4 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1965 From Where We Stand... enough readers indicate its need. Any business, that is serving farm- How often do you reevaluate your ers and not meeting current needs work? As farmers producing at least squarely has no business to be serving one major product you have to do this farmers. The service in that case per periodically. Those persons and indus- haps might better be called a disservice, tries rendering a service to farmers What Do YOU Think? must also take stock occasionally, if it it it if they are to continue providing the quali- re y ou Government Approved? ty of service the farmer needs. The other day a non-farm friend, A cartoon in this month’s Pennsyl who was not familiar with Lancaster vania Grange News pictures one hog Farming, asked a very simple and im- saying to another which is gorging it portant question “what service does self at the feeder “I’m warning you, your paper provide?” Although we try one of these days you’ll have ‘Govern to take a fresh look at that question ment Approved’ stamped all over you.” frequently all too often service indus- The inclination toward a mild tries get so involved m performing chuckle was quickly stifled when some their service and go too long without parallel human situations came to mind, reevaluating. and the unpleasant thought of “won’t But to answer that person’s ques- we all!” gave birth to this editorial tion, we started making a list of the ‘comment. services we feel we are performing. The federal government (they like We won’t hit you with the full list, to spell it with a capital “F”, but our but here are a few of the more im- constant fight is to help keep it in prop portant items we came up with: er perspective) has many of those people 1— Market reports on eggs, poul- worried who have perhaps been feeding try, and livestock some are weekly a bit too heavily at the overflowing fed summaries, but most are the latest eral trough. You know the federal closing prices. government is one of the last of the 2 Feature stories on business “big-time spenders” by looking at your farmers and rural youth. tax bills, but when you realize that one 3 Reports on the activities of out of every five dollars spent in the local organizations poultry, swine, USA is spent by Uncle Sam it is due dairy, 4-H, FFA, conservation, etc. cause for concern! 4 Editorial comment on perti- Why? Because of the tremendous nent, and often controversial, subjects, pressure that this volume of concen 5 Recipes and homemaking tips trated “spending power” can bring to .for the women readers. bear on its recipients. Many business -6— A source of local advertising men with juicy government contracts information. have so much of their total volume of Service With A Smile! 7 News coverage of local events. 8— Farmers exchange column through Mail Box Market. -9—Current Extension information of local interest. 10— Farm Calendar, an advance notice and reminder of the week’s com ing events. 11— Educational reports on the Jat ■ est research findings at state and federal ' experiment stations. 12—Readers can air their indivi dual views through “The Reader Speaks” column. Well, there’s an even dozen ways in which we feel we are performing a service to area farmers. If you feel as though you had just read a commer cial “message”, well, perhaps you have. But the point is, we want always to be aware of the needs of our readers, es pecially as those needs change. Any reasonable service which we are not now performing can be added anytime Tractor Driving Win To DeLong George DeLong, Quarry vul'le R‘2, winner of the open class riao'or driving event at the 'So’‘anco Fair on Thurs day morning, topped all con testants iwith a (winning score of 80 points. George Elwart, Peach Bot tom tR2, rwion the' FFA divi sion with a 155'pomt score, second (best in the (contest In rthe 4-H division, iwinnei was James Eslbenshade of Quarry ville R 2 (with 250 points The contest iwas judged by Lancaster Forming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone- - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626 2191 , J)on Timmons, Editor - Robej’L, G Campbell, Adver bsing Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day .by Lajjtjaster-Parmmg, Lit itz, Pa. - > te * < rzu , * business committed to UNCLE that they could not resist direct pressure without being totally destroyed. Their case is evident, but how about many of the rest of us; are we sufficiently in dependent from government handouts to resist the kind of pressure that could conceivably be applied to us? The U. S Department of Agricul ture propaganda campaign has often highlighted the -amount of farmers’ net income that is derived directly from government payments. It has been shown in some cases that those pay- merits represented the difference be tween profit and loss for some farm ers. How independent are they going to be? Will the day come when we will all be wearing a “Government Approved 1 ’ or a “Government Condemned” label on the seat of our pants? Perhaps it is not as inconceivable as it sounds. What Do YOU Think? Amos JRuift Results- OPEN CLASS 1, George DeLong; 2, Earl Wenger 3, John Lowe. FFA 1. George Ewant; 2, Roy Anderson, 3, Glenn Solilen- bei ger 4-H I, Jaimes Esibenshade, 2, Jay Maivin Herr Manor FFA Boys To Eastern States Exp. Dan Eiib, Glenn Miller and John Hess fiom Manor FFA Chapter, Penn Hanoi High School, Millersville, will be repiesentmg Pennsylvania Fu ture Farmers of America at the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, Mass this week They left the county on Thursday, September 16, 'and will return fiom Springfield on Sunday, 'September 19 Dan Ehb is the son of Mr. and Mrs Daniel S. Eiib, Co lumbia R 2 He will be on the Pennsylvania Dairy Judging te'am He gi actuated from Penn Manor last June He placed sth in FFA dairy judg ing at Penn S'thte in June John Hess is the son of Mr. and Mrs David B Hess, Lan- Casitei R 6 He will be on the on many farms, there may be -« *,.* - a i 4&n s « i••«t - ■*•«» #V •J t i tik4 ■£.* J» • Farm Calendar (Continued from Page 1) show at Lamipetei Fair. Sept 23—10 30 am Junior 'dairy -show at Lampeter Fair —11'45 a m. FFA calf awards at Lampeter Fair —1 p m open class dairy show at 'Lampeter Fair "—6 30 pim Lancaster Coun ty Swine Producers carcass show at Lampetei Fair —7 pm 4-iH and FFA batoy beef show at ‘Bphrata Pair Seipt 24—7 pm Junior dairy show at Ephiata Fair —8 p m FFA fat hog sale at Lampeter Fair Sept 25—Distnct 10 4iH horse show at Ludwig Corner .Show Grounds in Chester County Pennsylvania Poultry Judging team John is a senior at Penn Manor He placed sth in poul try judging at Penn State in June •Glenn Mililei is the son of Mi and Mrs Claude Miller, Conestoga R 1 He wull be on the Pennsylvania Poultry Judging team along with John Hess Glenn graduated, from Penn Manor in June 1965 He placed 6th in poultry judging at Penn State in June. Patience Lesson for September 19,1965 Bcckfnuad Scripture Galatian. 6 MO; Philippian* 4, Colotstans 312-15. 2)*T«U«ncl JU«4an«s 1 Corinlhian* 13. nphe bus station is crowded and the bus is late. Some of the passengers mill around but some sit quietly on a bench in the waiting room. They do not even look at the clock or ask any one how late the bus is going to be. We call their be havior- “patient.” A man stands in line at a post office window. Somebody up front seems to be taking all morn ing just to pick out the prettiest Dr. Foreman stamps. But the man does not complain nor even fidget; he too is a patient man. A little boy who has been for a winter walk is being taken home by his father. The little boy is cold and hungry, but he does not cry nor complain. He is a patient child. Empty patience Patience is called a Chris tian virtue, and it is definitely named more than once in Scripture as a high qual ity both of men and of God. We are to “grow up in all things," writes Saint—Paul. (Eph. 4:15) This includes patience, of course. But patience in the Christian meaning of the word is more than is shown by the brief examples just noted. We can call the bus rider’s patience, for instance, empty patience; the man is not doing anything. He just subsides into a lump like a cow going to sleep. He has no more interest in what goes on around him than a hibernating bear„ There are other forms of empty patience. The “slow burn” is one of these. The man doing a slow burn is quiet, but you can see his face getting redder by the minute. Then, finally he bursts out in a rage. He was only heating up; he was not patient for .a minute. All the forms of “patience” which are no more than killing time are likewise not what the Bible means by patience. Now Is The Time .. • To File For Gas Tax Refund Farmers using gasoline for farming opeiations are entitled to a refund of 4 cents per gallon of the Federal Tax paid A claim for this refund must be filed with the Internal Revenue office by September 30 Al so, there is a 7 cents per gallon state tax lefund available fiom the Penna Board of Finances and Revenue, Finance Building, Hanisburg Farmers are urged to take ad vantage of these refunds To Drench Ewe Flock Sheep pioducers should be sure that their breeding ewes are in a gaining condi tion at breeding time The elimination of in ternal paiasites and the feeding of extra gram or real good grass pasture several weeks before the bleeding time will usually result in more twin lambs. On limit ed pasture many flocks of sheep become contaminted with stomach worms and individual treatment is the best way of eliminating the problem. Tq Care for IDapry Calves Hefei- calves that are be ing raised for herd replace ments should be given the very best of care and atten tion. Special quarters includ ing individual calf pens are strongly recommended ■ The pens should be clean, dry, on the sunny side of the barn, and draft free. The future herd depends upon how good a job is done in growing out the heafei calves To Seal the 'Hori!z«|nta{t Silo Due to the good corn crop What fio#« with pattain? No ono good quality itandi alone, as the New Testament shows and as even common sense can tell you. Beware of a man with only one virtue, the old proverb warns us. ■ Patience is somewhat like flour for a cake. Very few cakes can be made without flour. But can you imagine a bride set ting her husband down to a meal of which the dessert was a little, pile of flour on a saucer? "Darl ing,” she might say, "I didn’t get to the store, so 1 don’t have any sugar or eggs or milk or flavor ing. 1 just made this'nice little cupful of flour do for this time.” (End of the honeymoon.) So a nice little cupful of patience does not make good men by itself. With other virtues combined with it, or combined to make it up, patience is indispensable to any* one whose work is with people. In the home, the school room, the supermarket, the church, pa* tience is precisely what is needed. We have spoken of empty pa tience; what is full, genuine Christian patience, what are its ingredients? The reader should study carefully the lists included in the "background scripture.” Three elements of patience may be pointed to; it would spoil your interest if we did not leave you to make some discoveries for yourself. One thing is compas sion; literally that means suffer ing-with some one. Practicing the Golden Rule is one of the best ways of developing in’ pa tience. If you’ve no sympathy (compassion) for another, you are not likely to be or even to seem patient with him. A second in gredient is forgiveness, and a third is humility, "lest thou also be tempted” as Paul says. When patience is a sin. When patience—and in the Bible patience almost always refers to dealings with or between people cones unaccompanied by com passion, forgiveness, humility and the rest, it can even become worse than empty. It can turn out even to be a sin. The -wise Christian will detect the defer ence between good patiencejpthe “understanding heart” able’ to enter into another’s burdens, be tween this and empty patience and bad patience. Jesus is our top example here, as always in the art of living. (Rased on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education# National Council ol the Churches of Christ in the (J« S. A. Released by Community Press Service.) ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE SUNDAY MAX SMITH need for 'temporary silage stoi'age. There are many methods of storing silage out side of a tower silo but -the problem of spoilage confronts most of them. In the trecroh, bunker, or stack silo zlt is very imlportant to chop the silage fine, pack it sold, and'.t-seal out the air within 48 The Mack plastic mat&jdals Work fine if they are hieM down tight on the silage and air is kept out. Special effort should be made to do this j(oft> well in order to reduce. Che amount of spoilage. * -is-H-ftS •* * ti- S a v‘l [■
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