4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 13, 1957
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Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Friday by
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! Quarryville, Pa. Phone STerlmg 6-2132
Lancaster Phone EXpress 4-3047
Alfred C. Alspach
Robert E. Best*
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The Corn Belt Is Booming
THINGS sure are different in the Midwest this tall and
winter than they are here Hay is a drug on the market
at $2O a ton and corn is piled everywhere Yields were the
best in years in the corn states
Soft corn is selling tor 80 cents a bushel at the ele
\atoi m parts of Indiana and Missouri Hog feeders are
oiabbme it up because it feeds out well and with hogs even
as low as Sl5 a hundred, a good profit can be made on this
t%pe of feed ......
Feeder cattle in that area are just as tight as they ai e
here It’s the same story everywhere—not many good cattle
available and those that are lor sale are at prices that tend
to be prohibitive Most of the cattle going into the eastern
cornbelt feeder operations are Irom the southein states
i ather than from the west
Broileis, too, follow the same trend Prices are so
close to the cost of production that one instance was heard
where a farmer netted $1 25 from 5.000 birds We talked to
some citv folks about the puce of chicken in the stores in the
major cities Thev agieed that broilers were the best meat
buy, but added that it is possible to eat only so much chicken,
i egai dless of the cost
Cornbelt farmers are generally optimistic about their
i respective income situation this year This is the first year
m the past five when both cattle and hog prices have been
favoi able and when both roughage and corn were available
in plentiful supplies at a reasonable price
International’s a Varied Show
ONE THING we learned last week at the International
Livestock Exposition and at the National 4-H Club Con
fess in Chicago is that these two events are absolutely The
tops in then held
The lai ge dailv papei s in Chicago made quite an m
leiesting point in then coveiage ot the 4-H Congiess On
then liont pages thev weie canvmg two big stones about
teen-ageis One was about a bov who had killed a young girl
who had t esi&ted his advances The othei stoi y was about the
4-H C lubbei s aho wei e being ieted in the city lor then ac
complishments m fields tanging Horn cooking and canning
to enlomologv to journalism
The contiast was easy to see Heie was one gtoup ot
voting people gettng some 'of the attention too olten not
afloided the boy o* gnl who is a good citizen and who is an
asset to the community But nevei-the-less, the big black
headline-, weie gn en ovei to the voting hoodlem who will
give all teen-ageis a name that they do not deseive
The Intel national also has a tiemeudous youth show
mid piogiam The ownei of the gland champion, Mis Sue
Secondmo oi New Goshen Ind showed Inst in the junior
<■ how She is 19 and has been mai i led only nine months Bovs
and gnL tending animals in the mammoulh cattle barns
lai odtnumbei then elders They too are learning that by
using then hands and heads thev can accomplish more
tnan bv living to slip bv as casilv as possible
Aside liom the vouth the into)national as a show is
lust about like a thiee ling cncus—except that thoie ate lai
inoie than thiee lings
\t an\ given time theie mav be two 01 thiee classes
of ammaL being placed in the main aiena At the same
instant thm e w ill be a class ol hog*, and a class ot sheep being
piced in then i elective aieas
Outside the Into’national buildings aie the caicass
dio\\' and judging and the wheat coin and hav shows and
competitions
Foi the hwei ol fine luestock sheep and hogs the
Inlet national Livestock Show is a must
But we have an idea that some ol the bettei featvnes
ol the show ma\ find then wav back to Pennsvlvama Among
the visitois we saw weie Di William Henning state secie
tmv ot agiKuituie and Don Ciesswell dnectoi ol mloi mo
tion in the state depaitment
We aie sine that these two had mote on then minds
than just watching the show
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Publisher
Editor
Advertising Director
Circulation Director
BY JACK KEICHARD
50 YEARS AGO (1907)
Thieves in the Warwick area of
Lancaster County, preparing for
Cluistmas back in 1907, broke
into the cellar at the Warwick
House and earned off a case of
Golden Rod and two vases of oth
er whiskey. Their visit was dis
covered the following day when
it was found that entry had been
made by breaking the lock on the
cellar door
Other robbenes icported in the
aiea included the disappearance
of chickens from N B Beaman's
hen house, leaving a lone rooster
as the sole survivor Fearing that
the head of the flock also might
disappear, it was killed and serv
ed in pot pie by the nghtful own
eis
A trail of coal, on a new fal
len snow, was traced from a coal
and lumber yard leading along
Water Street to New Street that
morning-in Waiwick, indicating
the bag in which it was carried
had a hole
At Jacob Wissler’s residence a
pan of ''thieves were caught in
their act but they failed to secuie
anything
CHILD RAN PEN IN
EYE WRITING SANTA
Back in December, 1907, a
Lancastei Countj child ran a pen
point into her eye while writing
a lettei to Santa Claus
The unfortunate youngster was
thiee-yeai old Minnie Rosenblum,
of Columbia, who had paused a
few moments in writing her let
tci to Santa and leaned forward,
when the point of the pen penc
trated her eye imunng the eye
so badl> it was leared the lost
ot sight would result
Lancaster County dealers,
hi ewers and bottlers decided not
to give Chustmas presents to
their customeis in 1907, but in
stead to pool the money and con
tribute it to worthy chanties
Chocks foi $lBB 33 each were sent
to St Joseph’s Hospital, Lancas
tei General Hospital and the Lan
caster Chanty Society
r
The Lancastei County Poultiy
and Pigeon Assn announced its
fifth annual show would take
place in Rudy’s Hall, Lititz, from
Dec 24 to 28 inclusive in 1907
S M Hubei was the president
and Amos H Hershe>, ot Lititz,
vas the assocation secretaij
THREE POINTS OF COMMON
LAW 50 YEARS AGO
There v. ei e three points ot com
mon law a half cenluiy ago that
\\ ci e well known among laimcis
in geneial If ones dog lan out
on the highway and fnghtcncd a
team the dogs owner was ic
sponsiblc for anj damage result
ing II one s bees alighted on a
passing hoise and caused a run
away the beokeepei was liable
foi damage If a team was left
unhitched and lan awa> the own
ei ol the team was liable loi dam
ages insulting
Dating the spmm ot 1907 a
huge seed house advertised a
liijiileci number of packages of a
new vanetv of Inna beans con
tdining twelve seeds at 25 cents
As an inducement to the pun bas
ed a revvai d ot $l,OOO was offered
to the giowci who should raise a
bush beaims 250 pods A lot ot
gaidcneis erteicd the contest on
a modest scale, hut when the sea
son closed most ot them tailed to
ge t enough beans to fill a saucer
25 Years Ago
\t a session ot the Pennsvl
\,ma Slate Grange Comention
held at Hainsburg dining Decern
bei 1032 all ionline business
halted in oidei to dispatch
to Washington a pioposal of op
position to legalization of beer
The 1 000 delegates loincd in
vdining Congress that ‘ no mdui
This Week-
Lancaster Farming
dual ever brought prosperity into
his home by drinking beer”
State Master E B Dorsett
charged Congress was more in
tent on “trying to evade the Con
stitution and bring back beer”
than in solving economic prob
lems which have “brought rum
and despair” nation
John A McSparran, dry Demo
crat, moved that the convention
endorse Master Dorsett’s state
ment on beer legislation and sent
it at once to Congress The mo
tion was quickly seconded and
approved unanimously by the as
sembly
MAN WITH GUN
DEMANDED FLOOR
During an afternoon session of
Congress, twenty-five years ago
this week, Marlin R Kemmerer,
department store woiker from
Allentown, stood up in the gal
Iciy and asked pei mission to ad
dress the Congiess In his hand
he held a revolver.
“I want the floor” Kemmerer
shouted, when Representative
Mass from Minnesota, a veteian
of World War I, took the revolver
from the young man, lessening
Extend the time and reduce In
tel est rates on farm mortagages.
Adopt a policy of contioiled ex
pansion of the currency to pro
duce “an honest dollar”
Eliminate Government subsi
dies, i educe expenses and let the
Police took Kemmerer in laimer alone
the tension among Congress mem
bers
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Su aay S~hpol Le on*-
Background Scripture Philippians 4
Devotional Reading I Tliesaalonians
5 12-24
Live With Joy
Lesson for December 15, 1957
NOBODY wants to be unhappy
The trouble is, people look in
the tv long places, 01 in the wiong
■ways, foi happiness They look for
it undei the Chnstmas tiee, 01 at
the lace track, 01 in the taverns,
oi m books . '' Q
They think hap
pmess is some- fr*
tlung you can |
pay foi and pick
up like a ticket \ t g
toNewYoik I I"* - «||
Well, you can get Ip
shoit-livcd happi- y Sm
ness, of soils, m
many ol tho'-c as StM
and othei ways
But why is it that so many old
people not only look soui but aic
soui ' Isn t it because they’ die dis
illusioned about happiness'’ It’s
something they chased but novel
caught 01 il they caught it they
could not long keep it Happiness
is always the big lish that got
away
For Now and for Always
Realizing Uu= many Chiistians
have woikcd out anolhci scheme
in thou minds They hguic that
happiness, ol joy is not to be had
in lliis life, only in the next In
deed some- have gone so lai as to
believe that the unhc.ppiei you aie
in this vvoild the nunc happiness
will be piled on youi plate at the
heavenly banquet And so they
will even go to a 10l ol tioubie to
make themselves as miseiable as
possible, like doing without piopei
lood and clothes, wealing hail
shuts and heavy chains amunci
then bodies, so earning happiness
in Ihe Inline life
All this is quite off the Bible s
beam The wen Idly ram is light in
thinking happiness, is to be lound
hi ic and now Ine lian-shn tci who
wakes up at 3 AAI to beat him
self willi a whip \ hile he sings a
niuumlu! Psalm is light in think
mg leal hapmness ought to be a
lasting thing pi not against pain
and disasiei But the woildhng is
wuiiig m thinking happiness is the
saiuc thing as kicks and that just
anybody can have'll, and li-e
charge and later found two sticks
of dynamite m the man’s hotel
,room
SNEAK THIEVES OF
XMAS TREES WARNED
Secretary Lewis E Staley, of
the Depai'tment of Forests and
Waters warned the public against
cutting Christmas trees from
State Forests or from privately
owned lapds without the permis
sion of the owner
It is unlawful in Pennsylvania
to remove trees from land with
out the owner’s consent There is
a penalty of $25 for each tree or
part thereof removed This law
was passed in 1927 and since that
time forest land owners have
been alert to protect their hold
ings dunng the Christmas tree
season.
At a hearing before the House
Committee on Agriculture Dec.
17, 1932, Representative Nelson.
Democrat, of Columbia, Mo, cri
ticized governmental interference
with both agriculture and indus
try and offeied a seven-point pro
giam for the betterment of agri
culture as follows
Repeal the Agriculture Mar
keting Act
Revise the tariff to restore de
niand abroad for American pro
ducts
shirler is wiong in thinking you
have to wait foi death to usher
you to the land of joy The Bible
tells of tiue joy, and it is some
thing foi now and for always.
The Quality of toy
m
Bible religion, especially when
we come to the New Testament, is
a lehgion of joy The veiy woid
“Gospel ’ means “Good news.”
One of om Loid s final wolds was
“ —that my joy may be in you and
that yom joy may be full” (John
15 lb Paui, in wilting to his
fnonds at Philippi, was wilting in
cncumstances which could haidly
bo called checiful He was getting
oldei and felt his age, he was not
and pel haps nevei had been a
completely well man, he was so
pool he needed the help his friends
sent him, and fuithoimoie he was
in jail Yet it was precisely in
those cncumstances that he wrote
the classic passage about joy, in
Phihppians 4 beginning “Rejoice
in the Loid always ”
■
A thing like joy nevei exists by
itscli It is always in somebody.
It is a name foi the way some
people aic Tiue joy is woven in
with life So it can best be ob
seivcd and studied not as if you
could put it into a lost-tube 01
undei a nncioscope You can see
what joy is by watching the peo
ple who have it vVhcn Paul talked
about love, and joy, and faith,
people paid attention, they did not
thiow the letteis into the waste
basket, because they knew him
and they know he had lived these
things betoie he vviote about them
They knew that in his life theie
was no feai, they knew that he
had learned the seciot ’ in what
t\ei state ho was, to be content
How to Have it
Paul did not ‘ have” joy as you
might havr a paiakeet which you
lot out of its cage to play with
now and then Ho ‘lived” in joy
it was the atmosphcio of his life
l3ut with Paul,‘as with all Chns
lians who have learned tne same
sou el joy did not come alone
Ihc Chnstinn s joy is a tieasuie
beyond puce
Dr. Foreman
If it it. not the “joy of the Lord,”
it is not genuine So it is always
found only in those who have the
Chustian faith and the Chustian
love The scllish life, the loveless
lift novel can know what ioy is
Tins is one gieat icason why true
happiness—and the only tiue hap
piness is the joy of the Chustian
—cannot be found by chasing it
1' oi the pci son who seeks ioy for
his own benefit is still selfish, and
sellishness and joy aie eternally
sti angt i s
(Rised on outlines copyrighted hr tin
T>nisi»n of Chnsilan rdueitlon Ni
tioml Council of the Churches of Christ
In the Isa Released Community
I i css be rvice )