4—Lancaster Fanning. .Saturday, October 10, 1959 FROM WHERE WE -STAND - The Grass Is Not Always Greener An old proverb says, "The grass al ways looks greener on the other side of. the fence." It does hot say that the grass IS greener—it only looks that way. ' Daring the recent lair season in our county, your editor heard another fann reporter commenting -on the fine .atmos phere surrounding the real Agricultural fairs locally.. We feel -that comments of that nature are deserved and certainly appreciated. There are persons- in our qommunities .who would 'like to-see all the good wholesome fqrm shows tyrned into carnivals, but we feel that much more is to be lost than gained from such a move. 'Whenever you allow - gambling and kindred types of entertainment to become part of a fair, you invite.slickers, shills, pickpockets, and other unsavory charact ers who sometimes refer to them as sep arators because they are highly skilled at .the art of -separating the unsuspecting visitor from his money. Whenever om? of the prime object ives of on exhibition is to reuse money, the educational gold inspirational value of that exhibition is .greatly diminished. Whenever you allow a few agricul tural exhibits -to become _the excuse you use to cedi a carnival "Farm Show", the agricultural -side of the show will soon lose its reason for being. Davidson A full study of the two- food, such as a loaf of bread, in test plots of birdsfoot tre- after the Spirit came-on the day price plan, combined -with cake mix, etc, and; -permit fofi by one overall spray of of Pentecost (one of the great revitalized research, can op- open market sale of the re- silvex - 2-(2,4,5 trichlorop- Jewish festivals). They had been <en new and more profitable mainder for export, livestock henoxy) propionic acid—fol- brought up as Jews, and Jews of large-scale markets for farm- feed, or for industrial uses, lowed by spot treatment of JJ* at time never supposed that ' ers ' ln , the opinion of two Actually, th 4 Senators surviving plants. Although ° autstandmg Senators from sald , the price of wheat pro- the first harvest of birdsfoot £ It y ’ Pente c o st that -the Pacific Northwest. ducls wo * Id be increa sed trefoil^ was reduced by the ttfStato Too little is being done uu- very little since only about "herbicide, normal yields were be « poured out on AT .r. » that der present farm programs to four cents worth of wheat obtained m subsequent cut- lg to gay all gortg and con ditions* help either the farmer or the now goes into a loaf of tings. of men. They recognized the corn consumer, Sen Warren G bread. The savings in taxes Purpose of the tests was mg . of the Spirit as the coming of Magnuson and Henry M would more than offset the *-° an herbicide that Go( j f n a new and mighty way. No -Jackson, both of Washington added cost. could control bedstraw not State, told us man interview The Washington Senators ° nly m non \ crop f but on farm problems. urged that ih % Senate and also in meadow and pasture The consumer - taxpayer. House Agriculture Commit- £ rops J? ucl as birdsfoot tre- Tg 1 ifnfS Uiey agreed, today carries a tees give serious considers- folb Tba * ™ ,JT/r iI,UVV 1 1 11A1C * * * double burden. His tax bill tion to increased emphasis ophreiher nf irsnA’-! a Pri me! udes subsidy payments on research to find new and aprvippfat intended to hold down pro- expanded uses for farm pro- T ,. tm v in mnnpratmn duction as well as more than ducts ’ a stomse W chti7 nn U grain Su 'P lases Over-Emphasized g C6SS *. B + ° + th 0f th , e Stators feel % p Many feeder and sto cker steers wiUl production that too much blame is plac- Most efficient control ported into this area m the next Meanwhile they said, farm ed on mounting surpluses the weed was obtamed by months they have been exposed to income continues to decline as the cause of every farm ng> durmg the early ™ tle and to public yards and sales and farmers’ costs continue dl “Surpluses aie a relative- f „ f e t h in the f 3 ana puDllc yaras ana . to climb. ly small part of total farm 2 poSndfner Tcre of they Sh ° Uld be se S regated for ‘ Two-Price Plan Urged output,” they said, “represen- e ste r , or 4 pounds in weeks and watched closely for syn Senators Magnuson and tmg only five to eight per- aemine salt f orm Each chem- of colds and shipping fever They Jackson contended both far- cent of annual production.” lcal for the overall spray wga not be allowed to come into contac mers and consumers would Tllls compares, Sen. Mag- a pp bed j n 30 gallons of wa- acclimated cattle now on feed, with be far better off under a two- nuson pointed out, with a er p er acre Wldl tractor- stock, or with the dairy milking price system for wheat. This 109 percent increase in egg drawn S q U ipment Spot treat- MAX SMITH Special care should be exercised to is the program which Con- and poultry production, a ments of reniam ing light in- affecting the entire herd, gress passed m 1958, but 300 percent increase in oil- festatlons were made with a J ® which was vetoed, seed production and a 47 , d SDraver usiner Sllvex „ Such a system would re- percent increase in corn at the rate of 3 pounds TO BE CAREFUL WITH CORN PICKERS-Com 1 turn to growers a fair price smce 1939 . m 30 gallons of water per getting in full swing with many mechanical pickets for that portion of their crop Sen Jackson maintains acre oration; this piece of machinery is one of the most 0 consumed domestically for that “our ability to produce Bedstraw infests pastures, ous on the farm; many have been injured for life 9 more food and fiber than we meadows> d itch banks, road- hurry and carelessness. Operators are urged to tafc consume should be consider- sldes and W aste ar eas. The to be safe and stop the machine when cleaning or ed 3 bl £f mg rather * hai \ « deep-rooted perennial, which in g curse.” The problem he add- first s M anQ latw er, is to find sensible ways forms a den se mat comoetes T . to utilize our God-given a- vigorously with fir TO PROVIDE EXERCISE FOR YOUNG STOCK bundance water, ntunents and light, herds of dairy cattle will soon be moving into tneu Both Senators agree that Q razia g animals avoid bed- quarters and the heifers brought in from the back P research into the develop- s t raW) enabling the weed to in, many cases these heifers are tied in stanchions ment of new markets for our spread it i S resistant to 2, 4- into box-stalls where they get very little fresh an all< whlre nSijy ££ D 3nd 2 .4.5-T—herbicides C ise. It is suggested that file young heifers from a 3 production gains ” Onlv a genarally used to control the age until freshening time, be allowed free acccs small amount, ’ compared al “ Shanks s °and exercise lot and housed only in open sheds ° r P ° C with the total farm program roa( js l( [es * Not necessar y to house them closely, costs, goes for research to de- " velop additional markets, TO-SPRAY FOR WINTERCRESS CONTROL—' : tbey said . Patronize Lancaster Farm- flowering weed in the hay fields in the spring n 0 ( Coupler'S I SSZSk'*Z mg AdVertlSerS ’ Cd but actuaUy in many cases .1 search, is worth trying, the crcss - The best method of control 13 lo spr f, , lso { Senators told us, as a way of ens of subsidy and carrying using one Pmt of MCP per acre in 6 to 7 ga 0 both raising farm income charges on storage off con- R is ver y difficult to control when mature next sp and getting the twin burd- sumers’ backs. may be eradicated by fall spraying Lancaster Farming Lancaster County'* Own Farm Week’y P O Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Offices: 53 North Duke St. Lancaster, Penna. Phone - Lancaster Express 4-3047 hick Ohio, Kditor Robert G Campbell Advertising Director A Business Mhnager established November 4, 1955 Published every Saturday by I. an caster Farming. Lancaster, Pa Enten d as 2nd class matter at Lancaster Pa under Act of Mar. t. 1879 additional entry at Mount Joy. Pa Subscription Rates- $2 per year; three years SB. Single copy Price 6 cents Members Pa Nev spipcr Pubish fra’ Assoiiation, National Editor, lal Association. THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson A Double Burden Dp not misunderstand. We are not condemning carnivals as such, but let's ocdl them by their proper name. If a town wants and needs a carijival, it can "find plenty of help to stage one and plenty of persons to support one. If one of the objectives of the staging com mittee is the acquisition of funds, a carn -ival will probably fit the situation better -than a farm show. Most farm fears must -rely heavily on outside help for financial -support. Our - country is based on insti tutions that are not self supporting, but this does not make these institutions poor investments-or undesirable parts of our commuinlies. In fact, it teijds to prove their value.. ,eu, or on his wnst, or, one to waid off Vj another to piotect hli enemies, and anothet t, j* live a long time, and 0 —J ,'him many boy childm, T 3 GOD pnly an “oblong blur”? **o\y Spirit is not th A Somebody is said to have re- thing at all. ported that every time he tried to The Holy Spirit (» think of Qod, all he could get he- Testament shows) doe fore his mind’s ,eye was a kind of antee freedom fiom oblong blur. Jf God is -as dim and .know Chnst had the l shadowy as that, then the Holy always In him, but y e t Spirit must be even more so —a terribly. All the Apost blur so dim that of the Spirit, one cannot tel] them, tradition tells u« whether is is ob- The Holy' long .or not. not guarantee that til The story of person will never mtb the .earliest There are many mutaki Christians, .in the In the New Testament book-p-f Ajcts, ,by persons who had does not tell' pa ceived -the Spirit More allaboubthedHoly -the Holy Spirit is not; Spirit that .Ul.ece jnagic charm to keep is for us to know; -from sin. We know t it does not by any means clear up Peter received the Holy all the mysteries. But it does help .we also know that he i us to understand a few important ways freeffrom sin attei truths about the Holy Spirit. Galatians 2:11-14 ) Tilt Spirit .of Qod Powor—For What? It makes «t> real difference The Holy Spirit, in t whether we speak of the Holy always associated w Spirit or the -Spirit of God. The Jesus himself had said Holy Spirit Is Gcd’-s Spirit, and ciples, “you shall rec Silvex Controls only the Spirit of God is the com- when the Holy Spirit! pletely Holy Spirit. A simple def- upon you” Now the Cl Bedstraw Woods inition of the Holy Spirit is this: Jerusalem had some ku God at-workln the life of man. The er at Pentecost which in Bedstraw, ,a weed threaten- gpjrjt is not « messenger from never seem to have ha ing birdsfoot -trefoil pasture and not an "Influence”-^-as'came like a blazing wi in the Northeastern States, is when we say that a young man not come again Spei " 'being controlled experiment- has the “spirit” of his father, or "tongues,” for instance ally <by the use of silvex, a that the “spirit” of a school Is to was another and moie 1 new herbicide, the U- S. be seen in all the students. The er, the power to "v ' -Dept, of Agriculture report- Spirit of God is God, God herc-pnd- Christ. This always inc ed. now, God-ln-us. The first Chris- things: the power to The weed was controlled tians did not understand thls'till ’ like Christ, the poweil Persons who work closely with the organization of farm fairs could tell you of the tremendous pressure applied to have some form of gambling included m the program. No doubt -most of the ag ricultural shows in, the county could tem porarily become self supporting by such means, but when the' midway becomes more important than the judging ring, the affair must be .called a carnival. The fence is low and the temptation is strong, but on the side of the Agricul tural ..Bdubits-the pasturage is lush. f At least, ;that's how it looks fxbm where we stand. - - Bible Material: Acts 2. Devotional Beading: Acts 2 16-21. God’s Power Lesson*for October 11, 1959 «»• IS *»r n*a Mr • U to the Holy S p lr £ G Holy Spirit |, When, an African ...verted, it, takes Som , <to induce him to jn v „ ■magic gadgets Eve n «, -■*Wi poorest Aft i ca n 4, ,few such gadgets, but, ■will have them all. He h of chaims—it may b , - Jhanff around hia net* -belt, K ' business, in his nami power to show by test ■, by giving, what it mea "people called by Christ a “Chiistian” is not g going nor showing, one he has ever known t power. (Based on outlines co[ the Disision of Chnshai National Council ot the Christ in the Ik is A Conunumtj Press, Sernce BY MAX SMITH
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