4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 30, 1955 Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS Quarryville, Pa. Phone 378 Lancaster Phone 4-3047) Alfred C. Alspach Ernest J. Neill .. C. Wallace Abel Robert G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins Subscription Rates: $2.00 Per Year Three Years $5.00; 5c Per Copy Application for Second Class Mailing Privileges Pending NEW RECORDS IN MEAT Continued high employment, high personal income, a growing population and a high appreciation of meats food value has caused meat output to soar to a new record volume in 1955. And the outlook for 1956 is as promising or more promisingr Last year the average American consumed an esti mated 161 lbs of red meats each individual’s share of about 26.8 billion lbs. Next year the figure is expected to rise to 27.2 billion lbs, continuing the growth that has mark ed the industry in recent years. “Rising production of meat,” declares J. Morrell Foster, chairman of the Board of the American Meat Insti tute, “is indicated by livestock feed stocks being plentiful and relatively low in price. They seem likely to stay plenti ful, what with improved production methods on new crops and extensive storage on old.” One of the more dismal views of the 1955 meat pic ture fell on pork, as prices of hogs on the hoof declined ta lows that equalled those of several years past. Pork was in a relatively weaker position than other meats, the AMI* advises. Pork processors are advised to trim the fat more closely from retail cuts to make them more attractive for the shopping housewife. , , . • , During the past year, the frozen food science ad vanced more and more. Prepackaging, nutrition, meat pres ervation, processing and byproducts moved farther and farther forward Per capita consumption of pork rose from 59.7 to 66 lbs in the year, showing the effectiveness of the industry’s selling campaign. Pork consumption next year may rise about a pound, beef may decline about two pounds per person, while veal, lambs, and mutton may drop small fractions. There’s no crystal ball which tells what the markets will do. There’s no forecaster that can advise the public what the weather will do. The farmer, the meat producer has a vital job unequalled in other lines. Yet he goes on, despite the uncertainty of what lies ahead, in some ways, he is the biggest gambler in the country, staking thousands of dollars against an unknown market. Nevertheless, he’ll be in there producing. The na tion will not lack for meats-. There will be a selling job from all angles, and the industry from farrowing to the retail counter will move ahead. This nation, the best fed nation, often fails to realize fully the part the producer plays. ; New Year’s is a time of reminiscing and a time to see what has happened during the past year, to see what may come in the next. It’s a time to stay up until mid night or more, to welcome in the new, to say goodbye to the old. It’s a time for fellowship, for partying. Too often resolutions are made and broken. If you if you too can’t pin yourself down to specific resolutions, why not review the year you are closing and see what improvement can be made in the coming year? What ever happens, let Lancaster Farming join in wishing you a Happy New Year a happy and prosperous New Year. THOUGHT FOR THE YEAR One of the best items for the farmer to remember year ’round is the 1955 Farm Safety Week theme: “Farm safety is NO accident.” SINK OR SWIM Here’s today’s tongue-tied twister: “Think or Thwim.” Around print shops, where the calamity of error hangs heavily always, you often find there’s fun in mis spelling what is obvious. One of the better, which anyone can well apply, is Before you louse it up, THIMK. ' STAFF HAPPY NEW YEAR PRINTERS HAVE FUN Publisher Editor Business Manager Advertising Director Circulation Director Voice Of Lancaster Farms AND FARM FRIENDS (Readers are invited to write comments on Lancaster Farm ing, about current events, .or other topics. Letters should be brief, and must be signed. Names will be withheld if re quested. Editor;. Fifty years ago this week a bit [ter controversy between State Zo- A ?weet lpo itato with ’keeping ologist (Surfatee and Dr* George q U i a juies equal to the Irish potato |G. Groff, of Buiokinell University, was reported found in tlh* South lover the merits of the State s g ea Is9ands Captain J. A. Mac s3o,ooo crusade ibemg conducted (om9>er o£ Oakland, Calif. .Speci- Surface against thie jSan Jose of the (potato -were turned scale in Pennsylvania, had rea- over department of agn died almost the firjst punching cu ij £ure a£ >tih.e University of Ca- Jstage and. was to he heard by |j|£ oir!ni , ai where plans were an imemibers of the State Board of (aauTOed to introduce the new Agriculture, headed toy Governor lant (in California. PennyipaCker, at the hoard's an-1 The , ootato was found toy Cap ™wv IVT ™ p , T rar. nual ,meetiTll ?. f Ha ' rrisi S urg ' -itain Macomber on Pagant Island. VERY INTERESTING The sdontrits were the pr;n- (Thet tuj][)er was reported to be OXFORD, R 3 Enclosed cipals in controversial editona s far su ,p erilor j n flavor and qua please find $lOO for my subscrtp- many newspapers throughout £o sweet 'potatoes raised, tion to Lancaster Farming. It is the State. The feeling between £ jj ls C ounitry, very interesting and should fill the two scientists reached a de a want for a local farm paper in ffree °tf" snch bitterness that Sur a progressive community. Wish- .faoe offered $5O to anyone W o mg you success, I am - Oliver prove that he was a graf- F Larson- 'Groff, one of the agriculture hoard’s most active memtoers, questioned ’the abilities of Sur face as a zoologist. Surface, backed, by Governor Pennypack 'er, was in charge of a large or chard on the Governor’s private [farm at Sdhiwenksviile LIKE IT VERY MUCH HONEY BROQK Find en closed $l.OO for Lancaster Fam ing- Like it very much. Morns Kieffer. - - - FINE PAPER BLUE BALL Enclosed please find $lOO for my one year subscription I think you have a fine paper and enjoy the wom ens page so much. I especially liked the sugar cookie recipe and would like to have more recipes for cookies by weight measure. Mrs- J C Mellmger. 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May Be Chill That Covers County Your feet cold? Little precipitation, lots of cold. That’s how the weekly weather might be summarized in Lancaster County. Christmas here and elsewhere was balmy, with Lancaster reporting 54 de grees at noon. The warming-up followed a chilling-down of a few days earlier, for on Dec. 22 a low qf 5 above was recorded at the Lancaster Water Works. Thermometers have been erect ed atop the Brunswick Hotel in Lancaster to, help Bernard N. White, local weatherman, make his reports, and more equipment will be installed soon. Local fore casts are being issued at 7:30 and 11:30 a. m-, and reports are available there for other states." In the extended forecast for the Middle Atlantic States, warm er weather is expected Friday, Saturday and Sunday may be colder, some light showers may arrive Friday, with total precipi tation expected to be about three tenths of an inch. On the night of Dec. 22-23, a half inch of snow fell on the county, contributing about 04 of an inch of precipita tion. 50 Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms (This Week In 1905) By JACK REICHARD In New York the American Bi son Society, supported toy Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt, was organized ait a meeting held at the New Yarik Zoological Gar dens. The olbaect of the 'group was ■to secure government and indi vidual aid in preserving the Ame rican bison, which were rapidly Background Scripture: Luke 1:5*80; -3:29-32. Devotional Reading: Isaiah 11:1-0. Christmas Songs Lesson for December 25, 1955 DID the angels sing when Christ was born? Some prosaic and unimaginative people say they didn’t. True enough, Luke never says there was music. All he says is that the “multitude ol the heavenly host” (he does not even say they were angels) were prais ing God and “say Git tr God in the high- ’ est . . .” Surely Christian art and Christian story is not wrong in thinking of this as song, not mere recitation or speech-making. At any rate, if the angels did not sing such words, the Dr - Foreman church has sung them. All down through the Christian centuries Christmas has been a singing time. You cannot suggest all that Christmas means in simple spok en prose; you have to sing. Bsauty in a Janglad World Luke, who had an ear for cuch things, put into- his gospel not less than four poems connected with the birth of Christ. Of these the “Glory in the highest” is the shortest The others are the words of Mary (Luke 1:47-55), of Zac hariah (1:67-79) and of Simeon (chap. 2:29-32). In the R.SV. these are printed as poetry,- as they really are. (The reader will note other poetic passages, but these are the four most famous ones.) The Church has set all these to music many times over, and in some churches they are sung every week. Mary’s song like the others has been given a Latin name, from their first words in the Latin Bible: "Magnificat” for Mary’s song, “Benedictus” for Zechariah’s, “Gloria in excelsis” for the angels’, and “Nunc Dimit tis” for Simeon's. But modem church-goers do not always real ize that each of these poems was called forth in some way by the birth of Jesus. This is as it should be. What poetry is to language W' becoming extinct. In 1905 it was estimated that there were less than 1,000 Ibison m the country, where millions once' roved the great western plains. Among other reports—in -1903 was one stating that 75 million lbs of nitrogen existed in the air over each acre a£ land, the most valuable of all land utilizers It was said that every acre of ground ‘planted with clover, cow peas or alfalfa will gather 200 lbs of nitrogen from the air and put it into the soil within a year- Commercial nitrogen in 1905 was listed at-15 cents per pound. Wild fowl in general was re ported on the decline m Lan caster County in 1905- Many va rieties which were in abundance here in 1850, except for a few migratory species, were becoming less in number and more dif ficult to bag. and to wand, the coming of Christ is to this world of humanity In the midst of all the jangling, wrangling, maddening and often meaningless noises of the world, in the midst of all the stupid ordi nary soon-forgotten outpouring of talk, talk, talk, a lovely poem comes bringing beauty and mean tag, like a rose to a junk-yard. So in the midst of our jangling world Christ comes bringing meaning and joy and peace Somi Will Not Liston To some—to too many—Christ mas means nothing. “Silent Night” is a tune to be tired of, nothing more. The angels might as well never have sung, the Story never written. Readers of TIMB magazine will recall an article last July 18 about a writer who is typical of many men and worn* en in these times. He knows there is such a thing as the way of Love, for every cross on every church proclaims it, and every Christ mas carol sings It. But he will -not accept it. He chooses the way of defiance and despair. To him, life is a wandering in the dark, with nothing but his own candle which will soon go out. But Sum* Have Heard On the other hand there are many, and among them some of mankind’s best, who have found in the Christian faith something more than merely a story, a love ly legend, a song for little chil dren, something which it would be pleasant, but Impossible, to believe. A good book to get for the new year is one called “This I Relieve about Jesus Christ’* (edited by J. C. Monsma; ReveU & Co., New York). It is a col lection of testimonies -to Jesus Christ, by an impressive variety of men and women. College pres idents, executives of great busi ness firms, scientists, politicians, persona in many walks of lifo, all write on the same them*, what Christ has meant to them. Any one who thinks that Christianity la a' religion only for weak char acter* ought to read- this book. Any one who thinks that Christ la attraetlve only to children, might well read this book and learn better. The writers by their testimonies- show that not alone for' ancient «nd legend-loving times, not only for simple peas ants in primitive lands, but for modern men, highly educated, burdened-with'great re sponsibilities, Christ brings mean ing and beauty as well as power. Strong voices in every land join the heavenly host-in praise Jo God who has given us his Son. 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