4 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 24, 1959 Editorial - - Of the many speeches, dscussaons, panels and "jaw.n' sessions" which were seen at the Farm Show last week, it is doubtful if any were, as significant as Sec. of Agriculture William L. Henning s address Wednesday before the FFA con vention. "Because of widespread pubLcity that "farming is becoming smaller and smaller in terms of population, and larg 'er and larger m terms of investment re quired to get started," he surmised that many of the vocational agriculture stu dents may be wondering. "Is there a place for me in agr.cul :ure." For high school graduates who were voc. ag. students, he assured them there is an almost unending list .of occupations. Not only m agriculture itself, but also those fields "allied to agriculture and for -which a farm background is valuable." "Most of you know that good jobs for agricultural college graduates go beg gng every year," he said. These jobs range from sales, to agricultural commu nications, to research. They are available in the United States and overseas. With a degree in agncultuie, you can pretty well write your own ticket." However, it is also well known that only about three out of 10 boys graduat ing from high school will go to college. What about the future of boys m agricul ture who may not have the opportunity to go to college?" "It, too, is bright." He listed half a hundred occupations outside actual far ming, ranging from farm machinery sales and services to custom operations, from auctioneer ng to construction, organiza tion representatives to forest ranger, from lab technician to feed mill manager, landscap ng to flonsi "I really see no reason for anyone to be worr.ed about future in agnculture," Henning continued. "The mdustr.es allied to agnculture steel, petroleum, electri cal power, meat packing, canning, trans portation, communications all are an heed of men who can speak and think like their farm customers. You are in the driver's seat there, because the supply of such men is declining, just as our farm populat’on declines." "Business men like to hire form boys i! I [ Davidson President Eisenhower’s pro gram of conservative Repub-- licanism is under new, more aggressive, management in Congress for the final two •years of his Administration. The selection of new min ority leaders in both the Senate and House was the tip-off that the President plans a hard-driving cam paign for legislation that will strengthen his foreign andi domestic programs. Both Sen Everett Dirksen and Rep Charles Halleck, the new GOP leaders m their respective houses of Congress are expected to work more closely with the White Hou se than did their predeces sors, Sen William Knowland and Rep Joseph Martin. Dirksen is a veteran of scores of legislative battles, first m the House and since 1960 in the Senate, who loves lough and tumble debate in which no quarter is asked or given He abhors compro mise and demands strict par ty loyalty. Halleck is equally hard hitting and aggressive in sup port of programs backed by the Pres,dent. He was the majority leader m the 80th and 80rd Congresses, when Rep Martin moved up to Speaker of the House. Conservative Emphasis The selection of Dirksen and Halleck by their collea gues moves Republican con THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson GOP Management gressional leadership from the West and East coasts to the more traditionally con servative stronghold of Re publicanism, the Midwest Dirksen is from Illinois' and Halleck from Indiana. Both have staunchly sup ported foreign aid programs in an area supposed to be more “isolation-minded” in the past than other sections of the country. They have a reputation of being down the-lmc Old Line parly Re publicans. The President can count on both to support him in his fight to hold down spend ing, keep foreign aid going strong, get labor legislation aimed at curbing racketeer ing, and passing new farm laws Dirksen may have more trouble keeping Senate Re publicans in line with Ad ministration policies than Halleck has in the House While the firey Illinois Senat or was strongly opposed by a small group of GOP “liber als” Halleck drew support from both liberals and con servatives in the House. Democratic Cooperation How well Dirksen and Hal leek succeed m getting the Presidents avowedly more conservative legislative pro gram adopted by the 86th Congress will depend in a large measure, how much co operation they get from Dem and farm-reared men. Such men know how to work and are not afraid of doing a job. On the farm you learn early to make decis ons, to think for yourself, and to use youi initiative. There is little place for a black leather jacket and motorcycle boots on a modern tractor." "The agriculture of the future Will be different from what it is today, just as ours jS different from that practced by our grandfathers Never have so many changes come so swiftly as in the past 10 years. It is a challenge to you. Are you going to be ready to change with our changing farm pcture; If you are, you stand to gam much. If not, you will be classed with the passenger pigeon and the dodo bud extract. The decision is yours. The future of agriculture has never been brighter. Let it be a beacon to you to push forwoid with our changing tmes." As a footnote to Dr. Henning's ad dress, we should like to add that unless a lugh school gradudtte must become the bread-winner for his family, there jS little reason for him to end his formal educa don with high school IF he seriously "wants to attend college. This writer knows of several colleges where a student may obtain a top degree in agriculture at minimum cost. A boy, or girl, may work part-time during die school year and during summers and pay their way, either with a Ittle more help from home or money saved in ad vance. - * - We don't say it will be easy But it is possible. This is especially hue in. a number of western colleges and universities. There are several highly regarded west ern and midwestern agricultural colleges, which have actually lost enrollment dur ing the past several years. Many of these colleges are in umvers.ties where strong engineering schools are also available and resident students select the "big mon ey fields, leaving outstanding agricul ture staffs and facihhes without adequate student bodies. Pennsylvania itself is well represent ed in higher agriculture education. Neigh boring states provide outstanding colleg es. In short, there is little reason for a qualified student failing to obtain the ed ucation of his dreams. ocrats who out-number Re publicans by almost two to one. 2 expect support from censer % vative Southern Democrats. Z That, however, does not in- Z elude new civil rights legis- J lation, which the Southern- 'ers will unanimously oppose It is significant that the “liberal” majority of Demo crats is headed by Sen. Lyn don Johnson and Rep. Sam Rayburn, both Texans and both rated as Southern con servatives. They may, how ever, be able to agree about as often with the Republican leaders as with a majority of their own party. What the 86th Congress does this year and next will depend largely on how much support Johnson and Ray burn can or will give the Republican leaders on legis lation requested by the Presi dent. Those are the four men who will have more to say about what the 86th Con gress does than anyone else, not excluding the President. Lancaster County’s Own Weekly P O. 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S7 x^a addlUonal entry at Mount easily available or home-mixed ones such as equal Subscription Rates- J 2 per year; of steamed bonemeal and ground limestone When s h ce*nts oarS s °‘ Smsle °° py Price with the grain two pounds per hundred of feed is i c^.j On many issues they can Lancaster Farming ruble Material: Matthew 21 1-27 Devotional Beading: Colossians 1 15- 20 Right to Command Lesson for January 35, 1959 / THE Teachers’ Union in, Jesus’ lime was made up mostly of priests. Some of these were mere political hacks, but many of them belonged to the old aristocracy, with pedigrees running back for centuries. They were no better than mediocre teachers themselves, but they didn’t like any one else mov ing in to their preserves. So when Jesus came to Jerusa- lem, the big city. from -up-country, - and began to teach in the very shadow of the great Temple, the Foreman authorities were aroused. He could teach in TlalUee all he liked and they wouldn’t interfere—much. But let him come to the priests’ cap ital city, where they were the ruling class, and they were determined he should line up as they told him — or else . . . What that “or else’’ was we know too well. But first they tried to get him into trouble with his public. For Jesus had what actors and writers call a “public,” people who heard him every chance they had. Show Your License! The first move the priests tried was the same kind of thing a police officer does to any shady salesman or careless driver. Show us your license! they said, in effect. If Jesus said, God gave me the right to teach, the pnests would surely re tort, What conceit! How could God authorize you except through us, God’s representatives among his people? Or if Jesus said that some man, any man, gave him the right to teach, the priests would lose no time in telling him that they -were the offeial Teacher’s License Bu reau and had never given him per mission to speak. Either way, they figured, he would lose face with his public. Jesus’ answer stunned them. It meant: You tell me about John the Baptist and I will tell you about Now Is The Time . . . TO START A FARM ACCOUNT BCT| —One of the most important managci|;;l Max Smith practices in farming today is to keep arm curate record of all farm transactions. Farm Account B«|| are available at the Extension Office and we urge tha|.| farmers adopt this practice at the beginning of the Also, this will be helpful at Income Tax reporting time | TO BE CAUTIOUS—This is the time of the season v : many farmers are approached by salesmen to buy ' v : seeds, fertilizers, and equipment. Beware of extra tive bargains unless you actually know the salesman ors Z firm he represents. New strains of crops and seeds | a good buy and they may be a failure; better penw' 'h search workers and experiment stations to do the te^ for us. In most cases farmers get just what they pay!' 1 don’t take chances or pay cash for items from strange Farm ime. Tins was not off tu as we might think. Exp r J (fully, what Jesusnfveant \ V J ; well, suppose I received iJ ity from Jolin the Bapti,,j of you may think? WU /get his authority ? i From Popular Consont? There used to be a niatj Ino degree hut Iris college J members of his church c, "Doctor” all the same lj, say that his degree had], ferred by vote of the pc 0 f important matters thant, bo conferred, in our coJ vote of the people. The of a president or goveriJj from the people themsehli is nothing essentially wm) authority that comes froji large. Indeed, unless tlj consent, no man can wieijS ity. In one sense Jesus’ J came from the heart of m! The common people hel gladly, we are told. "Till man and we love him TjJw man; he knows!” Unless 1™ has something like that iSi people, he is a leader m na|:|| From Personal Force? $1 But of course popular Ha popular ,cnthusiasin, cant® wrong. Look at Hitler in ft fa of his power. Every Nazi .'fflj of them, went screaming||i He was Germany's "new « But that did not make hifli He was hombly wrong, in'M all the cheering. ’ There is another kind oitdl ity, which comes from >vii£|| man who has it does not® appeal to any one else, heSl need to produce a license, • I |a no sponsois Now'Jesus | ® kind of authority and his fi lends and admirers fa *J| read that after his “seme mount” the people were a-IJ® because ha taught as authority, and not as tntiM We know how the They quoted authorities. From God? i'l Highest and truest that which from cjj! cording to the fourth Gospel! denied saying anything st-M his own account He spollH words, his teaching wet'll teaching "My teaching is n[gi but his who sent me,” he siiwja 7:16). Now every ChnstiaJ||J world admits tins We all 3m believe that Christ's autipO divme But do we act as ilNffl llevedit? KM (Based on outlines cop} r>*&« the Division of Christian fajy| National Council of the Chef $55 Christ in the U. S. A. Belr/S Community Press Service.) f *■*■s t J m BY MAX SMITH TO RECOGNIZE INCOME TAX REP —Farmer's who haven’t filed their esti ed income should keep in mind the neei 'filing a complete return, this is expecte everj. citizen and should become a pa your farm business. A helpful publics titled, “Farmers’ Tax Guide” is avail from the Internal Revenue Office 01 our Extension Service Office.
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