A— -Lancaster Framing, Saturday, September 26, 1959 • - - This Week Meat Is Cheap Don't Beef About Prices That engaging little head- buy something we want line fits a recent dispatch and judged by that yardstick sent out by one of the press meat is cheap, associations. It has to do with Here are the figures, as the fact, shown by the Am- by the Institute. Four crican Meat Institute, that decades ago the average meat “is far cheaper than at worker had to put m 421/2 was 40 years ago.” ™ lnut f at has 30b. to earn the wherewithal for a pound This may seem like non- of beef- Today it only takes sense, but it isn’t It’s true, b i m 23 minutes—less than of course, that the dollars and j ia if as i ong cents cost of a given amount The Institute says that of meat is far more than it “constantly improving meth was in that long-gone era oc j s 0 f production, marketing But dollars - and - cents do an( j retailing are keeping not always tell an accurate nie at prices—when measured story, and that’s the case m terms of purchasing pow with meat , er —at a ‘bargain’ level.” The important thing is And that, in this inflationary how much work we must do age', is a real achievement, in £0 earn enough money to whose fruits everyone shares. Careers In Agr. Endless State Dean Reports Penn Careers in agriculture are almost endless in number and variety, says Russell B. Dickerson, Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. Jobs in agriculture may be in engineering, teach- economics, research, ex tension, or other fields, he states. Land-grant colleges and universities graduated 7,500 in agricultural fields in 1959. Dr. Dickerson explains, but thejre are openings for about 15,000, not counting those 'who will work directly on farms. A farm background is po longer necessary for higjh school graduates who wish to continue training in a College of agriculture, he declares. Agriculture is BIG busi ness, he emphasizes. Of the Census Farm To Be Taken In October It’S not too early for farm families to get ready for the nation wide farm census that begins m October It is suggested that wives assist in getting records on poultry and livestock pro duction, the numbers of birds and animals sold, fruits <>and vegetables harvested for -Ji6hie- use and for sale. Other information the cen sus enumerator will want in cludes acres of farm land owned, rented, or leased from others; acres of cropland and woodland; income from off-farm work and from oth er sources; and farm operat ing costs, such as hired lab or, feed and fertilizer bought The enumerator also wul ask for equipment, such as xractors, on the farm, and if the farm has a telephone, borne freezer, milking mach ine and milk cooler All census information is confidential, and enumerat ors will be under oath. With advance preparation, farm families can contribute to the speed and accuracy of the enumerator’s job. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Office*: 5? iNorth Duke St. Lancaster, Penna. Phone . Lancaster Express 4-3047 Jack Owen, Editor Robert G Campbell Advertising Director A PuMnrss Manager Estn'lished Vnvembcr 4 1') r o Publl-ihed every Saturday by Lam «t< r Farming. Lancaster, Pa Kntfmd as 2nd class matter at Lam 't Pa under \ct <f Afar I x‘ ■ Jdltirnal entry » Mount Joy 11 Subscription Rates 4 $2 per year; three years 35 Single copy Price 6 Of •I 4 Mirr - Pa Niwspaper Pulusli ers ’-e ci ition, \ uional Editor ial /“^oci^tion. some 62 million persons em ployed in the United States, 25 million or approximately 40 per cent work somewhere in agriculture. Ten million work on farms or ranches, six million provide services for farmers, and nine million process, market, and distri bute farm products. “Our population is grow ing, yet our farm land is de creasing in area. A better job of farming must be done in the future. Superior vari eties of crops will need to be bred, improved fertilizers will need tq be and more complete control of in sects and diseases will be re quired,” he states. ‘‘Servicing of the dynamic industry of agriculture is re quiring more and more high ly qualified persons each year,” Dr. Dickerson adds. “This means unlimited car eer opportunities ahead in agriculture.” Four year couress in agri culture are recommended, he points out. Where time and money are short, high school graduates may get very use ful training from a two-year course. Short courses in agri culture, leading from a few days to a month, often lead to attractive employment op portunities. GUARANTEED PRODUCTION The day may not be far off when farmers can buy dairy heifers actually guar anteed to produce a certain certain amount of milk, say 'University of Minnesota dairy scientists. They are de veloping a new breeding system which helps elimin ate undesirable genes and could make such guaranteed production heifers possible After ten y ears of work on the new system, the Minne sota researchers have made marked progress toward de velopment of special lines of Guernseys and Holsteins Heifers of these two breeds which could be guaranteed to produce 10,000 pounds milk or more annually may be re leased by the University it self in a lew years One Guernsey herd last year av eraged 501 pounds butterfat and 11,100 pounds total milk per cow, and a Holstein herd averaged 515 pounds of fat and 15,000 pounds of milk. PELLETING GIVES FASTER GAINS Pigs fed pelleted rations gained faster on ’ess feed than those fed rations in meal form, but pelleting ex penses resulted in higher feed costs, according to re search done at South Dakota State College Researchers reported that pigs on pellets gained 3 4 per cent faster on 2 9 per cem less feed, but a cost of $6 50 a ton for pel’ct ing made gains from this feed more costly. by Clinton Davidson Farm Laws Perhaps as good a way as any to describe what happen ed to farm legislation in the first session of the 86th Con gress is to write the story as a baseball writer, raised on the farm, might tell it. There is no question but that farmers’ legislative team finished last in the 1959 Con gressional " "League, along with the "Washington Senatr ors in the American League. President Eisenhower op cned the season, as usual, by throwing out the first ball. Congress hadn’t finished warming up when the Presi dent fired a brand new farm program proposal to the Hill. Secretary of- Agriculture Ezra Benson then went in to pitch for the Administration. The first batter he faced was the House Agriculture Com mittee. That committee re fused to swing at his offer ing, claiming that he wasn’t getting it over the plate. The same thing happened when he moved over to the other side of the Capito l and made the same pitch to the Senate Agriculture Commit tee. Mr. Benson left the mound with the count two balls and no strikes. Trouble on the Mound Mr. Benson had not much more than sat down on the bench when a dispute arose as to just whose team he was on, anyway. The Secretary insisted that he was on the farmers’ team but there were protests from the stands that he was a ringer; that he real ly was a pitcher for consum ers. Umpire Eisenhower ruled that he belonged on the farmers’ team and refused, despite protests, to thumb him out of the game. That settled it, Mr. Benson stayed. The next rhubarb was ov er who would pitch for farm ers when Mr. Benson wasn’t in the game. Both ,the Na tional Grange and the Farm Bureau claimed they had been sent to Washington to pitch for farmers. Out in left field the Farm ers Union heckled the Re publicans and cheered when ever the Democrats came to bat. Runs, Hits & Errors During the more than eight months legislative season the farmers’ team had a total of 218 times - ‘at bat,” that be ing the number of farm bills introduced. Some 43 batters got on base by having their bills approved by one of the agriculture committees All but a few were left stranded. The first runner over the plate was a bill to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from ruling on REA loans Umpire Eisenhower, howev er, thumbed the runner out with a veto The farm team protested and asked Congress to over rule the umpire. The Senate said it was a bum decisidh, but the House said he called the play correctly. The next two runners were the bills to reduce acreage allotments and increase price supports for wheat growers and to freeze tobacco price supports for five years A gam Mr Eisenhower ruled lhajt- both runners were out at plate The President insisted that he wanted a wheat bill pass ed this year and sent Mr. Benson to the plate as a pinch hitter He didn t get to first base The farm team staged a ninth inning rally to put ov er three runs. The first was a bill to strengthen the farm er-owned and operated Farm Credit System The second gave cotton growers a more workab’e law for transfer ring acreage allotments, and the third extended the law authorizing foreign sales of farm surpluses Bible Maleiinl; Malochl. IlcTotional Reading: X John 1 5-9, The Long Pull Lesson for September 37, 1959 THE SAME thing never happens twice But the same kind of thing happens over and over m the history of mankind. Man is the same sort of creature everywheie you find him, and all the gadgets and inventions of the past 300 years have not changed him very much. So you might expect the same kind of sit- uation or problem to turn up again and again in the long story of man on this planet. One of these might be called the Run-Down Situation. We Ur. Foreman could call it the Problem of the Rut, It is the statirof things when noth ing of great importance, i* happen ing ss far as we can see, when one day Is about like most other days. In fact, It's the way life looks to many people over 40. The great thriii« are over, death la nowhere yet in sight, there Is nothing to do but to keep on plodding as patient ly as possible. For Uw Long Pull The prophet Malachl lived In such times. This last book of the Old Testament comes from a time of disillusionment, weariness and tedium. The great thrill of coming home from exile was over long since more than one hundred years, in fact. Nobody bad -seen a miracle, no Moses was m sight. The Jews in Palestine, where Mal achl preached, had once been all excited about being able to come back m peace to Jerusalem to build a temple and to worship the true God. But as time went on people became tired of the endless senes of sacrifices, even the priests became bored with the whole thing. People stopped coming to the temple. The priests did not think of carrying religion to the people, and the country was sinking deeper and deeper into religious indiffer ence and moral decay. There were Now Is The Time . .. TREAT STORED GRAlN— could be inspected before cold wee ratify any weevil, moth, or othei | it may reduce its value Old c >rage may also be infected The, irbon disulphide or carbon tetiali 'hile the weather is warm is iccorai ‘O PAVE THAT BARNYARD— Kd ' the type of livestock produced on paved barnyard has many adv lhat will improve the value of d’ e ~tead as wel 1 as sanitary condition cost of using concrete or blacktop surfacing little providing a proper base of 4“ to 6 inches of stone is placed as a base. Ramps and slopes sli MAX made rough so that animals will not fall TO REDUCE GRAIN LODGING —Many producers < to fact the problem of the small grains lodging sev fere harvesting. In many cases this may be due ccllent growing season; however,,several pioperl will reduce this problem Seeding'later in the la gested, barley between Oct. Ist and 10th and wie Oct 10 to 25th The omission of any nitrogen. l cr! 1 also help to stiffen the straw; fertilizers cental® phosphorus and potash are recommended, ones su 20-20 or 0-15-30 at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds I TO BEWARE OF FROZEN SUDAN GRASS * frost on sudan grass develops prussic acid tha livestock; farm operators are cautioned about tins ■ this time of the year; animals should not be graze any growth that has been frosted or any |J e following a killing frost. If considerable grow ’ ground at the time of the frost, the material mai to the silo and after a two week fermenting P rOC be safe to feed. Do not feed it immediately 3 in the silo. NKSSES, J eMj , and folloivei <5 Th business of Ch,„, * coding- idea » It Is not hem Say aonal cxpei, once '■ a witness , n t else is to -tate thl sees them T l]p Ch tasks and , e po " we forget thm ee nt ity wo aie not wise. a Testimony foi* qi I Ing on his suit - r , 1 When you om.n . 0( J in the rpung > yol , i the catalogue says I excited oiei the r J advertisement m J alogue, cvciy p lctlll 1 mony—in talk ArJ vincmg testimony 13 1 your neighbm acluj me not going to ij matoes any bcttci I tomatoes vou nave s| no mattci vihatthoJ Bat if you have ad] matoev fiom a ce tail you can let the catafl The Bible has a'ij about Chi xst and | Cnuich E'tit a 11,(1 ao with the <-eed caH ically convinces pJ actual The) to Christ that can J a good Chii'tian 1 Into All the World The tragedy of ( something that v,< funny if it v. ere not wrong. Eveiy Sur.di almost any chinch, ■people- who are mil takes at once One “witnessing" means means words, or wo; They take part in th sing with loud voice; nicest things about "Amen!’’ when the them . . . and they i nessmg for Jesua ” 1 n not just sw eet-UU it is,”as St John put Fe walked, living Furthernioi c, an exi ac-home witness is i ,11 tended He distin tne end of the eai away, m how many guages, with how i r nes, is your church Jesus? A church t 'i-uelf about Christ taa Dnectne. <3i.s*d on outlmts r > o» mum "* f’ hrL ■onal I oancil o) : t rist lj> <' ir ® Cpmn.iXHitj I’reiS str\ BY MAX SMITH
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