4—Lancaster Farming Saturday. October 28, 1981 FROM WHERE WE STAND - The Not-So- Wide Open Spaces The big Ringneck Cock strutting a long the roadside Monday morning seemed to know he had nothing to fear of man for several days yet. He, and several thousand of his brothers will be roast pheasant by this time tomorrow. That is they will be if they find cover enough to protect them from natural predators and not enough to protect them from the hu man hunter. In some cases that “if is a pretty big question mark. With almost ideal harvest weather during the past three or fopr weeks, much of the corn crop is in the crib and the stalks are, or will be disced down or shredded and baled. This fall is the first time in many years that such a large portion of the corn crop was oft the fields by the first week of hunting season. Many of the ringnecks have been flushed out of their natural cover and have been forced to find food and lodging m fence rows, woodlots and thickets. But several other factors enter in to the hunting picture in Lancaster County. For several years the hazards of civilization have been surrounding game animals and enclosing their ranges with fences of highway traffic. The open fields and woodlots have been becoming smaller and cleaner cultivated. The Well-Filled Stomach Let’s assume- you have taken your wife to a good restaurant for an even ing meal. Hang the price, you’ve order ed the best, eaten it, and are just now finishing the rich dessert. Your stom ach is well-filled; you are content. olle - . . , , , . J , Then the waitress returns to your ta- This is an old story, but perhaps a ble and offers a second meal for new chapter is about to be written. the same price . Would you buy it? Tne U 8. Department of Agncul- No? How about half price? Wellj then , ture will begin next year a program how much would for the sec . to encourage the nation s farmers to ond mea j? develop conservation practices which .. are of primary benefit to wildlife „ This . + soand bke f ridlculous Under new language included in supposin ’ but it illustrates very ac the 1962 Appropriations Act at the re- the farm problem which has - - u B .-n..e-iigri* — been-wiih_us_for the,.past 10 years and cultural Conservation program will be 3920 ’ s and the 1930’5. For 40 years", ~ex eniarged to include practices which en- cept for wartime periods, the “second nance wildlife protection while a 1 so hel Ping” or surplus has vainly sought providing soil and water conservation a Profitable home. Not finding it, prices benefits. plummeted and, with it, the entire Under this authority, financial and P rice structure of American agricul rechmcal assistance will be given to ture. For, as night follows day the farmers for development or restoration sur Plus sets the market price, ot shallow water areas for wildlife, for Economists call this phenomenon S? S f UCt r 0f P° nds and the inelasticity of demand P In oC coverSoi?’ e / tabMs s in g f ood and words, once our appetite is satisfied + , , r “ d f or other practices we wont consume very much more ar county o?Ste Ufe “ ‘ Particul ' “ 8 lar «? drop ” sh a^Tas o sisten^ P S ,gr , am ' the cost , In this si “P le economic truth we te"he aeScu Sf k “ “ the ‘™ e of widely fluotuln fits of the conservationrnictmi w!T n § , Pr !£ 6S fr ,° m wartime to peacetime, a large number of twi + Whlle ? nly , throu g h understanding it cam a tributed to wildlife log l °al defensib!esolati °u evolve. J —Hoards Dairyman Hunters have been increasing in number as the areas of hunting have decreased, and the farmer has been expected to provide food and shelter for the game with no help from any- Woods Are Dry Hunters Warned About Open Fire Harrisburg Forests and Waters Secretary Maur ce K Uoddard today caut.oned the army of small game hunters who will take to Pennsylvan ia fie ds and forest lands tj day to be extremely care ul with their camp fires and 4-H Wildlife Club Plans Hike Members of the L titz 4-H Wildlife club Will hold one of its ’'ail outings in the form of a hike tomorrow, October 29, reporter of the chib, Linda Mae Stauffer, of Lititz R 3, said this week The program was set up at the last meeting of the club at the home of Marvin •Joyce Shenk of L 11z Ri Jay Foreman, president of the cub was in charg" - f the meeting. Marvin Shenk sh - films o' wildlife in thr tern United States, tablishing water storage facilities and food and cover areas, no payment could be made unless the practice was primarily a soil or water conservation measure. This broadened concept of conser vation is a significant and important effort on the part of the USDA and farmers—many of whom carry out small wildlife conservation programs now—to further contribute to the pro tection of natural resources. It has been understood for many years by conservation minded farm ers that hunting will soon be a matter of “put and take” with the natural re production of game being supplement ed by artificially reared animals and birds. We applaud this auction of the US DA as one step toward delaying the day when hunting.will be just another crop that is seeded every year and duly harvested. We can’t bring back the wide open spaces to Lancaster County, but we can make the closed in spaces a little more attractive to wildlife. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. * ~ , , set m wooded areas, and such ecao=e of the prolonged fi re s should be built only m dry spell since Labor Day, snots clearer! nf nii u u n.e danger of forest fires Js been increasing every day A „ „ that there is no ram.” God- ♦ *“? kin S “ a ‘ dard stated, “and the wood- 1i 1 , , ld , be thoroughly lands across most of the e *tmguished before leaving slate will be dangerously sus- ’' hB area ceptible to burmng ” Secretary Goddard ex- To avoid disease troubles, planed that 1961 promises winter quarters for livestock ti be one of the best in his- should be dry, clean and well tory in the prevention of for- bedded est fires m Pennsylvania, but - c-utioned that the extreme 1 - ~~~ " *" deficiency of ramfall over . the past few months requires Lancaster Farming Special caution on the part Lancaster County’s Own Farm those who will visit Penn- weekly ylvama woodlands this au- pox tumn “Although we cannot o«“ ' control the weather, we can 53 Duke st control, to a certain extent, Lancastcr Penna the causes of forest fires,” he Express 4-3 o f 7 ter Sai h Jack Owen, Editor Our experience in the R °btrt g Campbell, Advemsine nast has shown that at least Dlre ctor-& Business Manager ' alf Of all forest fires be- P^Lsimd he tve^ vem s \Turda 195 l tween October and Decemb- Lancaster Farming, Lancaster Pa er 31st will be caused by the , Entered as 2nd class matter at hunters,” stated Goddard who suggested the following Tov Pa M rules for hunters Subscription Rates J 2 per ye <r Smoking should be avoid- 5 1 centJ° ars * 5 Smele copy Price : ed except m areas free of in- Members Pa Newspaper Publish- i nammab’e fuel. Assrcanon; National Editorial Camp fires should not be , tirely,, swallowed up in a crack Id the 1 earth like Dathan and Abjram (Num, 16:31), no one in the church would miss them. Prmnf or Accounted For On the level next above these do-nothing, be-nothing “mem bers,” are the bench-warmers. They keep a-small section of the same pew warm for an hour every Sunday . . . well, every Sunday when it doesn’t rain or when Cousin Becky doesn’t bring her children over to spend the day. These members now are the kind that would be missed if they I weren’t there. Maybe they even , , sing. But that’s as far as they HIS column this week is in- wlll g 0 They are strong believers te ?f ed lor c^ urch , m f m^? rs ’ in sitting for the Lord, but work , dotted-line members by baptism £or the Lord 1S somet hing - and personal profession of faith. never t the nerve t(J It makes no difference what kind try _ If they leave for another of church, what name it has, or £own fhey are dismissed as “in orgamzation or special variety of good and regular standing -. it Christian doc- better read, “in good and trine. People may egular sittlng » ask you the ques- ....... ... tion, Are you a Usefully Active Mcnbcfs Christian? and The to P l evel of church mem get a little dou- bership is made of usefully active ble - talk well, members. We put in “usefully” maybe I am, because an active member may maybe not. But if be busy as a housefly, buzzing they ask you, hither and yon but doing nothing Are you a mem- that needs to be done and get- Dr. Foreman ber of a church? ting in the way of real work that calls for a black-and-white ‘ers. A usefully active worker is answer. It isn’t a question at this ° ne those who really are the moment, How good a member church” when we say good words are you? but, Are you a member about it. Do we call a church at all? If your name is on any friendly? These are the members congregation’s list even if there’s who make it so. Does a church a note after it feat reads “Gone, stand up for the underdog in the left no address,” even if there’s community? These are the mem * after your name that means bers who stand up. Is a church s “inactive” —we haven’t seen him influence felt around the world? around in a blue moon-even so. These are the members whose you’re some kind of member and prayers, gifts, yes and children maybe the one that most needs - have been devoted to the serv some friendly advice. ice - of God and man in what we call “mission work.” Is the Ink-members Church evangelistic? It is not Anybody is counted a full or a i one the pastor who wins new “regular” member in most Chris- Christ i a ns. The other day a tian churches, who has deuber- rnem ] ;)er 0 f a church was talk ately and publicly confessed his mg a bout a man who was hus faith in the Savior and prom- oand 0 f one active member of ised allegiance to him and his £ hat church and father of several church. But these members are children in the Bible school. “He’d not always'full, not always regu- be a good man for the new preach lar. We can see three levels of er to g 0 a ff eri ” he said. But “members” in the church; any w h y wouldn’t he be a good man church at all has these three £or members of that congie levels. The point to be made is ga^lon £o g 0 after? They know first that sometimes, at the low- bim a better than any new est level, “belonging” does not preac her would, mean mucli, but feat (in the sec- xhe reader can think of other grow“ai"church „ mombeiship. while as we grow in our personal P Ut ° ne P ol . nt nee ds to be remem lives as Christians. The lowest bere , « is possible to change level of belonging is merely to yOUr level. In being a church have your name on some church- biember > as * n being a Christian, roll, or cardmdex—in their file yOU are a * ive ’ you can grow! somewhere. It’s hard to see why tho' B S!^s.o°„ n anybody should call this belong- SS t,o F*} C .? uncil ot the Churches of mg” at all. If such a “member” unity Se/tic£) leased br disappeared from the church en- Bible Material; I Corinthians 12:1-30. Devotional Beading: Ephesians 3:8-20. Do I Belong? Lesson for October 29, 1961 Now Is The Time . • . BY MAX SMITH TO CHECK CATTLE FOR INTERNAL PARASITES Many dairymen and steer feeders are not recognizing the amount ot stomach worms that may be present in their cattle With this internal parasite problem the animals are not able to make good use of their feed and cost figures wll increase. Young stock in the dairy herd and all new shipments of beef cattle should be checked for stomach worms Lo cal veterinarians can ~make the test and recommend the suitable treatment This may mean the difference between profit or loss on a string of steers. MAX SMITH TO USE SILAGE FEEDING FOR BROOD SOW HERD The hog producer should take advantage of quality rough ages for cheaper feed costs the same as in other livestock enterprises Corn silage is preferred but good grass silage may also be fed to the sows; additional hog supplement should be fed daily in addition to the silage. Many good swine producers are getting fine results with silage feeding TO KEEP BEDDING UNDER DAIRY COWS—The housing of the milking herd is started with many good dairymn, it is very important that the cows have plenty of straw, or other bedding, under their udders at all times. The tissues of a milking udder are very tender and sensative and easy to bruise or get chilled Less udder trouble will be expen enced if? bedding is kept on the platform'at all times It does not pay to spare the bedding in' the 'dairy barn with stanchions. TO PRACTICE OPEN LOOSE HOUSlNG—Dairymen that are managing their herds under the loose housing system should make every effort to have good ventilation m the l oafmg barn; the barn should either be open to the east 01 south, or a 1 of the windows kept open in these directions Loose-housing wll not succeed in a barn that is tight and poorly ventilated. Also, it is important to have little or no traffic of the cows thrugh the loafing area; this will not only conserve bedding but provide better area where the cows can lie down and loaf between milking and feeding periods.
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