4 —Lancaster Farming, Friday, r August 2, 1957 Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Quarryville, Pa. Phone STerling 6-2132 Lancaster Phone Express 4-3047 Alfred C. Alspach Robert E. Best Robert G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins Subscription Rates: $2.00 Per Year . Three Years $5.00; 50 Per Copy Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879 Fertilizer Use Drops Fertilizer consumption decreased 8.37 per cent in the Middle Atlantic region during, the past year. This com pares with a decrease of 2.35 per cent for the nation as a whole. Pennsylvania used only 92 per cent as much fer tilizer last year as in the preceding year, but the amount of actual plant food used dropped only five per cent. And although you will never see- it on a bag, the average fertilizer used in the state was a 5.21-12.01-11.51. The composition most preferred by Pennsylvania farmers was 8-12-12 with 262,587 tons of this material being pur chased. Next was 10-10-10 at 71,519 tons. Also in the run ning with 57,483 tons being sold with 6-9-12. The following mixtures with sales in the 18,000 to 24,000 ton bracket filled out the bulk of the sales: 5-10-10, 8-16-16, 8-12-16 and 10-15-15. Of the fertilizer materials used in the past year, natural organics led the list with 9,375 tons being applied. Next was ammonium nitrate with 5,338 tons of this high nitrogen material being used. The natural organic materials include dried blood, compost, cottonseed meal, fish scrap meal, dried manures, activated sewage sludge, animal tankage, and processed tankage. These figures are taken from a report of commercial fertilizer and primary plant nutrient consumption prepared by the fertilizer and agricultural lime section of the Agri cultural Research Service at Beltsville, Md. The reports notes that in only two regions the West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas) and Pacific (Washington, Oregon and California) — were slight gains made, while in the other regions con sumption was lower by amounts ranging up to nearly 11 per cent as compared to the preceding year. In 1955-56 the total consumption of - commercial npxed fertilizers amounted - to 14,775,653 tons, or 66.58 per cent of the quantity of fertilizers. There were 1,536 grades reported. In addition, approximately 500 mixtures, not re ported by grades, were used in California. 1 The total consumption of mixed fertilizers was 572,197 tons (3.73 per cent) less than in the preceding year, and the quantity decreased in each of the regions except the Pacific which showed an increase of 3.78 per cent. 1 Though 171 grades consumed in the continental liS. represented 96 17 per cent of the total tonnage of mixed fertilizers used in this area, 15 of these accounted fqr 62.56 per cent of the tonnage. These 15 were the same as those in 1954-55 except that the 6-12-12 grade replaced the 4-8-B'grade. The weight ed average guaranteed nutrient content of the 15 grades was 4.80 per cent nitrogen, 12 12 per cent available PjO-„ and 1i.30 per cent K.. 0 (total, 28.22 per cent) as com pared, respectively, with 4.51, 11.80 and 10 86 per cent (total, 27.17 per cent) in the preceding year. The pro portionate increase m the concentration of nitrogen and potash were higher than in that of In 1955-56 the 5-10-10 grade was consumed in larg est tonnage, while in each of- the preceding six years the 3-12-12 grade showed the largest consumption. Compared with the previous year, the principal changes in consumption of chemical nitrogen materials were increases in the tonnages of urea, 35 per cent; aqua ammonia, 34 per cent; and anhydrous ammonia, 18 per cent. Phosphate rock was the only phosphate material that showed a large increase in consumption, 57 per cent, nearly all of which was in Illinois and Missouri, these two states using more than 85 per cent of the total tonnage of this material. The consumption of potash materials for direct ap plication increased only .9 per cent. Among the individual materials, the use of the v 5B to 62 per cent grades of potas sium chloride, which comprised 76 per cent of the total consumption of potash materials, showed the largest in crease in quantity. Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS STAFF Publisher .. .Advertising Director Circulation Director BY JACK REICIIARD 50 YEARS AGO (1907) Milk producers in Southern Lancaster County were assured profitables prices and prompt pay for their deliveries back in 1907. George Abbott, prominent Philadelphia milk dealer and butter manufacturer, purchased the D'ickinson and Forbes plant at Quarryville, including its nu merous branches, and was con structing milk receiving stations along the entire line of the Lan caster, Oxford and Southern nar row gauge railroad. Abbott pointed out the move would increase his milk supply over a million and a half pounds each month. e « « Editor LIGHTNING KILLS CAT, SPARES MISTRESS A freak of lightning, at Ste wartstown,' in southern York County, .entered the home of Mr. and Mrs Irvin Shaffer. Mrs. Heaviest damage was caused Shaffer was seated upon a chair t, y a g re on the Jacob B Thomas in the parlor with her pet cat farm near New Danville, tenant nearby. The lighning billed the e d by Roy Wilson. Two horses, cat, leaving its mistress unharm- eight hogs, chickens, farm mach ed. inery and crops were destroyed Elsewhere in Stewartstown the when the barn was burned to schoolhouse was struck by light- (the ground. Firemen from five nmg, and four hogs in a sty near companies saved the house and the town were billed. other outbuildings. Thomas es- On the farm of David Gerber, timated the loss at $12,000. near Davidsburg, six cows were a barn on the farm of Allen H. killed in pasture during the Hoffer, near Manheim, rebuilt same storm,. after its destruction by lightning GUNNER MISSED CAT SHOT BOY » John Weaver, 10, of Lancaster, was m the Lancaster General Hospital, suffering with a torn left hip resulting from a dis charge of gun shot * The lad was in the yard at the rear of his home when a neigh bor, who was annoyed over the loss of numerous chicks by a cat, raised his gun and fired,, missing the cat, with young Weaver receiving the full dis charge from the gun. The man did not see the boy No action was taken by the authorities against the gunner, as they were satisfied .the shooting was accidental. A BIT OF JOHN MacNEILL WIT An English paper, in describ ing a great convention, had this paragraph about the singing: “At No. 2 platform the chair man in a rather weak voice an nounced the hymn, ‘Count your Blessings’ But the response was feeble until Rev. John Mac Neill sprang to the rescue, shouting: ’Now, (then, “Count your bles sings.” I’ve got a wife and seven. How many have you got’’ The singing went with a swing after that.” GOOD BUTTERMAKERS A State College farmer was given the highest rating out of 24 buttermakers entering samples in the 1907 butter-scoring con test at State College. Out of 24 samples submitted, only seven scored 90 per cent pure or better A. L. Martin, State College, scored 93% per cent pure. Next ito Martin was E C Wivel, southern Lancaster County, who scored 92 per cent. Wivel operated the Conowmgo Dairy Co, a co-operative PHYSICIAN HAD COLD TREATMENT According to the Milwaukee Journal, back in 1907, a bald headed physician had the follow ing to say on how not to catch a cold. “I used to be> dreadfully sub ject to colds, even in summer. I had ito wear a black skullcap all the time. The minute I took it off I began to sneeze and wheeze. But now for a year I have not once worn a skullcap and I have rjot once had a cold. Why, I could go and stand bareheaded in a snowstorm without any ill effect. My immunity to colds comes from this: Every morning I put my head under the cold water to run for a minute on my This Wcfcfc'" : rf Lancaster Fanning bald crown "this is refreshing, and since I began to do it I have never had a cold.” 25 Years Ago Twenty-five years ago this week lightning caused wide spread property damage, burned live stock and injured a number of persons m Lancaster County. Three persons were burned in Columbia by lightning bolts which entered homes A bolt which apparently flashed through fthe - door of Mrs. Ambrose Smith’s residence struck a damp, burned the insulation of the lamp cord, and slightly burned Mrs. Smith on the hand and foot and her 5-year-old son, Ambrose, Jr., on the hand and leg. About the same time, lighten ing entered the window at the home of Jacob Buck, Columbia’s night policeman Buck, who was sleeping at the time, was knock ed out of bed and burned on the arm. ■ncktronnt Scripture: Ruth. DcTotlonel Beating: Deuteronomy 10: 17-21. Foreigner Lesson for August 4, 1957 A MERICA has always been a land of foreigners. The first human beings who ever came to these shores were natives of other lands. We think of the Indians as having lived here always, but their an cestors came from Asia across the Bering Strait Some ancestor of every one who reads this sentence was once recent ly—or long ago— an immigrant to this country. And still they keep coming. The coming of Hun- garians is fresh in our minds; but they are only one among many races in our Dr. Foreman American melting pot. In this we are more like Biazil or Australia than like long-settled countries such as Norway and Scotland. Motives Why<don’t people stay put’ Why this age-long trek from one land to another’ Sometimes it is a mass-movement, sometimes a mere trickle of individuals But migration is almost never aimless. There are always reasons. The story of Ruth, in the Bible book named for hei, is the story of an immigrant girl, and very sugges tive for our times too. This par ticular young woman left her na tive land to go among sti angers at a time and place when stran gers and migrants had a much harder time of it than they do even now But her motives were simple, strong and good. She went from Moab to Judah because she loved her jnother-in-law Naomi, the mother of her dead young hus band. One of the most beautiful expressions of devotion, by the way, to be found anywhere, is in the book of Ruth where the young woman declares her determination to follow Naomi wherever she goes;—a small poem of love, from a daughter-in-law to her mother in-law. Ruth’s motive in moving in .April, 1932, was damaged the second tome that) jMar*withi loss estimated at $7,500. A bull, two calves and two horses were burn ed to death. While firemen from Manheim and Mt. Joy battled ithe Holler blaze, part of the Manheim Fire' Co. was summoned to another fire at Amos Frey’s residence near Manheim. The roof and ceiling were damaged, with loss placed at $5OO. Pennsylvania Railroad officials estimated $l,OOO damage was caused by fire started by a bolt of lightning which struck a motor shed in the railroad yards at Lahcaster. Another bolt struck the resid ence of William Hager an Lan caster and damaged the third floor of the house. Hager estimat ed damage at $3OO. R.F.C. TURNS DOWN REQUEST FOR STATE AID Pennsylvania was given notice by the Reconstruction Finance Corp. at Washington that it must first help itself before it could expect to receive Federal aid for relief purpose, back in 1932. That attitude of the R.F.C. board was made public, with no mincing words, as it turned down, Governor Pdnchot’s request for an immediate loan of $10,000,000, which was later to be expanded to $45,000,000. -The board declined to advance the loan, at a conference with Governor Pinchot and represent atives of the Cabinet iand the Pennsylvania State Legislature. That same week, in 1932, E. A. Seaman, in charge of the Lan paster office of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Markets, announced lie-had been informed by Secre tary of Agriculture John A. Mc- Sparran that the office would be closed, effective Aug. 6. from her native country to a strange one was simply her lo\e for her family. Many persons have come to America for no other rea son than this, that their families had come or were coming. Think of the Hungarian families who want to stay together; of the war brides from Germany and Italy and Japan; of the newcomers from Greece, China, Ireland and all over the World, who as soon as they got through customs have headed straight for some city where they could live near their relatives. Most foreigners arrive with mixed motives; so did our own ancestors. And some of those motives are just •s good as Ruth’s. Contributions Ruth, like most immigrants, had to start at the bottom of the lad der, both economically and social ly. She was one of the extremely poor for whom the ancient law had been made; Do not harvest our fields clean—leave some gleanings for the poor of the land. So in her humble way, picking up what she could find in the fields of £oaz. Ruth contributed to the “labor pool” of her new home. Boaz was blight enough to see that Ruth had lomething to contribute besides Physical strength. (She could carry i PO-pound sack of grain without help.) She had character of a rare sort It- took courage on the side of Boaz to decide to marry her, for he would be going against the prejudices of his neighbors, even against the law, which banned Moabites down to the tenth gen eration—and Ruth was only the first l But Boaz knew that this voung woman, as wife and mother, would be an asset to his family and his country. And we know how right he was; how she became an ancestor of King David and even of the greater King Jesus. Welcome It is only natural for people, families, communities and even na tions to become ingrown, to be suspicious of strangers. Some places hardly ever admit any one »o their closed circle In a Virginia community a daughter of one of the “First Families,” speaking of a neighbor, said, “Her family came here only 60 years ago—they don’t really belong here!” What a lone ly life that neighbor must have led! Newcomers have to prove themselves, as all men must; but it is shabby treatment not even to give them a chance. Happy is the community, and blessed the church, that will be as quick to help the needy among its newcom-, ers, and to perceive the good m them, as Jioaz was with Ruth, the penniless immigrant. (Bated on outlines copyrighted by iho Division of Christian Education, Na tional Cosncll of the Churches of Christ In the V. 8 A. Released by Commsniiy Press Service.)
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