4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 30, 1955
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper
Established November 4, 1955
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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
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Voice Of
Lancaster Farms
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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.
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hoard’s most active memtoers,
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face as a zoologist. Surface,
backed, by Governor Pennypack
'er, was in charge of a large or
chard on the Governor’s private
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Cold Feet? 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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