—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 30, 1963 4 From Where We Stand... The Best Use For Every Acre The soil conservationists have long had a slogan, “Put. every acre to its best use.” This might mean putting land now in woodland into a regular cropping system, or it might mean putting crop land into grass or woodland- Or it might mean changing from one type of a cropping system to another. But have you ever thought it might mean taking land out of agri cultural production altogether. At a recent meeting at the, Uni versity of Delaware, a land use specia list urged the preparation of a “com plete and comprehensive plan of land use” for all land in the United States outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages. He said the plan should be kept systematically up to date and should be done in cooperation and with appro priate federal, state and local agricultur al agencies, along with local professional and civic groups under the leadership of local government But, he said, before any such plan could be developed, the planners would have to answer two vital questions. They are (1) What kind of-a community do we want to live in?, and (2) What are we willing to do to achieve such a community? Planning is not new to Lancaster Countians, nor, for that matter, to any people who live in a democracy and are free to go where they want to go and do what they want to do. We believe, however, that too many of us go along doing the things that seem expedient at the moment' without too much thought of the long range consequences of our actions. We have become too prone to let someone else do our planning for us without giving too much thought to the planning until it comes into conflict with our own plans. We believe the Lancaster County Planning Commission is doing a won derful job, and we believe that the only thing wrong with its actions is that they were not begun soon enough. We believe every farmer should consider some of the points' below in addition to the restrictions placed upon them by the planning commissions. We should try to prevent land waste by leapfrogging sub-divisions and intermingled and conflicting land uses and in the destruction of resources. We should try to reserve our best quality agricultural land for fixture agricultural use whenever and wherever possible. We should strive to create new wealth in the development of the land and in the balanced industrial develop ment that uses products especially of the farm and forest. We should direct new residential developments, whenever possible, to land unfit or unneeded for farm use the rocky or hilly, rough land. We should reserve some of the lowland or swampy areas for wildlife development. In the future we will need many such areas for game, fish and wildlife, and once they have been used for industry or commerce, they can hardly ever be restored for wild life uses We must strive to achieve a balance Wait .1 while Don’t let a few warm dajs Lancaster Forming Jack Owen, Editor Lancaster Comity's Own Farm Robert G. Campbell, Weekly Advertising Director push you into the garden wh- ile the soil is too wet to work, warns Lynn Smith, Penn State extension flonculunst. Work- Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa. en dried out, it stajs hard all Phone - Lancaster Express 4-3047 or ‘ Lititz Mil.'6-2191'' ' ‘ mg wet soil puddles it and wh- aummer. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. P. o P. o, i i , in the use of land as a means of creat ing all-year industrial employment. Fat cities do not grow on lean countrysides. We must be alert and vigilant in keeping the countryside beautiful. The growth of automobile graveyards, gar bage and disposal dumps and litter along the highways, unsigjhtly farm steads and barnyards, trailers scattered throughout the countryside, industries that emit noxious fumes and odors and billboards that line the highways in all sizes, shapes, colors, and in all stages of deterioration do not add to the beauty of a community, nor do they help to attract new business or tourists. All thqse are important, but we believe we in Lancaster County must look carefully to preserving our basic recreational uses of land. We will need all the recreational land and water re sources we have and can develop for the future. In order to promote more recrea tional uses of land, the Agriculture Con servation and Stabilization Service has said that land under the Conservation Reserve program can still be used for most recreational programs. The Farm ers Home Administration is now ac cepting applications for loans for rural recreation facilities. We believe there is room in Lan caster County for more rural recrea tion. We believe this land use should be encouraged and developed much more extensively. It should not be necessary for residents of this county to drive hundreds of miles to enjoy a vacation. We believe recreation facilities could be developed right here at home, but first we have to ask ourselves, What kind of a community do we want, and what are we willing to do to ge tit? At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. Think of That! The farm worker in 1955-1959, com pared to 1910-1914, produced, in one' hour, 100 percent more milk, 125 per cent more eggs, 427 percent more broil ers, and enough grain to make 493 per cent more flour. ★ ★ ★ ★ New Danish Invention The Danish dairy industry has de veloped an “egg” made of plastic film, which is used as a container for butter. The eggs are filled under sterile condi tions and are particularly suited for picnics or where refrigeration is not available. ★ ★ ★ ★ What Is An American? “An American is a fellow who sips Brazilian coffee from an English cup while sitting 6n Danish furniture after coming home in a German car from an Italian movie I .'. . and writes his Con gressman with a Japanese ballpoint pen demanding that he do something about all the gold that’s leaving the country it it it it What We Digest “It is not what we eat .but what we nitrogen applications. The animals should be managed carefu digest that makes us strong; not what ly by allowing them on the tresh grass only a short time (H we gain but what we save that makes t 0 to minutes) lor the first several days, and only after the us rich; not what we read but what we * ave c ° nsunl * d a normal feedm f of sdage > hay .’ llr or °| he remember that makes us learned- and dry matter Dairymen are urged to graze their milklllg heil memoer mat maKes US learned, ana atter the m iiking period and at least 4 to 5 hours prior to tin not what we profess but what we prac- next milking time tice that makes us Christian ” To Plant Shrubbery >' And Trees Land owners with wet areas *rh6 months of April and in. their fields should give this May are ideal times to trans problem some attention at this plant nearly all kinds of trees time of the year. Drain tile shrubs for landscaping , „ , , ~ purposes. These early spring may he installed to remove the plantmgB havß , the advtota^ extra water in cultivated areas, of ttie w6t> cool -weather befoifi and open ditches may be made the summer heat arrives. Roo'a for this purpose an pasture or should be either covered will 0 „ , . woodland. Good drainage is es- a baU ct Mrtb Entered as 2nd class matter ~ . . or be -wrapped and kept moist at Lititz, Pa. under Act of Mar. P C ™ P yie dS f” 1 at all tlmas - Keep all kusds ot most instances the investment fertilizer away from the roof &, i, ~> ■'in.niii t.j. will ben 'worthwhile, n- [ --at pWirtibgt 1 g Jc l!j iDstablished November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farmlng, Lit- Itz, Pa. He Will Gome Lesson for March 31, 1963 Bible Material; Mark 13:1 through 14 B Devotional Reading; I Thessalonlana 'T'HE words “Second Coming” A always mean one particular Commg. Millions of persons every day in the world come a second time to some place or other; but that is not what Second Coming means When spelled with capi tals, the expres sion refers to Christ m the fu ture. He came; that is important. He comes: every day that is true. He will come, this is important too. Christians have engaged in endless Dr. Foreman debates, more’s the pity, about the Second Com ing, mostly questions about it that no one can answer befoie hand. But whatever their differ ences, all branches and varieties of the Christian faith agree tlnd Christ will reign; that at long last He will be in fact and not only in hope, the Euler of this world. Literal or figurative? What is said about the Second Coming is not entirely simple and clear. If it were, there would not be so many arguments about it. One question that no one can an swer to every one’s satisfaction is: Are the predictions and the descriptions of it to be taken liter ally or figuratively? Taken literal ly, they raise difficulties. For ex ample, in one of. the verses from Mark m this week’s lesson, it is said that Jesus will come “in the clouds.” Does this mean literal clouds such as you can fly through, and often fly over? Men come m the clouds to every airport. What is special about that’ And if you say that these are not ordinary water-drop clouds, but something never seen before, you have de cided the meaning must be figura tive. But still the difficulty is not gotten rid of, for a figure of speech always means something. We could go through all’the ex pressions connected with the Sec ond Coming, and note the difficul ties of understanding all of them; Now Is The Time . . Spring has arrived and much field and garden work will be done in the commi .months. Agricultural chemicals play a ver: important part in modern agriculture; usee .correctly they contribute toward greater and more efficient production. All farmers am spiay operators are urged to be safe and sun by following directions and the labels on al spray material containers. To Graze Livestock Carefully Some producers will be able to graze •their livestock in the near future on specia - MAX M. SMITH forage crops or on pasture crops with exti. To Drain The Wet Spots but let us rather fix our attent; on a few points that we can least partly understand. Thi powar and tha ; We may not be able to flg« out the “clouds” but we knc something of what Power ai Glory mean. The main'truth here that Christ’s Second Comii will not be obscure, humble, u welcomed by most people, as w the First Coming. Jesus willreigi He reigns even now in the hear of multitudes, but His reign is n always visible. His Second Cot ing will reveal Himself to tl world with a splendor and ton that no man can doubt. Som times a wealthy person will fa in love with another person wt may be quite poor by comparisoi The rich lover may conceal tb fact of his wealth. He wants to b loved for himself, not for hi stock and bonds. So it may b that Christ, heir to the glory < the heavenly Father, wishes nov in these present days, to be love for Himself,—to be obeyed out i love and devotion. No one, seem Jesus m power and glory, woul wish to be anywhere else but o His side. So the power and th glory come at the end, not at th beginning. Live as if— Jesus said plainly that even th Son (meaning Himself) does no know “of that day and that hour, 1 so we waste our ingenuity makin up timetables for Him. He wi come when the time is. One oth« thing Jesus made plam; His fol lowers ought to live every da as if that Coming were to tab place before tonight. This does no mean that we must shut our store and factories and every one gi home to pray. It means tha wherever we are, if we are on th< right trail it is our God-given dutj to stay on it. If we are doing a good work it is our duty to finisl it, as if He were coming to inspec it at six o’clock. Live, in short, as in His sight! this is the old and always nevj command. But is He not always) here? Yes—He can and He does live in tiie heart with the opened door. We have to remember this God knows exactly as much abour our lives, inside and<• out, as Hi could know if Jesus in persoi| walked in the door with a fountain pen in His hand to make note* for a report for the Last Judg] ment. (Based on outlines copyrighted bj the Division of Christian Education, Rational Council of the Churches cl Christ in the T 7. S.A. Released bf Community Press Service.) BY MAX SMITH To Read The Label
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