Fcbmlng. k ; ’■' l * Last Farm Group Quits Migrant Labor Comm. Withdrawal of its membership on the Governor’s Ad visory Committee on Migrant Labor was announced this week by the Pennsylvania Co-operative Potato Growers As sociation. . . . . The potato growers .there- ed jn a matter which serious by became the fourth and ly affects them. Further, it last statewide farm organiza- is evident that the advisory fion to quit the migrant lab- group has been used in lob <or group in protesting con- bying for legislation that linued operation under the would continue the same State Department of Labor type of undesirable and un- -and Industry. informed bureaucratic con- Others taking similar ac- trol. Onr directors find that tion in recent weeks are the they cannot go along with Pennsylvania Farmers Asso- such tactics.” •ciation, the State Horticul- Epler expressed belief that tural Association and the Senate Bill-688, which has Penna. Vegetable Growers passed the Senate and now .jar Association. ' in the House Committee on Leon Epler, Northumber- Agriculturer would be satis laod, secretary of the Potato factory "to the groups concern •Growers Association, has ®d with the problem. seat the following •Governor David rence: “Due to the impossible sit- to -continue migratory labor uation created against farm- regulation in the Department ers in migratory labor mat- of Labor and Industty. ters through operation of the S-688 provides for a Mig present Governor’s Advisory rant Farm Labor-Commission Committee on Migrant Lab- within the Department of or, directors of the Pennsyl- Agricultures vania Co-operative Potato Administration would be Growers Association have similar to the Farm Show voted to withdraw immedi- Soil Conservation Com .ately from representation on missions, the committee. You are Agencies represented in hereby advised of that ac- the proposed 18-member com fl on mission would be the State “We find that minority ag- of Agriculture, xicultural representation on kabor anc * Industry, the committee has been en- instruction, Public tirely inadequate and ineffec- Welfare, J 0 1! 6 ’ tive Liquor Control Board, the “Recent actions by the £ oll * ge f of . Apiculture and 36-member committee show that farmers are beine ienor- Penns y lvama state Univer tnai tanners are nemg ignor Slty> a total of rane> p i us n j ne farmer members appointed T" ___ _ by the Governor. rami I uXwS Epler said farmers gener ally favor this bill which pro ■ ■ m mb■ • a vides for inspections by the. Uo Kv I him State .Department of Health w 9r ** 1 ■■ll ■ va - on the housing and health of The cost of farming has recruitraen t would f one UP m ways we some- be in the hands of the De _. tunes fail to consider, says of Labor and In . County Agent Robert A. us hry and duplication of in- Powers. The Pennsylvania S pe C tion would be eliminated iarmer is spending more for w hh savings of taxpayers taxes and interest and has a dollars, he added, - - - larger depreciation cost. “There are some farmers During 1957, he spent 33 w h o may need supervision in per cent more for taxes on migrant labor,” he said, “but his property, than he had the great majority have pro spent in 1949. His interest vided and will' continue to payment of debts was 50 per provide adequate facilities, cent higher in 1957 than in Mechanization and acreage 1949. And, his depreciation reductions for some crops are on buildings, machinery, and gradually decreasing , the equipment was 60 per cent number of migrant workers greater in 1857 than in 1949. needed on farms.” Area Women Attend Pennsylvania: State Homemakers Week Six delegates from Lancaster County and eight from Chester County were among the 512 Pennsylvania home makers attending Penn State University this week as stu dents during the annual Extension Homemakers Week on the campus. Attending from Lancaster County were : Mrs. Josephine Mancuso, and Mrs Arthur Coley, Down Konks, Mrs. Emma McCork- mgtown; 'Mrs Wayne O. Wr le. Millersville; Mrs. Clarence igley and Mrs. Clarence E. Herr, Strasburg; Mrs. Ellis Diem, Cochranville; Mrs. H. Esbenshade, Paradise; Mrs George Henderson and Mrs. Murl Clark, Strasburg, and Nellie K. Gaut, Pottstown; Mrs. Charles K. Miller, Lan- and Mrs Goldie Fisher Graf caster. ton,- West Chester From Chester County Lancaster Farming (Lancaster County’s Own Weekly P. O. Box 1524 Lancaster, Pcnna. Offices: 53 North Duke St. Lancaster, - Penna. phone _ Lancaster Express 4-3047 Dan McGrow, Editor; Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director lx. Business Mbnager Established November 4, 1935 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming. Lancaster, Pa. Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancaster, Pa under Act of Mar, 8, 1379 additional entry at Mount Joy Pa Subscription Rates: 92 per year: •fares years 95. Single copy Price 5 cents. Members Pa Neusptper Pubisb ers’ Association, National Editor ial Association letter to It provides cooperation by L. Law- various agencies included in other bills that are designed Mrs. Owen H. Groff, Ox ford; Mrs. Charles 'Locker, Delegates selected four in terest group to attend dur ing the week, from a select ion of 30 different topics.,Ea ch group met for a full half day, giving the homemakers ample time to refresh them selves in their chosen subj ects. Farm Monday evening’s opening session featured Beatrice A. Judkins, Fed. Extension Ser ' ice, Washmgtor, D. C , dis cussing the importance oftne ho nemakers role in the yea rs ahead. Other speakers included Congressman Wa't-r H Judd Mrs. Clyde E. Bounds, Wind ber; Lyman E. Jackson, Dean of the College of Agriculture; Lydia Tarrant and Dr. H. R. Albrecht of the extension service. t' { , v ? " This .Week in Washington by Clinton Davidson Farm Program Defense It takes a brave man to stand up in Congress and de fend farmers and farm pro grams in the face of the nat ional flood of adverse criti cism being heaped on thel heads of farmers. Any congressman who sp eaks out for farmers risks his political career. That is one reason why a recent spe ech by Sen. George Aiken, deserves wider attention th an it got at the time. ■ Sen Aiken has served as a member of the Senate Agri culture Committee for alm ost twenty years, both as achirman and ranking minor ity member, and has had a major role in writing most of the farm legislation now in effect. The Vermont Republican noted that “some government officials, newspapers, magazi nes, business organizations, and individuals are attacking the farm programs” and cre ating public resentment aga inst farmers. “The furor over farm pro grams,” he told the Senate, has become so intense, so bi ased and so unreasonable as to cast confusion and suspic ion into the public mind.” Abolish Farm Programs? There are some who advo cate that all farm programs be abolished. They believe lower farm and food prices would benefit consumers as much or more than farmers. “It is not the farmer so much as it is the public that would pay dearly if farm programs were abolished,” Sen Aiken said. “Only the fact that some surpluses are produced holds retail food prices as low as they are to day. “Even a slight shortage -would result in skyrocketing consumer prices. A major portion of the costs charged to "farmers actually goes to benefit consumers. - “Do the ■millions of moth ers in our cities realize that the lunches which their chil dren receive at school are charged in part to the farm program? - ~ * ~ “Do our internationally minded citizens know that billions of dollars worth of foreign aid and military as sistance programs are paid for with farm commodities, the cost of'which is charged to farm programs? Long-Range Benefits “Does the housewife re.' ze that much of the resea', work that goes into the pi paration and handling of od for her benefit is char/ against farm programs? “How many people rea. that we are planting ovei billion forest trees a year eroded and tired land, ai that farmers who pant th< that farmers_who plant the trees will) in all- probability never live to harvest a single one of them? “How" many> urban dwel lers know that the millions spent to conserve water sup plies help prevent floods and provide water for city and industrial uses that make - TO ENROLL IN GRASSLAND AND COB* fully employed people® are CONTEST—LocaI farmex-s have an opportunity engaged in making farm sup- m ’ two state contests the next two plies, producing crops and ,in. Grassland Club emphasizes good practices m “ processing, transporting and ion of quality forage crops and the entry deadly handling agricultural commo Ist. The five-acre Corn Contest recognizes maxiffl* . , , per acre and August Ist is the entity deadline wear today? fnde£. more anks f ° r both of are avaaabl^ ll > than enough, but two short cultura l Extension Office. Both events are jomw crops in succession could th- ed by the Pennsylvania Crop Improvement row our economy into a pan- and the Penn State Extension Service, ic. Speculation and inflation would follow. Food costs TQ KEEP LIVESTOCK A. would rise. Unemploy- -ND. POy-h ment and depression would weather also reduces ‘ the effxcrency of most » follow. and special effort toward their comfort win P<v “I hope the seriousness of*CroSS Ventilation in all buildings is essential an the situation will come home may he used to keep the air moving. Pens ana to all those who talk solely should be cleaned frequently to prevent steam 1 in terms of costly handouts to re i ease of heat . For hogs in-confinement the system they will take the tim* to mals should have free access. 1 to fresh water a .read the credit side of„ the all times. Maximum comfort is. -necessary I°' e farm program ledger,” ,and production. ,• - Bible Material: IX Chronicles 17; 19—20. Devotional Beading: II Chronicles 20. 5-12, 18-21. A Strong Gauntry lesson for Juno 21, 1959 THE STOEY of King Jehosaphat in the Bible gives us a valuable illustration of what a “strong coun try” or nation is, and also how the various parts of institutions of a country support one another. When the words “strong” or "weak" are used of nations today, the meaning usually is a military one A strong nation is one that would be likely to win a war if it got into o»e. Now the kingdom of Judah, which had been pretty weak, revived its military strength under Jehosha- phat’s leadership. He reorganized" Dr - Foreman the army itself and also rebuilt the fortresses that guarded the stra tegic points in Judah. But there were other nations which were even stronger from a military view, and they did not outlast little Judah. There were other forma of strength in that nation. Support of Education XrTthose days there were no col leges, no schools in our sense of the word. Most of what we now teach in school was still unknown; we would call that civilization “barbaric” if it- existed today. Nevertheless,-even bookless people need education. King Jehoshaphat saw to it that the schools went to the people. He routed the priests, Levites and princes out of the cap ital city where most of them seem to have gone, and sent them around the country to teach the people where they lived. We can observe similar movements today in the Village schools of India or the folk schools of Denmark. Many Amer icans seem to think you can’t have real education without big expen sive plants (including gymnasiums bigger than anything else); but where countries are small and poor, as Jehoshaphat’s was by our standards, you have to do some Now Is The Time ... TO MAKE OATS INTO HAY AGE—Spring _ Oats is heading southeastern farms which met crop will soon be ready to cut it is not to ripen for gram Foi ary hay crop the oats should milk stage and before the lit* turn yellow. A word of caution here because in the past some ti hay-poisoning has been noticed stock are fed this hay immei curing when cut in the turning; When cut in the milk stage it n safely at once; however, when cut in the npee it should be allowed to cure in the mow for at weeks. For silage it may be cut at either stage, F : in the milk stage, and fed after a two-week iff® period. v MAX SMITH thing- simpi^ Support of if,' Klns even an ed nation ,J strong- chaiJ appointed (Incidentally to it that cv If courts ai c are too Xai the “west-of which 15 leal , The king ad , make then of God, not of make only know wilt unfair A com everybody hi !( fair and just , Furthennor* those judges’; taking: bnb es ence” were a’ as well as the,, that can be bt thinks only of; are obstructs one has said pose of the la, weak fiom tb courts are too the whole count nesa and decay Support of tht Little if . organized relip, time. We mai temple worshv we know the kii of the local i places” as they trouble with tl was that they the track and i ters of idol-wo a repulsive sort thing about thi religion was thi push out into tl of society W tight place, he know what to i upon Thee" 1 judges that Gi He sent both out to teach ] strong aimy, institutions am make a strong ligion is needed all. But the star -faith is not shi organizations attending puhl of a nation’s was then and is out into the ct (Based on ontll the Dirision of ( National Council Christ In the t!. Conunumt} Press , Ki* BY MAX SMITH CC
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