—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 8, 1964 4 From Where We Stand... Can World Population Be Adequately Fed? “The Ranger experiment establish ed that the Americans have gained con siderable progress in the space race,” said Prof. Auguste Collier of the French Academy of Science, speaking on the nice bit of moon photography completed last week by the U. S. space team. “The success of the experiment also gives new evidence that the Americans have mastered the problem of thrusting a heavy payload into space and directing it toward a desired target,” the profess or continued. Twelve previous attempts had fail ed and Orion H. Reed, Launch Conduc tor for the Ranger 7 project said, “After all the disappointments of the past, we are real happy at the way it turned out. We’re exeremely elated.” We agree it was a tremendous feat any way you look at it. But now that we’re “Down to earth,” again we wonder how well we “Have mastered the pro blem” of surplus food spoiling in the stock pile on one side ot our own Earth planet and people in extreme need of, food at most other points on the globe. Kenneth L. Turk, Director, Inter national Agricultural Development Council, Cornell University, gives his answer to that question in the July 13 issue of Foreign Agriculture magazine. He cites Mexico as an example of what can be done. Mexicans are consuming about 2,700 calories a day now compar ed with less than 2,000 calories 25 years ago. Turk ends his article with a quote from Dr. J. George Harrar, president, The Rockefeller Foundation: “The sim ple truth is that we know enough today, now to transform the food production of the world. So far as scientific knowledge is concerned, there is no reason why any human being in the world should not he well fed, and there is no longer any excuse for human starvation. The stumbling block is man himself his prejudices and misinfor mation, his lack of education and ability to put to work the accumulated scien tific and technical knowledge that lies at hand.” We could feel a lot more free to be “elated” over our moon success if the “stumbling block” in food produc tion of prejudice, misinformation and lack of education Doctor Harrar speaks about had gone along “Out of this world” with Ranger 7. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ ★ What Tree Farming Requires Wise conservation of natural re sources does not involve shutting the door and throwing the key away. It does involve farsighted development and utilization of the resource in question along with unflagging attention to the expected needs of generations yet to Lancaster Farming Lancaster County's Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna, P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 B Main St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 625-2191 Robert G. Campbell, Advertising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farmmg, Lit itz, Pa Entered as 2nd class matter at Lititz, Pa. under Act of March 8, 1879. come Nowhere is this better illustrated than in tree farming the dramatic means of assuring that the nation will never run out of timber and wood pro ducts, despite heavy and growing de mand. A tree farm is precisely .what the term implies an acreage devoted to the planting, nurturing and protection of trees until they reach maturity. Just what does tree farming re quire? It requires time and the long view it may take 20, 50, lt)0 years or even more, depending on area and species, before a tree is ready for cutting. And a tree produces income for the owner only when it is cut It requires work, care and money. The trees must be protected against such natural enemies as fire, insects and disease. And the tree farmer must pay, over long years, all the costs of protec tion, management, road building and, at last, harvesting the timber. Obviously, another requirement lies in the expectation of an ultimate rea sonable profit for the tree farmer and those who will follow him. Because of this, many states have enacted tax legis lation designed to promote wise forest practices. These tax laws do not, as has been falsely chaimed, provide the tree farmer with special benefits. They simp ly recognize the special problems that are an inescapable part of tree growing. They recognize too, that if the trees were to disappear the tax revenue they create would go with them. Tree farming began but recently in 1941. Since then, it has provided overwhelming proof of its worth and necessity. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. Corn Exports Triple Of the $4.5 billion which corn contributed to the XJ S. farm economy last year, $1 in $9 came from overseas sales. Export sales of corn have tripled since 1953 when productions from 1 acre in 30 was shipped overseas. If the 1964 ex port sales of corn reach 11.4 million metric tons as expected, production from 1 acre in 9 will go overseas; 10 5 million tons were exported last year. Plentiful supplies and efficient pro duction have made U. S. corn competi tive in the world market; U. S. corn also is liked for its low moisture con tent. The competitive position of the U. S. and anticipated larger demands for feedgrain abroad should be an ad vantage for U. S. corn exports in the next decade, but there may be some rivals for the world market. Argentina and South Africa have been major con tenders for the world market; Mexico and Brazil are sporadic exporters, en tering the market when they have bumper crops; and Thailand in the last 10 years has risen from an insignificant exporter to the largest in the Far East. Thailand is expected to continue strong in the Japanese market, No. 1 market for U. S. corn this year. 1965 Farm Show To Feature Agribusiness HARRISBURG State Se cretary of Agriculture Leland H Bull today said emphasis on agribusiness will be repeated at the 1965 Pennsylvania Farm Show next January, and that attention will be directed also to the program now under way for promoting the com monwealth’s economic growth These two objectives, he said, will be embraced in a theme announced by the Farm Show Commission “Agribusi ness Keystone for the New Pennsylvania ” The 1964 show’s theme was “Forward with Agribusiness, Pennsylvania’s major industry.” The “New” Pennsylvania refers to an improved economy and a bet ter business climate for at tracting new industry. Secretary Bull explained that agribusiness includes agiicul ture and its many related in dustries, and that, together, they comprise the state’s total farm program. His department, he explained, regularly works with this entire program. This whole program will be repre sented at the 1965 show in farm and home exhibits, com mercial displays, and educa tional activities. No 49 in a series that start ed in 1917, the 1965 Farm Show, Jan. 11-15, will mirror activities on Pennsylvania’s 83,- 000 farms, portray phases of lural life, and suggest the (Continued on Page 6) tHU .\iMßas' SPEAKS Intttntt Uallam Surd.iv ScHml L»i»*n» Learn to Worship Lesson for August 9,1964 Background Scripture: E\odu» 26 through Dcsotional Reading: Psalm 38:1-12. FOR ALL that was said in this column last week about the close relation between the two re ligions, that of the Jews and that of the Christians, it still is true that these two religions are dif ferent. The present-day Jewish religious life is strikingly like that of Chris tians; but the early Hebrew faith was—to look at it—more like those of their pa gan neighbors than like the Jew- ish or Christian Dr. Foreman religion today. Nevertheless, even from the an cient pages of Exodus, where first we find detailed directions for the public worship of God, we can learn to worship the Most High. The ancient Hebrew religion was priestly; that is, the offering of sacrifices and leading in all the forms of worship which were ob served in Tabernacle or Temple, were not left to chance. The priesthood took charge and took care that all was done in accord ance with what they understood to be God’s intention. To us to day this siggests that God is not rightly worshipped by offhand, ir reverent or stupid and silly per formances. Other religions may go in for bizarre and weird prac tices such as snake-handling and human sacrifice, crawling on the ground all the way to some sacred shrine, or lying on abed of spikes; but not the Jews, and not the Christians, Beauty in nligionf Any one with a little imagina tion, reading carefully those chap ters in Exodus which tell of the construction of the Tabernacle, may be confused by details (and sometimes confused by the lack Now Is The Time ... To Lime For Winter Grain Land that is to be seeded to winter gun this fall and then into any legume ne\ spring or summer, should be limed while pu paring the seedbed this fall. That is, if thi soil test shows need of any lime. The prac tice of spreading lime on a new grass fielt after the stand has been partly establish is not the best way to correct soil aciditv More benefit will be realized if the lime n given time to sweeten the soil before tn( legume seeds are planted. To Prune Black Raspberries , The time to start preparing for rie\i year’s black raspberry crop is as soon as this year’s crop is picked. Remove the old os'* to the ground but protect the new canes because they P bear the next crop of berries. If new plants are desired, bim the tip of several new shoots in moist soil and keep them a l, tached to the old plant until early next spring. MAX SMITH To Prepare The Silo On some farms the silo has been empty since early spring and should be put into good shape for the new corn crop. Good silage comes from air tight silos and this may need some attention Masonry silos may need pointed or re-coated to maintain a smooth surface Wooden silos may need tight ened and painted. The best REMOVE OLD Remove flower heads lilacs, early-flowenng r!l0 n)1 dendrons, peonies, and s ‘ s lar plants immediately a To Mow Pastures the blooming period, is The veiy busy harvest sea- recommendation of extend son for tobacco, tomatoes, corn ~ d , 0 ” Penn s)l: and etc » approaching but f‘»™nlta s ls at Th P«*»| the weeds continue to grow m Vama State Universlty ' J corn silage comes from corn pei mi tied to mature to the full dent stage and then sealed into an air-tight silo. ot li'mi'): nut -no ibur; rt i« Vanana''lc wo- ,i j,, t of raie beauty. If it !■ | | |r '> 1v j i as verc t! a i , 1 of i'l'n" 'iUfri’iMiainc'i, \ , , j v,,( it tl>at tunc, it vu, j, ba„n j.uu l ’(I even today . , rod b."M iCui in a hign d< , toaay tneic is or there m ,| |’ a combining of b'' i Vul " tnc public worship of Gi i V|" | ' i 1 by vajs of worship ma" , < )t ' ‘ - shabby god, but not tap lr * God, who made everything ) JMu tiful in its time. The haart in worship A boy who joins the army soon finds out that he can no lon cr as he pleases, if he ever d.j m has few decisions to maKo r, u t there is one thing the armv gi VCs men a chance to do but will not force on him: namely, to go ( 0 church. The army authorities may not be noted as experts m rt . ligion, but they do know this much: compulsory religion does no one any good. So it was Q ancient Sinai and Palestine, gift, to the Tabernacle and Temple were not forced, but the people gave whose hearts moved them to give. So it is to this day. The humblest and simplest worship services in the poorest kind of church building will have as part of the worship, the offering. (Not “collection,” please!—there’s quite a difference.) So with all parts of the service. Freedom, including free generosity, has been a pan of the worship 6f God ever since Sinai, and indeed long befoic. Tha glory It is said that the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle, full of smoke by day, of fire by night. Was this a kind of fire you might have captured on color film’ Was it perhaps a figurative way of speaking of what is unspeakable, the glory of the invisible God whom no man can see? However it was, it is the glory of Goj alone which is real. There can be a great deal of the glory of man in worship; members may boast of the great paid choir and organ ist; they may speak of the min ister’s eloquence, and show you with pude the spotless modern kitchens; but it is not the glory of man that blesses a church, it is the glory of God. (Bated on oatlines copyrighted Ijv the ftmsion of Christian Educai on, NiUonal Council of the Churches of Ch » I in the TJ, S. A, Released by Community Pt«a ‘■'d vice.) CHURCH SUNDAY BT MAX SMITH the pastures. Good manaS' ment requires that the P aS _ tures be mowed every feu l six weeks during the sumn> e season. Recent rams throng' out the county will hung a “ ditional weed and grass 6 lo ' th. We suggest that the g>» mg area be mower aesu al j to encourage new giovth a to control weeds. GO TO
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