4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 4, 1957 lancaster farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS Quarryville, Pa. Phone STerling 6-2132 Lancaster Phone EXpress 4-3047 Alfred C. Alspach Robert E. Best ... Robeit G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins . Subscription Rates: $2 00 Per Year - Three Years $5.00; 52 Per Copy Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879 lii Case of Emergency \ O - APEACETIME regulatory organization that can rapidly expand in an emergency is our best defence against biological warfare on our crops. How is this vast organization geared to protect our plants from foreign pests and diseases? First, we have developed a strong port-of-entry in spection to help keep pests and diseases from getting in Thousands of lots of material are checked at our ports and are constantly reviewing and expanding this inspection work We work with other governments in recording pests that may threaten American agriculture We acquaint American travelers with the risks of bringing m unauthor ized plants and plant products Movies, slides, cartoons, leaflets, radio, and television programs are utilized to edu cate civic groups all over the country Procedures have been worked out for inspection at point of origin in some cases, such as mass military movements from foreign bases. Second, if serious plant pests or diseases de some how slip in,-we fall back on another line of defense—a - continuing nationwide detection service followed up with immediate suppiession or eradication We've greatly intensified our nationwide detection of plant pests through cooperative State-Federal surveys One of their piimarv objectives is to promptly detect any new introductions that may have gamed a foothold here In addition, surveys provide information for growers and others on the prevalence of native pests that are likely to cause widespread damage to crops, thus contributing to more effective and less expensive controls Through prompt dissemination of information, farmers aie warned of im pending epidemics, and industry has advance knowledge as to vhere and when large quantities of insecticides will be needed * Infoimation on the occur:ence and prevalence of foreign and domestic pests is collected by farmers, ex tenson: agents, and entomologists and sent to a centrally located State office This may be the office of a college en tomology department or an extension, State, or experiment station entomologist Reports are forwarded to USDA, which then issues weekly information on new and eco nomically important insects, as well as distribution maps and othei material Many States have cooperative agreements with USDA to jointly finance an entomologist to head the State’s insect survey Training schools are held in some States to help farmers and other agricultural workers recognize im portant plant pests and diseases In the case of plant disease, key individuals in each State promptly give a central office reports on diseases new to an area, or unusual outbreaks of our more destructive domestic diseases This information is passed on to a co oidinator in USDA, which issues bibliographies, reviews, and articles, including a plant disease warning service Thiough it, USDA issues forecasts, and reports on certain diseases of important crops Once an introduced insect has been pinpointed, eiadication procedures are set in motion for a knockout blow we have the research information to pro vide this blow' Sometimes w'e don’t If not, we attempt to confine the pest or disease to a small area to give our re search workeis a chance to develop more effective control or eradication piocedures The importance of immediate eradication whenever possible is pinpointed up m the tremendous damage pests can do Some not so important in their native habitats may become major pests when introduced into a new area with diffeient crops and cultural practices The Khapra beetle, Meditenanean fruit flv, soybean cyst nematode, and witchweed —all costly newcomers here —aie examples of some current problems It's imperative that we learn as much as possible about serious foreign pests and diseases befoie they come established hcie State-Federal regulatory officials have made available color slides sfiowmg how to identify many of the world’s worst pests These slides may be ob tained through USDA regulatory headquarters in Washing ton or State regulatory offices STAFF Publisher Editor Advertising Director Circulation Director BY JACK REICHARD 50 ¥ears Ago (1907) Back in October, 1907, George Zartman, a farmer in Lancaster County near Durlach, found there was more work on his farm that fall than he could handle and decided to sell his 18 acre crop of corn and apples on his orchid trees at public auction A large number of prospective buyers turned out The conditions of sale were that each pui chaser was required to provide the necessary labor for gatherng the products at his own expense The cornfield was sold by rows, with Zartman realizing an aver age of $2B per acre Apples by the tree were knocked ofl at $1 25 per tree AUTO CREATED ROAD PROBLEMS With the introduction of the automobile in the early 1900’s, road supervisors and turnpike of ficials in general were gravely concerned over highway mam teance problems At Los Angeles, Calif , highway officials gathered to hear G H Squires, who had returned from Europe, where he made a study of road problems Squires told the group that highways abroad had not reached a stage of perfection but were far in advance of the United States Fast moving autos, he said, were bad for good roads, and slow traveling autos were good for bad roads. GRIST MILL CONVERTED INTO CHEESE FTCTORY Fifty yeais ago this week work was in full progress on a new cheese factoiy near Oxford, Pa, where the P E Sharpless Co had acquired the Ferguson grist mill pioperly and was converting the building into a plant for the manufacture of cheese A company spokesman stated the cheese, a vanety made only m one other place in this country up to 1907, would open a maiket for milk produced on faims ovei a wide area An expei t cheese maker was to be placed in charge of operations and the separated whey was to bo returned back to the milk produc er FARMERS PROTEST GAME LAW Pennsylvania farmers in gcn -01 al Mgorously protested the new 1907 game law, permitting the killing of rabbits from Oct 15 to Nov 1 One out-spoken faimer stated "Now, the only way for us farm ers to do is to advertise em places and say to the city folk, i step down and out And thea r when the rabbits get full grown , and also gamy, our work is done up let us go and have some real spoil" In Lancastei County the advice of the farmer spoilsman was fol lowed in full force Hundreds of farm owners elected “No Tiespas sing” signs on their lands prior to the opening ol the season A half centuiy ago a western state Percheron breeder argued that this country had just as fa vorable conditions for the bleed ing of the pine bied horses as were found in their native coun try of France To prove his point the Amencan breeder captured ten pnzes in two laige midwest em state fairs in 1907, in which he competed with the best im pelled Percheron stock 25 Years Ago Twenty-five v ears ago this week the Ephiata Farmei’s Day Assn presented an application foi a charter to the Lancaster Court The purpose of the association was to hold an annual exhibition in the interest of stock raising, This Week" Lancaster Farming gram, poultry, handiwork, dairy and other farm activities Subscribers and directors of the newly proposed organization included Charles. S Yeager, Fred R Janda, I Leonard Sprecher, lia E._ Fasnachl, all of Ephrata, and County Farm Agent F S. Bu cher, of Reamstown, Pa THERE WERE 172,419 FARMS IN PA. IN 1932 According to a report released by the school of agriculture, at Pennsylvania State College, there were 172,419 farms in the Com mnwealth, 25 years ago Making up the total included 50,969 general farms, 3,057 cash gram, 7,975 crop-speciality, 2,182 fruit 2,206 truck, 45,380 dairy, 3103 animal-speciality, 30 stock ranch, 11,982 poultry, 16,073 self sufficing, 23,287 abnormal and 6,185 unclassified Y. M. C. A. FOUNDER WAS FARMER’S SON Back in October, 1932, Young Men’s Christian Associations in the United States held special celebrations throughout the coun try in hoh'or of Sir George Wil liams, founder of the Y M C. A who was born on a farm in south ern England Oct 11, 1821 Williams, employed by a drap ery firm in London, noted his fel- Background Scripture: I Corinthians I — i Devotional Reading: I Corinthians 3 11-23 IdeaS and Real Lesson for October 6, 1957 jDAUL W'as not the fly-by-night * sort of pieacher w’ho passes thiough a town, stns up a meeting and moves on, so to speak, without looking back He was not the kind of missionary who pleaches to the natives gatheied on the uvei bank, starts his engine and cimses on down the river, r confident tha* the -v|g|| gospel has been p' v WM brought to the I; people Paul be- IfeSe mg a statesman 1? 1 as well as a saint, \ a psychologist as vS*"'"**’ 4 ||| well as a theolo- M&i gian, stayed long Mm enough when- ***" evei they would Dr. Foreman lot him—in eveiy place he visited, to found a chinch, a going, active fellowship of bolieveis Then after he left, he would take time flora his more than busy life to wnte back He knew that chuiches, like new Chustians, like new babies, need post-natal caie It is not safe to bung them into the woild and just leave them Called to Be Saints No chuich gave Paul moie ti cu bic than the one at Coimth That city was big, booming and bad. Most of the Connthian chuich membcis had had no background of e\pciicnce m the high religion of the Jews but came m from law paganism Few of them weie per sons of gieat cultuie At the time Paul wiote to them fust, none of them had been Chi islians long. And yet Paul writes to them as the ‘ sanctified m Christ Jesus, called to bo saints ” As J B Phil lips tianslatcs Paul s Gicek, these Corinthians aie “those whom Christ has made holy, who aie called to be God’s men and wm mcii ” Almost eveiy one of Paul’s Icttcis to Clmstian churches be gins on this same high note To the Ephesian Ch i-'ians he writes that they h. stamped with the prom Spirit as a low workers were leading a very lax life, so he and a close friend tried to improve the condition by holding shop prayer meetings The gatherings proved popular and spread to other business en terprises to such extent that it was decided to form an organiza tion for the young men in the drapery trades By 1851, the year the asser tion took root in Noith America, the parent association had deve loped a well rounded religious educational and social program Sir George Williams was knighted by Queen Victna in recognition of the great service he had rend ered through the organization he was instrumental in founding. rs??* l Twenty-five years ago Dr Shaw, professor of philosophy at the New York University, declared advertising of preparation reput ed to save mankind from all the ills to which the flesh is heir was doing a lot of harm. Dr Shaw pointed out that while real science was relieving human minds of many former bugaboos, modern “fear factories” were manufacturing new horrors to alarm the gullible and shorten their lives through sheer fear. Just when we are reassured by the scientific control of yellow fever, small-pox, malaria and a host of old-time dangers, along comes the kill-joy tribe, warning us" of the menace of dandruff, py orrher and halitosis, started Dr. Shaw Quoting the dotcor. “Man is tormented by an array of drug-filled remedies which are supposed to act as antiseptics A bath room becomes a clinic, and every man a doctor in spite of himself ” guarantee of purchase” (Phillips). The Colossians he calls “saints and faithful brethren ’’Theologians and others have often discussed the question: Is the church human or divine? If we take Saint Paul senously, we have to say, at least, . that the church is made of persons * who have been touched'and aie being tiansfoimed by the divine. “There Is Quarreling.. The ink is haidly diy on the high woids Paul has used to de senbe his “biotheis” in the Coi inthian chmch, when he begins to write in a quite different key “It has been repoited,” he says, “that i theie is quairelmg among you” The leader who pushes on thiough ( this and the second letter to the Counthians may be shocked by r w hat he sees These people are un- I spiiitual (3 1), they aie babies J (3 2), theie is jealously and stufe among them (3 3) Gioss sm goes * on among them umebuked (5 1,2) ? They have lawsuits against one an othei (6 1) They have to be warned against piostitution (6 11, 16) Some of them came diunk to j communion, or got diunk theie {4 (11 21) Paul is afiaid that when he next visits them he may find t'j “selfishness, slandei, gossip, con- ,j ceit and disoider” (II Coi 12 20) ? How can ho say such things to people who have been “sanctified” t and aie “called to be saints”? The , " tiuth is, Paul sees the Counthians, u as he saw all his conveits and all [■_<: his chmches, in two lights He secs the ideal chmch, what it ought to Jj be and what in the mind of God It aheady is, or moie piecisely fm what it is destined to be. •'! The Answer | j Now the chmch moves fiom f,j wheie it is to wheie it is to be j But by what powei? What is the seciet of the church’s transforma tion fiom what it is to what it is . J destined to become, fiom the leal 14 to the ideal? The answer is—in one woid—Christ. Paul calls him the &S “powei of God and the wisdom of QB God” In other words, as Chust ni comes to live in the hearts of these j M raw, imperfect, quan eling Chi is- -J tians-by-intention, they will be- ’I come changed, as time goes on, , moie and moie into his likeness, - As they face their many pioblems, they will learn to find the solutions as they learn moie and moie what r| the spirit of Christ really is If ■uj Chi Ist lives in his church, the ■ chmch will not be tempted to con- ( fuse what it is with what it ought 9 to be, —it will not mistake the ieal |j church for the ideal one; but on 3 the other hand, if He lives in the J| clVu ch, no one has a right to be la discomaged, and fear that the ideal will nevei come tiue (Based on outlines copvrigrhtrd br thf BSB Dhision of Christian Education ha* H tlonal Connell of the Churches of Chn € > in the USA. Released br Cora in unit? Press Service.)
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