4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 27, 1957
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Production Races Population
W/orld agriculture production probably will again be at
Wrecordlevel in 1957-58, but, as has been the case since
1952-53, will barely keep abreast of population increase.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that
wnrld outnut of agricultural products is expected to equa
Z 1956 57 rSord outturn despite sharp drops in some
maior areas such*as the Soviet UiUon. Canada and Australia
Rot ner capita consumption has been increasing because
industrial activity, improved living stand
ards, and increased productivity. *• ,
World trade in agricultural products reached record
levels in 1956-57. As a result, carryover stocks.of several
important products in exporting countries, Par tlc ularlycot
ton and wheat, were smaller at the beginning of the 1957 58
marketing year than a year earlier,
USDA’s annual report, “The World Agricultuial
Situation” published Dec. 18, says world agricultural pro
duction in’ 1957-58 will, like 1956-57, probably be nine per
cent larger than the three-year 1952-54 average and 28 per
cent above the prewar 1935-39 base period.
On a per capita basis, however, 1957-58 production
is expected to be no more than about two per cent above
1952-54 and 38 per cent above 1935-39. In Communist
countries it is expected to be 12 per cent above 1952-54, but
only seven per cent above prewar. The apparntly more rapid
increase rate in the Communist countries since 1952-54 is
because recovery from war devastation in Free World coun
tries was largely completed by 1952, and production there
has varied only one to two per cent. Communist recovery
was less complete by 1952. Subsequent expansion thus
makes the Communist increase rate higher, but production
on a per capita basis still is relatively low compared with
prewar.
Communist agricultural production as a whole has
been relatively high in each of the last three years. Fore
casts for 1957-58 indicate that some increase in Mainland
China, accompanied by possible record postwar production
in Eastern Europe, may nearly offset a substantial decline in
the U S S R. On a per capita basis, Communist production
for 1957-58 is placed at seven per cent above the 1952-54
base period. In 1956-57 it was nine per cent above 1952-54.
Outside the Communist area, increases in production
since 1952-54 have been most pronounced in Western Asia,
Latin America and Africa. But these are the areas of most
rapid population growth, and production increase there has
just slightly exceeded the population increase. In Western
Europe, where population is increasing least rapidly, pro
duction per capita has remained unchanged at two per cent
above 1952-54 for the last three years. Western Asia was
the only country to show a significant increase in per capita
production in 1957-58.
“The World Agricultural Situation” says that the
long-term outlook is for continual gradual expansion of
production for the world as a whole. Major agricultural
development programs have been extending new ideas into
several underdeveloped areas, and their influence is being
reflected in increasd output The more industrialized coun
tries also are adopting new agricultural techniques resulting
in increased output per person and per unit of area.
A record volume of consumption and trade in agri
cultural products in 1956-57 reduced stocks significantly.
Cotton stocks were reduced by 1.3 million bales—U.S. stocks
by about 3.3 million—as stable and competitive prices on
world markets stimulated consumption and the building of
inventories in importing countries Wheat stocks in surplus
producing countries dropped slightly, with prospects of fur
ther reduction Sugar stocks also dropped.
On the other hand, feed grain stocks rose to new
high levels, and coffee stocks have been increasing. The
carryover of extra long staple Egyptian cotton rose in 1956-
57.
World demand for agricultural products is likely to
continue high in 1957-58, but world trade could be mate
rially hampered by exchange shortages which are now
emerging as a serious problem in many foreign countries.
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BY JACK KEICHARD work.
‘Why have they no work? Be
cause organized society has no
need for their work.
50 YEARS“AGO (1907)
“How to roast a pig”, was the
heading of an item appearing in.
a December, 1907, issue of the
Kansas City Times. The article
stated:
“Select a pig if posible that is
not more than a month old and
well filled out for its age. Put
it in a big pan of cold water and
wash thoroughly, taking care that
the eye sockets, ears and throat
arep erfectly clean. Rinse and
wipe dry. Make a stuffing as for
a turkey ”
“Rub over the inside salt, pep
per and a suspicion of sage. Press
in the stuffing, which must, by
all means, have a small onion
chopped in it, and then draw the
skin together with a long needle
and coarst thread. Roll the legs
in oiled paper. Bend the fore feet
under the body and press the
hined feet backward, skewering
all in place. Put the pig in a
dripping pan, rub the skin with
olive oil or butter, sprinkle with
salt and dredge with flour. Put a
piece of hard wood between the
teeth to keep the mouth open,
and set the pan in a good hot
oven. Baste frequently with a lit
tle olive oil and then with the
drippings.
“After the pig begins to brown
cover each ear with a piece of
waxed paper. Allow half an hour
to each pound in baking. When
almost done, take off the wrap
pings from ears and feet to let
them crisp. When done take out
caiefully and lay on a bed of
cress or white celery leaves on a
large platter. Take out the skew
ers, remove the wood from the
mouth and insert a small red ap
ple or ear of corn. Hang a neck
lace of strung cranberries or par
sley about the neck and send to
the table.”
A writer in a farm journal had
this to say in 1907;
“It beats all how tight some
folks hang on to the almighty
dollar and even smaller denomi
nations here on earth when there
is not a ghost of a chance that
they can take a penny along with
them when they die. Money only
possesses real value as it is put
to some good use here below.
While we are told in sacred writ
that the abode of the blessed is
paved with gold and has jasper
walls, there is no intimation that
a medium of exchange will be
needed to buy bread and meat
or pay coal and ice bills.”
POTATO YIELD
LOW NATION-WISE
A potato expert reported that
the aerage yield of potatoes in
the United States m 1906 was
only 95.3 bushels per acre. It
was pointed out with some yields
reaching between 300 and 400
bushels per acre, it was appal
ling to think what some of the
yields must have been to bring
the average down to so low a,
point.
25 Years Ago
During the Christmas season of
1932 a strong-plea for united
oftort to reform international
policies in accordance with econo
mic laws was voiced by Senator
Borah. Given here in part his
speech stated:
“Looking out upon the world
this Christmas season, civiliza
tion seems an inexplicable rid
dle. In this vast machine which
we have built up there seems to
be something missing. Something
indispensable to human happiness
without which all our progress is
a mockery, is lacking.
“The first thing which arrests
our attention are these twelve
million people, to say nothing of
their dependents, who are out of
work and hungry.
‘ Why are they hungry? Be
cause they have no money with
which to buy food. Why have they
ro money? Because they have no
This Week*
Lancaster Farming
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CHICAGO GRAIN
ELEATOR DESTROYED
An explosion turned a six
story grain elevator in Chicago
into a seething furnace two days
before Christmas in 1932, killing
one man.
Eight other workmen were
burned, some of them rescued
heroically from imminent death
as 200,000 bushels of wheat, bar
ley, corn and oats went up in
flames and nearby concrete ele
vators containing more than- a
million bushels of grain were
menaced.
The loss was estimated over
$600,000. The elevator itself was
a wooden structure built in 1906
by the Santa Fe Railway and con
tained expensive machinery.
LANCASTER AUTO
AGENCY ROBBED
Two days before Christmas at
Lancaster, in 1932, an electric
drill and aceylene torch were
used by yeggs in robbing the
safe of the Buckwalter-Sweigart
Automobile Agency of some $5OO
in cash during an early morning
hour. The tools were stolen from
the firm’s adjoining garage. Blan
kets and robes taken from cars
Background Scripture: Philemon.
Devotion*! Readme: Ephesians 2:ll**
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Brothers in Christ
Lesson for December 29,1957
<< 'DROTHERHOOD” is a word
that gets kicked around a
lot. There are all sorts of brother
hoods, and most of them are good.
The Brothei hood of Looomotiv#
Engineers is a s
groups held to
gether by the
same kind of
work and skill
We can talk of
the brotherhood
of Americans, or
of artists, or of
the same bat
talion in an
army. We can
speak of the Dr. Foreman
brotherhood of suffering.
“Brothers in Christ,” however
are closer to one another than
even those who have the same
father and mother. We could not
go into this and show why it is.
But let us follow Paul's lead and
think how this works. The little
note he wrote to Philemon bungs
together in Chnstian brotherhood
two men who were about as far
apart as two men could be; for
one of them, Philemon, was a mas
ter and Onesimus, the othei, was
his slave.
Restored
Onesimus was worse than a
slave. He bad stolen fi his mas
ter and ran away. Scrmehow or
other, piobably m jail, he had run
across Paul, and became one of
the many w horn Paul led to Christ.
'Now Paul might have said to him:
/‘Now, Onesimus, you are my
Christian biother and Philemon’s
too. The past is all wiped clean,
jGod has foi given your sms. Stay
■here m Rome, take a fresh start,
leave jour old life behind. I’ll
never let on to Philemon that I
ever met you ” But Paul did not
look at it that way. The first thing
Onesimus had to do was the hard
est. He had to go back to Philemon
and give himself up. The letter to
Ph'lemon urges that gentleman to
rejnember that Onesimus Is" now
aljo his brother; but Paul may
hare Xad to do some tall persuad
ing, t* make Onesimus see that
burglars to hide their operations.
There were no windows broken
in the building. It was believed
the intruders used a skeleton key
to gam access to the oflice.
Sales of Lancaster farms re
ported during December, 1932,
included the 83-acre property of
Miss Elizabeth Bicknell, Fulton
Township, to Samuel Wiley, of
McSparran, for $1,825, sold at
public auction by Auctioneer Lee
Work, of Quarryville.
At Steelville, along the Octora
ro Cieek, the 141-acre farm be
longing to the estate of 'the late
Addie Fox was sold by the ad
ministrators at Public sale to Dr.
Charles A. Clark, of Philadelphia,
for $3,725.
PA. BAPTISTS DENONCED
VIOLATION OF SUNDAY LAW
Pennsylvania Baptists in con
vention at Reading, 25 years ago
this week, denounced what they
called flagrant violation of the
act of 1794 better known as
Sunday Blue Laws.
The delegates’ sentiments on
the Blue Laws were embodied m
a resolution which they passed.
The resolution concluded with
the expressed intention of Gall
on the Legislature to safeguard
the act of 1794 against changes
and support of the Lord’s Day
Alliance of Pennsylvania in pre
serving the Lord’s Day.
Rev Dr. M. Joseph Twomey,
of Philadelphia, was re-elected
head of the State organization.
Prominent speakers during
the three-day session were Rev.
Dr. William Axling, missionary
author of Japan, and the Rev.
Dr. Frank A. Smith, New York
City.
Philemon was his brother. Broth«
erhood, In short, "as Christians at
their best understand it, does not
cancel out obligations. If I owe a
Chustian ten dollars, I can’t gaily
write it off because it’s “all m th«
family ” If I have slandered a
fellow-Chnstian or wronged one In
any way, the very fact that we are
brothei s, so far from excusing me,
lays on me a special duty to make
*ll the lestitution I possibly can.
Let us not go into the New Year t
if we can help it, owing any man
—“except to love one another.”
Reconciled
I This i-sturn of Onesimus, as Paul
hoped, would be more than-resto
ration of an absent slave and at
least some of the missing money.
It would be a reconciliation.
(Paul s hopes probably were real*
ized, otheiwise one suspects this
,little letter would have been
saved ) Now reconciliation is very
difficult, because it involves some
thing m the heart. You can restore
■ all the externals of the old rela
tionship,—the runaway slave can
come back, the estranged husband
and wife can move into the same
apartment, the countries lately
fighting can send ambassadors to
each, other again, and so foith.
But unless something happens in
the heaits of these people, the res
toration is going to be something
foimal at best, galling and intol
erable at worst. There has to be
forgiveness on at least one side in
all human reconciliation; usually
two sides. Who knows why One
simus ran away? If Philemon had
been the ideal master. Onesimus
might have prefened to stay
home. And if we can guess that
Onesimus had something to for
give, we know that Philemon had.
But biotheihood means love, if it
means anything. Brotherhood in
Chust means Christhke love.
Refreshed
Paul, as the reader ofhis letter
will notice, asks Philemon to live
out his brotherhood,—but not for
his sake and that of Onesimus
alone The icstoration and recon
ciliation which Paul prays for, will
“refiesh the hearts” of a good
many people. It is not true that
my lelations with you and your*
with me affect us two alone. A
family reconciliation may make a
diffeience far beyond the house
hold. This is a sad world, a weary
woild. And the weariness corneal
paitly fiom listening to so much
jangling and wrangling. As the
bells ung out the Old Year, how
wondeiful, how icfreshmg to the
heart, if they ring out old quar
rels, old resentments! Christian
biotherhood is a bell with far
heaid overtones of peace
(Based on oatlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education.
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in (he V S A. Released by Ceiamenlty
Press Service.)
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