Farming. Saturday. January 3. 1959
Editorial - -
Included in the morning's mail, was
the USDA report, "The World Agricultur
al Situation - 1959'’, which opens on page
on© with this summarization of the sub
ject matter.
"World agricultural production, after
dropping slightly last yddr, will reach a
new high in 1958 -“ 59. Present forecasts
.restore per capita product on to the rec
ord reached two years earlier three
per cent above prewar.
Large stocks on hand add materially
to hie supplies available for consumption
Prices on world markets declined m 1957
- 58, and there was some decrease in
world trade in farm products, reflecting
a decline in demand for raw materials of
Jctnji origin, and an increased production
and heavy stocks of some foods.
Though world qgncutlural trade may
be mamtctned in 1958 - 59, stocks, of
several important commodities, inducing
wheat, nee, feed grains, cotton and cot
fee, are likely to be larger at the end
than .at the beginning of the season,"
- The report then continues to a reg
ional summary which informs us that;
Canada's. production was higher in
1958 than, 1957 in contrast to the gross na
aoned output, whrch remained steady.
Feeder cattle exports increased, and pork
supplies rose. Export, programs were de
signed to reduce dairy surpluses. High
level exports of wheat contained.
Latih America's output in '5B and '59
is forecast at 3.5 per cent above the ’57-
'5B growing season. (Southern Hemis
phere summers extend through two years
—opposed to northern -waiters.) Brazil
may require 1.5 million tons of wheat
imports due to frost m the early growing
season Argentina's gram output is ex
pected to remain about the same, but
meat production should decline.
U. S. imports to the northern Lcdn
American countries will remain about
the same, although their farm output is
nsmg.
The economy of Western Europe was
only mildly affected by the U. S. reces
s.on. - However, individual commodity
factors are expected to produce a decline
in imports of the U. S. farm products.
The region's agricultural production is
expected to reach a record level and is
forecast e.ght per cent above the 1952 -
55 average. -
Wheat for irulLng purposes is the
only major_ commodity of which produc-
Davidson
The 86th Congress conven
ing this next week in Wash
ington has its work cut out
ior it
No Congress since the first
Continential Congress con
vened 180 years ago,has fac
ed more complex and diffi
cult problems involving not
only this nation but all of
the world.
Democracy was a struggling
infant in a hostile world
when the first Congress met.
The threat to its survival is
no less serious today than it
was almost two centuries
ago.
The entire Free World ts
looking to the United States
for leadership and support
in making democracy the
strong hope of keeping men
free from oppressions of com
munism.
The Verge of War
We are so close to total
war that one false step, by
either leaders of democracy
or communism, could plunge
civilization back into the
Dark Ages. This places a ter
rible responsibility on Con
gress as well as on the Pres
ident.
What price must we be
•willing to pay for peace? In
the coming year we will
spend more than $4O billion
for defense weapons, plus
another $5 to $6 billion in
The House Armed Services ~ H I If k A tS
Committee is chairmaned | /\ , M pKC 5
by Rep. Carl Vinson of Geor- i/wW I I Cl d » T,a 7 M
gia, one of the real veterans I - 1 a
of the House with 45 years !_*_» I* 1 wA Y ( ll inC J
of service. He probably JOITI I «3CTOI vlUOd J
knows as much about mili- J
tary affairs as any man in University Park, Pa —A record high enrollment n-
Washington. The more than >l,OOO Pennsylvania farm boys in 4-H tract'!
Republican is Leslie Arends* ma i nte nance projects was anticipated today by 4-H leadej
of Illinois, a member of at p ennS yi van i a state University following the 7th annu.;
- -?he eS Sen?te e Foreign Rela- 4 ’ H Tractor Clinic held m the Farm ShoW Building - Har l
foreign aid, to keep democ- tions Committee is headed by burg. -*• , . h
racy strong throughout the that g ra nd old man of Con- e, a. Mintmier, assistant reorganizing throughout f
Free World. gress, Sen. Theodore .„• , d _ renoAted some State. Boys interested in |
Even that does not assure Green of Rhode Island, Who ’ . , dopting this project for 11-;I 1 -;
continuing peace. The ene- was first elected in“ 1936 boys trained in sai g rs j, time are a dvised ;■
mies of democracy must Alexander Wiley of Wiscon- and efficient tractor opera- Mintmier to see their courl
know that we will be willing sin, with 21 years in the tion and care since this pro- agent. -
to spend everything, even Senate, is the ranking min- gram was started in 1951. Originally limited to wo£
our lives if need be, to keep ority member. jj e g a ye credit for success on farm tractors, the pfl
democracy alive in the The equally able House of Ihe' program to some 500 ject has branched out to 9
wor d Foreign Affairs Committee is volunteer local leaders and elude other farm machine 9
The problem of keeping chairmaned by Rep. Thomas to county agr icultural agents Proper operation is taugll
the United States and our b. Gordon of Illinois, 17 who ' have charge of this and for safety and efficient usffl
allies free overshadows ev- years m Congress. The rank- all other 4 . H agricu itural ac- and correct maintenance m
erything else which will mg Republican member is tmties in the counti es longer machine life and le|
come before the 86th Con- Clubs are how forming or expense in repairs. 'I
gress We can maintain our in mens, member since 1938.
freedom, without war, only is reassuring to know ' “ |s
if we are strong enough to we have men of their "caliber |
discourage any agressor. * n responsible positions in |\v MwTT OI I U |
High - Caliber Leaders Congress. |
THIS WEEK
—ln Washington
With Clinton Davidson
WORK CUT OUT
We are fortunate in that ~ ~'■ *
Lancaster Farming
sional Committees which will Lanca,tor C w"lkiy ° wn Farm
be directly concerned with P p Box 152 *
military and foreign affairs. Lancaster. Penna.
They are men who always BjnSSth Duke st.
place national -welfare above Lancaster, Penna.
partisan politics. Phone - Lancaster
In the Senate the chair- n-JS 8
_ . Dan McOrew, Editor;
man of the Armed Services Eobert G Cainpbrtli A(lv<rtiBlnK
Committee is Richard B. Director & Business Manager
Bussell of Georgia, a highly- Established November 4, 1965
regarded member of the Sen- Published every Saturday by
, __ Lancaster Farming. Lancaster, Pa.
ate for more than 25 years. Reentry n , 2nd clasa mMter at
The ranking Republican Lancaster, Pa pending; addition
member is Sen. Leveretl u entry at Mount 3or < p *~
Saltonstall of Massachusetts, Uy
a member of the Senate since 5 cents.
1944. -
communities no one will gtv« y
jobe-nt all. i
Gan FarfHi'Cm ’
Aside from all other questw
what faith can do, take this
tion is expected to decline due to ex- can cure everything’
cesslve rains, yields and quality will be know now (that is, doctors
off. Fruit and grape production will be that faith goes a long way lt
up especially fruit. Livestock product on healing process of any disease,
in Western Europe is climbing. be * major force in
„ , , . . , cures. It has been reliably,,
Eastern Europe s farm output is snow- mated that more than half th|
mg a rasing trend under the influence of Pall Ini* C*i4|| tients in American hospitals at
a number of incentives. Consumption is If 311 1111 “31111 given time would be discharg (
also rising, but the area is a net import- once, if their attitude were ch
«*. m prewOT tmes •—»'»»t <■ “»•, SiXw’i?
was net exporter. ——— — 1 i o gi Ca j reasons than for phy
Collective and state farms now in- npHE TOP and the bottom of a reasons. The physical troubi
elude about one-third of Eastern Europe's -*• mountain often have quite dif- there, but it’s the mental slant
farmland with great regional vanat ons ferent climates. In one case known causes the physical spill. But
~ , ' r „ IlC m rVo-bnlnvUcin to us, this difference in climate was f ai th cure everything? Can i
m the degree of soc dism-Gze.holovtkia, not a ’ matter of weather a i one you ward off everything? If a small
three-fourths, in Yugoslavia, one-tentn. might say it reversed the weather, epidemic were threatened, shoJ
Ind.ccrtions arc that Soviet Un on The particular mountain where Christian refuse vaccination|
production of wheat and other small these events are believed to have rely only on his faith? Most c|
grams will not be far from the 1956 rec- Place, i,s so tians would say No; aU health
y , T , __ r 'high that it bears partments Would say No. Ab£
ord level. Larger prodtict.on of com. sug- « even in Christians agree that s |
or beets, potatoes and sunflower seed (a height Q f gum- troubles are not curable by
prime Soviet vegetable-oil source is cd-| m er. But on the You cannot pray a broken, toni
so expected. Increased stockpiling, live-j particular occa- arm back into existence. Destrw
stock feedmg and exporting may be ex-lsionof our story, brain cells, never grow again,!
npi-wl from ■Rnssin- in 1958 - 59 (the -summer waa saint or for sinner. The very cm
petted from Kussia in iyo» |at tflp( that believed most inlmiractej
Favorable weather, irrigation, ten bot- the one most famous for Its {
zotion and other practices account for 'tom. At the sum- pitals. t
much of this increase. Imit was a scene Dr. Foreman ;
Production m northeast and south- ;of glory and of peace; at the bot- T ®" r ra „
a c irr increased throe oer cent over was *■ scene of hustle, bustle, ' Another question: Can one ni
east Asia mcreasea tnree per cent ovei t . anvthlne- but srlorv. faith help another man? In
the Previous year, wA all countries ex- At g toV'was, to en- story it was the father’s-faith
cept Malaya and the Philippines showing . col , rll£ ,, faith •at the bottom cverv- helped his boy. Is this always
increases. South Aden levels remained
static . times yes, sometimes no. J
’ , , ... . jr Thrw Questions himself performed more than
Drought conditions m western Asia ~. , . rU r« on the faith not of the
i , j j,, j Nevertheless-it was at the bot- cure > on tne laun > not oj. uie
hd several countries and reduced Uien tom ot mountain that faith was persons but of their families
total output, after high levels in 1957-bd. most needed. The reader is invited friends. Christians should of coj
The 'area as a whole will require larger to picture the story for himself. A P ra y f° r their sick loved ones, j
imports of grains, but exports of cotton crowd of bystanders . . . most of fo r doctors and nurses and dj
tobacco, fruits, nuts and citrus will be the incidents recorded in Jesus’ life
had this background of the gawk- f ai th can this patient f|
t, ’ . ,i ■, ing crowd. The disciples, red-faced, s «lf have?” Yet there are li»
Egypt continues as the only major ho 6 t and flustered> try ing to do ato this. Saving faith, the faith j
chronic agricultural area of north Africa miracle an( j falling flat. The boy is a turning from darkness to lij
as all other countries of the I egion or© and man who were the center of from evil to God, always has t/
enjoying excellent harvests. the crowd; the boy an epileptic one’s own.
The high cost of economic develop- perhaps even then in a convulsion, is Faith’s Power
ment programs and the low cost of run- t ,v, begging The third question can bej
erol exports hove placed some south Af- p . * * swered in very few words. Whc
neon nations an a difficult fmano.al posh m- the se ? ret of faith ’ 3 P° we f ]
t.on. The region ,s advoncmg agrlcultur- baragsingr an d sometimes danger- "Ire p^verllss^f or their trust
ally-, but will again require imports ot o us. In those days (and in these m themselves They had forgo
wheat and flour. Speaalty export crops too, without special medical help) to pray _ j esus connects faith \
of coaca, coffee, palm products, peanuts, attacks would come on without p rayer Faith alone is nothin;
rubber, tobacco and citrus wdl be large, warning. The patient falls uncon- wor h Si only if and because it
Australian and New Zealand farm 0 r he wy on the P ° Wer ° f th * m
production is expected to increase. Aus- hum to death without help Epi
traha in crops, dairy and wool. New Zea- leptics are not crazy, indeed they (u«sea on outlines copyrightci
land in meat, dauy and wool. .are often-brighter than "normal” s Conncii C «f rl the“chnrci”
people. But they cannot often hold Christ in the v. s. a. Reie»se
well-paid jobs, and in superstitious Communtty Pr * ,s Seryice,)
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Major Soil Bank Goal
The Soil and Water Conservation Advisory Commit!
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture recently concludi
its annual review of progress and problems in current U
DA conservation programs.
The committee expressed ernments were seen as wa
concern that conservation the public investment in su
gains made on lands under programs may be protect*
contract in the Conservation The committee agreed tl
Reserve and Great 1 ' Plains conservation should not I
Conservation Programs may solely a Federal governing
be lost Tit expiration of the responsibility. It commend*
contracts. Strengthened edu- State governments for the
cational programs to develop increased participation in I
"a tradition of good land cal conservation activity
use” and increased participa- and urged extension of th
tion by State and local gov- trend.
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