—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 9, 1963 4 From Where We Stand... Egg Month—Time For More Production With the superabundance of “spe cial” days, weeks, and months, some peo ple may say, “So what” when you tell them that March is National Egg Month. But even with all the special days set aside for celebrations of one kind or ' another, we believe National Egg Month deserves some recognition by all farmers whether they produce eggs or not. Egg production is one of the bigg est money producing enterprises on Lan caster County farms, and when any large segment of the farming economy either flourishes or gets into trouble, all the rest of the farming community is effected. Egg producers have gone through some revolutionary changes in the past few years, and it appears that more are to come. Egg production in the North eastern United States has not kept pace in growth with some other areas of the country this despite the fact that more eggs are 'being consumed in this area than are being produced. To make up the difference, processors in the county are forced to go to southern pro ducers to get eggs to supply the demand. We have heard a lot recently about the drop in per capita consumption of eggs, but we believe this talk is not as significant as we are led to believe. Re cent surveys indicate that the'housewife believes eggs are an important, if not essential, part of a nourishing breakfast. Most housewives will agree that break fasts should include eggs even though they do not always serve them to their families. This, we believe, points up the fact that housewives would feed more eggs to their 'families if they were al ways sure of getting an excellent pro duct. We believe there is still plenty of room in this area for producers of high quality eggs We believe the production of high quality eggs is the only answer to inducing the consumer to eat more eggs. We further believe that the answer to a high quality pack is to sell the eggs in the area where they are produced. No matter how carefully eggs are handled, shipping long distances does lower quality. We are sitting right in the middle of a 50,000,000 consumer concentration. There is no reason why we should not have our share of the egg market in this area. The market is here. What re mains is for us to produce a good enough product to hold it. March National Egg Month is a good time to tell the consumer the value of more eggs in the diet, but it is also a good time for producers to begin thinking of the best way to satisfy the growing market, At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ ★ Common Market More and more every day we are hearing news of the European Economic Community, or as it is called, the Euro pean Common Market. Many farmers are trying to under stand the significance of the program and its possible effect on the agricultural exports of this country. In essence, the six countries of West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Lux emburg, and the Netherlands, are work ing toward complete free trade among Cattle Feeders All sheep producers are ur (continued from page 1) Lancaster Farmino Jack owe n- Editor ged t 0 dock ail lambs When 3 Sm^ S appßcatia “ JUieli 13 with an “outlook” 9 Robert G. Campbell, to 10 days of age and casltrate f2sto 40 pounds o£ actual discussion Lancaster Canty’s Own Farm Aavertising DiT6c ’ tor male lambs from 10 to 20 days tr 9S en P er acre on winter tv a* Thomas K,ng of the Inestock Weekly of age. The operation is quite ea/t will likely pay dividend*) extension staff at PSU will dis- P.0.80x 1524 Established November 4, s , mDle on voun „ )aml d , this is more likely to be true o* cuss Recent Research Findings, 2M t* 55 * Übllsh<3d ® V6ry f Satur " of a shock These practices will lighter, sandy, or shale soils, of and nr William Adams, PSU p - °- Box 266 ' Lltltz > Pa - flay by Lancaster-Famlng, Lit- 1 a snock These piactices will ietei inanan will talk about °^ c „ es: . itz, Pa. increase the sale value of mar- here tbe utility level is “Cattle Health and Paiasite 22 E. Mam St. , ket lambs, especially if they are blt low 0a heavy, leiti t} Lititz, Pa. Entered as 2nd class matter . , +hi«s nues- Pi ohlems Phone - Lancaster at Lititz Pa under Act of Mar t£> b ® kept nlto the summer 1 th pract i ce 13 All cattle feedeis ate uiged Express 4-3047 or w ’ ■ unoer acx ox Mar. moatlls _ tionable.,and may increase lo® to attend.j .I,' y did not w£iT w»* ,baptiinL in bk iwas L life,' t l to be l i<Jrved-;but io <ierv* to give Als life.” Service anc rifice, service and heroism vice and honor; Jesus linked se together once and for all. ' themselves much as trade now flows be- V („g th| w |, 0 j a m#n tween the states of the United States Some people spend their live! Since all six countries are sovengn “1 (and make money) by looking states, this union will not be complete SfiTVlCfi Is A Lifp after sick cats and d °S s - Other* overnight, but tremendous strides have lw ® M *" ,,c spend their working hours sweeps' been made in the four years since its I **sson tor March 10, 1963 ing and mopping; and some pe<» mcoption with the Treaty ot Home in 1 ~~~ 1 Sit'S mTsfSi, tol Many of the trade barrier, and tar- ..Jt""’" *““«• '““»•••“ S'SStoSrtlrSt*SS' rifs have been broken down, and trade Service must be a tired word is somethin S in this world more; is beginning to flow more freely than it 1S worn thm by being overl important 01311 , cats or floors,©* ever before. V ' used on less than first-rate ocea- ,f,o~ b f^J.Ji 8 ? lel # people ‘ Jesu f What does this mean to American sions. For example, a hotel adver- but theS agriculture? tises “Service with a Smile.” , thetime CMe when He could agriculture. What thcv mean k thaf hnii i® ave benches .and ox-yokes td It is possible that the improved b * others. He would go out to mend standard of living which is coming about 3 . and*ask*™ somethin g m ore fragile than ,oxV in the countries and the increased buy- questions. Service ? ok ? s ’ 1 ? ore enduring thai ing power which will follow, will open there means that 8n f b ® mgS; ?, n 1 up new markets for American 'agricul- man w“us d 3 tural products, but there ms also the JSata* is wasting hii.talent on any lessel possibility that more of the buying will ““J I®® 1 ®® material. What would we think of be done in another of the- countries in f t “ u ." a Savior of men who ran a ca| the community. salesmen all over 8 * This has already happened with the place, mean- 5® treated men t^ ethe si! poultry. Our export of poultry to Ger- He treated them as whole men. many has decreased because that coun- you bought breaks doSi thev’ii a were not > He out to try is now getting more of its supply send heS to get it starW agmn f mak ® Jesus was healer, from Belgium and Holland. they will make right what should teacher and preacher - I We believe that it should be a mat- have been right m the first place. When the higher serves the lower ter of concern to all farmers that any Service can be heroic In 016 ordinary use of the word tarrif laws considered in this country one of the more astonishing “ Service >” people think of the on* include agricultural products. We now facts about Jesus was that He wl i° serves , as ° n a lower level, I sell $1 2 billion worth of produce to the could take an old word and give a low ®J- grade than the one who I EEC. We should certainly take every precaution to see that, we do not lose 1S Z S Jesus 1 mind (and who is ever I this important market. thing, He made it a term of honor “ arer * e than He?) kis I At least thats how it looks from H e told His friends that the way liark of U ‘ e superior person | where we stand. to greatness is the way of service. to . f , a servant - ffis . very superi- I , , , , He who be greatest of all, let Him ™ ty l ay h s an °^ atlott on Hlm to I ★ ★ ★ ★ be servant of all. He Himself ?*& ot , faer f- , Ther ® was °? ce « i consciously fulfilled thp prnnhp brilliant scholar who was also an ? Farm Numbers Decrease The cjes of thf“serSnt sonls 11 in the abl ? do< *°£ f dagreat J number of farms and the total acreage latter half of our book of Isaiah, £? it?, . *:• Tbis “an “buried I in farms in the U.S. continue to shrink, m which the “Servant of the Lord” 1 ' Latest USD A figures estimate the 1962 is desenbed in moving and tragic backward 1 number of farms at slightly more than of the world. His friends tried t* ! 3,688,000 with an acreage of 1,635,355,- youashe St serv. kecp Mm .going.- You are a i 000. That’s almost 123,000 fewer farms e th.” superior man, they argued. Stay } than there were in 1961, and 4 million Service, as Jesus saw it and , f*j®, yOU , v jp. ?u Ve reco Snitioo fewer acres performed it, was no trifle no and honors ; But the young doctor fewer acres. humdrum job. iT became a mark ® n jun 6® : a ? d + of honor Not onlv that it mco at day 0)6 world hoDors him, Albert * * * * hmes to heSc WheL James Schweitzer > more than the*' Farmers are Businessmen Bank- and John came a siring to sit on have, if he had not devote* 1 ers regard the American farmer as “an- ttooncsbeside His (for it was long for m need^Tai other businessman ” savs T P Avtno , before they « ot i 4 through their Wflo wer * m need of ai otner Businessman says x. Jr” Axton, heads that Jesus was not aiming thmss> chairman agricultural committee, A- for the traditional crown-andU mencan Bankers Association. He said 92 scepter business) Jesus asked percent of all banks hold agricultural them first if they could be bap loans and a substantial number of small **zed with His baptism. They said banks have as much as 20 percent of yes very easdy; hut only because their assets in agricultural loans. ★ ★ ★ ★ More eggs on less “juice” Poultrymen have long known that hens will lay more eggs when winter daylight hours are extended by artifi cial lighting. However, contrary to widespread belief, New York Experi ment Station research shows light from 60-watt incandescent bulbs is as effec tive as that from 100-watt bulbs com monly used. ★ ★ ★ ★ No argument on lazy cows Virginia extension dairy specialist, W S. Griffith, emphasizes that high With some hay supplies of production is not just desirable _ it is quality it is very important to feed gram t» i a necessity for economic survival in the , , .t highly competitive dairy business. In SIAX M * SMITH young dairy calves ' Several 50Utlds ® er ***s perfect agreement, Henry D. Hershberg- Of a 16 percent ration will furnish needeig er, Lynnhaven, Va., says: “I can’t afford nu * rlen * ;s supplement hay. Free-choice quality hay is re- \ to keep lazy cows.” If a cow’s production comrriended a<: all tunes. After several months of age grant i is below 8,000 pounds of milk or 400 should be fed according to flesh and to forage quality. pounds of butterfat, he culls her. To Dock And Castrate Lambs Now The Is To Consider Standby Power Units Electricity is now used to operate th» | farm business to such an extent that cl power failure may cause a crisis. Standby | electric power units can provide a valuable I source of emergency power Generator can bi | either engine or tractor driven. Consult with is power company official before locating or m j !; stalling a standby unit. 3 (Based on outlines copyrighted h* the Division of Christian Education. National Council of the Churches' of Christ in the T 7. S. A. Released bi Community Press Service.) Time . . . BY MAX SMITH To Feed Grain To Dairy Calves To Plan For Top-Dressing Wheat y * doubtful (j
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