Tobacco Co-operative Plans Sound Good, But How Will They COUNTY TOBACCO GROWERS, members of the County Tobacco Cooperative, Fri day night took a stand that acreage should be cut and that perhaps a tobacco auction should be started in the County. Neither of these ideas is new. As a matter of record, both have been given an. opportunity in the County. Neither seemed to work too well. Although, to be more exact, the acreage cutting business was tak en up in a federal referendum calling for government control of acreage. This was defeated by a large vote. The tobacco auction did function for a while with fairly good results. But due to a number of factors it died. Perhaps the biggest reason it died is that fanners were quite willing to sell by the average set at the auction, but are unwilling to show themselves at the auc tion to sell a crop Two very good examples' of this atti tude are at the Lancaster Poultry Ex change and the Eastern Shore Poultry Grower’s Exchange in the Delmarva area. These two auctions have stopped giving the sale averages on the day of the sale. So many broilers were being sold on the aver age that listings were getting too small to give a true average price for broiler chickens. The same is true for any terminal market. For a true price for any given commodity to be established, there must be enough volume at the market to make a price If the price is not made in a true supply and demand situation, you can be sure that the buyers will be quick to estab lish the price that best suits them. That is the problem that faces the to bacco cooperative if they decide to start an auction They must have enough guaranteed BY JACK REICHARD 75 Years Ago August Hechler, a farmer liv ing near Reading, Pa, suddenly disappeared from his home A few da>s later it was reported that the mi=sing man was seen in Lebanon and Harrisburg. His wife refused to believe these re ports, stating that every night she had a premonition that her husband’s bodj was at the bot tom of a neighborhood abondon ed mine She insisted that the deserted mine be searched. A number of neighbors agreed to make a search, and to their amazement found Hechler’s body at the bottom of a 60-foot shaft in 15 feet of water, with a 20- pound stone fastened about his neck The Coroner’s jury return ed a verdict of suicide PASTOR’S WIDOW COMMITS SUICIDE At Bridgeport, Ala, Mrs "Wheeler, widow of the Rev J H Wheeler, went to an orchard /climbed a suitable limb of an apple tree and pruned off its branches She then dressed in her best clothing and carefully arranged her hair Being unable to find a rope, she made one out of colored varn This she ‘-ecurely tied to the limb of the tree, formed a noose at one end, and encircling if about her neck sprang forward She dropped about five feet and died of starvation Five chil dren were left fo survive William Stnckler, one of the wealthest men in Clark County Indiana, in 1883, deeded a farm to each of his sis children The smallest farm was valued at $ll,OOO the largest at over $2O. 000 Stnckler explained he did not want his will contested after his death, and desired to see all Work in Practicel Week' er Farming his children satisfied before he died. Seventy-five years ago there was only one nickel mine in op eration in the United States. It was located in southern Lancas ter County, Pa The mine was some 200 feet deep and had been worked for 17 years. At that time the refined product was worth $3 per pound. UNITED STATES PAYS CHEROKEE INDIANS CLAIM Back in 1883 Secretary of the Treasurer Teller paid to Chief Bushyhead, of the Cherokee In dians, $300,000 appropriated by Congress for lands ceded to the United States by the Cherokee Nation. The money was to be dis tributed among Cherokees and their decendants then living, in accordance with the decision of the Cherokee Council. 50 Years Ago Back in 1908 a Western farm family came near being exter minated because of a keg of liquor kept in the barn. Five sons living at home, prim ed up to the hilt with booze drunk during the night, were told to milk,the cows that morn ing One of the boys pushed the cow he was milking against an other next to him and knocked a brother off his perch. Starting with milk stools, the conflict spread until all were involved and pitchforks, shovels and pock et knives were brought into plav The parents attempting to miell the disturbance, were near ly killed Finally neighbors phoned in a riot call to the nearby town, and peace officers soon appeared on the scene and stopped th= fight Two of the boys were slashed and cut so severlv that they all but bled to death, while the father som-> 80 vears of age, suffered a broken hip Everv member of the family, including the aged volume on. a year in-year out basis to make a true market. From the history available, it appears doubtful that this could be ac complished. And as for cutting tobacco acreage, that is just exactly what should be done if you believe in the supply and demand formula of the economists. Lower the sup ply, the demand stays the same, and prices will rise. It looks real good—on paper. But in actual practice what happens? Well, the tobacco check was pretty slim this year. We need a little more cash. It doesn’t look lil£e the price will rise. We need the money too much to take a chance on cutting our acres, so we’ll plant an acre more. That should give us a little more cash next fall. In other words, it’s a good idea for the other guy to cut his acreage, but we just can’t afford to. Multiply this by some three or four thonsand farms and you see that you have more tobacco than you know what to do with. Actually tobacco acreage could be al lowed to rise a little each year. Cigar con sumption rises a little each year. But the manufacturers are learning to cut their use of leaf in the manufacturing processes just about as fast as the consumption rises. So the average farmer almost never is able to notice any difference. So to sum up, we think that the mem bers of the co-operative have an excellent idea, both by the book and in practice But we believe that they do not, at this time, have the tight organization and control of their members that will be required to make either plan work. The plans can be worked, but it will require a tremendous education of the tobacco farmers and a drastic change in the marketing habits of the area. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS, Quarryville, Pa Phone STerline 6-2132 or Lancaster, Express 4-3047 Alfred C Alspach, Publisher, Robert E Best, Editor, Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director, Robert J. Wiggins. Circulation Director Subscription Rates: 52 per year, three years $5, Single copy Price 5 cents Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa, under Act of March 3, 1879 mother, required medical treat ment for cuts and bruises. As a matter of record, the dis patch stated that the children never had any educational ad vantages, nor had they ever at tended the nearby church CORN MOULD ALARMS PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS Pennsylvania farmers in gen eral were greatly alarmed over the condition of their 1907 corn crop The crop in many sections o fthe state, which had been cut before fully ripened, became mouldy and the death of a num Iber of valuable farm animals re sulted through its use as feed Veterinarians, who had b o en consulted on the matter, advised the destruction of the corn as soon as the mould appeared The TO PREPARE STAND-BY POWER UNITS mould started in the center of With the vast use of clectiicity m our farm business 'the cob making it soft and mushy, ax Smith a power failure may cause a major crisis on many soon affecting the whole ear The | arms. Many perishable products are held with the use of electricity, fodder was smuliarly affected * ar 2 e dairy poultry opeiations with the electric labor-saving dc and equally harmful when used ' ices * ace critical labor problems in times of power failures, as feed, according to the vet- Gene fators opeiated with either engine or tractors might be a good erinanans investment. - • T 0 PRACTICE PROPER SHEEP MANAGEMENT Lambing Landisville, Lancaster County time 18 the moBt important time of the year for the shepherd. Close Pa , held the honor of having “P?™ 011 d management of the flock is essential to a profitable the finest suburban street car c o op - Th , e ® we flo< * should be fed small amounts of a laxative station in the United States, a da ‘i y ’ ample quantities of good legume hay, and be half century ago. It was con exercj f These prartices Wlll lal g ely Prevent structed entirely of glass, iron th Pys condltl °n quite common among sheep producers and concrete. The roof and ■— - ■ ■■ spouting, all in one piece, was House of Representatives, to To divert any portion of these made of corrugated iron The scrap Pennsylvania’s construe)- funds would mean that thousands station was built pomtly by the t , o n program and divert the Mo- of workmen would be thrown street car company and private u u " contributions raised through the tor Fund 10 the counties for un- out of employment, he added, efforts of the late Simon B. Mm employment relief. He said it was on this theory mch ..Weeks pointed out that m 1932 th<ft the Federal Government Emphatic opposition was voic highways and bridges went for most effective and economical ed by J Borton Weeks, presi- labor, either in actual construe- means of creating employment dent of the Keystone Automobile tion and maintenance of the pro relieving distress, and at the Club, to a plan advanced by ject, or in the manufacture and same time obtaining an adequate Georga C Talbot, Speaker of the transportation of the materials return for tha public’s dollar. 25 Years Ago 4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 7, 1958 Bibla Malarial Acta 8 28-38; 1 Tim athy 4.8-18, II Timothy 2 1-2; 3:10-17. Daratlonal RM>dln(t Paalm 119:33-40 Oaring To Teach Liesson (or February 9. 1958 TEACHING Is not always ■ drab matter of pounding facts into people's heads It can be some thing much more exciting than spinning fine theories which only a few "egg-heads" can understand. Teaching can be dramatic; it can even be daring It can be met not only with sleepy Indifference but with stones, rot ten eggs or worse Thu Is .true of the teach- ing of the chui ch Admitted, what the church some- times passes off for "teaching” is dull stuff. Theie Dr. Foreman aie churches wheie what Is taught seems to make no difference what ever to the people who hear It There are chui ches where the pieacher or teacher seems to have joined the politician in singing the praises of home, peace and mother, amen. How ft Was With iesus Teaching can get people into trouble. Jesus himself went to the cross because of his teachings The mobs that nearly lynched him on more than one occasion were stirred by his teaching Whether people were angered or not, they were always impiessed, aston ished, Matthew says. Yet he dared to teach, and did not quiet down over "controversial” issues He ex pected his followers to be equally daring, but he did not tell them to expect every one who heard them to believe them If the church in any way follows Christ, it must be a teaching chuich, and must not shrink fiom teaching the unpopu lar, the unpleasant, when it is true. The first woid spoken to Jesus after the icsuirection, so far as our recoid goes, was the word Rabbonil which means Teacherl One of the last commands he gave his disciples was to go and in their turn make disciples of all nations —that is, make pupils, for "dis ciple” meant "learner,” *‘stu- Now Is The Time . . . By MAX SMITH County Agricultural Agent TO ORDER SEEDS Now is the time to bo planning and ordering the tarm and garden seeds needed this spring and summer Some varieties of outstanding producers have limited supplies Ol der early and be sure to get what you want. TO REPAIR AND SERVICE MACHINERY Work to be done on tractors or other farm ma chinery by yourself or your service man could well be started now. You will avoid the spring rush ana be more satisfied. Repairs and attention now may avoid costly delays during the rush perods 90 per cent of every dollar un- . used in the construction and 1 s public program, had maintenance of Pennsylvania recognized work as one of the dent." Teaching Through Centuries All down the centuries we find the church teaching. Philip teaches a lone rider the meaning of a passage fiom the Bible; Paul high lights two special matters for Timothy’s special concentration: himself—his personal life—and his teaching. Timothy is to entrust the truth to men who will be able to teach still others. When Paul it uigmg Timothy to follow his (Paul’s) example, the first Item he mentions in his teaching, When Paul holds up the importance of the Scuptures, the first point he mentions is the usefulness of the Bible in teaching. There was plenty 1 of preaching m Paul’s life, but he' was not one to let teaching fall out of sight. So it was In the long hlstoiy of the church It Is true, there vveie places and times when the teach ing duties of the church were for gotten. But as the Roman Empire crumbled and darkness fell acioss Europe, it was the Christian chui ch which undeitook the vast work of teaching the raw and untamed bar barian peoples of the continent. Eveiy monastery was a center that kept the lamp of learning alight. One Bishop of the Bth and 9th cen turies —Theodulph of Orleans, was not only the leadmg poet of his time, but as Bishop he insisted that every one of his priests establish a school and make education open to all Guibert of Nogent, an Abbot who lived at the time of the Ciu sades, wiote a little book he called “How-to Make a Sermon" but it is plain he had no use for pulpit orators, he wanted sermons from which wide awake listeners could learn Christian truth. The Courage to Teach In our time, what with the print ing pi ess, radio, TV, prosperity, and photography, the church teaches in many more ways, and more effectively, than could ba done in any Christian century be fore now In Sunday 'schools, day schools, colleges, conferences, study groups: in newspapers, quar teilies, tracts, magazines, books, film strips, catechisms, plays, in pronouncements of church couits, In textbooks, in popular books, in the findings of great interehuich study conferences such as the one at Oberlm last September; In these as by the week-to-week preaching of the Word all around the world, the church is teaching her mem bers. often what many membei s do not welcome (as when a south ern church speaks out against aegiegation), what the Woid of God means when p poken in today’* woild (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education. Na tional Council of the Churches of Christ to the USA Released by Community Press Service.!
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