4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 13, 1962 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Congratulations! Win, Lose Farm Show has come and gone for the 46th time. Lancaster County farm ers and homemakers have returned to the Garden Spot with their usually line array of ribbons and trophies, and we are all proud once again to be a part of such a fine agricultural society. We would like to add our congratu lations to the winners. We know they have received the plaudits of many, and they justly deserve the honors ac corded them. But what of those who returned home with only experience and heart aches for their pains in preparing and exhibiting their treasures. We would like to say a word of en couragement to those who “also ran”. Particularly are we thinking of the 4- H and FFA exhibitors who did not win. Perhaps it is cold comfort, but then perhaps it is better than no comfort at Reliable figures indicate over 40 per cent of our food comes off the farm each day. Therefore many foods are delivered to stores two and three times a week. In the event of a natural disaster or nuclear attack Civil defense authori ties can declare a moratorium of at least five days on all wholesale food supplies. ' Explosions, snow storms, floods, tor nados, hurricanes and blizzards yearly show us how some part of the country has to rely upon emergency food sup plies to survive. . While rural areas are often better equipped to survive in times of emer gency than are the urban centers, there is a growing interdependence of all segments of the society. Farm families depend more and more on the grocery store for their food products. More and more farmers are' becoming dependent on transporta tion to supply fresh foods when they are needed. This is a situation to be expected jn this day of specialization, and we have no desire to discredit the system. However, we do think more farmers ought to give some thought to provid- RURAL RHYTHMS Five Day Cow 3 long for a cow of modem make That milks five days for leisure sake. That sleeps on Saturday, snores on Sunday, And starts afresh again on Monday. 3 wish for a herd that knows the way To wash each other day by day, That never bothers to excite us With chills or fever or mastitis. X sigh for a new and better breed That takes less grooming and less feed, That has the reason, wit and wisdom To use the seat and flushing system. T pray each week end long and clear, Leds work to do from year to year. And cows that reach production peak All in a five-day working week. I look fbr officials by the mob To guide the farmers at their job And show these stupid breeders how To propagate a five-day cow. s=*= LETTERS To The Editor Reader Likes Bible Column Editor, Lancaster Farming X)ear Sir: watering facilities, spraying I want to commend you to eliminate losses from ex lor including, “The Bible ternal parasites, cleaning Speaks” in your paper. Pos- lambing pens, checking hous fiibly too often folks forget ing and bedding, and setting to be thankful for articles aside a month’s supply of and publications such as this the best hay to feed ewes in Hoping you continue to print the period just before lamb i>r. Foreman’s message on j n g the Sunday School Lessons. This is what we need “At least that’s how it looks from If all the water from all where we stand”. the fresh water lakes of the Sincerely, world should be emptied in- Mrs. B. Landis to the ccean, it \yould raise Lancaster B 3 its level about two inches. Prepare Food For Survival GET EWES READY A little attention to the - ewe flock now may prevent costly diseases and parasite losses this winter says Dr. Samuel B. Guss, Penn State extension veterinarian. He suggests worming the flock, examining winter feeding & or Draw all, to realize that it would be a pretty slim show if only the winners exhibit ed. If only those exhibitors who knew for certain they did not stand a chance of finishing out of the money, were to take their products to the show, the judging rings and exhibit halls would be empty. Perhaps it is a little bit corny, but there is an old saying, “The big apples wouldn’t be at the top of the basket if it weren’t for a lot of little ones hold ing them up.” r Sometimes the little apples end up making the best pie because being at the bottom of the heap that way gives them time to ripen and mellow before their time for greatness finally comes. Therefore, we say, It is great to win, but it is no disgrace to lose if you did your best. At least tha£’s how it looks from where we stand. ing emergency food supplies for their families. Emergency food does not have to be an expensive or exotic collection,,' but some thought should be given to providing maximum quality for a min imum 'Of storage space and adequate nutritive value balanced,' among water packed, liquid and solid foods. If it became necessary for you to spend two weeks- in a- fallout shelter, what would you eat—survival rations, your normal food?” These questions are in the first paragraph of a leaflet called “Eating To Survive. Without resorting to scare tactics, its writers, J. F. Bauerman and H. E. Neigh of the extension staff at The Penna. State University , outline some of the steps a family can take to prepare for an emergency, natural or man-made. The last paragraph explains their reason for writing the article. It says, “In case of emergency the food in your home will have to do; perhaps for as long as two weeks or more. Now’s the time to do some serious planning.” We argee. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. • Dr. Larson (From page 1) last March was named chair man of the Division of Plant Sciences and Industry in the College of Agriculture. Since 1958 he has served as consultant to the office of Experiment Station, U. S. Department of Agriculture. From July to December, 1960 while - on leave from. Penn. State, -he .served as scientific aide to 'the Mexi can agriculture progam of the Rockerfeller Foundation. He spent most of the time in Mexico collecting speci mens of criollo tomatoes for use in plant breeding re search. Dr. Larson, 45, is married to the former Margaret A ;Johnson, .<of Minneapolis, Minn, and they have two daughters, Gayle Margaret, a junior at Penn State; Bev erly Jean, a.junior in the State College High. -School, and a son, Russell Troy, a student in seventh grade. —Anonymous Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Office*: 63 North Dnke St. Lancaster, Penna. Phone - Lancaster Express 4-3047 Jack OWen, Editor _ Robert g. Campbell, Advertising TO PREVENT SNOW MOLD-- IN LAWNS—Snow mold is a Director & Ensmess Manager fungus that thrives under conditions found under snow cov- Establlshed November 4 1955 ... Published every Saturday by er - Mold appears in gray or dirty white patches a few inch- Lancaster Farming, Lancaster, Pa. es f 0 a f oo t or rrlore in diameter after the snow melts. This Lancastec.ipa. unde* l Act*of*Mar? 'Condition may be prevented by spraying with chemicals Joy* B Pa.* dditlonal entry at Mount containing calomel, corrosive sublimate, or thiram-mercury Subscription Rates: $2 per year Compounds; the rate is 3 ounces in 3 to 5 gallons of water s h cent£ ears * s ' SlnEle copy PriCB Per 1000 square feet of lawn between snow covers. During Members Pa. Newspaper Publish- 1960-61 and now so far -this 1961-62 winter there has been Aseocfation'. tIon ’ N *’ tion * J EdUorial snow cover arlarge percentage of the time and some'trouble , may exist. . - J only sbtl. The Mea* ttaiwe'could take a apaceimp .and saiTbeyotid the reach of God isjilit as absurd as it always wab. Vm tied of Iho world and yon . Think about the world around yoii—steel and asphdlt,. grass and trees,. Stars, germs and atoms. Does it seem hard to believe that the God who made these things made you? That the God who is Bibi« jutwUi: Exodus 30:1-3; Deu concerned for the mighty suns i4aiu“ y 8:4 J 9: M * tthew 8:M: Johl and vast whirlpools of stars mil xterktionai Readings John 17:1-8. lions of light-years away,—that ~ He can be interested also in you? ' a A Even some Christians have felt Ul|6 UOO as if there must be a difference * - , „ * between the God of nature and Lesson for January 14, 1962 t jj e (j o( j 0 f gr acef the God of na- ture and the God Jesus revealed P’ is easier to believe in many to us - But there is no difference, gods than in one. If you don’t Neither the God of grace nor the think that is true, take a look God of nature is greater than the through the religions of primitive other; for they are one and the mman beings any- same God. The same divine Mind I where no matter"that devised this universe also how primitive devised you. It serves his pur- I are without some Poses,—the stormy wind fulfills kind of religion* God’s will, as the Hebrew psalra but the human ist wrote. God made the earth race did not ar- and seas for a reason, He made rive early ’at the'toe stars for a reason, He made truth that thert J”° u for a reason. What all His is only one true reasons are is His own secret. God. But they did That a comet’s return may be arrive. In'Tslam predicted, is a pointer to God. in Judaism and in the midst of grief there in Christianity, men have stood comes a healing peace, is a point for their faith that God is One, « to God. That a man feels in and beside him there is no other, k*® heart of hearts, I ought, is a Nothing the Christian* church~be- pointer to God. Not, lieves about the 'Trinity abolishes but to the same, the only God. this basic truth, that there is one From birth to death • • God only. Fattier, Son and Spirit .As we live and grow, our ideas y %. % - are not three Gods. The Holy frin- about God may greatly change, ity is not a celestial committee. Perhaps at first we think of Him- Christians, believe that there are as a kind of family God, we think different ways by which we meet of Him as the God of our church. _God, different ways of His reveal- He may be in early days a God ing himself; but the High God, We think about only when we say the Creator of all, and Christ our "Now Hay me ... ”at bed-time; Savior, the “Word made flesh,” then later—for some great souls and the Snirit of God in our hearts, this is true—God looms so large are all the same God. that He is our constant compan- OnrQoiTof littjt and spaoa ion > a “ d the thought of Him is Theologians seeking ways of ex- 5* ck °* every thought. But He pressing the majesty of God some- d ° es °ot grow, it is we who grow, times use the expression, the God r ? ad of mankmd is strewn of time and space. That expresses Wlt “ the bodies of dead gods, a tremendously important truth someone has said. Not *t all; the about God, a two-sidedfruth. One J™ 8 . God n «y« r pensbes - The dead is that no matter how far back- P odl ® s ar ? i dea ®* notions, images ward or forward you may go in S m ?p d * they are not gods, time, God is always God, He does Now each man s personal road not become God, or cease'to be Me ought to pass on beyond God, or become (so to speak) a thegraves of the idols He has part-time or retired God Some- made in His mind. The God who times human beings* thoughts of 'T 1 ? ? ot le * w « et hur f’ 018 G ? d God are dim; but He is ever the «ho let us do as we Please, the eternal flame. The other side of God beaton revenge, the God oi the truth is that wherever you go S? 1 n^ 10 . n *S ams t the world in space, you are always in the ese Gods d ? , not ® xlst ex £® p * domain of the one, the only God, “ pe . opl f’ s minds - Th ? who is always the same. This nofe s°** IS . tbe one revealed by his only means that God is sovereign S< ®> * h ° £ro “ Beginning was over this earth and ’ whatever God,jrjd -WW God. creatures live here; to the remot- est star He is still the same, the Now Is The MAX SMITH TQ CUT dowiSToN FEED WASTE —ln many cases of livestock feeding where "the self feeders are used, there is too much waste of valuable feed* In some re search studies with hog feeding it was found: that many feeding operations lost from 3 to 7 percent of the feed. This isi not the way to make a return.on any feeding opera tion. Feed is expensive and one of the objectives should be to get a good feed conversion into meat or ‘ milk. Local feeders are urged to inspect their feed operations in order to reduce the waste of feed. 1 TO PREVENT WOOL BLlNDNESS—Experienced shepherds will trim the wool from around, the eyes of their sheep at this time of the year. This is quite often necessary in some breeds such as or Southdojwns where there is a lot of wool about the head! In other breeds such as Cheviots and Suffolks this will not be necessary. If the wool has grown tight around the eye opening, it is very difficult for the sheep to see where, ta.go and feed and water. attention in these eases will produce more profit from the flock. Time • ♦ ♦ BY MAX SMITH TO BUY CERTIFIED SERDS^—One of the best ways of actually getting what you really want is to™ plant certified seed. In order to have s'ome assurance of good ger mination, free from weeds, and the best yield ability of certain varieties, it is strphgly recqmmerided that the best seeds be used. , In most caseg _ with the buying of seeds, you get in proportion to what you pay. ? V t
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