Seeding Rate Boost Might Pay for Alfalfa Pasture Alfalfa and bromegrass still make about the best mix ture for dairy pastures, but a higher alfalfa seeding rate might be a grod idea, the Minnesota Experiment Station reports. Studies by State and US- spring 10 average 13 plants 3>A researchers also show p er square foot—still a fair that late-summer forage seed- stan( j ing can be very successful m ‘ , , , , , They found that a mix of al- These Particular plots had falfa, brome, ladino and or- been seeded at six lbs of al chardgrass seeded in August, falfa per acre and had about 1957, had 30 plants per sq. 4% alfalfa plants per sq ft ft. last summer this spring/ Last winter, the orchard- Plots seeded at about eight grass and ladino killed out, lbs averaged nearly one but enough alfalfa and plant more, resulting in more brome lived through this forage this year. Greater Credit Needs Spur Farmer Borrowing for '5B Higher operating costs and the urge to operate more efficiently have combined to hike the capital and credit needs of farmers. This trend is reflected in sharply in creased borrowings of farmers through 495 production crd at associations Farmers borrowed close to ations has almost doubled in $1.3 billon from their local the past five years and has credit co-ops during the first jumped IVz times in twenty six months of this year, near- years. Iy 21 per cent more than for During 1958, farmers bor the same period last year. rowed $2.2 billion, a record The loan volume of associ- high. The Farmer Jefferson In a talk before members of the National Future Far mers of America, Sec. of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson gave the following recap of Thomas Jefferson’s farming ac tivities that may be of interest to farm readers: Jefferson grew as many as He helped establish vari -32 different vegetables on his ous agricultural socities, and Montieello farm He was al- tried to get a professor of Ag “ways interested in new and riculture on the faculty of improved plants. the very first hadwi He himself tried to adapt the University of Virginia and domesticate a great “Agriculture”, he said, “is many plants, shrubs and a science of the very ’first trees. order ” He invented a plow that was the best of its kind for many years. He developed a seed drill, a hemp brake and improve ment;, on a threshing mach me, He practiced conservation by contour pltowing and ex perimented with crop rotat ion. Heredity Influences Mastitis Tests at North Carolina State indicate that heredity plays an important part in determining a cow’s resistance to mastitis Information collected on 400 cows in four Stale-own ed herds, was used to compare mastitis ratings of daught ers with their dams. Comparisons also were made of progeny of different sires. In another project, Young found that cows with low udders are more susceptible to mastitis than those with high - attachment udders. * Former Counfian Is 1959 Pa. Conservation Farmer C B “Chris” Musser, Mt. Wolf RD 1, York County, a former Lancaster County resident, has been selected as. Pa’s Outstanding Conservation Farmer for 1959 by the Keystone Chapter, Soil Conservation Society of America. An engraved plaque was York Co Soil Conservation presented Musser Thursday , , , „„ evening at the Chapter’s an- ’ was c^osen from 33 jiual meeting at Potato City, nominations based on con- Robert Young, York Co Sod servation and community Conservation Service techm- achievement cian, made the award acmevemenx Musser, chairman of the Musser was born Oct. , 1895 in Lancaster County, moving to the farm he now owns and operates, with his parents He became a cooperator in the district in 1943, with re sults of his conservation ef forts appearing in the film “For Years To Come”. Conservation on his farm includes 75 acres of strip cropping, 12 acres of peren nial hay, 11 acres of improv ed pasture, a farm pond and hedgerow plantings. He has attended most an nual meetings of the Nat’l Assn of SCD, and serves on various state and national committees. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County'* Own Farm Weekly F O Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Offices -53 North Duke St. Lancaster, Penna. phone - Lancaster Express 4-3047 Dan McGrew, Editor: Robert G Campbell. Advertising Director & Business Hunger Established November 4, 1935 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming. Lancaster, Pa Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancaster, Pa under Act of Mar. *, 1979 additional entry at Mount Joy Pa Subscription Rates: fZ per year; toree years ?5. Single copy Price 6 cents ilerobtrs Pa Newspaper Pubish fn' Association, National Editor, 'ta! Association Just after his retirement as Sec of State, he wrote, “I return to farming with an ardor which I scarcely knew in my youth.” And when he again was back at Monticello after hav- ing served two terms as presi dent, he said, “No occupat ion is so delightful t- as the culture of the earth *’ Patronize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers. This Week in Washington by Clinton Davidson Time To Think Did you ever stop to-thitik that we don’t stoq to think nearly enough’ President Eisenhower brought that thought up at a recent press conference, and he thought some more about it later on in a speech It is something worth thmking a bout. We asked an officer of a big business company how he felt about' the President’s advice. “I’m much too busy” he said “I just don’t have the time to sit down and do nothing but think ” A government official we talked with said. “I’m too rushed. There are too many conferences to attend, visit ors to see, office memos and papers to read, and decisions to be made.” Both admitted that many of the decisions they must make are made wthout hav ing given as much thought to them as they would like. They simply do not, or think they do not, have the time to think. ~ - . Too Many Detail? Congressmen and officials of government agencies are buried daily under a mass of details. Their desks are stack ed high with paper work. Many of them must .work six days a week, and often they take office work home with them at night Yet, because they are pub lic servants, they must meet a tremendous demand on them for their time by peo ple who want to see them Often it is something that ah assistant could take care of just as well. Before leaving o ice, the President remarked, he in teids to give senior govern ment officials more time to think about their jobs; more time for undistracted con templation. Mr. Eisenhower practices what he preaches. He has told close associates that he feels it necessary, not only because of restrictions placed on him by his doctor but to get time for quiet thought, to spend a great deal of time at his Gettysburg farm, Aside from the necessity to relax since his heart att ack, the President may be serving his country best when he is taking time out at~lhe farm and on the golf course to think through the many difficult decisions he must make. Good Advice The President’s suggestion that we need more time to think applies to all -of us, not just to top executives., Probably more than any oth er nationality, we Americans almost always are in a hur ry. All of us must make ions every day. Too many of them are off-the-cuff decis ions, made without giving them enough thought. Too often we make remarks, or decisions, that hurt us, or others, without thinking. ‘I just didn’t think,” is an excuse you hear all too oft en. Millions of people are killed or hurt every year just because they didn’t stop to think. Many of our wor ries turn out not to be as serious as they seem when we sit down and think them out. ’ Beef Imports Off The number of cattle and calves passed for entry into the U. S. from Canada and Mexico during the first five months of 1959 was 374,581, according to the USDA This was 87,476 less than the same period of 1958 Of the total, 236,701 came from Mexico and 137,880 from Mexico and 137,880 from Ca nada. book of Job such as that tremen dous book de serves This col umn therefore will be devoted this week to giv ing briefly the background of Job and to en- couraging the reader to explore Dr. Foreman the great book itself. A)i “All Men’s Book”v v One of the great writers and thinkers of the 19th century called Job an ‘‘all men’s book.” Just a year or so ago a distinguished American writer produced 4 play, “J B., n based directly on the book of Job. This book speaks to people who never'read any other book of the Bible. Most of the Old Testa ment is distinctly Jewish (not that this is a mark against it); but the book of Job is not Jewish. There is in it no mention of the promised land, or‘of the people made famous in Hebrew history. There is no reference to the temple nor to Its sacrifices, no quotation from any prophet. In fact Job Is not repre sented as even being a Hebrew himself. He is one of the “children of the East,” —in Jewish eyes a foreigner. There Is nothing to at tach the book to any particular place or time. For the problem dealt with here—and it Is Indeed a problem play in a profound sense —is your problem and..mine and everybody’s. Proiogua in Heaven, The theme and the" problehi is Buffering. Every human being either suffers personally or has to watch the suffehng of those he loves. But this is more of a puzzle Now Is The Time ... TO FEED THOSE ' HEIFERS - growth has been reduced m man) during the past month; this means young stock away from home on may need some extra attention feeding of hay or silage to these will keep them in good flesh and stunting. —Many fall cows should be S ettl MAX SMITH s i x t 0 eight week rest period at Maximum production per cow slit be expected unless the animal enjoys this rest I gives them a chance to build up body resenes am flesh and makes it possible for greater pi oducho milking herd. TO THOSE EWES—The breeding sea* hand for many sheep producers; the number 4 births may be increased by giving the ewe flock e%t or by putting them on fresh pasture about two to and during the breeding season. This has m ea er percentage of twins in many successful docks TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF ALFALFA"' gume is one of the most productive forage crops day; it is adaptable to this area and will gi ve 111 feed nutrients per acre than any other forage d° one of the best seeding periods l3 mg, all livestock producers aye