Farm Fairs Are Worthwhile Events Take Time Out To Support THE FALL FAIR season is fast approach ing It is time for us to stop and take stock of what we in Lancaster County have- We feel that Lancaster county can be justi fiably proud of the many good, small agri cultural fairs offered every fall. We can be justifiably proud because these fairs are just what they call them selves—Agricultural Fairs. Unlike the shows parading under the banner of farm fairs in some of our neighboring counties and are in reality only glorified carnivals with just enough agricultural exhibits to have an excuse for being, our local fairs are agricultural in nature as well as in name. With such an array of Agricultural ex hibitions near at hand every farmer in the county should attend at least one. Many of us will want to spend some time at many, or all, of them We realize that sometimes these fairs come at a busy time on the farm and work must be scheduled to make time to attend the shows But if the only way you can see these goo'd exhibitions is to take time off from some of your busy schedule, then we think you had better do it because you are probably working too hard anyway There is more to a Farm Show than relaxation however Fairs have been one of the biggest contributors to the improve ment and progress made in farming in this country There are four basic things a farm fair does as we see it. It offers an op portunity for exchange of ideas New ideas, equipment, and methods are introduced. There is an opportunity for improvement in livestock and crops But one of the most important phases of the Farm Fair is the vouth division ★ ★ ★ IF A DEVELOPMENT has merit, it doesn’t take long for it to become a part of the vay we farm In a recent report from the USD A Agricultural Marketing Service, the statement is made that some time this year, bulk milk deliveries will pass can deliveries in the total market receipts ot the federal order markets It hasn’t been >*******n»t *****< 5 Davidson II \ou know someone who It was only about 25 years ago koines about business and ficts that the expeits said the popula about the recession >ou can cheer lion ‘ceiling” in this country him up with some good news would be about 150,000 000 We Toll him that if he takes a two couldn t they said, find jobs foi weeks \acation and comes back vor 3’ many more people and be am! finds a brand new' city oi sides, we couldn’t feed them 130 000 people built up around enough land they said him not to be surprised It s Now we have a population of happening all (he tune 172 000 000 and almost twice as Oui not gain in population the manv people employed Not only Census Bureau infoims us, is at that, but people cat moie and the late ol 9 300 people each da> better food, chess better, live in 05 000 a week and two and a half betlei homes and have moie sav million a >ear The total will be urns than e\cr bcloic 200 000 000 b> 1970 The Farm Pioblem We will haxe to put up new The pio blem ol feeding this big pan s and expand [he production mcrease ln population is no small oi picscnt lactones to build the , oh ln ltself Every 2 seconds auiomo nles home appliances, j arnl eis must mciease their food ionics schools, hospitals and production bv 60 pounds of pork, main otht i things lust to keep 86 pounds of beet and 28 pounds up with the uicieasing popula- 0 f p o ultr\ That is the pei capita tlon annual consumption rate I 'Mi Twehe Seconds Egg production must be in creased bv 344 eggs each 12 sc lhei( ax almost three tunes conds and milk pioduction must a- ' mam births a* there arc go up bv 384 pounds )ust to deaths in this counliv each dav take caic of the increase in pop The biith late is one even eight uladon Theie is demand for '-(tonds and the death rate one 121 pounds moie wheat 141 even 21 seconds pounds more liuits and lor 282 Counting one nnmigiant eveiv pounds ol potatoes and othei two minutes the net incicasc in vegetables population is one tneic 12 sc laimeis must do thi*? with conds 11 automobile lactones little 01 no increase in the total *' >l c ample opt i died 12 hours a number ol acres in production oat 7 dues a week Hue would If the\ can do it and experts sac have to 1\( Ills \SE then pioduc- lhe\ tan it will he the most sig lu,n late b\ 120 each horn lust to nifitanl accomplishment of the keeji up with tnc mcieasc in do- 20th centuij It can as a matter inand dtie lo the population ot fact he done with two million lower people on farms m owth THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT No matter how much knowledge a person possesses about farming, he will not be a good farmer unless he has a lik ing for the job and a pride in his accom plishments- There are many young people farming today who might never have given farming a chance in their lives if they had not early in their lives felt the thrill of a job well done Have you ever seen a young man or woman reach for the blue ribbon in the ring master’s hand. The smile of satisfac tion that goes with the youthful showman as he returns to the tent with his animal is more important than the prize money he' may be awarded later. ~ VE * che peopJe who mos£ The youngster who does a good job in H* about socui JustlCC . re ottm the show ring will have a sense of satis- ailent about one thing whlch read . faction that is hard to get in the everyday er& of the Blble Wlll flnd ptalßly business of farming. But more important, there, the dnnk problem, it should he will have developed the habit of doing b K'rns tair to all concerned. .1 ' Alt ohohcs are called “sick" nUohnlism a disease But it ig ★★★ ★ ★ County Agricultural Agent m Max Smith Livestock should be peimlUed to giaze only a few horns each dav when the forage is drj and after they had some hav or other pastuie. TO PREPARE SILOS Silage cutting time is at hand and the crop will tax all facilities this tall The preseiving of a crop by making it into silage is one of the best ways to get a maximum of feed nutri ents It is impoitant that the walls of the silo be air-tight in order to prevent molding With concrete or tile silos this may mean coating the inside with mortar or some commercial product, with the wooden silo treating with linseed oil will help preserve the wood The door frames should (it light oi be lined-Avith heavy loofing paper TO TJSE COVER CROPS One of the main problems confronting Lancaster County farmers is the low organic matter content ol the soils the use of more sods in (he lolation and the use of cover crops will help to build up organic matter It is a poor practice to permit a field to remain open during the winter months, bVth wind and water erosion may remove some of the topsoil Wintei rye. domestic lyegrass, and field bromegrass arc common cover crops and may be seeding during September, rye may be seeded until early November A young minister spent his Fri day nights, one summer, nding around with policemen in squad cars. With very few exceptions, the calls for help were due to drink. Family quarrels, thefts (to ge*- money for liquor), beatings, rapes and murders: all starting from a few friendly dnnks. This young man came to the conclusion that the money put into that city’s treasury by liquor licenses was more than matched by the money taken out of treasury and private funds to pay for the damage the liquor creates. It is true, that city claims to be the “whiskey capital of America;” but the reader is in vited to look around m his own town and figure the cost to the taxpayers of troubles caused by alcohol. Is it fair? Movie Make-Believe Paints Problem in Wrong Color Movies sometimes do the same kind of harm. Some years ago there was a popular series of movies featuring a husband and wife who were married both on the screen and off In all their pictures they were a gay, happy couple. He drank “like a fish” and she drank with him and it never seemed to affect either of them, (How could it? Stage liquor is like stage money—a weak imita tion of the real thing.) Not long after that, the papers reported that this actress had divorced her charming Prince Barleycorn. And for what? Doing in real life what h# was paid to pretend doing m pictures: drink when he felt like It. Reel life and real life were vastly different. By MAX SMITH TO STOP POTATOES FROM SPROUTING - Sprouting ot potatoes in storage may be con trolled by spiaying the vines in the field from foui to six weeks puor to digging The matenal is maleic hydrazide and will delay sprouting about six months longer than unsprayed fields This material shouldnot be used on potatoes grown for seed because it will prevent proper spiouting. TO USE CAUTION IN GRAZING LEGUMES Many livestock producers graze their later cut tings of alfalfa or clover as a temporary source of late summei or tall pasture This forage is of top quality but is more dangerous from the bloat ing standpoint than i egular pasture mixtures a fact that it ranks fourth m all the diseases of our nation. Alcohol-. Ism would never get a start with out the background of social drink ing. No drug used by “addicta" gets nearly as many people Into trouble as does alcohol. Is it fair to give the weak as much of a push downhill as American society does?