4—Lancaster Farming. Friday, August 9, 1957
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper
Established November 4, 1955
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
Kiwanians Gave More than Money
THE North Lancaster Kiwanis Club this week made the
largest single donation to the 4-H Club program in Lan
caster County. And the Kiwanians said that this is to be
no one-shot proposition.
Such recognition of the value of training and en
deavor of farm youth by a city organization such as this is
one of the finest things that we know.
Lancaster County is fortunate that the businessmen
and industries of the county recognize the importance of
agriculture to the general economy. This is a happy and
healthy situation often not found in many areas.
So we commend the North Lancaster Kiwanis Club
for making this contribution. The money helps in broad
ening the program ‘and in making some more equipment
available to the 4-H Club boys and girls.
But the lasting and more important gift is in that
the boys and girls of Lancaster County know that the
“city-folks” recognize the hard work they put in on their
projects
Don’t Contribute to Accidents
THOSE farmers fortunate enough to be located alongside
main roads and highways have an opportunity to pick
up" some extra ready cash from sales from roadside stands
But we have noticed that too often no thought of
the possibility of accidents to automobiles entering or
leaving the road is taken into account when locating the
stand. Some that we have seen actually require the auto
to stop on the pavement to do business
Now a vegetable stand is not a supermarket and
does not need a 40 acre field for a parking lot. But if you
have a stand or are thinking about putting one in opera
tion, it would be well to take a drive down the road your
self to see how “accident-prone” your stand might be
Because no matter how much extra cash you might
get, knowing that you were involved, however indirectly,
in the needless injury of anyone would make it a small
profit in the long run.
AAA, PMA, Soil Bank, etc.
THE provisions for operation of the Soil Bank acreage
reserve program for 1958 were announced this week
Some of the loop-holes of the former years operations have
been plugged, but on the whole it is the same story.
The old and moth-eaten story of trying to control
production by controlling acreage
From the first farm program for agricultural ad
just ment in the 1930’s to now it has been tried. And the
history has been the same. Acreage goes down, but pro
duction goes up.
It would seem that if the government wanted to cut
down on the agricultural production of the United States
that some type of control based on units of production
could be worked out
What often enters our mind is that the government
is not so much interested in controlling farm production as
it is in making a good harvest of political hay That is, give
the farmer a program that will not curtail his farming too
much and at the same time throw a few dollars his way to
sweeten the kitty
Farming controls in any form are distasteful to all
concerned. But it looks like they are here to stay, so the
best thing to do is make thefn work to the best interest of
the farmer If production can be controlled enough to
cause the price of the produce to be raised to a profitable
level, lets do it
But this old business of going half way and then
changing systems every couple of years has gone on just
about long enough.
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BY JACK REICHAKD
50 YEARS AGO (1907)
The Bureau of Census issued
“Bulletin '75, Agriculture Imple
ments”, containing statistic for
the year 1905, on the manufac
ture of (implements used for till
ing the soil, sowing or planting
the seed, harvesting and prepar
ing the crop for market. The in
dustry was rapidly becoming a
far-reaching influence upon the
nation’s economic progress. The
following figures show the in
crease or decrease compared
with 1900.
Editor
v Number of establishments
manufacturing implements 648,
a decrease of 9.4 per cent; capi
tal invested, $196,740,700, an in
crease of 24.8 per centp cost of
materials used, $48;281,406; an
increase of 9 9 per cent; value
of products, $112,007,344, an in
crease of 10 7 per cent.
Pa. Farmers Warned Of Fakers
Back in August, 1907, Pennsyl
vania farmers in general were
warned to be on the lookout for
fake inspectors who were operat
ing in some sections of the State,
offering to examine livestock
head by head, to determine if
they were in sound physical con
dition. The fee charged was 25
cents per head, or $2.50 for the
inspection of the entire herd. It
was declared the men were with
out license to act in the capacity
of livestock inspectors.
Ex-Senator Commits Suicide
“Good-by The burden is too
much for me to bear”
That was the farewell message
left to his wife by George Dela
mater, a former State Senator
and Republican candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania in
1890 before he shot himself in
his office located in the Diamond
National Bank Building, at
Pittsburgh, a half century ago. B «ck C ron„d scripture
Grief over the death of his a i-u, 18-21
father, George B Delamater, at 16 ? 2 S votIon “ Re * a,n *
Meadville, Pa, and sudden death
of his son, James, at Connells
ville, were believed to be partly
the cause for Delamater’s sui
cide
In a bulletin issued in 1907
prepared by Pro! F. E Jaff for
the U. S Department of Agricul
ture, it was asserted that ten
cents worth of peanuts contain
ed more than twice the protein
and six times the energy con
tained in a porterhouse steak.
Jaff’s conclusions were based on
extensive experiments and study.
One must remember, however,-
that 10 cents purchased quite a
lot of peanuts fifty years ago.
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Pineapple Eggs?
The following recipe was sub
mitted to a farm paper publish
ed in 1907.
“To make pineapple eggs soak'
the contents of one-half of a box
of gelatin mi water and when dis
solved add a cupful of grated
pineapple and the juice of one
lemon, a cupful of boiling water
and a cupful of sugar, strain and
set away to harden As soon as
the harding process begins whip
quickly with an egg beater and
fold in the whites of five eggs.
Mould in eggshells and serve in
any fanciful way ”
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25 Years Ago
Two hundred and fifteen de
grees were awarded by the Pen
nsylvania State College Aug. 11,
1932, at the mneth annual sum
mer session commencement. The
degrees were presented by Presi
dent Ralph D. Hetzel in the clos
ing term of the college. The
speaker for the occasion was Dr.
Ralph C Hutchison, president of
Washington and Jefferson Col
lege.
Candidates for degrees came
from 50 counties of the State,
134 of them being presented
bachelor degrees and 81 ad
vanced degrees
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New Dairy Building Dedicated
Governor Pinchot was named
to present a new $500,00 dairy
Twenty-five years ago this
wek, Colonel Daniel B Strickler,
Lancaster police commissioner
and a member of the State Le
gislature, reported he had
routed three highwaymen while
returning from Annapolis, Md.,
about 2am that Monday morn
ing. Colonel Strickler said a few
shots and the sight of his mili
tary uniform put the hold-up
men to flight.
The commissioner was return
ing from a regimental dinner,
and when two miles south of
New Texas, lower "Lancaster
County, he found an auto block
ing the road. One of the three
men in the car pointed a gun at
him.
Commissioner Strickler report
ed he stepped from his car and
drew his service revolver. The
blocking car quickly disappeared
down another road.
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A SURE way to lose any one’s
respect is to fail to keep a
promise. If a promise simply can
not be kept, as in case of illness
or accident, no one will hold a fail
ure against you. But a man will
more quickly make excuses for
himself than others will make for
him. 'The brighter side is true too:
no better way
can be found to
build up a solid
reputation than
to become known
as a person who
always keeps
promises once
made.- No bril
liance, no charm,
makes up for
keeping prom- Dr. Foreman
What a letter of introduction
this would make: “The bearer is
is a young man of fine background.
He graduated with honors. He has
great charm of manner, his know
how Is enormous for his age. He
has only one drawback: you can’t
depend on him.”—!
Promising God
Belief in God is feebler, even
among good people, than it ought
to be. One proof of this is the fact
that many people, if not most of
them, will be deeply ashamed of
not keeping their promises to hu
man beings; but will not take
very seriously their failure to keep
promises made to God. If a man
owes a church pledge, and also
some local store, he will pay the
store bill first, and if he can only
pay one, you know which gets the
cash. If “ratting” on promises
made to God is taken lightly, it
only shows how lightly men be
,heve in God.
i If the Bible teaches anything it Is
that promises made to
,mean for more than when made to
ordinary people. The short name
ifor such promises is “vows
J Protestants make them as well '
■ Roman Catholics. A promise f
iriously made, either to da sor
thing for God, or for his people I
Week
ter Farming
building to officials of Pennsyl
vania State College at the dedica
tion exercises scheduled during
August, 1932.
Colonel J Franklin Shields,
president of the board of trus
tees, Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, presi
dent of the college, and Prof.
Borland, was to accept the
building for the trustees, the
college, and the dairy depart
ment respectively.
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Colonel Strickler
Routs Highwaymen
Psalm 68: 1-2,
Promise to God
Lesson for August 11, 1957
Gov. Pinchot Paid
Mother’s Fine
Governor Pinchot paid the fine
and costs of a Fayette Couhty
mother so she could be released
from jail where she had served
four days of a 20 day sentence
for killing a flicker to feed her
hungrey children in J 932.
The woman, Mrs. Annie Chesa,
32, of Fairchance, was fined $lO
and ordered to pay costs total
ing $10.50 for a violation of the
State game laws, flickers being
a protected bird.
The 1932 picnic session of
Lancaster County Pomana
Grange, No. 71, was held Aug. 10
at Rocky Springs Park, with a
large attendance of members
and guests.
The session was opened by
Pomana Master Melvin Boyce, of
Coleram Grange. The address Oj.
welcome was given by the Rev.
Martin Schweitzer, of Ephrata,
Lancaster County Chaplain.
Valuable Turkey Hen
Alonzo H. .Wilson, of near
Elim, lower Lancaster County,
had a valuable turkey hen back
in 1932. After completing two
laying periods during that sum
mer, the hen started on her thiru'
laying by producing two soft
shell eggs within a half hour of
each other, and then settled
down to 'laying an egg a day until
she had laid enough for a setting.
At Harrisbug, the House of Re
presentatives adopted a resolu
tion calling for the' Department
of Property and Supplies to in
stall .a portable microphone sys
tern which permitted members to
speak from 'their desks through
the lound speaker system of the
House
cause they are his people (espe-i
daily the church); or a promisei
solemnly made m God’s presence,
calling on his name as a witness, is
a vow. As the Bible teaches, mo
body has to make a vow; but once
made, the vow must be kept. Ex
amples of vows are those made
at baptism (by the parents, if a‘
child is involved, or by the one
baptized if he is old enough), at
confirmation or “joining the
church;” or when making a pledge
of money to a church; or the vows
taken by a bride and groom; as
well as all sorts of private vows.
.. and Cbangeth Not”
I Samuel 1;
“He that sweareth to his own
hurt, and changeth not,” comes
In for special praise, in the 15th >
Psalm. The story of Hannah tells
of jwst such a person. She prom
ised her first child to God. In her
days and circumstances, this
meant giving the child up and
seldom seeing him again after the
first few years. She had been bit
ter about her childlessness, and of
course was overjoyed when little
Samuel was born. Giving him up
meant bemg childless all over
again—but she- kept her promise >
She had five other children later,
but she did not expect this when
she presented her one son, her
first-born, in the temple. It’s easy
to make promises, even easy to
keep them when keeping them is
pleasant. But your really devoted
Christians, solid to the core, are
those who keep their promises to
God no matter what. .
if Some One Knows [
Human nature being what it is. 1
even a promise to God is more
likely to be kept if we know some
one else knows about It. Hannah’s
vow was known to Eh the priest
eventually, and we may guest
that he suspected It from the
start. No doubt this helped her
to be faithful. So marriage vows
are spoken not alone in God's
presence but in the company of
witnesses. So vows taken at join
ing the church, or confirmation ;
are taken in front of the whole
congregation. This is why baptism,
of a child or an adult, should never
be private. If we were angels, a
promise made to God in secret
would be Just as well kept as one i
made in public. But since wt are
human, and Weak in faith, it helps
if soma ear'besides God’s hears
our vows.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian education, Na
tional Connell of the Churches of Chrr ■
In the XT. S. A. Released by Communlt* 7
,Press Service.)
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