.. &. '• .<= .. '■ !*■* V-r f ' 4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 12, 1963 From Where We Stand... The Man Livestock management is coming to rely more anymore on automatic de vices and more and more on complica ted equipment. Next to poultry production, which has become almost totally automated of •recent years, probably the most highly mechanized phase of agriculture produc tion is the farrowing of baby pigs. With the advent of the farrowing crate, the pig parlor, and related devel opments, the care of the sow and her offspring has become almost a science in itself. This week Lancaster Farming car ries a story of pig production which is just about as far from mechanization as you can get. But even with the lack of equipment, the 30 sow herd is han dled with a minimum of labor. Many people feel that because we run a story, we must necessarily en dorse the methods employed. This is not so We neither approve nor condemn the practices outlined. We simply pre sent them for what they are worth. We do not believe there are any right or wrong practices in agriculture. There are many practices that will or won’t work in a given set of circum stances. Many practices will or won’t work for a particular farmer. But we believe that the reason this system, or any other system, works is attention to detail. We believe that no machine or automatic control can com pare to watchful care of a conscientious manager. r We still believe in the old adage, “The eye of the master fatteneth the cattle”. No amount of equipment or automatics > will ever replace a man as a decision maker. '’-'‘VAt . least that’s How ■ it c "Tooks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ ★ Jobs Go Begging “It is a fact that industry could use twice the men we can supply,” accord ing to Dr. M. E. John, Head, Depart ment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, College of Agriculture, The Pennsylvania State University, “Strange as it seems, our problem is providing enough graduates;” Every so often we hear statements like this. It appears that while the de mand for farmers is growing less and less each year as farms get larger and more land goes out of agricultural pro duction, the demand in industry for men with agricultural backgrounds and educations grows larger. Dr. David McClay, head of the de partment of Agriculture Education at Penn State said recently, “We gradua ted 30 men last year. We could have placed 60 men in good positions had the men been available.” Prof. Frank W. Peikert, head of Agricultural Engineering at the same university said, “Our department _ grad uates 15 to 20 men a year. This is in sharp contrast to the three or four hun dred requests for men we receive every year.” Dr. Larson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, said, the real enigma is that the nation’s largest single business No E-vcnse ~ ~ .. * • The early frost caught many ' The winter feeding season ‘Temporary hardship' is j k Owen. Editor ' fields of immature corn; the is approaching with many P*®" a deadly excuse for allowing LonCQSter Farmillfii ' r • drivers to keep their licenses * Robert a c. mpbell Bll ° was the be3t V l ™* for this duc f r3 « “ eed after they’ve been convicted of Lancaster County’s Own Farm . , ~ , _, ’ soft corn. It this is not possi- S r *i Q * fl d fora, serious or repeated traffic vie- Weekly Advertising Director ; ble . then it’should remain itt .Je*dJag program lations, Judson B. Branch, p_ q Rox 1524 /established 4, the field as long as possible n^-htL'iyf »forar president of Allstate Enter- Lancaster, Penna. 1955. Published every Satur- itt order t 0 dry oUt crih- X-lre for e, prises, declared recently on p. 0 . Box 266 - Litit*. Pa, 4av by Lancaster-Parmlne Lit- - V aT y oUt ‘ cnD J® rase test tor e : behalf of the All state Motor ’ bing and storage of this soft -tie or beef "catt Club. “Such offenders must be ~ Z ' corn should, include some ex- a . S radn ration -denied the privilege to drive _?*•»*" tra drvine and ventilating on vrithout e: rather than risk permanent Lltltz * Pa * Entered as 2nd claas matter "J yng and ventilation, h(y p e that more hardship to innocent victims Phone - Lancaster - - at Litltr Pa. under Act of Mar, ea .. r ? ring u “ its » forced air livestock 'produi they might involve in acci- 4-cf6s7 at II f jfij in Management would be in the positipn of experienc- come to him or her, is. now a ten ing a shortage of qualified men. ? f . t . he ?Pi” t ’ < / nd th| ' g Today, education in apiculture is p. ... p . ■ t3SSSSS&i!Si education for businessmen that supply UliriSllall rUrliy for no others, materials and services to farmers, he Lesson for October 13, 1963 1 About the turn of the centurj added. In fact it is becoming difficult to , ' there was a young Austrian who think of a business that does not deal, BiMe Mathew e-zs-ss i Co. h “ d b « en a lifetime member of tK« in some wav with the food for our table 5 tSSif t; • church, yet whose life was a con jT way wnn me xooa ror our tame Devotlon „ lU £ din|t; x T he«.kmia n . stant series of sins against thi and the land for our food. Seventh Commandment. He did Young rural people who .do not rp HE WORD "purity” has almost not believe that chastity was eithei find their place on the home farm would.-X-lostits.meaning, -When.a man possible or desirable. -Then i„ do well to look, at agricultural qppor- is recommended for-a position God’s providence he was led to tuhities before leaving "the field for-the i '-inake.the jicquaintance ot two faotorv ■ ' ' ; 4ubstiofa iboUf his purity." would l young; pnests.sboUt lijS -own age /,• , , - . ~ be puzzling to many. Such is the He discovered, somewhat against At least that s how it looks from degradation of the world in which his will, because at first he could where we stand. we live, that there not believe they were genuine, jl. jl jl .jl. is very little no that these men lived lives that to K K tion of purity out him were a continuous miracle, Ol IPPM Of Frilifc side the Christian How can this be? he asked himself, vi i i uuo church. It is other He finally came to understand that Right out of hand, in a deep dish w ! l Jl e with , oth f l ituf™) 1 Vlr ' ° , . . 7 virtues and quail tue, is-supernatural It is not poj pie, an apple tart, smooth apple sauce, ties. Last week in sible (just as love in the Cfinstiao tangy apple butter, Or a waldorf salad, this space we sense is not possible) without thi the king of fruits richly deserves its thought about Holy Spirit. This discovery was tlii high place in American diets. harmony. Every turning point in his lifetime. Since October 10 to 19 has been Dr. Foreman body —whether Sin against whom? designated National Apple Week, this fj^ an -knows what The sin of unchastity, or sins. . P. , , ~ , ’ , you mean by that, even if he does for they have many forms—an might be a good tints to do some stmp- jjot know harmony on the Chris like all sins, against what? Against ling of this wonderful fruit and enjoy tian level, or does not know that marriage, against the love that u it raw or in any one of the many differ- harmony at its deepest and best life’s greatest human joy, against ent prepared forms. is not to be found outside the oneself, and against society Bui A few vears aern a Jamaican tea- Christian faith. But purity—what’s the important fact is deeper When cher of vocational agriculture soent that? Joseph was tempted by Potiphar’i cner ot vocational agriculture spent The Christian V|ew of sex wife> he might have said> .. Ho „ some time with us. One day the conver- if your denomination, has -a can 1 sin against you?” for the ladj sation got around to r apples and he ex- bookstore, as most denominations was really asking him to comnul plained that Jamaica has no apple trees, do, you can buy from it one or a crime against her. He might havi His next observation was totally more books recommended by said, “How can I sin against riij unexpected ’’"You have two varieties leaders in your church'.on the sub- employer? against loyalty, against here” he said “The red and the vel- iect of the Christian view of sex’, friendship? “How can I break th , j . . r6CI I j , yel There is no room here even to re- law of the land?” (for the Egyp low. He had eaten imported apples in view any of these, only to §ay that tians knew well that adultery was his homeland, but to him all apples fell there is more guidance available wrong) or “How can I sullyjmj into the two classes. than you-might have thought pbs family’s high ideals, and my owig' Of course, we explained that it is es- sible. Some basic elements in the Joseph said something that mils) timated that there are some 7,500 re- Christian view will now be men- have sounded as strange to Poll , ... e i .., tioned. _ . phar’s wife as it would to m# cognized varieties of apples Fi # as we “How can I . . . at nearly 50 of them are considered ’to be , the New Testament, sex iSTiot sin- against God?” Joseph was not'a of commercial importance. He had no ful in itself. If it were, alhmar monk, he was a highly practical idea that there are varieties grown es- riages would be wicked, and we and brainy young man, who laita pecially for baking sauce pies iuice should have to blame God for mak had a happy marriage. Yet it was and for eating out of hand.’(We learned £°Jhe human male and not the future marriage which lay , , ,- r>“ , , female. Sex is neither a bestial on ms mind and heart; it was not just about the same thing about ban- necessity nor an end in itself. The just a family ideal. It was God who anas. Did you know we get ONLY two Christian ideal is that sex finds its was more real to him at that mo varieties in this country?) • rightful expression m marriage, ment than any woman there or in Even though some tropical peoples and (hat before marriage virginity the future. The “practice of thi do not know apples well, they are the is God’s ideal both for men and. presence of God” is the surest an best known and commercially most im- ™“flv m ° r a f inst s * n ' ~ ~ . . * *ji m ± rr ht a Strictly lemale Virtue IS pagan, .(Based on outlines copyrighted by tJw portant fruit 01 the Temperate Zone. No no f; Christian.) Division of Christian Education, Nationil other fruit comes near them in univer- Christian motives again u?s. C A. o yeie«id r by e LmmiXp«« sal appeal, versitality or use. They have There are many arguments foi Serv,c *-> been cultivated since before recorded history, and while they are believed to have originated in Asiatic countries, they are now grown in every country of the Temperate Zones. No wonder our ancestors believed, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This week end and next week, you could do a lot worse than to resolve to eat an apple and drink a glass of sweet cider every day. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ ★ Seek “Soft” Detergents—Research into manufacture of “soft” detergents has gained impetus in the light of pos- _ sible federal crackdown on the kinds max smith" If wee ds did ttis year m the that sometimes show up in foamy . ' , , y ~ stream-? and tan water The%nan and rlfL garden, truck -patch; or around the farm buildings, they will streams ana tap water, me soap ana ae- g 0 seed and bring a larger crop of weeds next year. We sag tergent industry IS expected to intro- gest -that these weeds but cut, dried and burned in order to duce soluable detergents by the end of destroy the seeds. A weed crop this year is sure to produce 1965. more weeds next year. Don’t let it happen. To Try Forage Testing Now Is To Be Alert For Soft Com to_keepthe corn from molding, rpill pay., you in ' ' r x H chastity. Margaret C. Banninj wrote an article in which shj makes the point-that even from the standpoint of personal satis faction and happiness, chastity 19 the ideal. But the Christian vie w goes farther than this. The Men Testament teaches that each p er . son’s body, once God’s Spirit haj The Time . . . BY MAX SMITH To Seal Silos Much can be done to reduce the amount of spoilage on the top of all kinds of silos With the upright silo the chopping of sever al loads of poor quality forage of green weeds will eliminate the loss of much good feed. With the horizontal silos much more surface is exposed and more care is needed The use of plastic covers is very worthwhile if the plastic is weighted down tight. Air must be kept from under the plastic; a few boards or old tires will not be enough. Use soil, sawdust, or chopped green forage of poor quality.
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