American Farm Bureau Announces New
Scheme for Supporting Commodity Prices
FARM BUREAU this week came out port price would have been 90 per cent
with what they call their “new ap- of $1.36 or $1.22 a bushel,
nroach” to farm commodity price sup- The part of the new plan that will
norts The heart of the plan is a9O per look best to producers is that no acreage
cent price floor based on average market allotments, no commercial or non-commer
prices for the preceding three years. cial producing areas and no marketing
.. 7 m ,UOt BuS does include parti
vMi/Varm Bureau Cooperative, a separ- Hoieve^wdh 2 lhfacreage
ate organization) calls its new plan a way new program. However witn tne acreage
to get away from arbitrary fomurlas, ad- reserve part of the Soil Bank dead after
minLtrative discretion and political con- this y e ? r > doubtful that the program
troversy in putting a floor under prices. wild fluctuations in farm prices are
This is to be done by relating p ice not w ith a three year price average
supports to what has being taken as a base, the AFBA says. The
the market place where commodities a e f armer; by keeping an eye on prices, can
bought for use. The plan has been pro- p re tty well estimate the support price well
posed for cotton, ern-n and other feed before planting season and adjust his
grains, and for study by farmers for possi- acreage accordingly,
blp use for other price supported com- The AFBA cites the hog and egg mar
mpdities. kets as two examples of non-supported
Corn prices, for example, would be commodities that have adjusted their own
supported at 90 per cent of the average prices by producer estimates of the price
market price for the previous three years. structure.
Supports for feed grains other than corn References to “administration discre
(oats, barley, rye and grain sorghum) tion” in the new plan can be taken as a
would be comparable to the corn support direct slap as Secretary Benson. The Sec
price after adjustments for differences in retary has been extremely unpopular with
feeding values and other factors. the AFBA since he used “administrative
In the case of corn the price support discretion” and lowered the milk support
for the 1957 crop would have been a lit- price this spring.
tie lower under the market support plan There are some flaws that jump out
than the rate actually in effect for those immediately. Milk is the first of these,
who stayed within their allotments, but Milk pricing is now one of the most corn
higher than the non-compliance rate. The plicated procedures in the Nation. To try
non-compliance rate is the one to consider to set a9O per cent prica on a three-year
because only 14 per cent of the 1957 crop average will call for more administration
was eligible for the compliance support a nd committees and administrators than
rate. ever before. Other problems are bound to
i The 1954-56 average farm price of
corn was $1.36 a bushel—so the 1957 sup
by jack reichard
75 Years Ago
Seventy-five years ago this
week Mrs. William Crowe, seven
ty, Pennsylvania famwife re
siding m Chester County, met
With an unusual accident. It
seems that the Crowe family, like
mijmy farm families in those days,
was in the habit of using pump
well a makesshift refrigerator in
summertime, by lowering perish
able foods placed in pots and
buckets through a trap door on
thfe pump bed, suspended on
ropes and let down near the wat
er level in the well.
Mrs. Crowe was m the act of
lowering a pot of fresh meat into
the well that evening, when she
lost her balance and plunged
head first into the well, in which
there were about three feet of
water. A daughter in the kitchen
heard the noise made by the pot
sinking the walls in its descent
and ran to the well, only to find
her mother at the bottom which
was 15 feet deep.
The daughter, horror-stricken,
immediately summoned neighbors
who rescued the elderly woman
from her perilous position. The
victim sustained no serious in
juries, but her body was consid
erably bruised and scratched.
Mrs. Crowe explained that she
suffered a slight attack of vertigo
while lowering the pot into well
which caused her to fall.
Thousands At Funeral Services
Of Two Brother Physicians
On July 10, 1883, thousand.,
turned out to pay their last re
spects to Aaron C. and Washing
ton C. Detweiler, brother physi
cians of Reading, Pa., who were
drowned in the Schuylkill River.
The funeral services were held
in the St James Lutheran Church
Both doctors were members of
the Methodist Church, but it was
not large enough to accommodate
the vast multitude of sympathiz
ing friends
The deceased were well known
in the Beading area. In addition
This Week*
Lancaster Farming
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to their many friends thousands
were drawn to the funeral out of
sheer curiosity. Prior to the
church services, the crowd mount
ed the stoops of the residences
and patiently waited their turn
for houis to view the bodies. Po-
Lee were stationed at both homes
to maintain order.
50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago this week the
Democratic National Committee
in executive session at Lincoln
Neb., adopted a resolution outlin
ed as follows.
“No contributions shall be ac
cepted from corporations; no con
tributions over $lO,OOO shall be
accepted. All contributions over
$lOO will be made public after
October 15, 1908. Contributions
under $lOO will not be published.
“W. J. Bryan will be officially
notified of his nomination for
president at Lincoln, his home, on
August 12, 1908”.
New Starch Co. Chartered
la Lancaster County
Back in July, 1908, the charter
of the Penn Starch Company had
been received in the Recorder’s
Office at Lancaster. The company
planned to transact its business
in Lititz which included the manu
facturer of starch, glucose, oil,
etc The subscribers and direc
tors were: Israel G. Erb, Thomas
W. Barnes, John S. Gault, Martin
G Hess and Ralph E. Pratt. The
capital stock was $120,000 divided
into 12,000 shares at $lO par
value.
Stolen York Co. Team
Recovered at Quarryville
Fifty years ago this week, in
southern Pennsylvania, the own
er of a team stolen at a festival
at Fawn Grove, York County, ac
companied by a constable, recov
ered the horse and buggy at the
livery stable of Fritz & Evans,
Quarryville It was learned that
the stolen team crossed the Sus
quehanna River at McCall Ferry,
stopped at The Buck, then pro-
crop up as other commodities are men
tioned.
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
Alfred C. Alspach, Publisher; Robert
E Best, Editor; Robert G. Campbell,
Advertising Director; Robert J.
Wiggins, Circulation Director.
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Friday by OCIORARO
NEWSPAPERS, Quarryville, Pa -
Phone STerhng 6-2132 or Lancaster,
Express 4-3047.
Entered as Second-Class matter at
the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., u»der
Act of March 3, 1879
Subscription Rates: $2 per year,
three years 55, Single copy Price 5
cents.
ceeded towards Quarryville,
where the thief tried to sell it.
The livermen questioned the
rightful owner of the team and
the thief made his escape.
Abundance of Fish
When Moses R. Snavely, of
near Manheim, Lancaster County,
drained his ice pond during July,
1908, area sportsmen secured
fifteen bushels of fish including
suckers, yellow perch, catfish and
sunfish. Instead of taking all
home the sportsmen placed a
large number of the fish in the
pond at Kauffman’s Park and
Chiques Creek.
Lancaster merchants announc
ed store closing hours during the
monthse of July and August, 1908,
as follows:
“On Monday night the stores
will close at 9 p.m- On Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday at 5
pm. On Friday at noon and on
Saturday they will close at 10
pm”
Twenty-five years ago many
motorists from all over the coun
try found the Esbenshade Turkey
Farm, comprising some fifty
acres, located on Route 41, about
two miles east of Strasburg, not
only a Lancaster County show
place but also an unusual point
of interest.
Back in July, 1933, there were
2,000 growing turkeys of the Mam
mouth Bronze and other varieties
featured There were for sale
Table Turkeys, Day Old Baby
Turkeys, Breeding Stock and Tur
key eggs for batching
Under the personal manage
ment and operation of Ellis H.
Esbenshade, in 1933, the Farm
was originally started by his fath
er, Abram, in 1903,
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25 Years Ago
4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 11, 1958
Bible Material; Matthew 5 13-48; 33:23-
36; Luke 9 51-66.
Devotional Beading: Luke 11:37-14.
Jesus on Justice
Lesson for July 13, 195 S
IF any one is an authority on the
subject of justice, it should be
God Almighty himself. Christians
believe that God’s mind is revealed
to ua in Jesus Christ. So it is ex
tremely important to find out
what Jesus had to say on any
topic. Now Jesus never once used
the expression
"social justice."
He didn’t have
to. For the ques
tion of justice
never comes up
at all unless
there are as
fnany as two per
sons involved in
a situation. And
>f there are as Dr - Foreman
many as two, you have a social
situation and any justice there is
social justice. Furthermore, the
land of justice that counts is so
cial. Court-room justice isn’t
worth much if it does not produce
social justice.
Nothing Conceit Out Justice
Some people have supposed that
living in the New Testament light,
we have outgrown the need for
justice—that Christians live by
love, or grace, or faith, or mystic
vision, or something else, any
thing else but justice. Some people
will tell you that the gospel can
cels out justice, that justice is an
Old Testament word and we Chris
tians have outgrown it. This is not
true. Nothing cancels justice. For
one thing, most of Jesus’ teaching
dealt with right relationships
among men, and the short name
for that is justice. For another
thing Jesus did speak directly of
this thing. He condemned thfi
Pharisees severely because they
had forgotten it. According to
Luke’s account, Jesus said the
Pharisees had neglected justice
and the love of God In Matthew’s
story, Jesus said the Pharisees
had neglected justice and mercy
and faith. Note in both cases:
Justice and . . . He mentions jus
tice first always.
Now Is The Time . . -
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
TO FEED ADDITIONAL ROUGHAGE No doubt
the eecent rains will bring back many of the pas
tures that were turning brown, however, if the pas
tures do not respond and give lush growth, it is sug
gested that the dairy herd be fed either hay or silage
to supplement the grass If the cows get thin in
flesh and production drops during July and August,
it is very difficult to regain this flesh and produc
tion to a maximum amount during the fall and
winter.
TO CLIP PASTURES The second mowing of the
summer is due on many grazing areas; the first
clipping should have been done during late May or
early June. This practice will encourage more uni-
Max Smith
form growth of the grasses and more uniform graz
ing of the animals. In addition weeds will be prevented from going to
seed and the general appearance of the pasture will be improved
TO PREPARE FOR SUMMER SEEDING OF TREFOIL Along with
other legumes birdsfoot trefoil may be seeded during the summer and
make some forage production next year However, it is important
that the trefoil be seeded the last week in July cr the first week in
August; general soil requirements and other seeding practices are the
same as for alfalfa. For best results only one grass such as timothy,
bromegrass, or orchard grass, should be seeded with trefoil and no
other legume.
TO PLAN FOB EXTENDED PASTURE SEASON The seeding of
temporary pasture crops for late this fall and early next spring will
furnish economical feed nutrients. Both winter rye and Dual wheat
may be seeded during August or September for additional pasture
this fall. The ground should be prepared as for any'other small
gram crop and three to four hundred pounds of a complete fertilized
used to encourage rank growth Both domestic ryegrass and field
bromegrass may be seeded late this summer for fall and early spring
grazing.
TO PURCHASE PUREBRED RAMS The use of a good, pure
bred ram on any flock of sheep is a good practice; the improvement
in the vigor and conformation of the lambs will make him a good in
vestment. Many animals are offered for sale during the summer
months and local growers are urged to select their rams before too
late in the season.
Jc Jostle* Impouifalt?
About the only way to get
around this (or to try to do so)
is to fancy that somehow or other
Jesus’ teachings do not apply to
us. All one need say about that
point of view is that when a
“Christian” reaches the point
whe'ro he will not take his orders
from the Lord Jesus, ho had bet
ter consider whether he rates the
name of Christian after all. How
ever, there arc a pair of further
objections we should consider. One
is that since only God knows what
i» finally fair, we must leave all
•natters of social justice to him.
He alone is judge of the whole
earth; and our own "Justice” can
never be based mi full knowledge
of all the fsjns, as God’s is. So
let’s give uc the whole thing, shall
we? NO! Such talk is unadul
terated' nonsense. The gram of
truth in that argument is that
perffct justice—like perfect mercy
Mqr «*ith or love of God—is not
•tamable m this life by us mot
toys, Nevertheless, mercy and fai*w
fcgid love are the Christian’s bthM
uess—and so w justice. We <beed
God’s forgiveness for the jus
tices of our "justice;" brtt we
wtttild heed his forgiveness far
jadre if we never tried to %e just
at all.
taTt Oars a “Oiffsrsnt’' World?
Another way people try to by
pass Jesus’ teaching is to point
out that we are living in a dif
ferent world from his. One very
important difference is this: Most
of the people we deal with, in our
complex, industrial, urban civili
zation, we never see and do not
even know who they are; where
as in the world of Jesus’ time m
man knew all his neighbors and
he never dealt with any one else.
Jt is a difficult business just to
live right with people you know.
But how is a dairy fanner going
to be fair with the consumers ii»
a distant city he never sees ? Hovr
is a stockholder in General Motor*
going to live' right with, and do
right by, Mr. Reuther? How is a
plain citizen of the U.S.A. going
to do the right thing by a plain
citizen of the XJ.S.S.R,? These are
terribly difficult questions. Any
reader can write out a page full
of such problems between now
and church time. He will not find
all the answers in the book. Per
haps no one knows the answers—
yet. But remembering how our
Lord put justice first, we cannot
dodge the duty of thinking hard
and long on how we in our time
can make justice a real thing.
, <B»sod on outlines copyrighted by
the Dnuion at Christian Education,
National Connell of the Churches of
Christ in the B. 8. A. Boleased by
Community Frets Serviced