—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3 ,1965 4 From Where We Stand... The "Drive-In" Syndrome Have you noticed that more and more of late the dnve-in-this and dnve in-lhat signs seem to be multiplying? Drive-in movies probably started the trend some years ago. Then there were drxve-in restaurants with curb service. In recent years you’ve seen the long lines of cars waiting to use a bank’s latest status symbol the drive-in win dow. Well, we think we saw the final word the other day while driving around the county a sign saying that a drive in ehurch was being built on a certain site! Don’t know how it works; maybe you can figure it out. What will we be driving into next do you suppose? Maybe our grand children will be going to drive-in schools for a drive-in education. We might have drive-in factories and offices where the workers wouldn’t ever have to leave their precious cars. If you get stopped for a traffic violation perhaps you will be hauled into a drive-in court, and maybe even sent off to a drive-in jail! If you still think you live in a pedestrian’s world take a walk along one of our main roads next Sunday afternoon at your own risk of course. It’s worth your life if you stray more than a couple of inches off that so called shoulder. As it is your clothes will practically be torn off in the steady jet stream of zooming joy riders. The dictionary defines a syndrome as “a group bf signs or symptoms that occur together and characterize a DISEASE”. And in a sense perhaps that’s what all this drive-m business is, a disease A car is largely a necessity in our mobile society, but wouldn’t you think people would want to walk at least once in a while? Mostly we sit in our cars, we sit at our 'jobs, we sit when we eat, we sit and stare at our tele vision sets, and about the bnhr time we walk is from one sitting position to the next. This applies less to farmers than to the rest of us, but we’d bet even farmers would admit they’re doing a lot more sitting than their fathers and grandfathers did. No Sir! It’s mo pedestrian's world. It’s a drive-in world! We did hear of one solution to the -traffic problem though. It was in reference to +he notori ous Freewav in southern-California, It was suggested that during the next traffic jam the asohalt trucks should get out and pave right over tho whole mess. Afraid this would only bring a temporary relief, however All this drive-in business sure isn’t BARN BURNS: Above is shown the huge column of smoke from the fire at Ray Longenecker’s farm west of Lititz on Monday. Picture was taken shortly af ter the fire started, and shows some of the framework of the barn being consum ed. Smoke could be seen in the middle of Lititz borough. Farmhouse at right was saved, partly because wind was blowing the other way. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County's Own Farm Weekly P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E Mam St Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or EsB?z>fc26 2191 ««* s ft.3djisa«&d' doing much for our nat'onal physical fitness program. And the day may come when we’ll need all the piys cal'fitposs we can get. As the drive-in sickness intensifies in the coming generations, babies might as well be born with wheels instead of legs. What Do YOU Think? Water Where It's Needed Following the barn fire on the Ray Longenecker farm near Lititz this week (see photo below) we got to won dering how many .other 'areas of rural Lancaster County are in the same “dry” boat. Probably too many. One little spark from a motor found its way into the bone dry barley straw being elevated into the Longe necker bam and before the final ashes had settled a bam, tobacco shed, chicken house, tool shed, and a four-car garage had been consumed by the hungry blaze. Firemen from eight companies were on the job in a flash, and While the supply of water in their tankers held out they were able to give the fire a good fight. But they were at least a mile and one half from the nearest water, and time and a stiff wind were against them. Lititz Fire Chief Ammon H. Shelly stated later that he believed both the' chicken house and the garage could have been saved 'if water had been available when it was needed. Shelly said that in the whole stretch between Lititz and Manheim there is no avail able water. He has been trying to in terest residents Of that area in investing in a system of strategically-located cis terns to meet just such an emergency, but to no avail. Some of the rural communities have had the foresight to invest in such cisterns. Reportedly, Penryn and Brun nerville each have three cisterns, and Rothsville is similarly equipped. But how many are not so protected? With vohinteer labor, .Chief Shelly estimates -that a cistern with a15,000-20,000-‘gallon capacity can he built for under $lOOO. -With many -neighbors Sharing in this economical protection the -cost to any one. of them would not be too high. It is even-possible that in time they might get their whole investment back in the form of lower insurance costs. But cer tainlv iust the peace of mind in know ing that your valuable property will not be destroyed for lack of water has to be worth something ■v <--<• * 'i; Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to Don Timmons, Editor - Robert G Campbell, Adver- Usmg Duector Established November 4, 1955 Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit itz, Pa. What Do YOU Think? average below normal. Nor mal high and low for the period is 87 and 65 degrees. It will be warmer Saturday, cooler Sunday and Monday, then waimer again Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation for the peri od will probably total less than 1 k inch, occurring as a thunder storm on Saturday. ' SPEAKS ~ JJ 4 - jAi«rniti*n«t Uniform Sunday Schnol l*M«n« Extraordinary Men Lesson for July 4, 1965 Background Scr.pturo: I Corinthians 3, II Corinthians 5 11-20 Devotional Hooding: John 3 16 21. A YOUNG GIRL from the city was having her first visit to i farm. The calves interested her; she had never seen a live one before. An idea struck her and she said to the farmer: “Do you think it really pays to have cows as small as that?” No, of course it wouldn’t, if the cows grew no lar ger. In the far mer's eye those calves had a fu ture. The farmer did not expect them to grow into saleable cattle ovei night. The same goes for other crops. There’s many a crop that hasn’t Whether you ate raising babies been gathered by the fourth of or harley, the things you are July. Tne farmer is very much working on don’t offer you much interested in what the casual ob- help. If babies and barley wete server can’t see at all. The far- left to themselves, they would mer counts on growth. He judges soon be destroyed. Now those his success by an invisible stan- people at Corinth, whom Paul dard, the perfect cattle, the per- knew so well, might have had the feet crop. impression that since growth is e . God’s gift, they needed to do Sharecroppers nothing at all about it. Quite the Saint Paul was a city man but contrary. A pianist grows more he uses figures of speech that skillful by practice. Every art is show he was interested in what the same way; real progiess can goes on in the countryside. He not long be made if the growing speaks of himself as a planter, artist never practices what he and of his friend Apollos as the knows. You don’t grow by wish man with the watering can. He i n g, you don’t grow by being in and Apollos, Paul suggests, are collated with virtue. The Chris not the owners, they are simply tian life begins with Christ, in share croppersinthe fields of the what God has done through him, -true Owner who is-God, his life and death and r'esurrec- But what was .the crop ior tion. But-while -Chxi&P-js the which-these men worked and foundation, we have, to add to waited? Men.- -And where were that;foundation if we are*ssomg these men? Yon might see all to grow.' God will never force us Paul saw with-your .physical eye t© .grow; he .lets us-be babies if and miss what he saw. with his we insist.* inner eye. -You might have seen „ ■' - a city parish -and aHittle. group of worshipers, -but anyhow all c#«*cii *f oh«reit«« •tchruiin ih. grown-ups. What Paul saw in his' sit*'*} ' br C9mauiUt > p,, “ mind’s eye was a lot of babies. - Now Is The Time ... To Hit Hog Cholera I would like to offer these suggestions to keep hog cholera out of your swine herds Properly vaccinate all pigs New vaccination procedures are safe and effective insurance If any garbage is fed, cook it. Heating gar bage to 160 C F for 30 minutes destroys hog cholera vnus and increases its food value Isolate held additions for 30 days. But only properly vaccinated stock. Keep away from farms where theie are sick pigs. Disin fect foot wear when returning from stock markets or other farms. Keep livestock trucks, stock buyers, and other visitors away from areas where swine are kept. To Sharpen Pencils Using a pencil can often make the diffei ence between a good and mediocre dairyman. Recording basic infoimation about each cow is necessaiy for future reference, and recording birth dates of calves is necessary to insuie vaccination at the proper age Failure to record breeding dates can result in cow& being turned dry at the wiong time Not many dairymen can remember the dates and information necessary for a success ful dany operation. It takes only a minute or less each day to lecord this \ital infoimation if proper equipment is available. I suggest recording this information on a stable breeding sheet available from DHIA. supervisors or artificial insemination technicians. Usually information isn’t recorded unless a pencil is handy, so I suggest tying a pencil to a string so it is always available for use when it is needed. balers, and sharp sickle plates on mowers will greatly re- To Reduce Fuel Bills There are three ways in duce power requirements and which you may reduce farm fuel consumption. Un tractor fuel bills. Correct ad- P ain ted, unshaded fuel stor justment and maintenance f5 e tan^s *°f e procedures will reduce fuel t^iec ' e sa . m ® are painted consumption as much as 15%. shaded and a pressure The procedures include the Y® nt Y ap t . ln ® ta *J ed 3ess ’t 3ian air cleaner, spark plugs, ig- e 15 ios^ ,^ l J" ration, timing, caiburetor and derground fuel storage is best. governor. Your Operator’s To Think “Clean” manual will 'instruct you. Spoiled gram, weed s£eds, Properly aligned plows, with insects, 4 and rodent, traces in sharp shares, shaip knives on '1 (Continued -on ‘Page ») Now babies arc lovable “cute;” b*.t if a person is i baby at an age when he si. be an adult, it is nothing to si. - about. Paul knew the people 1 o was talking about. They weie all saved he had no doubt of that. They weic mostly giowu poisons to the obseivei s but as Paul saw them, they weic no moie than a batch of iclarded Clms tians, Chnstians who had never grown up. A modem dim eh like wise can be a discom aging sight to the minister, or any one with eyes to see beneath the suiface. The church building may have developed the latest architecture and the chui eh s pai king lot may have many Cadillacs ir it; but that’s not what makes a church. The question is. Aic these people growing as Chnstians, or aic they still babies? Growing from .... There are basic foods for ani mals and plants. Selecting these foods and using them wisely is a useful science. There are many reasons for wanting little chil dren to grow up, and one is: a lifelong baby is a pitiable sight. Such a creature needs to be helped whereas normally he should be able and willing to help others. He doesn’t know his own condition, he has nothing to contribute but confusion. Growing T 0.... --**..**•l, - MAI SMITH
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