«T 4 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 9, 1965 From Where .We Stand... It's Form Show Time! As this is being written the sky is blue, the sun is shining, and its warmth is turning last weekend’s ice to water and chasing it down the street. We hope that as you read this a similar condition will still prevail. But, friends, it’s Farm Show time, and regardless of the weatherman’s mild prediction we know better, don’t we? Remember last year? At Farm Show time we can fo-get about the weather forecast, put on our boots, and start shoveling. But maybe this will be the year to break the precedent. After all, Christmas 1964 was the first one in five years that wasn’t white. Don’t count on it, but let’s hope that will be the case. The 49th Pennsylvania Farm Show is going to be a dandy! Biggest ever nearly 11,000 exhibits; $63,000 in pre miums; four nights of entertainment; judging; demonstrations; association meetings. The 13-acre Farm Show Building promises to be a lively place for the next few days. The biggest thing of its kind, it is the event that our 4-H and FFA young people have been pointing toward all year. It will draw commer cial exhibits from nineteen states, in cluding Pennsylvania. , So weather or not, there will be a Farm Show. Hope we’ll see you there. ★ ★ ★ ★ Can't, or Won't? Why is it that folks will so often say they can’t do something you ask of - them when they really mean they won’t? Of course, we know the answer to • Improved Tobacco (Continued from Page' 1) keting agreements' with to bacco growers uses the official Department of Agriculture grading system* as a basis for quality. This involves three grades of wrapper, two of fil ler, three of straight strip, two of fiosted, and a “no grade” classification. By def inition, if filler and wrapper grades are not separated by the grower, his tobacco auto matically falls into the “X” or, straight strip grade Us ing a hypothetical example, but basing prices largely on those that prevailed in 1983, this buyer suggested that if an “X-2” grade brought 25 cents, the top grade wrapper leaves “C-l” would proportion ately bung about 32 cents For that 7 cent differential can the grower afford to pio duce the top grade in quan tity 9 Many authorities feel that he can profit by “clean v mg up” his tobacco, and by sorting and sizing Again, his market must determine this With tobacco very much in the spotlight right now m the county there are some im portant questions developing For example, the USDA re- Loncoster Farming Lancaster County's Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E. Mala St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 894-3047 or Lititz 625-21#’ Don Timmons, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Adver tising Director Established November 4. 1856. Published every Satur day by Lancaater-Farmlng. Lic it- Pa. Second Class Postage paid .at Litite,- Pa. and at additional mailing offices. 4 & X A * 4 * > t 1£ -» * * V that question just as you do. When someone requests something of us that we don’t particularly care to do we don’t tell them (generally) that we won’t do it. That would perhaps blunt and direct, and would soon result in our being classed as very disagree able and uncooperative people. So to spare the feelings of others, and to make ourselves a little less objectionable, we regretfully plead that we can’t. Actually the meaning of these two words is very different. When we say we can’t do something we are implying that it would not be physically possible for us to do it. When we say we won’t do it we mean we will not, we don’t want to, and we ain’t agoing to! A different emphasis altogether. Or, to look at it another way, one is a reason and the other is simply an excuse. Think about that, and the next time someone tells you they can’t do some thing you ask of them ask yourself for Heaven’s sake don’t ask them! if that person means can’t, or whether he really means won’t. And the next time someone requests something of you that you don’t particularly want to do, you might pause a moment and reflect whether you feel strongly enough about the request to tell him you won’t do it. If it is physically possible for you to do it. and it is a reasonable request, why not give it a try? If we work at it per haps we can virtually eliminate that phony word “can’t” from the English language at least from our immediate vocabularies. It might be surprising to see how much more can be done when can’t is eliminated! What Do YOU Think? ports that carryover stocks of fL 9 J AQ Pnirntw filler-type Pennsylvania leaf vUcx* ICoj V/UUllljf are the largest in recent years. IJ* L I They report that production of Type 41 was reduced 5 per cent this, year; that 1964 U.S.- v ' urii cigar consumption in 1964 in- The results o£ the Pennsyl _ creased nearly 25 per cent vama Coin Club’s annual 5- o\'er 1963, and that cigar ex- acre corn con test recently re ports were also up by 2o per j eased h y ,p enn state Univer cent, that less than 1 per cent Slty showed that Joh n H of cigars consumed in the 'Ch a rl es , Millersville Rl, had U *** J hls as 7 top yield in the county sortment of facts does not using a single cross hybrid add up to make much sense (Punk G . 4680) Charles 0 b- We’re giowmg less, consum- tamed a ld of 202 1 bushels mg more, exporting more, and per acre iThls Was good yet our carryovei supplies enotl gj l £o give him the run are increasing' Some light nei . U p position in the state was shed on this dilemma Wlde> 2 16-farmer field The this week in Washington at a high lor state in the hand meeting of USDA tobacco of- harvested class was scored by ficials and industry leaders Robert 'Sterrett of Grove City, One tobacco company presi- p a Wl th 2 23 2 bushels per dent gave the only possible acre explanation that would bal- Although there are two x 7 T ance the above equation—the c£asses £or f arm ers to enter iS cigai companies are blending —hand harvested and machine eonsideiable amounts of low- harvested—Lancastei County grade cigaiette and smoking £iad nQ en t nes in the latter tobaccos in then cheaper- c j ass> hut had 16 entnes in priced cigars and cigarillos hand harvested class (small, mild cigars) Last year > s state winner in This inci eased demand for that class was Fied Frey, low-pnced cigarette tobacco Q Uarryvil]e R 2 has lesulted in advances in (Continued on Pase 16) the price of that commodity. That would seem to cause buyers here to pay higher Lane. County IODOCCO prices for local straight strip, Assn. Elects Stehman as evidenced m the recently completed tobacco buying At the association’s annual season meeting this week the mem- Perhaps this new develop- &f? hl P elected Jacob C. ment can somehow be resolved Stehman Lancaster R 6 to To i nsu , re a building and Seir ST™ pre Marietta S' as president of udder for original cost may ducms a aualS product but the Lancaster County Tobacco of * cow resting upon have be€n sat i s f aC tory prior It seems to this reporter’that. Growers Assn. .cold, 'bare concrete is not rec- to world' War m. However, at least for the moment, the' Endslow, who served as ommended .for success in the we would like , to-point out hnly companies that will be President for 11 years, - was dairy business, -Some -form of that- the replacement cost - interested in quality filler are named as v* ce president. * bedding should be under the- comes closer to .the figure - those producing a large quan- Rejected were Marlin Cas- cow at all times’even though .that '‘Should . berimed lon *ity of quality cigars. sel, Manhe i™ R1 > secretary;'extra effort is .needed to. ac- farm'*buildings. We'd like .t0.,- * ° ' Leroy Funk, Washington Boro complish this, practice. Chilled-suggest that" farm ’property " Rl. treasurer. udders'may brlng oii whum- ownersexamine -, their - iosur- There are 325 covered bridg- -The election Was held in-.ber of udder problemS'-wid-re- ance and~be -certain, es in Pennsylvania. ' the Lancaster County Farm duce milk production. Hairy- they are sufficiently covered, - * * "* Bureau Cooperative Ass’n -men with ' stall barns are If it-'- has not been ’done re- Bvery year, Michigan hunt- building on Hillerville Road,.urged to give this matter care- cently, ridqr to’ ers kill 100,000 deer. Lancaster. ’ ful attention. - keep putting it.off. JiHi'sSSSSi, 5 iiiu itUii IE if It i-li.t <t XJI I 9 i S 9 11 itESIf T t-lltl-a- 5 * He Was Tempted Lesson for January 10, 198 S Background Stricture- Matthew 4:1-11. Delation*) Readmit Matthew 3 13-17. Where and how is a man most likely to be tempted? When you try to answer this, you will discover that while temptations can meet a person anywhere, any * time, he is most open to tempta tion right in the area o£ his strongest inter ests. A man who is ambitious to hold public office will be strongly tempted to corn pro m i s e or to lie in order to make his ambi tions come true. A woman who could not ordinarily be tempted to do a mean thing, may be tempted to meanness—even to covetousness, lying and theft— for the sake of her children. Where the heart is, there the temptations will be. Jesus illustrates this rule. We can understand his temptations better if we understand them as suggestions in the area of his central interest, the strange Kingdom which he had begun to establish. He knew there was to be a kingdom, knew he was to be king ... but how? Three blind alleys Jesus desired the Kingdom above all things. Seek it first, he said later to his friends; and he sought it first always. But what kind of king, what kind of king dom? In the first temptation (following the order in Matthew) he is tempted to turn stones into bread, —that is, to be an ‘‘eco nomic Messiah." If he could turn stones into bread, why not into money, jewels, arms and armor, —anything’ Certainly the needy people of the world need to be fed, the sick healed; but Jesus knew that physical needs are not the basic ones. Then he was tempted to bring in the King dom by another kind of miracle —jump off the high temple roof and land like a bird, unharmed. It would give him a hearing, people would listen . , . but Jesus declined to follow the tempter’s line. He would not work miracles to show off, not even to gam the hearing he must have. Then he was tempted to fall down and worship the The Time . .. During the winter months many machin ery service people will give special rates on getting tractors and other machinery in better condition Farmers are urged to sur vey their seivice needs and get the woik done before spring work arrives To Be Interested In_Land Use Farmers have a big slake in land use planning and zoning, there is considerable activity in many townships throughout the county and farm interests should be repre sented Again we urge that land owners take active part in this project in every communi ty in order to help plan organized growth mat gMITH and community improvement To Keep Bedding To Adjust Insurance Coverage Under Dairy Cows rimble (Continued from Page 1) the Todd 88E hybrid which yielded 120 bushels per acre in his 4-H project plot. The 4-H corn roundup was judged by John Yocum, su perintendent of the PJS.U. Southeastern Research Labora tory, Manheim Rl. The first ten places in the 22-entry contest were as fol lows: 1, Paul Trimble, Quarryville Rl; 2, Kenneth Hess, Stras burg Rl; 3, Annette Long, Lit itz R 3; 4, David Funk, Wash ington Boro Rl; 5, James W. Houser, Lampeter; 6, Gary Porter, Washington Boro Rl; 7, Joseph Wivell, Columbia Rl; 8, Jay Marlin Bollinger, Denver R 2; 9, Eugene Bol linger, Denver R 2; 10, Darryl Edwards, Ephrata Rl. tempter himself; practically this meant bon owing the devil’s methods to accomplish God’s purposes. An easy temptation that has ruined many; but Jesus would not give in to it. He was tempted In later weeks we shall have time to think of what kind of kingdom he really desired. Right now let us give another look at the temptations. The first thing to be observed is that Jesus was really tempted. Now you cannot tempt me to try to high-jump over a bam. You can't tempt me to eat moldly bacon-idnd, it'* dis gusting. No man can be tempted to do something be knows very well he can’t do, or to do_ some thing it sickens him to think of. A real temptation has a to urge yon to do .something you can. do and something that looks at tractive at the time. The good versus the best But if Jesus was perfectly good, how could he be tempted with anything bad? The point i» that some of the temptations were not to do bad things.a&all. • He was tempted to create food, to give the people something to ad mire,-to give a public demon stration of the protecting power of God. These were good deeds, not bad. The hidden trap was: these were not the best. What the best was, we can see from later studies in Matthew. The point now is that if Jesus had yielded, in each case he would have found himself in a blind alley, one that did not lead to the tiue Kingdbm of God. Some one has said that the good is the enemy of the best; to accept the good when the best is possible, is to give in to a common temp tation. 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