It seems some particularly “sharp” op
erators make a practice of not listing their
produce on the local poultry exchange, but
instead wait until after the auction has
established a local price, and then sell their
birds on that basis.
On Oct. 16, the auction sank to a rec
ord low of 15.73 cents per pound average
on broilers. (Although this was a low for
the, local auction it still held above prices
in other areas). Some growers decided to
sell on the low average, without being pres
ent to study the market or helping to
establish it
One grower was advised by a buyer to
hold his birds until the next auction. He
sold to another buyer on the Oct. 16 aver
age. Another grower was asked to place
his birds on the Oct. 23 listing, when auc
tion officials detected a short supply mar
ket. He sold on the Oct. 16 average.
Both were just too sharp to be com
mitted to payment of the listing fee to
have their birds on open market, when
they could be present for the sale. There
was at least one other local grower, bring
ing the bird total to 60,000, who was too
smart to have anything to do with Lan
caster Poultry Exchange except in set
ting the market, free of charge to him.
Their “sharpness” cost them around
$3,000, based on a 1 68 cent per pound loss
on those 60,000 broilers
Had these growers listed their birds
on the auction when they were ready to
sell and helped make the market of Oct
23 the profit would have been theirs, not
Every since July the Department of
Igficulture has been buying from one mil
lion to a million and a half pounds of froz
en turkey weekly for the School Lunch
Program
Surplus removal is scarcely mentioned,
if at all Presumably the purchasing is in
paijt being done for the purpose of supply
ing! good food for the nation’s school chil
dren.
This has come to be readily accepted
as a practical wav of both helping farmers
market some of their surplus commodities
and at the same time supplying good lunch
es to school children Not many years ago,
in fact until quite recently, some schools
and communities held aloof from partici
pation in the school lunch program. Each
year more schools are availing themselves
of the program
It certainly is meaning much to the
nation’s turkey growers to have such a
large quantity of turkey disposed of
through channels that otherwise would pur
chase only a fraction of the quantity the
government is buying The National Tur-
' THIS WEEK
z v/ashinglon
I With Clinton Davidson
| MSaM THE MAINE STORY
J Davidson
Republican party officials with
whom we talk are speculating
this week whether the story of
what happened in Maine on Sept
8 will be repeated all across the
country on Nov 4
If it is, they concede, there will
be a Democratic landslide of pro.
portions not seen since 1936
They are banking, however, on
Republican candidates having
learned a lesson from the Maine
election in which Democrats re
tained the Governorship and
picked up one Senate and one
House seat
Most Republican candidates for
Congress were given a confiden
tial report from the Republican
National Committee shortly aft
er the Maine election. The “fact
sheet” on that election was pre
pared for the GOP Committee,
The report is notable, for its
frankness in analyzing the Maine
vote and describing how elections
are won, and lost. Like a man
who has just been hit by a speed
ing truck, the first question is.
What happened’
Labor and Politics
‘ The difference,'’ explains the
report, “was the outstanding poll-
By Whatever Name
Sauce For The Gander
aiguments Democrats did that in)
Marne i #
A Democratic-organized labor (c T[ia TIWIP
alliance, similar to that in Maine, j -“-t 5 Xllv XJ.IIIV' • •
has been active in most states this
fall The' question that bothers
GOP headquarters is Will it be
as effective 9
For 1960 and afterward the ac
tivities of organized labor raises
serious questions. Not all union
i. embers are Democrats, yet or
ganized labor support is almost
Leal work of organized labor m entirely for Democratic candi-
Ine textile, shipyard and paper dates Will the Democratic Party
pulp towns of Maine. The plurah- become the Labor Party 9
ties piled up m the relatively The farm vote, though growing
handful of labor stronghold pro- smaller, may still be the decisive
cuicts borders on the fantastic ’ \ote in close elections, and in
How were such tremendous ma enough districts to determine the
jonties piled up 9 The report ask- political complexion of Congress,
ed the question and then pro- But there is no organized pdlitical
ceeded to answer it effort by farm organizations com
‘ Organized labor commenced parable to that by labor,
its operations in Maine early last That is why there is talk now
spring Headquarters were set up among Republican leaders of an
by a top COPE organizer from effort to persuade farm orgamza-
Washington and by the Democra- tions to forget some of their dif
tic Mayor of Hoboken N. J. forences and become as cohesive
"As labor’s plan began to deve- a political force as organized la
lop, the strategy called for at bor.
least two organizers in every la- ———————
bor precinct. Some 230 organize! s t ■ .
were said to have been assigned Lancaster Farming
to the state. Lancaster County’* Own Farm Weekly
2
“Well-organized teams directed Alfred c. Aispach, Publisher; Dan
a campaign of TV shows, radio McGrew > Editor; Robert G Campbell,
talks, Wide-spread distribution of Advertising Director; Robert J.
, . ’ . , „ , Wiggins, Circulation Director,
literature, chain letters, personal Established Member 4, 1955
contacts and telephone calls.” Published every Friday by OCXORARO
NEWSPAPERS, Quarryville, Pa. -
Phone STerling 6-2133 or Lancaster, BE CAREFUL OF RABBIT FEVER Each year a few cases of
_. . . , , . . E x P fess rabbit fever are contracted by hunters or others that handle infected
seekmg P °to n dme C home waf that p»« once, Quarryyme, £de*r cottontails. Rabbits that are very thin or appear weak and sickly
see King 0 ive nome wsl at Act of March 3> 1g39 should not be dressed or handled. Blood from- infected rabbits is
and Tn SpTroS"’ da "B'™ s ™ d especially so if the hunter has cuts or wounds on
flienei S wW? con«„ct!tg hB hMds ' AU «> d sto “ ,d »' “-** '
The Lesson
the buyers’.
Had the buyers who patronize the
Exchange known that these 60,000 birds
would be sold only on open'auction, they
would have been forced to bid more freely
on ALL broiler lots to secure their needs,
without the “private sale” escape route
remaining open.
Buyers can be more conservative and
hold down their bids on the auction if they
know where they can fill out orders through
private sales. If they can’t, they’ll “pay the
piper” to fill their needs on the Exchange.
Whether a parasite lives within chick
ens, among their feathers, or OWNS
THEM, the condition is undesirable.
Lancaster County enjoys one of the
finest broiler markets in the nation, due in
great part to the Exchange auctions. It
is about time the parasites among local
poultrymen realize they are harming them
selves, their grower-neighbors, and their
own market.
So long as Exchange buyers have
“hold-out” birds to cover their needs, the
market will be depressed in proportion to
the number of birds which will never be
offered on the Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Auction. That market, established by open
auction, is the basis-for every broiler and
capon sale in the area.
Just as worming chickens makes a
stronger bird, a healthier flock and greater
profits; removal of the parasites from the
local broiler market picture would mean
more profits to all broiler growers. ,
key Federation has been working for 20
years to interest the government in such
purchases and its long campaigning has at
last borne fruit. It would seem that other
farm commodity groups, plagued with sur
pluses and low prices, would also take the
hint, especially the broiler growers. The
prices for their goods have been consistent
ly low for some years. If the government
has made extensive purchases of chicken
or fowl flesh for school lunches, it has not
been given ve r (*- free publicity.
We are under the impression that
there is a greater surplus in fowl than in
turkey at this time We certainly do not
begrudge turkey growers their expanding
market, even when it is partially at the
taxpayer’s expense, but it would appear
to be good policy to permit other groups
having commodities m surplus supply to
also benefit by the School Lunch Program.
We recall that large purchases of pork and
beef were similarly purchased a few years
ago when heavy supplies had forced prices
down.
—The Farmers Exchange
4—Lancaster Farming, Friday. October 31, 1958
Bible Materiel: Mark I*l4>S9.
Devotional Ketulins: Luke 4 16-21.
Beginning Here
Lesson for November 2, 1958
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THOUSANDS of Americans have precisely where Jesus started, in
visited Galilee. The very name all the noise and jangle, the com
has a glamoious sound. But at the petition and confusion.
time the events were occurring ~ _ _ .
which lent the place its fame, now No RehgOUS Background
famous around the world, it had no People’s minds in Galilee were
glamor at all. It is a little region, not on religion. There were no
no bigger than a county. At the gi eat shrines there, no temples like 1
time Jesus lived, the one in Jerusalem. Priests weie
it was a part, a few and far between. There was
very insignificant no great religious tradition. "Sell
comer, of a great ing” lehgion to Galileans was not
empire, governed promising. Granted, the “pious"
by a politician people aiound Jerusalem included a
named Herod number of hypocrites. Still, why*
with the title of n °t start in Jerusalem where
“Tetrarch
what we today
might call a
backwoods VIP. ® r *Foreman
People look at things differently
nowadays. If Jesus had had a pub
lic-relations man, or somebody like
a Hollywood agent, they would
ceitamly have advised a stait
somewhere besides Galilee ‘‘Evei y
body will think you have no back
ground” they might have said.
"When people hear you are from
Galilee they will just say Oh. If
you have any ambition for a career,
Galilee is a pretty poor bottom
rung on the ladder of success.”
Confusion af the Crossroads
But Galilee was wheie JesuS but if Galilee is where we live, that
was, and that is where he started, is where we must begin to b*
It did seem absuid. (Not to him, Christians before we try it in'
of couise, but to any worldly-wise Tokyo or Timbuctoo. A man who
observer) Galilee was not only an is a poor missionary in his home
ordinal y dusty unglamorous sort town will not be a good missionary
of countiyside, dotted with towns at the ends of the earth. A chuich
and villages most of which have that supports foreign missions with 1
long been forgotten. Galilee was a enthusiasm but supports social m-i
erossioads, a melting pot. It lay justice at home is not giving an f
along important highways. It was effective Christian witness. A
open to immigration, and there had chuich that pretends to be Chus
been lots of it. There were not tian must be interested In people;
many Galileans who could boast of and if you cannot get intersted in
proud pedigrees to match those of the unglamorous Galileans around
the aristocrats up in Jerusalem, you, you will not do much better
All sorts of people, with all sorts elsewhere.
of ideas and ideals, all sort of cus j „
. , ~ . - (Based on outlines copyrighted by
toms, yes and all sorts Of religions, the i)i\isum of Christian Education,
had come and settled 111 Gallleei National Council of the Churches oj
Theie were towns such as Tiberias, cSmmui?ty ifress s™.?' I'*”'' 1 '*”'' b *
Heiod’s little back-country capital/
•■hat h"d been settled by so many
" half-Jews, that Jewl
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By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
TO MAKE COMPOST Many gardeners and
plant growers use material from a well rotted
compost in making new plantings, flower beds,
and to mulch shrubbery Leaves, lawn clippings,
and other garden and lawn vegetable waste
should be piled and allowed to rot for several
months The pile should be spread out and have
a flat top so that moisture will soak through to
the bottom
TO PREPARE FOR MULCHING STRAWBERRY
BEDS Late November or early December when
the temperatures drop to 20 degrees or under it
is best to have the strawberries mulched with
some organic matter Seed-free wheat straw is
Max Smith
one o fthe best materials to use and the plants
should be covered about 4 inches deep with
fresh straw; this will settle down to about 2 inches when wet and
set. This mulch will control the frequent freezing and thawing of
the plants and protect them.
RE-INFORCE MANURE WITH SUPERPHOSPHATE The use
of superphosphate in all forms of farm manure is strongly recom
mended throughout the country. Since most manures are low in
phosphorus, and most Lancaster County soils are low in available
phosphorus, this practice becomes more valuable. In the dairy
barn use of 2 pounds per day per cow in the gutter or in the
steer harn the use of 10 pounds per steer per week when bedded
with balance the manure The use of manure on grass pastures will
increase the early spring growth. Little value may be received on
straight legume stands.
"in good and regular
would not ba caught dead in them,
and would not even trade In them.
Again, what an unlikely region
to start a new religion! Religion*
by the dozens flourished or faded
as the case might be, In Galilee.
One more religion, an so what?
With all the clamoring voices of
rival faiths, what chance did the
voice of truth have in all that in-'
terference? Besides, you would ex
pect the founder of a new religion
to take his followers to some re
mote shrine, where he and they
could meditate without being dis
turbed by newsboys and telephones.
Df couise Galilee had neither tele-
phones or newsboys; but it had the.
people were already interested, in
stead of starting cold, in Galilee?'
Once when Jesus was teaching,
never more earnestly or spiritually'
in his life, one of these money-'
minded Galileans shouted to ham
fiom the crowd: Make my
divide our inheritance with me 1 It'
is haid to get under the skin and'
next to conscience of people hk* 1
that.
Galilee is Our Town
All the same, Jesus began in
Galilee, and stayed with it almost 1
to the end. He set theieby an ex-,
ample to us. For Galilee is ouri
town. We could make a better be-;
ginning somewhere else, we think,
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