4—Lancaster Farming,‘Saturday, May 1,1965 From Where We Stand... The Washington Merry-Go-Round We had the opportunity to see a little of- the “inside Washington” this week. To this country boy the activity and drive generated by the men inside this mechanical monster were very im pressive. The bigger they are, the more hectic seems their schedules There ap peared to be little time wasted on the upper echelons We met, listened to, and questioned some of the top officials in the USD A, including Secretary Freeman Without exception, these men seemed very able They appeared to be highly intelligent, some probably biilliant Their ideals ap peared unquestionably of the highest caliber, and they seemed sincere in the jobs they were trying to do. In light of such a favorable person al impression, why was it that one very disturbing thought kept drifting back into this editor’s mind? It was not a new thought certainly, but one that was reinforced repeatedly during the two day session “Can the Farm Problem in this coun try really be this complicated?” Admitedly, our tendency is to over simplify many big problems But as we heard this program and that program described we couldn’t help but wonder whether the Washington world was so completely entangled in the complicated and endless web of PROGRAMS that they were manufacturing PROGRAMS like an organ grinder cranks out music Then the not very humorous picture ap peared of all of us dancing around like the organ grinder’s monkey, tipping our hat and begging for handouts Not a pleasant thought perhaps even a little unfair but it does seem that ■we’ve no sooner finished dancing to one tune than another one begins In the midst of ail of the Adminis tration’s program men we felt some what reassured by a few of the thoughts expressed by Rep Paul Findley. R-11l He strongly disagreed with the adminis tration’s often-expressed opinion that re moval of government subsidies would reduce farm income by half and ruin the farm economy Findley said it would certainly work a hardship on some farm ers at first, but he felt farm legislation is getting so complicated that it amounts to a conspiracy against the taxpayers The sooner we get back to a mar ket-place commodity system which re lates crop loans to market prices the O Ken Hess ''Continued from Page 1) Peais Roebuck swine gilt bond \vinnei Ken carnei vo-ag pro jects in boss dan y tobacco and com and holds offices in tne 4 H Bab\ Beef & Lamb Club the 4-H Holstein Club and the 4H Gaiden Spot Com munity Club He has attended the International Daily Show tne 4-H Club Confluence the Pennsylvania Association of Faimei Co-ops and was 4th high individual dauy judge at the 4 H judging days in 1964 Hess roceived his Keystone Faimei degiee in Januaiy and has paiticipated on two TV Piogiams piesented by the Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices; 22 E Mam St Lititz, Pa Pnone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Don Timmons, Editor Robeit G Campbell, Adver tising Dnectoi Established November 4, 1955 Published eveiy Satin day by Lancastei-Fanning, Lit itz Pa Second Class Postage paid t Lititz Pa and at additional mailing offices better off we will be, Findley said. So even the opposition has “programs,” but their’s seem a little more direct’ and palatable somehow. But wouldn’t it be refreshing, per haps even a little reassuring, if some bright fellow in the USDA could come up with another word to replace the dono-to-death word PROGRAM. What Do YOU Think ? ★ ★ ★ ★ invisible Egg-Writing Remains Invisible If yoii are a regular reader of our Food Editor’s column you may recall Mrs. Spence’s recent suggestion for gett ing kids to eat more eggs (L. F. April 3, 1965) In good faith, she passed along a recipe she had received from the U. S. Department of Agriculture for writing, or drawing, on egg shells with a solu tion of vinegar and alum. The idea being that after the material dried the egg could be boiled and whatever you had invisibly sketched on the outside of the shell would then appear bright and clear on the hard-cooked egg white itself. Unfortunately, the idea was not a complete success. We soon began hear ing from our readers to the effect that “it just won’t work”. We contacted Mrs. Spence who in turn contacted the USDA. The latter replied that they too had noticed some early problems with the technique, but based on successful tests run last year they felt safe in circulat ing the recipe. In their “sometimes it does, some times it doesn’t” report, they noted that early failures were presumed to be due to oiling of commercial eggs. So they tried non-oiled eggs, and also encounter ed problems These they attributed to a natural oil (bloom) deposited by the hen Next they tried non-oiled older eggs These seemed to work okay Following the recent complaints they tried again, but now found their results to be quite inconsistent And that is the story up to this time To those of you who tried this in visible writing technique and couldn’t make it work, we apologize for giving you a “bum steer”. To those who have not tried it, we say, “don’t”' If any further constructive information on this process comes in we’ll pass it along If any readers tried this recipe and suc ceeded, please tell us your secret so we mav straighten out the USDA on this p,Lampetei Stiasburg FFA Asso ciation Ken is the son of Mi and Mio Elvm Hess Jr Thev live on then 92-acie Hess-Vale faun .located one-foui th mile south of Stiasbuig ® Meet Judging (Cont.nued from Page 1) Sh'cbei & Sons, Denver R 1 and to Elmei Sensemg’s at New Holland Rl, and had two good woikouits on meat cuts (Runnei-up in' the contest was living Schannauei with 178 points He is a sopho moie at Eiphiata High S'chool and lives at Remholds R|l Schannauer and Hoke will repiesent the county FFA at the state meat judging con test to be held at Penn State University in June 'S'conng was based on three Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to aveiage above normal. Nor mal for the period is a high of 70 and a low of 47 de grees. It will be mild over the weekend, then warmer toward the end of the period. Precipitation will be in the form of showers in the latter half of the peiiod, and should total less than *4 inch. classes of meat placing wholesale beef pork caicass, and wholesale poik and on identification of retail cuts of beef fiesh poik ciued and sm'oked poik cuts and veal also on identification of vane ty meats (tongues, livers, etc ) The following boys finished among the fiist ten (Points lounded to neaiest 'whole numlbei, extept wheie this would effect position ) 3—Le loy Mussei, Gaiden Spot H S (176 points), 4—Tom Zait m'an (last yeai’s winnei), Bphiata H S (173 points, 5 —Dean Resslei, Penn M'anor H S (166 points), 6—Roy Bowman, Garden .Spot H S (163 points 1 ), 7—Glenn Weber, Garden (Spot H iS (161 points), B—Don Heishey, E’- Town H S (160 6 points), 9 Paul Brubaker, Warwick H S (159 points); 10—Charles Harting, Etpbrat'a H S (158 points) Carl Dalton of Kunz ler’s was official judge Cost of harboring a rat has been estimated Iby 'different authorities at fiom $lO to $4O (per rat pei year It’s not 'that lats eat that much, they point out but losses from damaged buildings and contamination add up fast SMK / \ SPEAKS Suiwhy SchMl Leiieni Putting God First Lesson for May 2,1963 llickKrounil Scripture: I Samuel 13 thioueh 13. Pcvotional Kcaainc: 1 Samuel 15 17-23 Preachers tell ns we should put God first. People who com bine patriotism with religion beep telling us the whole nation and not merely individuals ought to be putting God fust. But what does it actually mean to put God " first, as individu and as a na •n? It doesn’t mn just cour sy, s u cli as issing oneself ten the name God is men- ined, or speak ing of God first and others after him. Yale, has a song ending “For God, for country and for Yale”; but this does not make Yale a religious university. Put ting God first doesn’t mean special, respects being shown to the ministers of God. Some men who are pretty profane will not swear in the presence of a clergy man or preacher. This is a kind of hypocrisy; it is hardly putting God first. Again, putting God first is not the same as paying your church pledge fust and your other bills afterwards. This is getting warm, through. But a better test of a man’s religion would be to ask about the amount of the pledge rather than how punctually he pays it! God’s orders first Many persons walk past the doors of churches every day in the working year without ever going inside. They may be told that inside those doors some where here is a wall with the Ten Commandments on it—on a scroll or a brass tablet or some thing. Now the man on the street who never gets inside the doors may think that the Ten Com mandments are like the bylaws Now Is The Time ... To Observe Alfalfa Fields Alfalfa groweis and custom sprayers should be keeping a close watch on the wee vil activity in every alfalfa field Since mid- Apnl theie has been some hatching of the weevil and limited feeding on the alfalfa leaves Weather conditions will deteimme how bad the infestation gets befoie the ciop is mature enough to haivest Be piepaied to either cut or spiay, depending upon the stage ol growth, when weevil begin to senously damage the leaves Mateuals to use aie still the same as have been suggested since last Januaiy To Plant Corn It’s difficult to name the exact time each MAI SMITH year when corn should be planted for maximum yields. How ever, we suggest that early May be consideied the best time to plant thioughout Lancaster County, fiom the sth to the 15th of May would be the 10-day period that most local grow ers should expect to get the best results. This may vary in some years, but over the average number of years, corn planted dur ing this time will give the greatest yield of dry matter and feed value. To Properly [Place Corn jFerti|lizer How and where you place the fertilizer for the corn ci op will mate a big differ ence on the yield Young plants need some readily available fertilizer in their small root zone Which may be supplied by aplplymg a com plete fertilizer with the plant er in a band'2 inches to the side and 2 inches below the kernels It is a mistake to place the seed andi the feitx lizer together (because of the sprayed over the row at danger of burning and a poor planting time for the control stand Heaviei amounts of (Continued on Page 5) of ft club: if you don’t Join, th« bylaws are of no interest to you. The man’s big mistake, of course, is to think that the Ten Com* mandmcnts are not for him un* less he chooses, On the contrary, God’s laws, and his will as seen in those laws, arc for every mem* ber of the human race. If they began with • the words THIS MEANS YOU they could not be more personal than they already are. Yet such is the subtle power of sin in man that every day in some way or other men take orders, so to speak, from public opinion, from wives, from soma admired friend, or from oneself, rather than first asking, What is GOD’S will? God’s character first S=~P As soon as anyone says, “The business of everyone who be lieves in God is to be God-like”—> or words to that effect, he will be met by a storm of objections. How can you say such a rash thing? This person will be asked. How do we know what God is like? How can a man imitate God without playing God?—and you know how’ bad that is. Well, there’s quite a difference be tween playing God and imitat ing God, Doesn’t it make sense for a Christian to imitate the Master of the art of life itself? God's. concern first God’s . commands, his char acter: putting these first is to put God, first. But that’s not all. Equally vital it is to put God’s concerns first- The Bible might welhhe called the Book of God’s concerns. We know for one thing that the God of justice hates in justice. Now there is a monstrous injustice going on all around us. Much is being done to help, but injustice has by no means dis appeared. Consider the injustices the white race m America has inflicted (for instance) on the Indian and on the Negro. We are not all called to make dem onstrations in the street —- some of us may be; but one who calls himself Christian, yet is not concerned with the plight of the oppressed in his own land, is ceitamly not putting God first. For the act of God most often recalled in the Bible is his free ing a horde of slaves. Injus tice against man by man con cerns the God of all men. .Does it concern us? (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Tducation National Council ot tht Churches of Christ in the D. S A. Released by Community 7res< Semce) fertilizer that will toe needed during July and August should be plowed down so they will be in the future root zone of moist soil. Don’t make the mistake of having a poor stand of corn through improper fertilizer placement. Ter iCqntrol 'Weeds {ln Corn For a maximum,,, yield of corn we must control grasses and wpeds,, modern than many 3 cultivations. We suggest the use of Atrazane
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