—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. December 20. 1958
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Editorial - -
Many damaged carcasses are seen
■each year at packing plants, and these
carcasses represent considerable mone
tary loss to both packers and shippers
each season.
The usual causes of damages are
bruises, abscesses, parasites, and serious
injuries.
Recently another practice has caus
ed damage to numerous carcasses when
cattle have been injected with' various
antibiotics to treat foot rot, or tranquilizers
before shipment. As a result of recent or
improper injections many carcasses have
to be severely trimmed. Some have been
trimmed in the round, others in the flank
and also on the shoulder.
One midwestem packer reports that
a single shipment of 50 heifers contained
15 animals which required trimming due
to an injection of tranquilizers.
Individuals making such injections
should choose a site which does not con
tain valuable cuts of beef and be certain
to use properly handled equipment and
solutions.
The 92nd annual convention of the
National Grange which came to a close
recently, put itself on record as being un
animously m favor of basic policies for
the strengthening of tne family-farm
dirough self-help, commodity-by-comraod
ity programs.
The oldest national farm organiza
tion called for "positive and constructive
action’' in the development of a program
which would give family farm operators
'equality of opportunity in the building
of a strong and prosperous nation ,and
in the sharing of the fruits of that pros
perity."
The convention deplored the "nega
tive approach" of those who would ab
andon constructive programs in favor of
an attitude that "ignores the good and
emphasizes the faults of our present pro
grams."
The meeting emphasized the need for
"understanding and cooperation” be
tween farmers and urban consumers,
pointing up that "there are no conflicts of
interest . . . that have not been created
by lack of sufficient understanding, or by
carelessly created misunderstandings."
It is the stand of the Grange that
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I
Davidson
This is the week, above all
others, each year that we
like to dwell for awhile on
the deep significance of Jes
us Christ and the Christian
religion which He gave to
the world
Christianity is only one of
the many religions the world
nas known It is, however,
much more than just another
religion Other peoples have
worshiped and made sacrifi
ces to the sun, the moon or
io carved idols
Christ, whose birth we ob
serve this Holy Week, gave
a meaning to life and to the
Brotherhood " of man.
Through the nearly twenty
centimes since Christ was
Porn, many men have sacn
nced their life for Him, but
not a life has been sacrificed
to Hun
He lived and taught the
dignity and the meaning of
life, its purposes and its re
wards on Earth as well as
after death Christianity is,
truly, a way of life and of
living that has made the
world more beautiful and
more satisfying
The Lesson of Giving
When we think of Christ
mas we think of Christmas
gifts In fact, “Christmas
gifts” is about the most fre
quently used expression dur
mg tins week How many of
us get more pleasure out of
giving than receiving 9
Christ said “it is more
THIS WEEK
—ln Washington
With Clinton Davidson
DEBT TO CHRIST
blessed to give than to re
ceive ’ He also said “give
and it shall be given unto
you, good measure, pressed
down, shaken together and
running over ”
He said “there is no one
who has given for His sake
who shall not receive a hun
dredfold ”
Does that sound very prac
tical to you’ Or does it
sound like a beautiful but
impractical theory heard on
ly from the pulpit 9 Well,
let’s see how it has worked
when applied to our Nation,
Almost a hundred years
ago the United States was
the first among modern civil
ized nations to give up slave
labor What did we receive 9
We have made America into
the most mechanized and
productive nation m the
world
Our Brother's Keeper
Christ taught us that wo
are our brother’s keeper and
He said “inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least
of these, so have you done it
unto me ” During the past
15 years we have given lib
erally of our material wealth
to the less fortunate people
of the world
We have, I believe, given
more than $3O billion worth
of food, clothing, tools and
other sustenance to the peo
ples of more than 40 nations
Wo have “cast our bread
upon the waters ’ and it has<
farmers can find no freedom in a "free
economy" which denies them the bar
gaining strength of other segments of out
national economy.
Fragrance of Christmas
Christmas is a time of joyous
fragrances; but if they are all for
the body and none for the soul, we
have missed the true fragrance of
Christmas There is a word in the
Greek New Testament which, the
first time it is used (John 12.3)
means hteially fragrance the
odor of the precious ointment
which Mary poured on Jesus Four
other times it is used figuratively
in speaking of the “fragrance" of
the Christian life. This and another
woid (II Cor. 2:15, Eph. 5:2, Phil.
4:18) suggest that the Christian
life is more than correct, it is
lovely. Beauty is inwoven with
Christianity. The perfume of ;oy
comes to us in the song of the
angels, in the song of Mary, in the
adoration of the shepherds Wher
ever Christ has come, it is as if
sour and horrible odors had been
replaced by frangrances from be
side the River of Life. What are
the high days the church cele
brates 9 They are called, and they
are, “feasts” or festivals Christ
mas and Easter are seasons of joy;
not reckless devil-may-care pleas
ure, which is quite another thing,
but joy that links earth to heaven.
Good Nows of a Great Joy
Joy IS Life S Perfume How stupid and twisted some
Perfumery is at the same time definitions of lehgion seem, in the
one of the most useless and yet light of the Christmas story' You
most popular things sold. How may detect at least some of the
many thousand gallons of it, will counterfeits passing for Chnstian
be sold for Christmas presents no ity by this, that they are joyless,
one knows And yet what good is they are without fragrance An
it? A very practical-minded char- enemy of Christianity once defined
acter might ask. All it does is to religion as a sum of scruples—in
smell good. Ah, but that is just the other words, a mess of Dont’s ”
point. Let the reader think back A would-be friend of Christianity
over the happiest moments of his defined this religion as “God’s at
or her life Isn’t it true that some tack on man ” We should take our
sort of fragrance pervades each cue from the joyous angels, not
happy memory? The mint in from such gloomy scholars Did the
Grandmother’s back yard, the tur- angels sing/'You’d better be afiaid
key at Tranksgiving, the smell of —we have a whole new list of
the Christmas tree, and the spring Dont’s!” Did the First Angel shout
lilacs, and the perfume she wore m a voice of doom; “I come to
the night she said “Yes.” An odor- announce God’s attack on
less world would be a dull world, man'”— 9 Christmas is the woid
It’s the pervasive and haunting of freedom to men in prison, Chi ist
fragrance of life that lift it out of mas is the woid of joy to a woild
the commonplace. in sorrow, the coming of a Rescuer
So with joy. Unlike perfume, it to a world that was lost,
has no market value; but like per- ~, , ,
„ . -- . (Based on outline* copyrighted i»v
XUni6, its US6XUIIX6SS is mainly m- Division of Christian J^dueatum,
,, , , direct. As there are cheap and vul- National Council of the Churches of
come back to US one hun- -u ftOT , Christ m the I S A-Kclcas>ed by
dredfold perfumes, so there are cheap commnmtj i*rcss Sen ice)
The national organization feels that
the control of farm programs should be
primarily in the hands of farmers and
that the costs of farm commodity pro
grams should be borne by the producers
to the extent that the benefits of such
programs accrue to producers. And they
want returns to farmers for their products
to be comparable to the returns in other
segments of the economy for labor, vapi
tal, investment, risk and management
n?\rolved.
Predicting that farm production would
stay ahead of increasing demand, the
convention scad that "unless effective
ways are devised .to adjust production to
effective market demand,' total supplies
will exceed demand under normal con
ditions, eves if prices are permitted to go
lower.
"We do not ask for advantages not
shared by others," a Grange statement
said, "nor do we seek special favors. We
deny that farmers now receive or have
received preferential treatment. On the
contrary, we have'not yet shared equit
ably in the rewards of an increasingly
productive prosperous national economy
to which we have contributed our full
share of progress.''
The Grange urged immediate priori
ty on research to .develop a program'for
control of leptospirosis in cattle, hogs
and sheep; expressed concern that vertic
al integration will, if not controlled by
farmers, shift management decisions to
others than farmers; opposed automotive
excise tax increases for any purpose; un
animously rejected both alternatives in
the Nov. 25 corn referendum as offering
any prospect for adjusting production or
stabilizing prices, urged increased em
phasis on foreign a.d programs for the de
velopment of markets; gave full suport to
the Soil Conservation Service and Soil
Conservation Districts; -and among other
actions authorized construction of a Na
tional Grange headquarters at Washing
ton, D. C., and voted to hold the 1959
convention in California. - -
—Eastern Indiana Farmer
lam 76 years old and I -m T T rp,-,
have never seen a Christmas \OW IQ, I• h P I lm P
when the great majority of •*■ AIJ.J.O « • •
the people of, this country BY MAX SMITH
had such good homes, as ’TO VENTILATE AND INSULATE DAI
gOOd fOOd, as good Clothes, r» v TJAmvre n/r„„ ,i, Cll j ii.
as many of the conveniences RY , RNS Many barns filled with am
that make life more satisfy- mals durmg these P eriods of extreme cold
mg weather have ventilation and condensation
This is a Christmas season
when all of us can truly say
Jesus was a wise prophet
when He said “It is more
blessed to give than to re->
ceive ” For, in giving we
have received many times
over what we gave.
We have m our hearts
that peace for which He died
on the Cross of Calvary.
and beams are a sign of the problem.
TO GIVE SPECIAL CARE TO THE
MILKING MACHINE—One of the most
used pieces of machinery on the dairy farm is the milking
A Georgia Exper Static machme; this equipment is used at least twice a day and
study showed that when every day in the year Fre q uent checking of key points
poultry feeders are filled to Sl ’ ch as the P um P> belts, pulsators, vacuum lines and rubber
the top, feed losses averaged P £rts and daily taking apart and washing of equipment
as much as 45 per cent. When which contacts the milk is strongly recommended for top
filled only two-thirds full, quality production
S? g whfn° P S full 1 losses TO PREPARE STATE SHOW LIVESTOCK—AII
Were only five per cent, and cattle to be exhibited at the coming State Faim Show must
when one-third full, a mere meet certain health requirements; this relates to tubercul
two per cent of the feed was losis, brucellosis and shipping fever. Exhibitors are urged
wasted. tc refer to pages eight and nine of the Farm Show prem
•— ■». ium Lists in order to learn all requirements Many of the
tests and injections should be made soon m order to quah-
Lancaster Farming f y
Lancaster County-s Own Farm TO WATE * TOBACCO SPARINGLY - Reports luu C
Weekly indicated that some tobacco farmers are using too much
rvnna water on' their tobacco in the cellar during the dampening
offices: process In these cases the tobacco after going in bales
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Lanrastu, Pinna will rot and decrease in quality. The spraying or sprinkling
Phone Lancaster should be only enough to dampen the leaves and make
Dan McGunv, nditm, them handle without breaking The 1958 crop is thin and
Hubert o campbiii AiUortiMi's should not require large amounts of water to put into good
Direetm Pusnuss Itanager hand l m g condition
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Published o\ cry Saturday by TO CHECK FARM EQUIPMENT —In following the prac-
tlce of , P uttin g farm machinery under cover for the winter,
Lancaster, Pa pending, addition- it is also essential that drills be cleaned out The remaining
al Su^ripUon M ßa^ J ?2 per year: bits of lime and fertilizer will surely corrode the metal
throe j ears 55 femsie copy Price parts and cause trouble next spring. Weed sprayers should
5 CLntfc be thoroughly "drained and all moving parts oiled and
Bible Material: Luke 1 26-56. 2 1-20.
llerotional Ken* l- ' - - 1 K7 -"9.
Joy
A MAGAZINE which acheitises
expensive things -r cufflinks
for $lOO and over, cute little ear
rings for $5OO, mens shirts for
515 each—carried once a full-page
advertisement with exactly eight
words besides the manufacturer’s
name. It read: “JOY —the most
costly perfume in the v\ orliV
As an ad for
perfume, that was
obviously silly. It
would appeal
only to the kind
of person who
does not ask,
"How good is
this?” but “how
expensive is it?"
You do not raise
the quality of Dr. Foreman
your merchandise merely by rais
ing the price.
Nevertheless, as a parable, or a
starting-point for meditation, that
is worth several minutes’ serious
thought.
problems In some cases an electric fan
exhaust system installed at the cold end of
the barn will correct or improve both
nroblems Other barns may need some ex
tra insulation, either on the ceiling above
me cattle or on the sides and windows
Sweating windows and dripping ceilings
Max Smith
gi eased
and vulgar joys But there are rare
and exquisite joys too. The same
situation, the same relationship,
the same duty, the “same old story”
can be for one person a drudgery
. apd for another a delight, because
one person lacks the joy the other
has Just as htetal odors make past
moments memorable, so joy makes
life’s best moments memorable.