Alaska, It May Surprise You, Supports
~ M. m. human beings with justice and
A Vigorous Agriculture , Is Good Market jg A Hr]
rpEXANS got a teinble set-back this to take advantage of these peculiarities of the way eveiy sane peison wants
1 week Texas is no longer the largest the area Grown aie cabbages, short seas- Lcm/c
state in the Lunon Alaska the 49th state, on corn, rye. barley,-root crops anti hay. 110 mine noi loss than givme ev
now claims this honor The dairy business is big and getting oiybody ’ 50 fal as we can, the
Known for tears as .Seward’s Icebox bigger The price of shipping milk while mwA St,me 4,011 oC treatment we want
aijd as Sewards Folly, the new state was maintaining quality is prohibitive, thus al- (anri sometimos demand) foi our
puichased fiom Russia in 1867 for the lowing dahymen‘to make a profit with Bll>le Dauteronomy 6t I 0 u , .. . ..,
sion of 7 5 million dollars Since that time, higher costs of production mins's in lm Us ‘ Mlcah 6 G ' 8 ‘ Ro ‘ ”" a * s Re,| B |oUS About It?
manv mote dollars in gold have been ex- Alaska today does not produce nearly “••‘’’"V p»» lm w-ia. Social justice is oveiybody’s af.
tracted from Alaska than were paid for it all the food required bv its population As ’ f‘ m ’ not a fol a few But if
~ it. ij.ai , 1 - r j- ii r this is so, what can be specially
When Secretary Seward bought Alas- a lesult, food prices are many times high- . i- ait J M oiyMl . lc j, g ious about it' There axe ie
ka most people believed that he had er than in the continental stores. Trans- juauwc aiiu ilglons that take no mtciest m
bought a hugh lump of ice almost incap- portation costs are the main reason tins, but we aie speaking foi the
able of supporting human life Some peo- Alaska supports an agricultural ex- Lesson for July 6, 1958 ciuiqUan iciigion, the faith of the
pie still tend to think this way penment station at Palmer where new Blble Two fac,s aie a Vltal link
In a sense, they are nght The arct.c vanet.es are being bred and tried out 4-H •■?„! EZ SX^ST^SSS.
Clide does lun thiough Alaska In the in- clubs aie Olganized among thermal youth, teinational Uniform Lessons" man IS pietty cold to what other
teiior of the new' state, extremely low' These 4-Hers annually cause quite a com- which these columns follow week people need and nghtiy want if i
temperatures have been recorded But motion at the National 4-H Club Congress by week, have chosen the general c.m “get my cut,” that’s an i ask
Alaska very definitely is not an ice-bound when they appear all decked out in their theme of Social Justice Since When blessings aie passed out, i
never-never land parkas and boots on Chicago’s State Street. s ° me of °“ r readers - or friends want to be neat the head of the
, - ~ „ . j, ~ . 1 r* -n i. r it. , ■. c or our readers, may have some lino That s tiie way the incligious
As far as the agriculture of the region It will be a few months yet before questlons m their minds about mind wolks S uch proverbs as
is concerned it naturalh differs from that you have to buy a new flag The Alaskans this. let us clear up one or two “Look- out foi Number one,"
found here The growing season is shorter, have yet to give their approval to state- points right away. “Eveiy man foi himself and the
the aveiage tempeiatuie is lower and the hood under the conditions that Congress it v/on't Wash Out dcvi] taKe the hindmost,” express
cin rent available aci cage of tillable land is has set But that they would turn dowm one thm* that preachers hear ! hl , s sol ' ls,inebs Tho second fact
limited - statehood is about as unlikely as a tobac- sometimes, when they pieach on I‘ 11 "f l , e ! ‘°p p S ° c 1 a J Ll A* lco
But on the other hand during the co buver offenng 50 cents a pound for social justice or r known as'tio God oi justice 6 -md
Si owing season the dav length is many vour ciop any pa .t of ,t is uL!i a
tines longei than we find heie The soil And it might be, if some current this^nvh 8 don't I I|| tion puts it, justice and “steadfast
is uch and giowing season temperatures Washington lumois are to be believed, that yo „ °the love ” Human justice is looted m
aie sometimes higher than in ceitain areas the new flag will have 50 stars Hawaiian Gospel’ Social J ' 1 the , fact th , a L w ? a , L , e c A e a t0 i by ’
of the continental United States statehood is not too far away and might be justice is the af ’ V m f" n ° Aul'
The ciops naturally, aie specialized appiovecl yet this year We hope so fail of courts, of '|s wise looted m the die
politics, it be- JiS r- J , J ,
, „ , „ . isS God wn° made us in his image
longs anywheie H|aß &
but tn church Love Without Hypocrisy
You stick to re Or, Foreman ‘Let love be without hypocu
hgion and leave social justice sy," said St Paul to the Romans
alone " Indeed, believe it or not, (Rom 12 9, A S V ) The one corn
some ministers who have said a mandment Jesus singled out as
brave word toi social justice in ex- Fust, is, Love God with all your
ceedmgly unjust situations, have heart and mind not half of it T
been called communists for their Now it is haid to love God and not
pains Such objectors just aren’t love what he stands foi It is un
familiar with their Bibles This possible to love God and not love
week’s Bible material is mostly the kind of God he is A peison
fiom the Old Testament, the next who claims to love God, but who
week’s is going to be from the at the same time low-iates or
New. In either Testament it is blushes oil social justice, laises
made quite cigar that social jus- doubts as to the smeenty of his
tice is part of true religion. professed love for God Can one"
Hot An Invention of Cranks Uuly low God and not wish to be
Some people have an odd mis- ? ea * es !
understanding about social justice. f“f le , obstacle to Christianity, that
They think it’s a hobby of egg- Sto bell^ in S that its claims are
heads, an invention of cranks; al “"Uf? the peopl f who wlth thelr
best a special interest, something * PS let “ s sa ? hyi " na 01 o , lher :
to be taken or left as you like Al ! m Pl °u T f love God ’ and , yet
worst (though It is hard to realize “V “ Sh ° W th 3 loVa
any one could be so stupid) It Is ° n / R y fo d l themselves
(RT.sed on outlines copvrlßhled b> the
Supposed til&t Social justice Is a Division of Christian Education
amt of copyright interest of com- [,X S“Ta
munism,—a he which communists Pr 'ss service )
themselves are only too happy ta
spread. The simple fact is this: So
cial justice means treating all
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BY JACK REICHARD
75 Years Ago
Awaj back ,n Juh 1883 a led Chlcag ° amusement paik own
hcaded swindlei small m statu,o P m " SUl f ° f f « ar
c iused great concern in banking lh , cn ; piopeity would be do
th, oughout (he eastern section of st *°- by „ flre ' for hou f
the nation after fleecing off.ceis T after the Rev Reor S 5 Edwaids
ot the National Bank at Oxfoid L ? WIS in , d P ubllc P ra ' e * ask '
Pa and a prominent business C< J *bat Rle amllSornen l resorts
nic.n at llictdlelov'n Dcla in a Rvin § Paik, where liquor
hc-nk diaft lacket vvas selvecl ' mi S’ ht “be 'binned
to the ground” Excelsior Paik
At Oxf.nd tno man intioduc went up in smoke
in., himsell as C D Lane the „
ad\ ante agent of the “Gieat In- Thc , pray f er w f ° fl “ ed at a
[(i national Museum and Cncus’ f' U dl m , cetln f oE the Emmanuel
had made conti acts toi hav beef Congiegalional Church held in
hi the animals and lented a lot f, tent , witkln th ™ e blocks of
m whwh the gieat show was to lhe , p;nk Piopnetois of other
|() j f)lni paiks in the aiea admitted that
the\ weie puzzled and fnghten
lla\ui” completed the contiacts anc i employed additional men
■ I'sfa toil to all concerned thc ( 0 guaid their properties against
■acut ian shoit of loads cash but f lle
had diafts issued bj the First Na
t rmal Bank ol Red Bank N J
cliawn on the National Pai k *- ,ant a s l' ei Faimei Complains r
Bank New Yolk Cit\
Back m 1933 a national can
leience in the inteiest to uni
foim traffic laws regarding street
He induced mlicials of the Ov m WashmSi D^c'Those snolf »*' TO FEED NEW GRAINS CAREFULLY _ Newly
rod National Bank to cash one of Complaints ol oil seeping into u w inose spun- havested barley oats, and wheat should go througn
hi dialts fm S9O 00 In due time "oils in noilhcm Lancaster ~o r! n = e , col } eren ß e r e . lc Y5 M F acm mg pioccss in the bag or bin before feeding
lie diaft iound it, wav to the back at least a hall a c-en- inal l " e Wl “° diversity ol iramc m. I any laige amounts t 0 livestock then inciease the
ank of icdcmplion where it was tul ' Dining July 1908, Ham Regulations then in effect tended * amounts gradually until the animals are adpisted
mnamed that >l was good ioi Z"‘ilh residing ncai Akion dis- 0 mciease the number of high- '-V. / These new grains may cause bloating, scouring, and
nl\ S 9 instead of &90 the swmd coveicd his well was lull of orl Wd ' dcc >denls digestive tioubles it led too lapiclly
i having added the cipher v hen he went to pump water At the conference consider-
U .Middletown Del the man one morning He immedialelv able discussion of speed icgula- TO GIVE SPECIAL CARE TO YOUNG STOCK—
ailed himself Mumfoid whcie nol) lied the oil compain who tions was made after which it BV & Many livestock pioduccis tinn then young herd or
' engt-ged a lot made contiaet. ltUL 'stigatcd and found that the was voted to lecommend a um- v fl| flock out to pasture and forget about them until
•i heel ha\ wagons and boaid PR IO line which crossed Zwally s loim limit of 20 miles per hour fall 11 adequate pastine and water conditions arc
oi 90 pei soils vttei completing Piopoilv had developed an in- f°r both business and xcsidental ■! lIJHHHI assuied, this might wmk out satislaclonly, howr
k anangenumts he i'lduud one le mal 1( -'ak The companv not sections of cities, with 15 miles _ evei in many cases pastille div up water supplies
[ the business nun with whom o| il\ icpaued the bleak but also Pci hom sol for street inteisec- Max Smith get low, and (he animals sudei It the animals arc
l had made a conliact to a> bmied the line dcepei in the tions and school zones away Jiom the buildings oi on a sepaiate faun, fie
linpaii. Lnn to the Citizens Na Mound It was believed that these a - ucllt visits with some feed salt oi hay will pay dividends,
dual Bank and idciitiv him to No estimate was made of the s Peed limits rigid I \ entoiced nunTPCT ai i t iwrorvuM/
u cashici in ordci to secure cash amount ol oil that had escaped uoulfi conducc t 0 Sieatoi saletv AI " L LIVI!,S °^ K AMR POULTRY FROM HEAT—
i. a dial t amounting to S9O 65 but , conside.ab e acm of land lhd " Deakish oidmances p,,KluUlHn ■» 1(1 Mwiencw
The sw iiidh , c' pLniieu that he on the Zwallv t m las om in some places ‘
.m until mill ii cash with pletelv salinated .ende.ing it wh)d ß a much less ?"
in Ihis is the waM get it as I untillable and unp.oductive “o' n\Ta™od sufl h er mOSt Uonl hot VVGdlllGl Te.npo.a.v shades' in the paMuiclix to
U , M l K ' n t !a \ k i Cf n dlK U however that no aibitiaiv tpeed f 1^ 1 fcel Jlom th( ; glolllul Wl " ‘ uld P ()lln ds of wight to the summei
u’ Hc'bank oil. uiVa, o'vfmd sK,t ' slICS 101 1907 Ilm j l would » safely “nk faSwdUdd moV "’coi'nlo/l to /he Cwi no* ■hwd W, * h Walei °*
( Middletov n man was velum/ s howed that in point ol pioduc as long as motor vehicle opcia- v c W,IR
I out of Sfii \ tdcsiam Horn lK ’ n M,thlJidn sU)o 'l place tois laded to use common sense TQ RFPr AiVT rA r inKN s' n „ ,
bank that had issued the in ,h " Untied Slates with an alh i 7 J "‘i ", n“ ,U ’ ms lht>
alt ..„lul ,i uas 10, onb S 9 65 ° 1 llt P l " ,)f 37 300 000 pounds p, o- i„ Pcnnsclvama Edwa.d P ]n a t. m 11c .
h "' l b “ n 1U) 5%65 /’Vr't "I t U, ‘ Cn Sd ' CU D,,CaOl °‘ thC cari,^is
o h n ‘° , , Kl -' W ° nC Aulomob,le Uub ‘>P- Pldc fc.Uluci such as 5-10-10 wdl 51.,„ t T ' v iohe 1
place m the nations beet sugai pealed to owneis of pi open U at plantings biowin ol the second
lhar same v.ik m Juh 1881 jnoduelion highwax intersections to him
a, fanips uho had lx <n em In (he disposal of the In- tiees and bushes in the mteicst 1 0 ORDER GRASS AND 1V( Him. mn ns , , . .
£">V r .Vt —“ n k sz
" (It Pl‘ lc(f l 111 s| los which made "town to abnoimal sue from out office fot details
This Week 0 *
in Lancaster Farming
Dining the summer of 1908
Of Oil In Well
*V. / _f-
50 Years Ago
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s Own Faim Weekly
Alfred C Alspach, Publisher, Robert
E Best, Editor, Robeil G Campbell,
Adi ertismg Director, Robert J.
Wiggins Circulation Director
Esta»hshed Noy ember 4, 1953
Published eyery Fr>day by OCTOKARO
NEWSPAPERS, Quanyyiile IV
Phone STeilmg 6-2112 or Lancaster,
Express 4 3047
Lntered as Second-Class matter at
the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa.,
Act of March 3, 1579
Subscription Rates $2 per year,
three years $5, Single copy Price 5
cents
an excellent feed
Back an July, 1908, Gifford
Pmchol. chief forester of the
depaitment of agriculture told
a congressional investigating
committee that at the rate of
cutting that year, the spruce
supply of New Hampshire would
be exhausted m 25 years, m
New York eight years, in Min
nesota, nine year, in Maine, 28
yeais
25 Years Ago Now Is The Time .. .
Farming, Friday, July 4, 1958
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent