4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 7, 1957
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June Is Dairy Month
} Both the Secretary of Agriculture and Earl L. Buts
assistant secretary of agriculture, made statements thi
week to kick off June Dairy Month.
Benson said in a news release that the dairy in
dustry “is one of the Nation’s outstanding agricultural en
terprises.”
“Supplies of milk and dairy products will be es
pecially plentiful this month,” the Secretary said. “I hopi
that consumers will join the June Dairy Month observanct
by using more dairy products at this time of peak abun
dance.”
Milk production, well on its way to a new annual
record, will reach its seasonal peak in June, Benson
pointed out. Production last year totaled 125.7 billion lbs.,
and may be as much as two billion lbs. higher in 1957.
Dairy industry leaders have organized a nation-wide
drive to stimulate demand for dairy products through the
annual “June Is Dairy Month” observance. Many events
all over the country have been planned to call attention to
the industry’s 350th anniversary and to the variety of dairy
products available.
It was at the Dairy Industry’s 350th anniversary
luncheon Tuesday at the Williamsburg Lodge at Williams
burg, Virginia, that Butz made some predictions for the
future of dairying.
“The opportunity' for further increasing the con
sumption of dairy products in the United States is right
before us,” he said. “Producing a quality product for the
consumer coupled with aggressive merchandising, realis
tic pricing and competitive selling will undoubtedly con
tinue to pay off. But this will be only so long as attention
is paid to keeping down costs, increasing efficiency, main
taining supplies in balance with demand, and intensifying
efforts to expand market outlets.”
“Our dairy industry can look forward- to a con
tinuing expansion in the market for dairy products right
here at home.”
Today we have a population of approximately 171
million. The number of people in the U.S. is increasing
at the annual xafe of about 1.8 per cent, or about three mil
lion each year. The population experts estimate that by
1975—less than 20 years from now—the number of people
in the Nation will reach perhaps as many as 228 million,
or over 55 million more than our present total, Butz
pointed out.
He said further than economists estimate that by
1975 our economy will be almost double its present size,
and disposable real income should be half again as large as
at present. This growth will be reflected both in the de
mand for milk and in what consumers will market
ing services sold in connection with milk and'other dairy
products.
Butz said that for the time being, our dairy industry
is worried over the fact that it is producing a surplus of
milk. The output of milk has been increasing to new record
levels in the past few years and this has necessitated
rather heavy prffce-support purchases of dairy products by
the government.
“The plain fact is that we are now producing about
four per cent more milk than our present population is
willing to consume at present market prices. Obviously,
for the time being, there must be either some adjustment
in production or some expansion of consumption so as to
bring the output of milk more nearly in line with effective
demand,” Butz said.
But a bright future is predicted by Butz with a
possible 20 per cent increase in production in the next 20
years being required to maintain our present level of
consumption.
It is a vain enterprise to try to turn a rich and silly man
to ridicule: the laughers are all on his side. Jean de la
Bruyere.
I .
fcS^rtnlng
Established November 4, 1955
s™™ 1 " 25YearsAg«
American tobacco growers In
general were - interested m the
announcement that - Sumatra
tobacco had been successfully
grown in Lancaster County, after
years of experiments with tha
East Indian weed in various
states. It was reported that two
experimental stations in the Lan
caster area had produced 1,000
pounds each. Some of the leaves
were found to be superior to the
leaf from Sumatra. One Lancas
ter cigar manufeturer wrapped
834 cigars, four and one-quarter
inches in size, with one pound of
the Lancaster County product.
The value of Sumatra tobacco
for growers was its price. If it
could be successfully grown it
meant that Lancaster farmers, in
stead of getting from 14 to 20
cents a pound for tobacco, could
demand from 90 cents to $2.25 a
pound. Instead of an average
ranging from $250 to 350 an acre,
farmers could realize from $1,500
to $2,000 per acre.
The chief drawback to an ex
tensive growth of Sumatra tobac
co was the necessity of covering
the field with fine aerial netting.
; The experiments had shown that
an exposure to subdued light was
required, to produce a thin glossy
leaf. The cost of raising the tobac
; co at the experimental stations
had been as high as 80 cents a
pound, but the report stated that
it was possible to grow Sumatra
in Lancaster County at a cost of
50 cents a pound.
ONIONS FORETOLD YOUNG
LADIES’ FUTURE
When girls in this day and- age,
want to get a peep into the fu
ture they go to fortune tellers
with strange names, shiny fas
cinating eyes and wierd studies.
But in “ye olden times” the mys
teries of tomorrow was read in
much more simple ways. One
popular way to determine which
beau one should marry, was to
sneak down into the cellar and
hide three onions on a shelf. Each
onion was given a name, and the
one that sprouted first was the ,
right man to marry.
In the case of Miss Ada V.
Brosius, a music teacher of At
glen, Pa., it was not a matter who
she was going to marry but how
quickly could she get “hitched
up”.
“We’ve got just fifteen minu
tes to get married in and we’ve
brought the minister with us”,
exclaimed the Rev. John K. Stet
ler, a vouns Methodist Eniseonal
preacher of Richmond, Pa., excit
! edly entering the office of the
' clerk of Orphans’ Court back in
; 1907
With the clergyman was Miss
Brosius. The couple explained
they had to catch the 2:02 tram
to Richmond, and since the bride
had just passed her twenty-first
birthday, there was no' necessity
to wait for parental consent, and
they had found an obliging friend
who was willing to tie the knot
quickly.
The license was issued with
haste and the party hustled into
a rear room of the office, where
the Rev. S. H. Hoover was wait
ing to perform the ceremony.
There was no fumbling of the
ring on the part of the bndgroom,
but office clerks stated he forgot
to kiss the bride in the hurry to
catch the 2 02 train.
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COMBINED CROPS
RAISED 50 YEARS AGO
While the two crops cannot as
a rule be raised off the same
piece of land during the growing
season in the northern states,
farmers of 50 years ago success
fully produced some qombina
tions of crops. For example, navy
beans were planted among the
hills of early potatoes in June,
celery was set out on ground from
which early peas had been har
vested and turnips and rutabagas ■
was planted on plowed up old
strawberry patches. '
Week*
ter Farming
Pennsylvania's famous 75-mile
avenue of roses was expected to
come in full bloom in June, 1932,
along the Lincoln Highway in
, Lancaster, York and Adams
counties, was reported by for
esters of the Highway Depart
ment.
Friendly rivalry between the
counties of Lancaster and York
kept alive the tradition of the his
toric “War of the Roses”. Lancas
ter’s red rose and York’s white
rose provided a colorful treat for
motorists 25 year? ago, while
Adams County roses of varied
hues proclaimed, “nutrality”.
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“SEE PENNSYLVANIA”
ADVOCATED
The Pennsylvnai Motor Fed
eration sponsored a statewide.
“See Pennsylvania” campaign in
1932.
S. Edward Gable, president of
the Federation and the Lancaster
Automobile Club, pointed out that
the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania had much to offer motorists.
He called on every city and town,
every civic group and individuals,
including farm folks, to aid in
making the campaign a success,
which was headed by R. B. Max
well, of Harrisburg.
H E Trout, of Manheim, repre-
Baok|r»«n| 8»rlpt«r«: Geneii* 3t—
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DiTtitißil Rmllb|{ Hoiea 14.
Reconciled
Lessen for June 9, 1957
AT THE heart and beginning o&
** the Christian life there is
not a theory, or a set of proposi
tions, but an expel ience. It is the
experience which is sometimes
called healing, for the broken tis
sues of life are made whole again.
It is sometimes called conversion,
literally a turning-around, for in
it the direction
and course of life
is changed, 'lt
is sometimes
called forgive-
ness, so that the
jchurcb is called
Ithe fellowship of
(the forgiven. But
.there is another
|word still which
jsums up and ex
presses this central experience:
.Reconciliation, What this means
can be seen in the story of a man
(who nd/er really found himself—
- las no one does—short of being rec
onciled both with God and with
man.
Peace With God
There are two meanings (and
more) of this word Reconcilia
,tion, -and at the risk of insulting
(some reader’s intelligence the dif
ference between these meanings
jmust be pointed out. In one mean
ing of the word, we say we are rec
onciled to something we can't
help, as a cripple becomes reo
'onciled to the loss of his legs, or
!a man is reconciled to his old age.
Some people are “reconciled to
God" only in this sense: they rec
ognize his power and they bow to
lit—but they still don’t like ft and
they do not love him. This Is not
true reconciliation in the Bible
.sense. True reconciliation means
restoring a lost harmony, it
(means meeting with God in such
a way that all the resentment,
all the hostility and fear in our
hearts is burned away by his
Presence, and we feel ourselves
at home with him. This is what
happened, essentially, to Jacob at
the brook where he wrestled with
the mysterious stranger. What
ever we make of that story, it is
seated the Lancaster club on the
general committee. He stated:
‘Every effort will be made to
bring motorists from other states
into Pennsylvania and at the same
time impress upon the people of
this state that they need not go
outside its borders to find sceni?
wonders, historic shrines and
countless other attractions.
SET SAIL
FOR HAWAII
How can one mentally set sail
for the tropics by means of a I
salad in the form of a boat? Well,
2& years ago a housewife sug
gested ladies to try her Sail Away
Salad. It called for:
“Select medium sized bananas
with perfect skins, cut a slit
lengthwise down the skin and
spread apart, revealing the fruit.
Cut the banana in slices in the*
skin, using a silver knife. Remove
alternate slices (save them for
fruit cups, ice cream, to put on*
cereals, etc.) and insert wedged
of canned pineapple cut from the
slices into the proper size. Place
banana boats in a sea of shredded
lettuce, and garnish up and down
the boat with fluffy mayonnaise.
Insert a paper sail on a toothpick,
at one end of, the boat, and put a
green cherry at the bow and a
red one at the stern”.
Meantime the observance of
George Washington Bicentennial
in the nation in 1932, stimulated
an American craze for almost
anything dated back to the
Revolutionary period, and later
periods well, creating a de
mand for everything from an old
oaken wood bucket to a wall brac
ket and ten plate stove.
fclaln what Jacob thought about it,]
“I have Bees the face of God,” hej
kaid. Before that day, Jacob bad
pad only one center of his Interest!
himself. After that day, he was
pod’s man. was really born
pgain.-He had been- at cross-pur
pose* with God, now he was rec
jonciled. God’s will wss his will.
,Thinldng correct thoughts about
pod Is never enough. One must
personally meet him, personally
yield to him, be personally recon
ciled.
P«ac* With Man
( j Right along with reconciliation
F-’lth God comes reconciliation with
an. In Jacob’s case, as with most
persons,' there was one particular
man to whom he had to be recon
ciled —his brother Esau. When a
jman is converted, there is usually
- some particular person with whom
Ihe needs to become a brother
[again. It is an interesting fact
pat Jacob knew this well before (
this all-night meeting with God.
But his idea of being reconciled
with Esau was to buy him off,
pay him to be friendly, by send
ing him large presents of fine
cattle. After Jacob met with God,
he somehow knew that this was
jnot the way. The only thing was to
(meet his brother in person. What
(happened between them had to
(happen in their hearts, it was
nothing that could be measured
[in money. And Jacob said a star
tling thing, something he could
[not have thought' of- saying 20;
years before: "To see your face!
is like seeing the face of God." 1
[Niliher Without the Other
I Peace with God and with man—-I
they cannot be separated. No onel
can be really reconciled to God|
[who cherishes hate or envy or 1
■anger toward his fellow-men. And !
no one can be heart-reconciled'
with other persons who is at
stranger to the love of God, The
(New Testament makes it quite;
'clear who needs to be reconciled
to whom. It is never said there
that God needs to be reconciled
to man; but always that man must
jbe reconciled to God. It is man’a
heart that needs to be changed, not
God’s. Jesus put both of these rec-:
onciliations inseparably togeth-l
er. Matt. 3:23,24. If you are offer-'
ing your gift at the altar—and this
was a token of reconciliation with
God—and at that very moment'
remember that your brother has'
something against you, stop right
there. Leave your gift, and go. Be
reconciled to your brother first,
and then come and offer your
gift to God. God desires the gift,
'of man’s heart; but he does not
ideslre the gift of a heart which is
unreconciled to a brother-man.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by tho
Division of ChrUtlan Education, Nac
tional Connell of the Chnrcheo of Chrlsl
lir tho U. ft A> RoloMod by Cf iotty
iFrin Stnrloo.)