4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 13, 1956
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper
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What’s ahead for 1956 farm-wise? Here are a few
quotations from the Corn Belt Farm Dailies which indicate
the way things may turn this year: -
“This year will see meat production m the United
States rise to a new all-time peak, even above the 27 bil
lion pounds produced in 1955. Yet, in the opinion of many
leaders in the industry, the nation’s meat buying power
will not be subjected to the severe test of the past year,
because there will be less meat available per person than
in 1955
‘'Prognosticators searching into the future, a
cloudy view at best, see cattlemen getting a little bet
ter return for their efforts than in 1955, and a better
price for hogs in most of 1956 than was the case much
of the past fall arfd this winter. Sheepmen will do bet
ter on less volume, they believe.”
Here is a summary of some of the other factors in
the Corn Belt Farm Dailies’ outlook:
“Poultry was a heavy competitor of meat most
of the year, and is expected to continue to vie for con
sumer favor in the year ahead.
“Packers and consumers enjoyed a more satisfac
tory year than producers.
Livestock producers and feeders of slaughter stock
received 7.6 per cent less money for 8.3 per cent more
animals than in 1954
“Total payments for 'l4 per cent more hogs were
20 per cent smaller than in 1954. The 82,400,000 hogs
"slaughtered had a jalue of $711,605,000 less than the 72,-
082,000 butchered in 1954
“Per capita consumption of meat in 1956 may be
about 158 lbs, compared with 161 in 1955 and 153.3 in 1954.
“The national' average of all cattle was $17.25, a
little changed fron> $17.44 in 1954 and $l7 66 in 1953, but
well below $25 71 in 1952. Hogs averaged $l5 25 against
$21.72 in 1954. The average of sheep and lambs was $18.55
compared with $l9 $1 in 1954.
“Chickens, eggs and turkeys present less promise
because of continuing overproduction. . . . The dairy out
look is improved.”
“But,” the, writer concludes,, “basically the agri
cultural plant is in sounder shape than in any previous
period of distress.’-’
We’ll abide by that.
One of the marvels of modern day cooking has been
the appetizing meals served several thousand feet aloft by
the -commercial airlines. Most remarkable about this is
that the food must be cooked beforehand, placed in heated
containers and kept at a hot temperature until served.
Over the holidays, this writer flew from Washing
ton, D. C. to St Louis and return by Eastern Air Lines.
Meals for the 60 passengers (and that means considerable
bulk) were as fancy and appetizing as you’ll find in better
restaurants.
, Going west, the menu included shrimp cocktail,
fried chicken, whipped sweet potatoes, pe£s, cottage cheese
and grapefruit salad, hot rolls, ice cream and coffee, .after
dinner mints. On the return flight, the entree was steak
With mushroom sauce, and stuffed baked potatoes.
Service was quick, but eating unhurried. Of course
there is, a distinct disadvantage in a “lap lunch,” or lap
dinner, for the elbow room is limited. But the deliciousness
of the dinner offset the knee-balancing maneuvers. “More
coffee?” The second cup, like the dinner, was “on the
house.” To add to the enjoyment, the Captain of the flight
announced position, altitude, estimated time of arrival,
weather conditions, spots of interest the plane was passing,
and even since it was the day after New Year’s Day
the major Bowl footall scores.
Flying is delightful, the service commendable.
Wgmen first in home accidents, we read. Women
are twice as vulnerable as men to accidents; the kitchen is
one of the most dangerous places, due to its hot surfaces,
sharp knives and other kitchen tools. Ten in the morning
to noon is the most dangerous period with four to eight
in the afternoon and evening a close second.
There’s a sign over our kitchen door, “Kitchen, pro
ceed with care.”
STAFF
OUTLOOK FOR 1956
EATING ENROUTE
LADIES FIRST .
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50 Years Ago
This Week on Lancaster Farms
(This Week In 1905)
By JACK REICHARD
During the second week of
January 1906, Mennomtes of West
Donegal/ Township gathered to
select a minister to take the'place
of the late Bishop Martin Rutt.
There were five nominees and
the choice was made by dot. Can*
didates- included Martin E- Ruft,
Christian Heistand, John L- Gar
ber, Jacob Grove and Simon E.
Garber. Bishop Jacob N. Bru
baker presided at the service,
attended by seven other bishops
and a large number of ministers
and members of the denomin
ation. Simon E-- Garber, a pro
minent West Donegal Township
farmer, was chosen newly-elected
minister.
Writers were poking fun aLa
Kentucky farm wife who sug
gested all eggs laid on Sundays
be devoted to foreign missions.
And it was only after a heated
debate that the local Women’s
Missionary Society agreed to -the
idea. But 50 years ago this week
’Mrs Nannie C. Helm, wife of the
pastor of Bethel Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, Mercer
County, Kentucky, announced
that enough Sunday eggs had
been sold to warrant the sending
of four missionaries to Japan in
the spring?
' In the western section of the
country there was a general de
termination among farmers who
had to hire help to do away with
keeping the hired man’s horse-
It was claimed that, having a
horse, the man does too much
night buggy riding, and in many
cases thrf*'man’s horse is fed and
cared for at tiie expanse of the
farmer.. So, starting in 1906, far
mers announced they would hire
no man with a horse unless he
agreed to work the animal every
day on the farm-
According to a report by the
Department of Agriculture, 8? per
cent of Philadelphia’s milk supply
came from nearby points in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Dela
ware Five thousand cows were
reported within the city limits,
in 1906
In the lower end of the county,
while farmer Morris Mayling, of
Mechanics Grove, was driv-ng
down a steep hill near Peach
Bottom in a light spring wagon,
his horse stumbled and turned
a complete somersault, the wagon
landing with the front wheels on
the animal’s head, cracking one
shaft, breaking the harness. After
removing the wagon and tangled
harness, the horse got to its feet,
none the worse from its sudden
experience Mayling was not hurt.
Jaycees Seeking ,
Outstanding
Farmer Nominees
Junior Chambers of Com
merce are hunting Lancaster
County’s outstanding young
farmer whose name will be en
tered in a national contest to
select the four top younger
farm operators in the United
States. ,
_ The United States Jaycees and
the American Petroleum Institute
Committee on Agriculture are
cooperating in the program, and
local selections will be made on
the basis of 1, outstanding pro
gress in farming, 2, contributions
toward community betterment
and 3, conservation practices.
Eligibility requirements in
clude: any successful farm opera
tor, between 21 and 35 years of
age, who derives at least two
thirds of his income from farm
ing-
Local judging will be done by
Lancaster County Junior Cham
ber of Commerce chapters with
a panel of agricultural leaders
selecting one entry for the Penn
sylvania contest. National awards
will be made at the 1956 Jaycee
Convention in Pittsburgh.
Deadline for entry' is Jan. 21.
Those wishing to nominate candi
dates may obtain application
(blanks from any county Jaycees.
25 Years Ago
An announcement of state-wide
interest, 25 years ago this week
was the appointment of John A.
McSparran, Furniss, in lower Lan
caster County, as State Secretary
of Agriculture, by Governor Pin
choL Prior to the appointment,
Mr. McSparran was Master of the
State' Grange, '
During this same week, in 1931,
Harvey Ferguson, 17, of Kirk
wood, was awarded first prize of
$2O in gold in the annual com
contest conducted by the Garden
Spot Corn Club. Over 100 boys
and girls each submitted 10 ears
of com in competition for the
10 cash prizes. Awarding of prizes,
at Hotel Brunswick, was in charge
of James Shand, president of the
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.
Judges were E. J. Walters and
James Keim, both of State Col
lege.
The State College was conduct
ing a corn growing contest of
their own. According to L-' T.
Denniston, plant pathology ex
tension specialist at the College,
more than one-third of t*he 1930
Keystone 400-Bushel Club mem
bers were Northhampton County
potato growers. Seventeen of the
48 qualifying yields were pro
duced in that county. Carbon
County was second with seven of
the large yields. Lackawanna had
4, Bucks 3, Lancaster and Ches
ter 2 each, Berks. Camlhria, Dtau-
Backtround Scripture: Luke 13:1-35.
Devotional Reading: Romans 2:1-16.
How to Repent
Lesson (or January 15, 1958.
ONCE upon a time, so the story
goes, there was a young 'man'
who had just come to a church as'
their preacher. He was'barely out
of the semin'a'ry, and his note
books and his head were well
filled. -He started out one Sunday
morning with a sermon on Re
pentance. He analyzed the mean
ing of the word, he traced It
through Scripture, he examined
it theologically
and psychological
ly,—in shirt, he
laid down the Doc
trine of Repent
ance, as he had
been taught it.
When he sat down,
an old minister in
the congregation
got to bis feet and _ „
up to the pulpit Dr ‘ Foreman
as fast, as he could make it.
"Young man,” he said, “you quit
Just before you got to the pomt.
You told these people what re
pentance is: now stand up there
and tell ’em to repent!”
Substitutes lor Repentance
So, nothing in this column
should be taken to mean that
knowing what repentance is, can
be a_ substitute for repenting.
Knowing what fishing is -Is not
fishing; knowing what a doctor
does will not make one a doctor.
So knowing" what repentance is,
is not repenting. And still it helps.
You can’t fish if you’ve no idea
what “fishing” means. You can’t
be a doctor if you don’t know what
doctors do. Some people never
really repent, only because they
have got into the habit 'of doing
something else they call repent
mg, but is not really that at all.
Repentance is not just being sorry
for something you have done. You
may be sorry for the wrong rea
son, —because you have been
found out, or because your sin
has caused you trouble, or be
cause your pride m yourself has
been dented. Repentance is being
sorry but It is more than that.
Repentance in the Bible sense of
the word also is more than re
gretting particular sins. I may be
phin, Delaware, Lebanon,, Luz
erne, Lycoming and Montgomery
counties one each. Northampton
also had the , champion acreage
yield in 1930. raising 603,3 bash
els on a measured acre grown by
the Allentown State Hospital
Farm The best Lancaster yield
was 400 bushels to the acre.
In the southern section of the
county a number of dairy farmers
lost- their milk market with the
closing of the Willowdale Cream
ery T owned by Turner and Wes
cott The creamery, a branch of
the Glen Roy Creamery, Chester
County, was closed due' to a 10
per cent production cut ordered
by the Philadelphia market.
_ At the 1931 annual meeting of
stockholders of the West Willow
Farmer’s Assn, a dividend-'of 6
per cent on its capital stock was
declaredr Association officials in
cluded Martin H- Myers, presi
dent; Martin Mylin, vice presi
dent;-Emlin B. Mylin, secretary,
and D. S Forry, treasurer-man
ager-
' Jacob S. Leaman, BD' 2, Ma'h
heim has qualified for the Mas
ter Egg production trophy for
the high production of his poul
try flock, according to the
Awards Committee of the Hy
-Line Poultry Management Asso
ciation at Doylestown. To qualify
for this award, owners of Hy-
Lme poultry flocks must have a
record of between 225 and 249
eggs per hen housed in 12 months
or less Lehman’s trophy is be
ing awarded on thp basis of his
record of 2461 in 12 months-
He and about 250 other mem
bers of the Association send in
their records each month to the
Wallace Hy-Cross Hatcheries
here
truly sorry I was harsh to a
loved one; but next day I may ha‘
just as harsh and unkind. The
harshness and unkmdness ai«
symptoms, they are not the dis
ease; I need to repent of _what it
Is in me that causes me to mis
treat others j
Repentance is Changing the Mind
Don’t let any one tell you that
Christians do not need to repent. 1
Only those who argue that Chnst’s
commands are not for us can sup
pose that lepentance is not our
own duty. As for Paul, he made it
about as plain as words can make
it; God calls on all men every
where to repent (Acts 17:30). Be-i
ware of “Bible students” who
try to evade the plain teaching
of Jesus. life certainly taught re
pentance as well as faith. Now
the Greek word used to translate
Jesus’ word (which no doubt was
in Aramaic, the language of Pal
estine in those days) is “me- 1
tanoeo” which‘literally means to,
change the mind. This is much
deeper than changing your mind
about what to take at a cafeteria
or when to do the washing It
means, as Jesus’ whole teaching
shows, that total change of out
look, —loving what one hated, hat
ing what -one loved, which
changes the whole person from
within. What is the center of your
life’ Is it yourself? Then no mat
ter, how many sms you, may re
gret having committed, you have
not repented in Jesus’ sense of
the word. Your life must be shift
ed over from love of yourself to
love of God end your neighbor.
Repentance is the outworking of
the new birth. A person who pro
fesses to have been born again
but who still looks at life from *
self-centered standpoint, has prob-*
ably not been born again. Rq-'
pentance, in this deep and real
sense of a radical change in at
titude, aims and desires, is not
something you can do in a flash
and be done with forever. In 3
Peter 3:9 (a little book written to
Christians) it is said the Lord
wishes all to “reach repentance.”
It Is actually m continuing life
long process.
How It Works
But this profound inner change
of the mind (which In the Bible is
inseparable from the, heart) will
work out in repentance lor par*
tlcular sins. Some people, per
haps most people, find It easier
to repent of “sin” (or what they,
call repenting) than of'particular
sins. But true repentance l« both
profound and particular. In false
repentance, a person 1* "sorry”
for a sin but goes on doing it,
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