4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 24, 1959
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Economize Does Not Mean Skimp
Currently making tire rounds is an
old story about the fellow -who took Such
long steps to keep from wearing out his
$lO.OO shoes that he split his $2O. pants
In these days of high production costs
and lowered margins of profits we are
all looking for ways to cut expenses and
achieve the same results.
Wise use of resources and not squan
dering or wasting what is available are
principles no one can argue with, but
there is such a thing .as false economy.
We believe that taking materials out of
the soil and not'putting them back is an
example of false economy.
At a recent com demonstration plot
our County Agricultural Agent stated
that soil test results from the Pennsylvan
ia State University show that our county
is at the bottom of the list of counties in
the percentage of organic matter in the
soil. This is, we believe,, a serious indict
ment against the farmers of the Garden
Spot of the world.
Soil concervationists tell us that soil
low in organic matter is more subject to
erosion from-woter. They also tell us ’
that one of the most effective soil conser
vation measures is covering the soil with
a close-growing crop, and still year after
year we see com fields cdl over the
county standing bare to the ravages oi
rain, snow and ice from October to
March.
During the past week a very good Lan
caster County farmer was overheard to
say, as die was talking about seeding
rye in his com ground, "fertilizer comes
pretty high, so we go a little easy on it."
We believe this is a case of false econo
my.
Rye and ryegrass planted for winter
cover crop to be plowed under in the
spring will go a long way toward replac
Davidson
Suppose you invited every
body in the world for din
ner some evening, how big a
table would you have to set?
The U. S Department of
Agriculture has figured out
the answer and has provided
you with it, just in case it
seems like a good idea to
you. It is in the 1959 “Year
book of Agriculture’' called
“Food.”
First you'll need a table
three feet wide. It will take
two feet of space along each
side to seat each of your It wou id be a mistake to
guests. You’ll have approxi- the invitation off until
mately 2,800 million who un- your grandchildren are old
doubtedly will want to ac- enou gh to extend 'it. That
cept your kind invitation. would be about the year of
If you set your table up at 2000, and the USDA thinks
the equator they will extend more than twice as many
22 times around the earth would accept the invitation.
If. you plan on such a party One third of them would be
for this week-end, don’t put Chinese, and goodness knows
it off until next week If you how many communists there
do 200 more miles of tables might be.
will have to be added just to The guest list, in 2000,
take care of the increase in probably would include 400
million Americans, the De
partment estimates. If you
seated all of the Americans
I anracfor c. rm ; n . at one table, it would extend
Lancaster harming three times around the earth.
Lancaster County-. Own Farm wfaat Jo Feed Them
p o. Box 1524 Finding enough food to
offices:** r ’ Penna ’ give everybody in the world
53 North Duke st. a square meal in only 41
Lancaster, Penn*, years from now may be
Ron EXprM« c tm7 quite a problem, the Depart-
Jack Owen, Editor ment warns. At present the
Robert G Campbell. Advertising World has 1.25 acres of Usab-
Director & Business Mbn.iger j e so j] f or eac h person.
Established November 4. 1955 By drainage of marsh land.
Published overy Saturday hy
Lancaster Farming. Lancaster, Pa irrigation and remOraßgtOf all
Entered as 2nd class matter at trees We Can eXjHjjHL OUr
Pa under Act of Mar food producing acr'iHß by
Jot Pa ftddltlonal entry at Mount only about by
Subscription Rates: *2 per ye»r;£tho year 2000, there' ivilfT be
6 1 c?nts earB ,5- SlnßlB C ° PT I>rlc *|only a little more than,half
Members Pa Newspaner Pubieh acre per person. ' yc-.
era- Association; National Editor ■ Of course, W 6 expect to
ui Association. B earn a great deal more a-
~ _ i. _ B*>out increasing yield per
population,
THIS WEEK
—ln Washington
With Clinton Davidson
Food
For Everyone
Dinner for 30 Cents
It need not be an expens
ive dinner if you give the
guests only the food for
which they are .accustomed.
The cost would be only about
a billion dollars roughly 30
cents each.
One out of four of your
guests would be a Chinese
and one out of' three would
be from a communist coun-
try. More than half of them
would prefer rice as their
main dish at the meal.
mg the humus lost from.the soil through
- a good crop of corn, but why deprive a
crop of the plant food it needs to make
dll the growth possible in the growing
time allotted to It Tests show that al
most all the plant food applied to a crop
to be plowed down is recovered by the
following crops.
Farmers sometimes plant a crop' with
the idea of plowing it down but decide
that it would be a shame to do 'that
without taking off a crop for hay or pas
ture* -This too is false economy. Many
of’ our neighbors could well afford to
- plant a green manure crop, especially
those without livestock in their farming
. program since they do not have barn
yard manure to replace the used up hu
mus.
But some people will point to the pro
duction records in our county and say
. you can’t argue with success. Lack cf
organic mgtter in our soils will not abso-
itely prevent a good yield, but agronom
ists point out that soil high in humus
■ will hold plant food In much more readily
available form. High amounts of organic
■ matter will increase the water holding
capacity of the soil thereby making
_ more water available to plants in dry
weather and at the same time reduce
the chances of erosion.
We feel thaf in our intensive farming
region we need more grass crops fertiliz
ed just as hard as we fertilize the row
crops that bring in the immediate cash
returns. Plant foods can not be cOntin
uglly mined year after year without even
tually running out.
Farmers must learn that they can
stretch their fertilizer dollars just so far
without splitting their cash returns.
'At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
acre through new and im
proved plants varieties, in
sect and pest control, and a
bout increasing meat and
milk yields per animal.
We have approximately
doubled our U. S. food pro
duction per acre in the past
50 years, and we’ll need to
double it again in the next
40 years just to keep up with
the population increase.
Our greatest contribution
to the world peace, USDA
thinks, may be in helping
other countries expand their
production of food at least as
rapidly as their population
grows.
Cancer Society
Awards Funds
To U.S.D.A.
With a recent grant of
$lOO,OOO from the American
Cancer Society, the USDA
plans to intensify research on
avian leukosis, a cancerous
disease of chickens. With
these additional funds, the
research now being done on
poultry cancer by USDA
scientists at the Regional
Poultry Research Laboratory
at East Lansing, Mich., will
be stepped up. Most of the
work will be devoted to vis
ceral lymphomatosis, or “big
liver, one of poultry’s big
gest killers and the most dif
ficult of any of the avian
cancers to detect. Poultry
cancers cannot be transmit
ted to man, but since all can
cers are caused by uncontrol
led cellulan growth, and sig
nificant findings on poultry
cancer or new laboratory
techniques may be adaptable
to human cancer research.
STORE GARDEN TOOLS
Store garden tools by stic
king-them in a tray or box
of sand mixed with a small
amount of crank case oil.
The mixture cleans the tools
and keeps them rust free.
The sign of wisdom is one's
willingness to listen and
learn.
Bible Material: Acts 4 1-31.
Devotional Beading: I Peter 6 6-11.
Brave Men
Lesson for October 25, 1959
CHRISTIANS have always had a
tradition of courage. But there
is a special quality about Christian
courage that gives it distinction.
Two of the original Apostles,
Peter and John, demonstrated''a
specially Christian variety of brav
ery when they bearded the San
hedrin The expert iuld hi
frightened al
most nny one.
The men whom
Peter and John
faced at their
trial were the
very same who
had '‘legally”
murdered JTesu j
only a few weeks
before this time.
The Sanhedrin
was a combination of „Pope,, 'Su
preme Court They
were the supreme authority in the
land. They could get people killed.
Nobody would think of "bucklfig”
them. Yet P-ter and John did ex
actly that.
Thar* It Or* Higher
One special feature of Christian
courage Is that It IS not fngbtened
by high authority. When asked
how he managed to have thenerve
to defy Hitler, Martin NiemoeHer
(who had been a naval officer un
der Hitler) said, “It was simple. I
had a higher Fuehrer, a higher
Leader." Christiana alwayaknow
that above every human, earthly
authority they have an allegiance
to the All-Highest. They may real
ize that human can
make it very unpleasant f6r them;
but that makes no difference. 1
Take the case of Ambrose, a
bishop of Milan nearly seventeen
centuries ago. Emperor-Theodosius
appeared one morning at the
bishop’s church, expecting the red
carpet treatment as usual. But not
this time. For Ambrose was at the
door and would not let the emperor
in. Theodosius as emperor had Just
been in a war. Ambrose was not a
pacifist, but he knew that his royal
highness Theodosius had sltugh-
Now Is The-Time ...
TO COOPERATE WITH CENSUS
ERS —-An Act of Congress calls for i
sus of Agriculture every five y eaK
last one was taken in 1954 and the
one will soon get underway throu
the country. Information gathered v
useful to farm planning for the nes
years. Farmers are urged to cooper
TO TEST FARM GROWN SEEDS
seeds offered for sale in Penna mi' 5 '
beled &s. to'- variety, kind of seed,
MAX SMITH
germination percentage, and noxioi
count. Contact the Seed Laboratory, Bureau of
dustry, State Department-of Agriculture, Harrishu
They will furnish the proper blanks and give testu
cedure.
TO PROVIDE DAIRY CALVES WITH QUALITY &
All dairy calves should have free access to high P ll3 * 1
at all times. From a few weeks of age the average ca
eat hay and should have liberal amounts each dry
alfalfa or clover hay are excellent sources of feed nU
and will develop depth of body and a large feed cap
fil
TO VENTILATE DAIRY BARNS—Most barns arc »
capacity and need some means of forced air
manual control of doors and windows is not satis
most instances. The ugc, of an electric _fan exhaust
is recommended in order to keep the ai» more fresh
to cow comfort, and increase the quality of the mdk
cd. Pamphlet on Dairy Bam Ventilation is a%ailab le
Extension Office.
terod over 7:000 p eoh .
of'Thessalonics,
were- non-combatants °i
war-crime, Bish on
pointed out. It was mi
tera of old King D a '
must do penance as
said, "or I will never«,
ray chuich ” The e J
have killed Ambrose h
many for less; but Am
age conquered him n e
public penance, too. and
no more slaughters 0 £ t
Two Thousand Tumult,
"I have put down t w
tumults,’’ said anothe
preacher, at the close
which had been packed
row escapes. His nan,
Calvin. Starting out a
and writer, a shy sort
he had been drafted mt
a virtual dictator of
needed a dictator if 0 i
The city threw him out,
long they discovered '
not get along withoui
persuaded him to returi
different kind of couiag
age needed by a man n
in high position.
Against Madnm
If one kind of Chilsti
!a to stand up against
thority in the name of t
If another kind is to sti
the crowd for what a
to be right, there Is t
of Christian courage
needed sometimes It
losing kind, at tha tins
thrilling all the same
Chinese "mob, one diyat
nlng of this century, »n
der in their hearts am
their liands,-surrounded
ary named Horace Pit
you anything to say be:
you’” they sciearned
he. “Tell my son to c<
China and take my p
eniperors can be pers
crowds can be contro
mob with the taste <
simply mad; and wit
there is no aigument
Pitkm to pieces. Yet
seemingly hopeless com
reward. When Horace 1
went out to take his fat
as he did, he found, as
first converts, a man w
had watched that mlsi
"From that moment,” t
said, “I wanted to 1
about the religion of i
would not be afraid "
\ 1
(Based on outlines coj
the Division of Chrivtia
National Council of tha
Christ in the C. S A
Community Tress Service
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BY MAX SMITH