper and plastic pack ings as weT as fodder in coh ered storage places or silos, can be used immediately (Turn to page 7) Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm P O Box 1)24 Lancaster, Penna Offices " 3 North Dube St Lancaster Penna Phone - Lancaster Express 4-3047 _ Tack Otten, Editor Kobcrt G Campbell, Advertising- Director ■&, Business Manager Established November 4 1355 Published esery Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lancaster, Pa Entered as 2nd class matter at Lane istcr Pa under Act of Mar 8, 1879 additional entry at Mount Jov Pa Subscription Rates 12 per tear three ycais $5 Single copy Price j cents Members Pa Newspaper Publish ers Association, National Editorial Association fal'ou' v orKinanship is Weekly THF A Fri ’ fin< * s w&v t r 1 "—»v r r-—v &ny T3tG, wIIGH thp iii C 3g3jjga,jiJ| x a £" is*™z m sPEAwm met, the two older men agree whether to take J o| "• or leave him behind x,i us only that there was a contention” between tli a ( eran missionaries aboi youngei colleague, but imagine how the ai gurnet Paul would remind "j that Maik had been a Paul felt that taking h, n time was probably a nv taking him the second be a mistake foi „ v ‘ could be no excuse Gn e second chance' Ik 9 Irwujo-al Unlom Sunday SchoJ Le Bible Material Acts 12 12 2=j 13 4 5 13 15 3609. Colossians 4 10X1, 2 Timotln 4 lib 1 Peter 5 13 Devotional Reading 2 limothy 2 1 Oliasice Lessen for August 13, 1981 1 ! Barnabas, howevei, WOULD you give a second to Maik, eilhei as uncle 01 chance to a man who has He knew the boy much belt shown himself to be umeliable 9 Paul did, he felt Mu-sbej] That was the question that Paul some good reason f Ol * and Bainabas answeicd differ- having come back as si j ently Indeed they we, e so far he did Bainabas could i tiom agiecing that they actually that John Mark had ber n split up a long- taculai failiue But he f, ‘iHH time paitneiship. John Maik would net Ui fT ill Bainabas w enl Paul, howevei, was not \ > & off into obscunty take that chance So—sti or we never many haish voids \\ e , hear of him any know —the great team cu p, \ V 1" |*i moie) rather Bainabas split up foi g t ' "ill an S° without all Jpj Maik :t ras a Mark Makes Good stiange choice, „ Hi M going with young 11 ** Dr. Foreman and flighty Maik as right and Paul was ni lathei than with the brilliant and oan , . m \ e successful Paul, hut it was Bai- same ' i: ? ° 3O > nabas' choice and he had his one on which he had fade. lessens He Won the rcs P ect o£ guished leaders of the cha Personnel Beard pecially Peter, who ca! Xne stoiy ically began several jears befoie the gieat quairel. Paul and Barnabas, a natuial team if evei there was one, flist picked up John Mark on their visit to Jerusalem cauying fam ine relief funds He vent back with them to Antioch, and was pxobably in church woik there for some time When Barnabas and Paul wexe sent out by the Antioch chuich as their first mission anes, they took John as an as s.stant But at a place called Peiga John Maik suddenly took a notion to go back to his mother (a lady of wealth) at Jemsalem. We don’t know why Maik went back, no excuse is recorded Any how, Peiga was no place to re sign; he was veiy much needed Perga was in a malaria-infested district, and there is some indica tion elsewhere that Paul came down with it The next leg of the journey extended across some high mountain ranges, and ban- dits were everywhere ‘it just looked as if John Mark couldn’t take it Now Is The Time . ♦ * BY MAX SMITH TO RENOVATE PASTURES Lr producers wanting to improve ; pasture should bear m mind that lal gust to early September is a \en time to make a new pasture seeding suggested that the old sod be destrc plowing or several discmgs, and complete soil test be made to deti the ume and fertilizer needs Giassf as orchard, brome, or reed canan by mid-September should make ext grazing next spring and for seveial tional years MAX SMITH TO ALTERNATE FLY SPRAYS—Dairymen arc iej a greater fly population this summer due to the ides' tu.e conditions This means that residual fly sprays be used every 3 or 4 weeks in order to keep the n at a minimum When one particular spray is used times it is possible that the flics build up a resistance material, therefore the use of diazinon and ronnel a’ t( ly m dairy barns is suggested Manure piles, barn c'i and box stalls should also be sprayed with the„c m ai to kill the fly maggots before they develop into flic s TO MAKE SUDAN GRASS SILAGE—IdeaI weather tions in recent weeks have resulted in rank growth forage crops, in some cases the summer seeding grass for pasture has gotten ahead of the livestock than see this forage go to seed and be mostly wasted suggested that it be made into silage by the time ll out A preservative should be used with it the any other grass silage mixture Molasses feeds or am ground grains will make good preservatives. TO PREPARE FOR CORN STORAGE—The preset look is for another good corn crop in southeastern vama. many growers do not have proper storage f° r of this extra yield Additional corn cribs will P er ' eI common spoilage that has happened on many farms cent years P.ans are available at our Extension 0 TO MAKE THAT AUGUST ALFALFA SEEDING August 10th to the 20th is the best time to make U' mer alfalfa seeding The band-seeding method lS beat and has a greater percentage Be roll or cultipack immediately after planting m m direction as drilled, r A, complete fertilizer in the as three to four hundred pounds per acre of a 5-1 give the young p'ants a fast start. J “my son,” and Paul mm. Paul, surely’ He was no to change his mind casih it may not have been e, Paul to change his nmc cially to change it in pubi both publicly (to the , church) and privately t; thy, Paul praised John 1 language he seldom used one John Mark nevci v hant young man, he v as than an assistant fiom last; but the ablest of mt assistants, and Paul paid tubute to the man vnor (to use modern siangj fired. The split between Bain; Mark was painful, but it ul the wise providence of under Paul’s suspicious e; might have failed again ! nabas believed in him—a> succeeded To be beheiei be the margin between fa: success. (Based on outlines copj-rl; the Division of Christian V National Council of the Chi Christ in the USA Kcli Community Press Service)
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