—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6, 1965 4 From Where We Stand... (Top Half Washed down the Conestoga . . . Minerals Gone With Top Soil) All Fields Suitable to Wash. 37 Gullies, 4 feet to 9 feet deep (due to grow larger). 1 Empty House, doors and windows missing, lean-to, 2 rooms and a path. 1 Leaning Barn, to be moved on account of lack of storage for manure. 50 Bales of Mixed Grasses, mostly broom sedge. 4 Mineral deficient Cows. They are gentle, used to being tailed up in the winter. Guaranteed to have rickets and no calves % mile of fence with plenty of baling wire for repairs. 1 Sow and 2 Pigs; would eat anything. 17 Hens, used: to roosting in trees, 43 Acres of Overcut Timber, been burned recently. Other articles too worthless to mention. Reason for Selling: Owner going to work for a CONSERVATION FARMER who has taken care of his soil. WILL YOUR FARM EVER BE IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS DESTRUCTIVE WASTE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE ... The SOIL? CONSERVATION DOES NOT COST ... IT PAYS! The Directors of The Lancaster County Soil Conservation District are Amos H, Funk, Chairman, Millersville Rl, Pa. Henry H. Hackman, Vice Chairman, Manheim R 2, Pa. Elmer Good, Lititz RI, Pa. Aaron Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, Pa. Arthur Campbell, Jr., Commissioner Member, Court House, Lancaster, Pa. Henry E. Givler, Ronks Rl, Secretary Treasurer, Lampeter, Pa. Legislators Represent PEOPLE! In justifying the Supreme Court’s “one-man, one-vote” edict, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote; “ . . . Legislators represent people, not trees or acres . . And that is the whole point, Mr. Chief Justice, the people would like to continue to be represented by legisla tors, not by city power machines! It is true that many of the states themselves brought about this momen tous decision because they ignored nor mal reapportionment in their state legis latures As populations shifted and cities grew, 1 vote in country districts often was equal to several hundred city votes "Thus small population areas were able to dictate state policies in many cases. This is wrong, but Why try to correct a wrong by tilting the country 180 de grees in the other direction? And that is essentially what the Court’s decision will do. In its hasty ef fort to assure all the people of fair re presentation, the Court is in effect real ly assuring that many people will not be represented because they will have no legislator speaking for them or interest ed in their problems. In the words of Justice Harlan: “Legislators can re jpresent their electors only by speaking for their interests economic, social, political many of which da reflect where the electors live.” Farmers in Lancaster County, for example, are not Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E Mam St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 623-2191 FOR SALE LANCASTER CO. FARM JOIN HANDS WITH YOUR DISTRICT (Lancaster County Soil Conservation District) Don Timmons, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Adver tising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur- 61 day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit , Pa 'ln a special 'appeal to or- Ul ‘ „ . ganazations of the county, Era- L Second Class Postage paid baker said. “The Campaign ■at Lititz, Pa. and at additional Steeung Comlmittee is grate- going to be very well represented by legislators from Pittsburgh or Philadel phia their interests are different and the pressure from their immediate dis tricts would take precedent. It would appear that the Court has not only over-stepped its area of au thority in issuing the order making it mandatory for all states to reapportion their state legislatures on a population only basis It also has set up a situation that can be countermanded only by the American people through their Con gressmen. Circumstances demand a Con stitutional amendment that would guar antee that one house of each state legis lature can reflect factors other than pop ulation. There is a lot of momentum build ing up for such an amendment, but it • will require massive support by voters throughout the country. If you would preserve our representative form of government contact your representa tives now on both the state and federal level, and let them know how you feel. Oklahoma Senator, Mike Monroney summed up the situation very well when he said, “. . . Good local self government cannot be imposed from above. It must be generated by the people themselves.” After all, that’s what democracy is really all about, isn’t it? What Do YOU Think? • Farm & Home ('Continued from Page 1) County Florists’ Olulb, WHE A IkpißasA SPEAKS SS W.-. feF Intarnallanal UniUtm Sunday Schaal Laiaana Why We Work Lesson for March 7,1965 Background Scripture: Matthew 19 and Devotional Beading: Matthew 20 20-21, SOME of the parables of Jesus sound crazy. Let’s face it: the “plain and simple” teachings of Jesus are often neither clear nor simple. Reader and listener have to ■wrestle as best they can to find .what Jesus really meant. One thing the Christian reader is sure of: These parables.are not crazy. The Lord meant something true in each one. One story is K> particularly Dr. Foreman strange. It is about a grape-grower at harvest time who hired workmen in the morning for a denarius a day. (An average daily wage in New Testament times. The "denarius’' was a small silver coin.) At in* tervals through the day he hired more men, telling them he would pay what was right. Finally an hour before quitting time he hired some more without promts* ing them anything at all. Then, at the end of the long twelve* hour day, he paid off, giving each man the same amount, whether he had worked one hour or twelve. Working for the paycheck This parable is not intended to teach us what a day’s wages should be in our day and time. It is not intended to tell employers what kind of wage scale is the right one. (What would become of a farmer who regularly hired workmen as the man in the parable did?) The point is in the different motives men have for working at all. The point is in* deed a kind of double one. It makes us think of the different motives men have for working- Now some people work for God with purpose. They keep Now Is The Time ... To Get Quality Seeds Spring planting time will soon be here when the seasons ciops will be started The use of certified seed is always insurance against poor yields and the spread of weeds Research work has shown that many farmers plant weed seeds with home-grown oats and othei grains. We urge local farmers to be sine they are not planting weeds when they use un-certified, unknown seeds To Inspect Pastures Pasture areas along public roads should be thoroughly inspected before the herd or flock is turned out on pasture. Many folks are careless about throwing away bottles and empty containers that may contain poisons MAX sums for livestock We urge all livestock producers to clean up their pastures before the grazing season To Request Government ,Aid Local farmers who are plan ning to ask for conservation practice assistance should! keep in m'xnd that the formal re quest should be m!ade with the local A>SC office and approved by the County Oammlittee be fore the practice is started. For Kme and fertilizer pay ments, a complete soil test through Penn State University is required. To Inspect New Alfalfa; fields Local farmers are urged 1 .to give close attention to the con- ful to every volunteer can vasser and every contributor who is helping to raise the funds needed to build the Farm and Home Center. his commandments, they do kind deeds, they help worthy causes, only because they hope there is a book-keeping angel who will see to it "that they get credit for every good thing they do. Now it is not wrong to work for a paycheck, even God's. What ia wrong is having this as one’s only and sufficient reason for working at all. . Easy money * On the bottom rung of the stairway to heaven, below those who work only for pay (here off in heaven) stand those who hope the stairway is an escalator that will take them to the top floor without their having to climb. In terms of reward, these are the people who live for easy money. They are the rice-Christians. They are the ones who, not con* tent with getting credit for every single good deed they do, want credit for what they don't do. Working In faith I The last men hired that day had no promises at all. No dena* rius, not even “what la right.** The only motive they could have had was confidence in the man who hired them. They trusted him, and when be ordered them intothe vineyard, they went, not expecting much. Now the point of the story (as wa said) is 4 double one. Here Jesus is tell* ing us that what a man is worth cannot be measured entivdy by bis visible accomplishjfetn Motive is a very important part, of any action. If human being* I could see clear into the hearts of men, as Gqd can, they might ar* range thair payrolls But in real life there ia no coma > pater yet made which will ealeu* late what percentage of caedlti for a good dead la dua to motives No man can guess it But there is a final Judge, su* preme and infallible. It Is God who sees the heart All that our neighbors guess at but never sea' Is clear to God. Only Gad pays, off in the end. And befera hi* judgment throne the greatest xd» wards may come to those wha expect them least. -r f (Bused on outlines eeuyrlshtcd *y Uiß Division ol Christina Education Nations! Council ottheChurchesot Christ in thO V S. A. Released hr Coma ami tr DM Service.) dittion of new alfalfa stands. The dry weather of test fall prevented good growth be fore freezing (weather. The open 'winter and (frequent freezes may have caused' con siderable heaving of fee smaU alfalfa plants, With poor stands it may he best to re seed the field, with a straight alfalfa seeding in late March or early April. The ground should be disced and pre pared as for a new seeding and the method used. Without any nurse crop the area should be sprayed for weed control. These early spring seedings without any nurse crop have been giving very good results in recent years.
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