What’s the Weather 1 WE ARE ABOUT rea'dy to give up trying to predict what the weather will be. Twice this winter w r e’ie run stories about how the weather had improved, and by the time vou lead it the snow r was {lvins again So we are not going to say a word about whether the sun is shining or not if we do. we aie afraid that it might bring on anothei foot or so of snow and that’s something that we sure don’t need now Something else that got all worn out this winter w r as the phrase “real old fashioned wmtei ” Now if you make such a lemark, you are likely to be met with something less than a feeling of jolly good humor TT IS curious. Important and * tragic all at the same time: the very acts which are specially pre cious to all kinds of Christians have been through the centuries __ , the center of debates and quanels Tobacco Acreage Cut Won't Raise Price , , what to call these YOU WILL notice that the Crop Report One leason foi the drop m ouriey actSi the simple mg Board has estimated that cigai tobac- demand is that manufactory 1 s are g g acts we call Bap- F In i o acreage in Pennsvlvania will di op about less tobacco in cigarettes An estimated 11 tism and the IS ;i°v/ S SZ- cent less W 1 , Vs Mai ch 1 intentions burley, and Maryland — was used toi cigar m And figures fiom Washington show ettcs in 1957 than in 1900 raments,” but as 'hat aueage in the nation will drop about By* using sheets of s em that is not a Bi- m 2 4 per cent Part of this drop is due to particles, formerly used no a y bie word, many jm J^f governmental acreage restrictions and part m small quantities, much mor them Dr - Foreman by some pioducers dropping tobacco as a can be used , nnaßßQli c wts nances,” though as a matter of ci op that is causing more ti ouble than it This business of pi ocessea sneeis {act that word is not used in con js worth originated with the cigar industry ineie- nec t lon Wl th Baptism or the Lord’s It was reported earliei this yea; fore if there" is 11 per cent less, farm supper anywhere m the New Tes fhat acicage allotments in some of the bin- weight, tobacco in a cigarette, it would tament a Cor ii:2 is a mistrans lev and flLan-ed areas as well as m the seem to hold true that about the same Connecticut Valiev, are becoming so small figure would apply to a cigai Ana mis ply .. trad!tlons , PJ ns to be uneconomical to farm In burley would indicate that a five per cent acieage aieas some allotments aie m the tenth of ‘ cut is not enough if a better price is to he. Outward Signs AUmnorl novt vp2r . Let the reader call these vhat an acie lange obtained next yeai ■ he Wlll H he goes t 0 almost any Christian chinch he will observe, some time or other, these two simple acts or rites called every where Baptism and the Lord’s Supper The way the thing Is done vanes from church to chuich, but If one listens carefuUv, the same Bible words are always used In Latin, Gieek or English or any other tongue, it is the same in all churches They are very simple acts They are the sort of act that is called a “symbol”—that is, it means very little In Itself, but it canies the weight of a gieat truth and shines with the glory of a great experience. Baptism is a kind of washing but even immcision, or Especially so if the fellow you are talking to has been milking 40 01 50 head dos\ This Week" in Lancaster Farming BY JACK REICHARD 75 Years Ago Satne that was popular thice quailers of a centuij, ago is gi'- on in the following items in a column entitled Wit and Hu published in 1883 moi .Mamma said a wee pet the- bang I want to be an tinsel in Snnclax School this mm nine and I sun? with them’ Win V'lhc' exclaimed mam ma ‘cot'M \ou keep time with the iest ’ 1 gue-s I could pioudh answeiccl little Nellie 1 kept ahead of them most all tin 1 \> a\ thiough —'l he Phil idelphia Bulletin if pen ltd fheit is one man on Ihe Spi ucc and Pine stic-aP ionic who docs not like the* to cent icduclmn in caiiaie- He no\ onK >a\e- Cue cants when he w dks down m the morning while lonmiN he saved six You cant please twisboch in tne woild —V hi n \iehbishop Whatex '■as id d il he lose eailx he I I pik d that hi once did bid he w.i' mi pioud all the morning am mi d( en\ all the alliinoon Ih.d In deteimmid ne\ i to do P again \ ! lendi photopi aphei an noiiittn lli.H In had been ablt 10 i ilth Hit imp'ession ol a fl\ ina bud \ I(\is n wspapei 11 n.int i’l< d lime n nothing .1 11 \ nnduinl about that An \mlM man who has no suenti lie altammuits uhaUtti with oni un tlloi) on hn pail c main tin )inpi < ss.on ol a fhme bat II nas a \ti\ eh ai unpr’ssion Iht II me bat a .is a hi ickbat lit u.is olleinm a itsolutiin al i v iid ni< time hi n iht acti rh nl ot CUII cel \ \< u \ oi k '|it ( ulatoi tom pl.niif d \ (oi n i in onions is a bu h ilimp to makt lln \ ai\t thenjs'hi' ,m.n uln n aallmid in .c i \ lal "t (pialllltns Rack in 1933 about 75 cents In .1 town m I dianon < ount\ of eteit cm rent expense dollar I’a ,i gioup ol ladies held ,i In pa\men( loi lent of a small While J F Hudgel, of Muncic in Pennsylvania s fourth class \\ h l l < 1 lephanl pail\ K-ful in curing milk acvernment The Blue Book oj lc\ei b\ the use oi an oidmarx con taincd 4 218 pages in biotic pump The process was ( W 0 ] a g G volumes, with an ap a simple one He explained proximate total -of 349,075 names The udder of the allotted animal is washed with soap and watei and each quaitei of the bag inflated with an foicjci m The ston oi Chief Joseph to it b\ a bicvcle pump thiouah doughU No? Perce wamoi, who an oidinan milking lube When made plontj of tiouble foi Unit- Idled the teats should be lied ed Stales troops many decades with a soft stung to pi event the ago, and the faithfulness with escape of an and each cjuailji which he kept his word when kneaderl and nibbed fmalh constiained to give up the w'aipath dcscives its place in Amei ica’s hutoiv On the spot in Alontanta where he sunendeied to Gencial Miles rntF E\T IXGUISIIED WITH 'MILK IHU \ ago this week Ed- some 70 xeais ago had been wait! I il/kc a Lancaster Counlx elected a minument to his mem- Omani lannoi neai Mavtown oix, on which the Jollowmg was aioii* .ii h in Hu morning t( msci ihed fet'd the stock While he was in Chief Joseph was a mililarx tin sliaw mow his lantern oven- genius couiageous and humane tinned scanning Keiosone in Piesentmg his xitie* to Gencial exmx (hicclion anti igniting the Miles, with light hand upiaiscd, stiau He attempted to smothei he pioelaimed “Fiom wheie the the flames with tom lodtlei then sun now stands I will fight no tailed to his tlaimhfeis who weie moi • loievei He kept his milking in Hit stable below to woid luln him Although mans classed duel fht gills picking up then Joseph as a sax age his woid butkefs nishtd to the scent onee gixen was inxiolable and d i-ht I Hu milk on Hu Hit and Hu flames welt soon W'dliam Ballaul a laimei ol mi’ i tonliol and e\l in guished ( oflfman Aik had kepi a Hock wd h w iK i We Won’t Guess! of cows by hand for the first time in 20 01 so years But the weather has shown us a couple of things that we might well remem ber One is that no matter how wise we think we might be, putting up artificial moons and all, we actually a/e not of much importance when nature wants to really let go The other is that procrastination catches up with a vengance We’ve talked with a number of farmers who said that they had been thinking about getting soine source of auxiliary power, but just hadn t gotten around to it yet One bulk tank of soured milk will go a long v ay in paying for a small genera tor unit Summing it up, all in all, it sure was a strange way to stai t spring, wasn’t it 9 Lancaster Farming The fust “Blu» Book’ issued bi the U S Government was in 1816 It had only 176 pages and of guineas foi 15 veats as ‘watch dogs as he put if 25 Years Ago 4 Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 28, 1958 Bible Material! Matthew 26-17-29, John 6 35-59, Acts 8 26-39, 16 25 34; Romani 6 3-11, I Corinthians 10:14 22; II 23-29 i Derotton*) Beadinft John 15 1-11 In Remembrance Lesson for March 30, 1958 Now Is The Time . . . By MAX SMITH County Agricultuial Agent TO DELAY PLOWING WET GROUND Record snowfalls m iccenl weeks have saturated both the topsoil and the subsoil with plenty of mois turc, with the month ol March almost gone it is quite possible that we cannot depend upon many freezes to break down heavy soils that have been plowed too wet Therefore, on clay soils we suggest that plenty ol time be allowed for the ground to dry out beloic plowing 01 woiking TO RECOGNIZE FERTILIZER CHEAPEST LIVESTOCK FEE'd The cheapest feed that a Incstock pioducei can buy is lertilizei and apply to his pasture, hay. and othei Image crops Re seaich woik has shown lepcatecily that feed nu Max Smith luesls Irom quality loughagcs ,uc cheaper than nuliients liom giains or other conccnliatcs Producers are urged to make ioilili/ei applications in oidei to inuease the yields oi teed nutiicnts fiom loughagcs TO INSPECT STORM DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS It is quite pos sible that not all damaged farm buildings collapsed under the weight ol the icccnl heavx snow, mam timhcis may be ciacked or broken that will allow the stiucluie to sag or lean in the neai iutme Simple inspection and icpaus now max piexenl futme trouble TO ADOPT SOIL SAVING PRACTICES The pioblem of soil tiosion exists on 100 manv ol our'counlj fauns The establishing ol eithci contoin or stiaight strips on manv of these slopes will re duce the soil and walei losses ami mciease pioduction Early spring is one ol the best times lo stall these practices Caielul mpection ol the fields and slopes will levcal the needs Fiec assistance is i vailable of Vadparaiso, Ind , had icecn pointing a icvolvei a) him and od 15 cents thiough the mail fiom taking awav his week’s wages a man who said he helped him 25 \eais ago this week sell to cookies when no one was looking “trine Itnmetsion’’ wheie the per son is put undei the water thiee times, is not a real bath Likewise the amount of bread and wine In a communion servlet would not] latisfy a hungiy man. (“If any man is hungry, let him eat at home," said Saint Paul) These acts are tpkens of something else. One of the best descriptions of them, and the most famous, la “outward signs of inward grace." These saciaments, or oidinances, or just “acts” if you don’t like technical vvoids, aie visible tilings/ veiy simple things too But when the chinch thinks of them, she thinks beneath the smface Sha thinks of the inwaid giace and the outwaid sign at the same time. Inward Grace The inward giace which the chinch finds in the saciaments, or oidinances is not a human giace, such as (foi example) the wor shipper’s own humility or love or puutv Such giaces are always fallible—they can bieak down too easily and often feeble The giace, of whicn the acts aie sym bols, is God s grace. His loving favoi His ptofound concern, the ovei(lowing of His Fathei-heart. The Gospel in Sign Language A famous theologian once called the saci aments the Gospel in sign language Now to mystical and emotional Christians they ara moie than this but not all Chris tians are mystics, probably most of them are not And this much is tiue for all Chnstians, however much moie may be discovered: the observance of baptism and the Lotd s Suppei reminds the wor sluppei of vital (iospel *rulhs For example, the water of baptism could not rightly be replaced by wine or oil, for water is a sign of cleansing, and reminds us that our sins have soiled us, we need tha cleansing power of the Spmt Tha bioken bread and the outpoured woie taken m remembtance of our Loid, bring back to us, even with out woids, His sacrifice for us In these days when the church Is more than ever world wide, a tiavehng Christian may find ,him self in a distant land in a church where he does not understand a single word Yet if theie is a bap tism, or ifr-ithe Lord's Supper Is obseived, then at once he know* himself by these signs to be at home (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education, Na tional Council of the Churches of Christ In the USA Released by Community Press Servlet.)