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.
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Just after his retirement as
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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 <r6ilt*ested to 1
Y i.U|C
acreage and to realize the gregt, contribution 1
Y'Jit, ' .; ’ ‘ i
make to- their operations. .*<
man, uod's servant j,
less and upnght mi|]
yes, but he doesn’t tb
Job. God pays J o w
good: who wouldn'ti
the prosperity andk
Job enjoys’ Takej,
perity and happ IJ(i
you’ll see Job thun
away m the w hirlwln,
nounce God to his {
Man’s Faith in Qoi
Satan has no fsili
God has God lets Sat
lamity after calami
head, quite sure that
true. And Job dots!
faith stands the t«t
while theie is » trti
agonizing wrestling i
lem. Job has thru
cortie to ‘'comfort"to
do is debate They U
suffering is caused
therefore all Job ha
pent and his tioubles
He knows that his s
brought on these tra
cah he repent ’ So beg
debate. This is not s.!
dren, it is for giorni
have wiestlcd with pa
bitterness The ieadi
to read Job foi him
how it comes out I
fact; The question, 1
men suffei 7 is neve
swered m the booh,
in the Bible in iaii
question it does not
two great truths stan
faith in his senant
servant’s faith in Go
(Based on outlines t
the DiTision of Christ
National Council o! tti
Christ in the P S 1
Colnmumf j Fres» Sen#
BY MAX SMITH
TO ASSURE REST PERIOD FOI