Farm Safety Week* Finished
HOW ABOUT YOU?
As Farm Safety Week ended today m Pennsylvania,
Secretary of Agriculture William L. - Henning, chairman of HoW Much Freedom?
Parm Safety Week, pointed out that the accident season is How much freedo m f-om
jn full swing controls do farmers really
“Nearly half (44 per cent) families surveyed during ’57, want’
of the accident fatalities as- were accident free for one Washington expects an as
sociated wl *-h machinery oc- year swer this week when wheat
our during the busy farm But this same survey also growlers vote in a special re
work season IVlay, June, Ju- showed that 236 families, or ferenduni to choose between
iy and August. 10 31 per cent, reported one continued acreage controls
“More than two-thirds of 45, or 197 percent, and unrestricted freedom to
the fatilities from lightning ‘two accidents; eight, or .35 plant as they please
occur in the warm months- per cent, three; and one fa- congress and Agriculture
June, July and August mily reported more than Secretary Ezra Benson hav^
The summer months - four, ’ Henning said. been arguing the question
June, July and August- lead Whi.e our Pennsylvania for the’ past six months Con
all other seasons with 34 3 accident report is better than gress has said the growers
per cent of all accdent fatah- most state’s, we still had a prefer even more strict con
ties,” -Henning said. toll of 300 dead and 5,000 in- trols in return for higher
He also pointed out that jured by farm accidents last price supports for their
Pennsylvanians can expect year. Most could have been wheat.
about half of the fatilities avoided +
*SOm firearms to occur this “Every Pennsylvania farm eauillv insistent moT
fall during hunting season, family must lake to heart farmers want greater free-
Firearms account for nearly the suggestions offered dur- dom to p]ant * nd that
one-eighth of the fatal farm mg Farm Safety Week to are willing to accept lowe 1 *
accidents make, Pennsylvania farms pnce supports in'return to-
In Pennsylvania 87 per 100 per cent accident free,” more freedom,
cent, or 1,998 of 2,288 farm Henning said. Congress passed a bill last
month to reduce wheat ac
reage allotments by 20% ard
increase price supports by
about the same percentage.
President Eisenhower, in ve
toing the bill, said that was
not what wheat growers
want.
Price Tag
If wheat growers want un-
Integrated methods of prodhcing and marketing eggs restricted freedom to plant
are resulting in reduced unit costs for many firms in the * keir crop, the law sa>s
egg industry, according to a report issued today by the U. • ey mus aso f ec . ept a drop
JT _ . , . . r ~ m price supports from about
b. Department of Agriculture. $1 80 a bushel to somothi
The report is on a pilot West. near $1 20 a bushel next yr
by USDA’s Agricul- In the. Southern States, All wheat growers with an
tural Marketing Service of contract producton programs allotment of 15 acres or more
the method by which two or involve a contract to produce of which there are about
more successive steps in egg eggs with the program oper- half a million, are eligible'to
production and marketmg ator’s hens; these programs vote m the referendum. The
are coordinated by single also emphasize high quality, law provides that unless two
firms or cooperatives. j n ye t other operations, th”-ds of those votins mark
The study analyzes the the producer owns both pro- their ballot in favor of con
circumstances responsible for duction and marketing facil- tmued acreage allotments
growth by integrated opera- ities. He sells direct to con- and marketing quotas, con
lions m the egg .industry and sumer or retailer. trols wiF be discontinued and
appraises their future imp6r- There are many of these £ents 6 °
lance in egg marketmg. operations, and there were- e re are approximatelv
The managers of 29 large at least nine in the U S. in one million ‘ small” wheat
firms with coordinated pro- 1958 with more than 100,000 growers who plant 15 acre-'
grams were interviewed m hens each. or less> but cannot vote
the study during the summer Details of the study have the referendum. Mr Benson
=md fall of 1958 The firms been published in Marketing asked that they also be per
represented varying degrees research Report No. 332, mitted to vote, but Congress
of integration “Integrating Egg Production refused to change the law
The least degree of integ- and Marketing ” A free copy that bars them from voting,
ration represented was in ma y be obtained from the The big growers who can
firms which produced eggs Office of Information, U s vote never have voted down
and assembled them for mar- Department of Agriculture, quotas and allotments The
Ket Washington 25, D C. percentage favoring controls
The highest degree was 1 n^ a 1 1? £ aS fr °™ R ° % to
found in a firm which pro- » e m i voting. Most ob
duced its own grain, manu- All- C PAnPr<; servers here think farmers
factored its feed, produced 1 * 1C dll * 5 will continue to vote for con
. . . x .. trols.
Hatching eggs from its own , Corn Example
r Need Service ./»,» —*
, V" * x “ situation, however, corn gn
h The life of tractor engine wers voted overwhelmingly
equipment and produced, depends primarily on last fall to abandon acreage
'.Sr. e i „hSLi: tte tegl of Z Z cLn£ allotments and accept lower
93 * ™ ho J esal ®* and the service it receives P nce supports Will wheat
The findings indicate integ- b the operator says Assist- Showers follow suit’
rated operations are likely ant Ches er County Agent, Mr Benson hailed the corn
to continue to increase in p ra nk E Bortz ’ vote as a “blow for freedom”
importance . Since farm ’ tractor air * r ° m government farm con-
Contract piograms m cleaners
are serviced by the said i*
V/hich producers receive a operator> ease of service is f d tha * m0 or st far ™ ers f
premium for producing eggs a most impo rtant factor to get * he government out of
of uniformly high quality Th , b h „ cleaner
-ire operating in all sections n reS entlv on all farm trac- Sinte therl a numb er of
of the United States tors mfv be iSvement farm magazme polls all have
Continuing expansion of
-hese programs can be ex- beca use it requires daily ser- r f ply g , ° q uesUon naires
peeled, particularly in the ce As a result thfs chore Want . co ™ plete , freed ° m + >°
Northeast, Midwest. and . A ® I ’ h Plant as the y P lease and take
is not being none their chances an prices in the
A recent survey conducted open market,
on 60 tractors in the field, g y the end of this week
involved inspecting 78 dif- up to half a million wheat
ferent items on each tractor, growers will have given the-
Of these 60 tractors, IS ir answer when it rea l ly cou
had more than a half inch n ts Most of them would like
of dirt in the oil bath cup freedom to plant all the wh
in 21 tractors, the oil lev eat they want to,, but the
level was more than a quar- question is, are they willing
ter inch low, and seven had to accept the lower prices
excessive restrictions to air that would go along with un
flow caused by chaff, dust, limited production of a crop
and dirt already a burden on the
The 60 operators knew the market y |
manufacturers recommenda- TO KILL THOSE THISTLES —Wc ‘'P pL
tion to service the air clean- Classified Ads and*land owners to make a special cffoi*
er daily, although most were v,,a a . -tm#,
only servicing once or twice Get Results kmds of thistles; both the Canada
a week, or at engine oil thistle seems to be gaining in numbci» allt
change “hours of operation to once a , n g or sprayln g this weed is the cai' sC
Manual recommendations year, but 35 operators had . . 0)
stress complete cleaning of never performed this mam- mowed several times during the seaso
the air cleaner from 60 tenance chore. twice to get good control. Don’t, put l( - 0
USDA Report Shows
Integration Lowers Egg
Unit Production Costs
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Bible Material; Esther
Devotional Beading'. Ephesians 6 10-17.
Courage in Crisis
Lesson for July 36, 1959
ONE BOOK in our Bible never
once mentions the name of
God: the book of Esther. Indeed
there is no reference to religion of
any kind. Nothing said here about
prayer, faith in God, i epeptance,
immortality, sacrifice, public wor
ship. Nothmg about God at all.
For this reason,
from early Chris
tian times there
have been those
in the - church
who have said
that the book of
Esther has no
place even in the
Hebrew Bible, let
alone the Chris
tian But the
church has kept this strange book,
shockingly different as it is fiom
the rest of the Bible. Why is this ?
A Head Held High
The reason is to be found not
only in the fact that this book has
an intricate and fascinating plot,
not simple like Ruth but compli
cated, with a kind of barbaric dash
about it A tale that begins with
a drinking party and ends with a
massacre, is not “milk for babes"
This however is not the main rea
son, one suspects, why the story
has been preserved It is rather that
Esther brings out dramatically
some valuable points about relig
ion that is not expressed in words
(prayers, liturgies) but in action.
Look at this one theme: “Cour
age in Crisis.” (If the reader of
this column has not read the book
of Esther lately, he should do so'
before reading on ) The reader will
think of Queen Estheis courage at
once; but who put the notion into
her head 9 It was her cousin and
former guardian Mordecai Now it
is easy to tell some one else to be
brave—“ Let’s you and him fight!"
—but Mordecai was not that sort
of person. He had a kind of cour
age himself. Refusing as he did to
bow down to Hainan was a risky
thing to do. He could easily get
The Time ...
Now Is
TO MAKE SOIL TESTS'
avoid any delay in Inne md
plications later this summci oi
mg your samples of soil ro"
only a month until tnno lor
mgs of alfaifa, then a l cW 1,1
til time to seed new pa^ ,,,es
until the last minute to L nC
ed.
TO FEED HAY OR SU"
tures are producing vcl '
recent weeks; this means
MAX SMITH
should have supplemental feedings ot ctl!ier
or both I.’ production or herd condition ne
it is recommended that hay and silage be 1
necessary feed nutrients. It is poor ni‘ lliai,e ‘ l
livestock to get thin and down in P> ocl ' ,ctlt
summer
TO BE CAREFUL IN GRAZING LEG'- 1
owners graze their animals on second o
clover or a’falfa; if there is very hide er '
tiicse legumes, then bloating may oca ll
the legumes are wet with dew or ram
drj' and after a feeding of hay or tt’ a "
danger
hadj
personal %ij
The Timing 0|
If the i C a !
llke Moidcca,*
evei 1( -l‘8ion 1
talk about n >.*
ed pious fOl lr *
1 feai God J
not kiss u w
Haman • a
It would hai,i
if he had told
“God has
°f destiny ' Em
either Mhati l(
knows Mheji*
to the Kingdom,
thls ’” He dui E 0
everything
that this a,, 1
Bathe,
knows—''” h
mistake to aph
fatal imstats i
woith taking *
very fine l, tle
a mattei 0 f njjJ
on a sme thin,
Fuithemioie,
Mordecai did njt
the leadei hasft
must ha\ e b*
and the Occjsu
felt that tbej
be an accident!
them’ Any 0 n (
destiny has nclt
personal deity,)
fate, 01 else a i
God The tn®
cither an unc\pu
01 else it coniMf
of God
Courage in Crisn
So the bielyj
over fiom hei m
took lioi lifejii
sake of liei p«
is a gieat dealu
the leadei min
Esthei's couijp
ery did not si
Theie had to I
scheming after
age, without bis
Thai is win mt
ated tigeis andt
terminated im
lemembei is (
brave in the b
for biaieiyMl
was In pnot'zri
com age b\ Morf
was a daitdevi
courage because
it, on hei, manyl
(Bisod on ontli
the Bmsitin of I
'rational (oiincil
Christ in tho r
Community Prwl
BY MAX SMITH
2,
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