4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 23, 1056
Lancaster County l s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper
Established November 4, 1955
, - Published every Friday by
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' Quarryville, Pa. Phone 378
Lancaster Phone 4-3047)
Alfred C. Alspach
Ernest J. Neill
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Robert G. Campbell
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AVERAGE AUTO BUYER
One-third of all U. S. families buying new cars own
two or more automobiles, according to a survey of car buy
ing habits, “Automobile Facts” reports.
In 92 per cent of the purchases, the venerable
family bus was traded in as part of the bargain. Its
average age at the time, the same survey reveals, was
slightly over three years Of all cars traded in for new
ones, only 8 per cent were more than five years old.
Vital statistics of the typical new Car buying
family show:
Average number of family members is 3.4. 55
per cent children under 18. 47 per cent have college
trained members.
74 per cent own their homes and the same per
centage have garages. Almost 36 per cent of the total
have two-car-garages.
When asked how they would use their shiny
new automobiles, a large majority 71 per cent
of the surveyed new car buyers replied “drive to
work.” “Business travel” was mentioned by 42 per
cent; and “drive children to school” by 16 per cent.
Might look over the statements and see how you
qualify.
According to The Agricultural Situation, published
in Chicago by the Corn Belt Farm Dailies, the farmer, a big
user of power machines, is likewise a big user of fuel to
keep the wheels of those busy machines turning.
In 1953, the latest year for which figures have been
announced, 8.8 billion gallons of liquid petroleum fuel
were used on farms. Of this about 90 per cent was gasoline,
4 per cent diesel fuel, 3 per cent LP gas, and 3 per cent
other motor fuels. In total, the farmer is reported to burn
about 11.5 per cent of the total quantity of motor fuel used
in the U. S.
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A look back over the 12 months of 1955, with the benefit of
the complete figures, confirms previous predictions that it was
among the greatest years ever in slaughter of livestock and produc
tion of meat.
It ended with a flourish, the final month being the second
biggest December on record in the slaughter of both cattle and
hogs m inspected plants This brought the year’s total cattle kill
to 19,055,498 to set a new all-time record. The previous high of
18,476,358 was set in 1954. Calf slaughter at 7,499,145 was just
slightly under 1954 and only 270,000 under the record high 0f’1944.
The hog total rounded out at 61,370,474 head, which was well
below the all-time peak of 69,016,982 in 1944, the big war year.
It was even a million head below the 1952 total. Since the price
level of 1952 was a good bit.better than this past year, even with
a million more hogs, there is some reason to think that the serious
overestimation of the pig crop by the government may have been
a more powerful bearish factor in the markets than was generally
recognized. Of course, the fact that there was heavier competition
from a record beef supply last year must also be taken into con
sideration.
Sheep and lamb slaughter total in inspected plants was 14,-
383,450 head, which was the largest in seven years That increase
could be reflected in smaller numbers to be offered this year, to the
benefit of producers.
- All in all, from the production angle, it was quite a year.
The only blot on an achievement in production such as this was
that the men who produced these animals out on the farms failed
to share adequacy in the wealth so created. The supply was so
large that they w -re forced to operate in a buyers’ market almost
throughout- Demand for the finished product was tremendous, but
it wasn’t enough to prevent a price retreat. No great quantity of
the product was stored, so it does not remain as a price depressing
surplus. The steady producers’ hope for better profits lies in the
fact that low prices will trim production back to a more profitable
level, which, coupled with the built-up demand for meat, Could
mean the realization of better profits on the producing end. (Corn
Belt Farm Dailies).
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FARMERS FUEL BILL
QUITE A YEAR!
Publisher
Editsr
Business. Manager
. Advertising Director
. Circulation Director
50 Years Ago
This Week oh Lancaster Farms
(This Week In 1905)
By JACK EEICHAKD
Hens Expected to Lay
Uniform Weight Eggs
In lowa hens were expected
to lay their eggs in uniform
weight of two ounces each, for
the 1906 Legislature had passed
a new weights and measure law,
which included eggs. The law
provided that the standard weight
of one dozen eggs to be 24
ounces, 'and no means of com-
promise was suggested in case
12 eggs jover-weighed the, fixed
standard. The new law set stand
ard weights for seventy artielfsr
including beets, alfalfa, peanuts
and canary seed.
Profitable Flock of
Chickens Near Smyrna
Mrs. Milton Bush. Lancaster
County farmwife at Smyrna, had
a profitable flock of chickens in
-1906. There" were 100 hens in the
flock. During a 12-month period
the received $213 from eggs
along, not counting eggs that
were set and used in the house
hold, estimated at 50 dozen. She
also sold $7O worth of chickens
from the flock.
Too Much Rope
Hits New Jersey Cow
A New Jersey farmer -tied his
cow too long. The animal got
tangled up in the rope and broke
its neck. A case of too much
rope!
Farmers Urged To
Kill Sparrows
Back in 1906 farmers through
out Pennsylvania were urged to
join the campaign against spar
rows Opponents of the birds
suggested “Make it as warm as
possible for all sparrows which
seek a home on your premises,
and you will have lots of other
birds”. At Wilkes-Barre a res
olution was adopted by Council
that year for 12 expert marksmen
to take up positions in the public
square every Friday afternoon
and shoot all the sparrows they
could. The birds gathered in the
trees there by the thousands.
Ice Imported From
St. 'Newfoundland
Fifty years ago this week the
British S. S.'Begulus arrived at
the port of Philadelphia from
St. Newfoundland with the first
cargo of ice ever imported to
this country from a foreign port.
The shipment, 200 tons, was con
signed to the American Ice Co.
Importing of the perishable
cargo, on which there was no
duty,, was an experiment be
cause of an expected shortage
of domestic ice in this country
that year >
Seven Baptized In Icy
•Waters of Conestoga
At Lancaster’s West End Park,
along the Conestoga, seven per
sons were baptized in the icy
waters of that stream by Elder
John Myers, of the Baptist Breth
ern Church.
25 Years Ago
Ordered Quarter Million
Chick Feeders
Twenty-five years ago this
week the Jackson-Evans Co-, St
Louis, Mo., announced the re
ceipt of a single order for a
quarter million baby chick feed
ers from Purina Mills. Officials
of the feeder company declared
the order would keep their plant
in full production one year. When
asked the large contract, A. S-
Johnson, head of the Poultry
Department at Purina Mills said:
“We ordered the feeders for our
dealers as part of a program to
give every,baby chick all it needs
to eat. It will assure a square
meal—a square meal for every
chick hatched”.
5 Firemen Killed, 11 Injured
Speeding To Farm Grass Fire
Five members of the Malvern
Fire Co, Chester County, were
instantly killed and 11 others
injured when their fire truck
''overturned while speeding to a
grass- fire" on 1 the Halderman
farm; between Malvern and Pa
oli. The accident occured when
the truck ' turned- off th,c maca
dam "highway to a dirt road,
striking a rut, and upset, pinning
several firemen beneath.
Fire Truck Disabled
On Way To Farm «tr»
The fite truck of the Quarry
ville Fire Co. on its way to a
fire at the' Herman Cameron
farm, Eidora, broke down on its
way to the -blaze, and'only chem
icals could.be taken to the scene'
of the Jin. A large bam and
several Mother’ buildings burned
to the--ground. Two heifers, 7S>
bu of wheat, over 200 bu of corn,
ami five-acre crop of tobacco
were burned. Eiremen plated
tiie loss at about $15,000.
Farm Bureau
Officers Elected
At a meeting of the Lancaster
Farm Bureau, held at Lancaster,
the following were elected for
1931: David M. Landis, Lancas
ter R- D. 7, president; J. Clar
ence Heist, Mount Joy, vice
president; -Dr. F. A. Achey, Lan
caster, secretary; William P.
Bucher, Quarryville, treasurer.
State Agriculture Head
Speakes at Y. M. C. A.
\
Twenty-five years ago this
week John A. McSparran, State
Secretary of Agriculture, addres-
iZIBZJB SPEAK—Plunkett 2-1
, Buknmt SnipUn: Luke 33:1-86.
i Dtnucnal Kndliif: Itsdab S 3.
{ Christ Suffered
I Lesson for March 25, 1958'
WHENEVER we ask. Why?
about anything that happens,
wa can mean the question in eith
er one of two ways. Sometimes we
mean both. Perhaps we mean to
‘ask, "What were the events that
lied up to this one’ What were
Ithe causes or
forces back of tins
event, pushing it,
so to speak,- out
'of the Not-Yet in-
to the Now-and-
Here?’* Or per-
haps we mean to
ask, "For what
purpose did this
event take place?
If it was a means Dr. Foreman
to an end, what was the end? Did
any man, or did God, havtf-a pur
pose in bringing this event to,
pass?”
If we ask, Why did Christ suf
fer? We can mean it in the first
way mentioned just nojv. -In that
case, the answer is very easy to
see, or the answers rather, for
there was no one reason why he
Was crucified. Jesus suffered be
cause Pilate was a coward; if the
governor had stood up for what
he knew was right, Jesus might
haver been saved from an unjust
sentence. Jesus suffered because
the Pharisees were jealous and
had found no other way of getting
rid of their most troublesome crit
ic. He suffered because he was
courageous; if Christ himself.had
been timid, he could have avoided
Calvaby simply by keeping quiet
and leaving the country.
H* Died for Our Sins
Ail such reasons it is the busi
ness of history to ferret out, and
it is of some importance to know
them. But the other question Is
not so easy. No historian, a* *
historian, can see it Only the eye
of faith, (which may Indeed be
long to historians too) can-see the
great pattern, into which this dread
ful event fits, this dreadful event of
the death by torture of the best
person who ever walked this earth.
We could not have guessed it. W*
Steed God’s Woid to tell u« what
ted nearly 600 person* te the
Martin auditorium- at 'the Lan
caster Y.'M. C. A. Speaking on
"The Blessings of Living in a
Christian Nation”, McSparran
Stated: “This is the greatest
country on earth”.
Lamb Cheap
Meat in’ 1931
C A. Burge, livestock exten
sion specialist of Pennsylvania
State College, reported 1500 per
sons attended -20 meat cutting
demonstrations conducted dur
ing the winter of 1930-31. Dem
onstrations were at high schools,
women’s club meeting, ’sheep
breeding farms, and on farms.
Burge reccommended more ex
tensive use of lamb, very cheap
then, but classed as a luxury
only a few years before. ■
Four-H Club
Strawberry Project
- Up at Waterford, Erie County,
Arthur Marsh had made a profit
of $102.91 from his quarter acre
of strawberries grown in a 4-H
Club project, according to C- P.
Lang, assistant state club leader
of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege Young Marsh picked 1,112
quarts from his Premier plants.
His total receipts were $lB6 43
and his expenses for labor, sup
plies, and rent amounted to
$83.52.
Orchard Pruning
Demonstration
An orchard pruning demon
stration was held on the Graybxll
Wenger farm, Drumore Center,
Jpwer Lancaster County, by John
U. Ruef of State College, showing
the proper pruning of apples,
and grapes.
it means What purpose did God
have in mind? What was Jesus’;
own intention 1 ’ We know ‘what
Jesus said the night before, to his
disciples as he gave them the
cup. This, he said, was-the cup,
of the New Covenant, “m myi
blood," poured out "for you ” We
know what he had said months
before (Mark 10:45), that he came
,to “give his life a ransom for
•iany.” Now the Bible tells of a
.Christ who was totally, from his
soul’s coie, -at one with God the
‘Father. What Christ intended, God
intended. Christ’s death was for
a purpose which God had had (as
the Bible expresses it) from be
fore the foundation of the wo'rld.
It was not for his own sake, it
was for the sake of his friends.
.Even more, it ( was for many who,
were not his friends. "While we;
were yet sinners, Christ died fori
us,” Paul says (Rom. 5:8). "He
is the expiation for our sins, and
not for ours only, but for the sms
of the whole world,” John say*
’.(I John 2:1).
,How Gan This Be?
Many people fight shy of this;
great truth. Sometimes they are'
slow to behe\e it just because it 1
seems too much to believe. Here II
am, a single human being on a
small planet Would the Creator
of- the Universe actually go—not
to trouble only, but to agony and
defeat, for my sake? Well, if a
person thinks that way, we must 1
admit to him that it is indeed a 1
miracle, the greatest’ conceivable.!
But there is another reason why
people ai e shy about believing that
Christ could have died lor our *m*.
for anybody’s sin. How can one
man’s suffering atone for another
man’s sins’ There are two answers
to that, which are part of one an
swer. One is that Christ was not
just a man, he was the Godman,i
‘IGod-m a de-man.” The other itj
that he identified himself with sin
ners, with the worst and weakest,}
the race of man.
His Death Was In Character
Jesus’ death at Calvary was not
out of line with his life. If thexe he
“took the rap *tor sinners” as
'Dr. Hordern puts it, this was not a
new and sudden shift in his life
purpose. From the beginning of his
service m this world he had been
so closely identified with sinning
men tha£ he was called in scorn
"friend of sinners” and indeed at
last executed as a criminal. Na
■wonder Paul cart say. "H* whe
,knew no sm was made to be sm
,for us ” Yet this remains all over
our heads unless we too Identify
pur own selves with him. To aayi
“He is the Savior of the world” |
is not enough. The final step is tal
discover, “He is my Savior. For
He took my place.”
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