Advertising Trade Magazine Survey Finds Farmers U.S.’s Most Solvent Customers PRINTERS’ INK, the trade paper of the adveitismg industry, in a recent issue ran a special report on farming and the farm market We thought you would be in terested m some of their findings and views The brightest spot m the report was this “The farmer is probably more solvent than any other customer in the U S econ omy. He owes only $ll for each $lOO he has in assets Two out of every three farms have no mortgages The net income of farmers, the amount they have left to buy after they have paid taxes and installments on machinery, was nearly 12 billion dollars last vear and may very well increase in 1958 ” This too was noted “The farm wife is just as chic as her city cousin, but with the diffprenge that she can pay cash and shuns time payment plans.” The magazine found that most com panies - catering to the needs of farmers expect 1958 to be a good year For several c ears farmers have foresworn buying trac tors and equipment Last year farm equip ment sales 'averaged 10 per cent above the pievious year In dollars and cents, they now own $343 million worth of new' trac tors and $625 million worth of other new farm equipment As always, when talking about farm ing, and especially farm income, there is a tendency to stick your neck out and make a prediction Printers’ Ink, too, could not i esist Here is what their gaze into the crys tal ball brought forth “There are signs that livestock prices will decrease somewhat but to no appre ciable extent The meat-eating habit is now so firmly fixed in the nation that people on shortei work weeks juggle their reduced "''s* '-v ' „/ ' ,f> (, M ,S , BY JACK REICHARB 75 Years Ago The ancients called the Stiails ol ConsUmtinoDle the Bopoius 'aloi spelled Bosphouis, which n eanl cattle fold , but sevenU l,\c coals ago cattle in the region had Ihosen that place to kill Ihem sc he> Accotding to an aiticle in Pall 'ic II (i i/etle a disease had spiead am mg the entile which caused ihc animals afiectcd be it to dash to the Bosphoiuus shores and commit -uicidc The disease ofhuallc repented at Constantinople was chaiact cnzcd be fiothing at the mouth, tunning fiom cces and nose tr toial loss of appetite fevensh Inal and thiist so great that mane ill the animals cast themselves headlong into adiaccnl nccis and v ci e di oh ned URL \RRESTLI) I’OR \\ L VRINO ROY’S CLOTHING V 17 ccai old gul ailasted in ( Inc ago foj wcnaing boy s cloth '•\plained that she meielc t lunged gaimcnts in oidei to gel t n c.mi lob I oi tmoo voais she had boon ( oiploved on lake boats as a stow t i rl watchman and cook bunt; i i.jblv aithou 1 bom.; suspected , nd 'no onl\ detected lollowing m weide/l Sho told the aulhoii I I s IJ\ on tho boat in bo\ s (lolhmo I can earn S! 75 a ci u \ \ ithout haicl woik It I woie on is clothes I would not ho al lived to uoik and would ha\c to \ osh [lots 1 know I hate violated ihe lav but to tel! ton the tiuth I d lathe i make buck in the pom ' r j.liai v lb oi be nel ov e i a wash tub \( fialtinioie a 14\eai olel hot mploved in a biewerv fell into vat of benliim heei and was ooktd to death wh ) had been in the business lui mam \ calls declaicd thc\ had A and dium corps were mui seem like it be ms'ed on a Satnrdac nu<hl in loit This Week* in Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Alfred C Alspach, Publisher, Robert E Best, Editor, Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director, Robert J W iggins, Circulation Director Established Novcmbei 4, 1955 Published eiery Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS, Quarryville, Pa Phone STerlmg 8 2132 or Lancaster, Express 4-3047 Philadelphia and weie held to Intered as Second Class matter at , ~ the Post Office, Quairjvillc, Pa, ip-ici 1-cep the peace The gioup were Act G t March 3, mo (l.algcd With being a nuisance Subscription Ratos $2 per year, oi’d an obstiuction on the high- ' LJIS s5 ’ b,nsle col ’ y Pnce 5 v ay The placing of stones and lime in the eais ol a balky hoise, was cVflaied a sine way to conquei the mttci, accouling to a hoise lacixcc ot 75 ceais ago 50 Years Ago While a laimei was cutting hop poles in a Pennsyhama county he saw a hall-grown bcai cioss Clear ( icck with (he leg oi a sheep m its monlh lie was on the point oi dashing down the slope to 1 iM the voting sheep thiel with h.s axe when a much laigci bear v< addled acioss the sticam in the Wcke of the cub In a tew moments the big beai eveitook the little one, took away the leg ol mutton and began to 1 ull the meat fiom the bone Just then a still laigci beai came Hashing through the undeibiush and pounced upon the second bcai suipusing it so sluldcnlc Dial it icleased its hold on the mutton The second beai then c .\e battle with the thud and \ hile the scummage was going on the little bear recaptuicd the leg and made ofi with it Ih<’ iarmei was so amazed that Ik decided not to molest the be , i s, at, he pul it Cicoi I*o IJiovvn o( Cano, Kan, toted a t>uuv sack lull ol labbil tils into the ofiice ol the countv d(ik ol Pratt Countj In the '",kk wcie 789 c,irs loi which Li ran teccivecl 3 cents bountv on c<ich one In Lancastci Countj Enos ( toll of Carnalyo while sliippmjt his cion ol tobacco tound a three nblxd leaf It was o\d a foot in ki.etli and the thiec leaves in c lie was a (iinosilv Tobacco buy income to avoid cutting down on meat. This means a continued good farm income. “Farm assets, already at an all-time high, should keep on rising One group of men closest to the situation, the editors of farm publications, thinks farm income will go up this year A “Farm Implement News survey of the 56 editors found only a small fraction who thought it would go down. The main differences among predic tions centered on the weather—the most unpredictable element in agriculture “The efficiency with which grain is turned into meat is improving steadily Boars, bulls and rams with tendencies toward lean and less fat meat are siring animals more to the public taste The most marked improvement has been poultry, and this has come about mainly through feed ing methods controlled by packing houses rather than by improvement in breed alone “Nine out of 10 broilers that reach the hiarket today are grown under a sys tem of contracting that the packers call ‘vertical integration ’ The farmer furnish es the brooder house and the man power and the packer or feed company the feed and antibiotics' “Farmers under contract to raise broil ers are assured of a market, and the pack ers are assured of a supply of high-quality birds “Now several large packing companies are interested in ‘vertical integration’ of their cattle and hog supplies. This would mean an assured supply of meat of the highest quality, make the livestock market more stable and virtually end the auction markets Vertical integration today is the subject of more farmers in the Middle West than Ezra Taft Benson or the government agriculture program. Lancaster Farming 'X An low'a farmer wdio foi a num hci of vears had made a specialty ol glowing one pioduct each year had planted 50 acres m cabbage in 1907 When he had sold the last caiload of the vegetable, he found ho had clcaied about $5O pei acie Among olhci things, a farm lournal wilier pointed out half a century ago • There is abso Unely nothing m common bc tw'en a dirty cream separatoi and a gill edge bullet pioduct” Losses to milk producers up to $75 000 or more pei month igsiilted from a 2 cent per quart cut in the pnce of Guernsey milk sold in the Syracuse, N Y mar 1 et Elective Apnl 1 1933, the cut ieduced Guernsey milk from 12 to 10 cents per quait retail This \\us eqimalent to a reduction of 94 cents per hundied pounds The situation was brought about b\ the New York Guernsey breeders Coopcialive Assn working with an independent ocalci who had carried on an ex tensive advertising campaign in an ell art to sell Golden Gueinsey milk at 10 cents per quail in ordei to meet this competi tion distributors of icgular milk in the Syracuse maiket were 1 oued to ieduce their prices ac coi dingh Despite his 90 yeais ol age, Robert L\on Civil Wai veteran (Hove his automobile to Leslie Mich fiom his faun eveiv clay thiough.Hit the winter of 1932-33 A sweet potato closelv icsemb ling a small clog m shape was fc und by M D Holm on his farm near Richmond Va 25 Years Ago 4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 11, 1958 Blblt Mftttrlftlt Exodua 1 Dtvoilonal Rtadinc* 40:1*11 Up From Slavery Lesson (or April 13, 1958 THE most amazing race In the world got off to a bads start An Emperor once asked a scholar of his court If he could give him in one sentence the greatest proof of God. The answer was “The Jews, lire ’’ What he meant was that no body with any common sense that Is, would have expected the Hebrew race to survive, much less to over- spread the earth. still less to con- tribute to the world as they have. What be- came of the Hit- tites, Hivites, Jebusites, Humans, *ll the miscellaneous hodge-podge of tribes and “nations” (mostly no bigger than Texas counties) that filled what we now call the Middle East? Dead and buned and their languages with them. And of all that mess of scrambling little peo ples, one of the smallest and least promising was none other than the people who—before they rose to the dignity of being “a People’’— were at the very bottom of the heap “You Shall Remember” You can’t get faither down than slavery. That is whei e the Israelite nation staited, or if you like, that was wheie it was befoie it started You might think that as their as tonishing histoiy rolled on, and they took a dignified place in an ancient world. you might think they would like to forget then ex ceedingly low origins Some did, no doubt, forget all about it But their prophets and their gieat men re membered It was wntten into their Law; “You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt ” The Ten Command ments begin - “I am the Lord your God, who bi ought you out of the land of bondage ” What was the point of remembeung those gnmy days in Egypt’ One leason was that by remembeung from Now Is The Time . . . By MAX SMITH County Agrkultmal Agent TO SHEAR SHEEP Nothing will be gained by delaying the shcating of sheep in this area beyond the iirst ol April, many pounds ot wool will be lost dining the next month if local pioducers wail loi the giease in the fleece to ijnpiove the value ol then wool clip Many ewes will become better mothcis when out ol the llcecc and moie exposed to weathci conditions, also, extieraely waim days lhai may be expected at any time will i educe the efiiciencv ol the flock TO BE ALERT FOR SWARMING TERMITES Property owners die warned of the dangci of leimite imection in then wood structures here in this waim, humid climate Eaily spring is Max Smith swarming lime for these insects where they col lect atomic! windows and in othci warm locations Many folks con lust swaumng tcnnitcs with flying ants, the teimite has an elongat ed body in one section while the 111 mg ant has a double tomted body in two sections Penn Slate Circulai J ,4od, Contiol of Tei mites” gives lull paiticyilais TO MARK THOSE WET SPOJS FOR FIELD DRAINAGE Right now is the best time ol the yeai to mark where the tile drains should be installed, with the giouncl lull of walei it is easier to see the seepage boundanes rathci than wait until next summer and then guess at the area concerned It tile diainagc is needed, tall stakes should be dnven at this time to help locale the pioblcm area later on when the digging is clone Tile drains thiough crop land will ic movc the excess water and pennit eaihci cultivation in addition to beltet aeration and more noimal crop Melds TO APPLY NITROGEN TO COVER CROPS Bcfoie plowing down a lank covei ciop growth such as lye grass field brome glass or lye it is suggested that the area to be lop dressed with at least 60 to 76 pounds of mliogen This mav be aoplied the last week to 10 days pi lor to plowing if additional growth is desired olheiwise apply and plow down within a lew days This nitrogen will hasten the decom position of the cover crop and reduce the lie up” of nitrogen'in the soil Domestic lye glass should be plowed clown when from 6 to 10 inches tall and before dry weather appears When growth of any cover crop is ovei a foot tall it is best to disc the area before plowing time to time, they would be thankful for the safety, the prasw tlgo, the luxurle* even, which they; later came to enjoy. Divine Deliverer The other thing the Hebrew* were taught to remember, another reason for remembering their long slavery years, was-that Ged de* Uvered them. They did not deliver themselves, they had no powerful friends among the nations. Nobody fought to set them free, they did not raise a hand on their own behalf. They just walked out. With* out gettmg ahead of our story, w« can recall that the entire exodus from Egypt is set forth at God’s doing. So when the Israelites thought back on their past, thehf not only humbla but rather hor* nbl# beginnings, they were ex pected to be grateful to God for taking them out of there. It can be so with us. Even a poet who lived before Christianity could make one of his heroes say, after a terrible shipwreck, "Perhaps ona day It will be a pleasuie to re member even this.” And a Chris* tian can say far more. Every trouble we have had, every dis< aster we have survived, every danger passed, every humiliation and hardship endured,—if we have come out of it with a Christian spirit, will make us all the more grateful to God '‘Uses of Adversity” Dr. Foreman Soma people’s only university 1| adversity; the “University of Hard Knocks." “Sweet aie the uses of adversity," said a poet once Ad* versity is not sweet, and no on# should pretend to like it. But its uses are many. Besides the twff already mentioned, a heightened appreciation of piesent blessings, and a sense of gratitude to God our Father, let us set down ar third: The capacity for sympathy. There were many minority group! In the Hebrew nation, from thelc first days to their last They would always be tempted to treat those minorities, —people of a different race and background—with con* tempt They would consider them fair game for exploitation They would tolerate them only as sec ond-class citizens But one of the mam good uses they could make of their memones of slavery,! war not to despise minority groups, the helpless men and women'on the fringes of society So it Is today. There is not a race in the world that did not have a lowly, even savage backgiound No people was ever bom civihzzed, no people was ever born powerful Any nation that forgets its own small begin nings Is on the way to fatal pnde. (Based on outlines oopvrlghted by the Division of Christian Education. Na tional of the Churches of Christ (n the"U S A Released bj Community press Service ) i
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