fROM WHERE WE STAND - Do Something Good, One of the reasons a hen is such a successful bird is that whenever she does something important, she is not afraid td cackle. At least that is one-of the reasons •for her success. First she has to be able to do something important. , The American farmer is, also a suc cessful "bird" because he has been doing something important for years by keep ing an ever expanding population better and belter fed and clothed. But some times we as farmers forgetjo cackle, and the world thinks we are doing nothing but sitting on the nest and raking in the profits. This year during, the week of Novem ber 20 to 26 Pennsylvania will celebrate Farm-City week with’ the theme "Partners In Progress" Coming as it does just be fore Thanksgiving when urban dwellers are food conscious this week affords the farmer an excellent opportunity to do a little; "cackling 1 ". Sitting on the nest and squawking wont serve any useful pur pose as any farm boy can tell you, but if we have produced something good, letfs tell the world about it' City residents are generally handi capped by lack of information about far ming and food prices, a situation that has created the circulation of many myths concerning agriculture. The pur pose of Farm-City week, is to bring- farm and city people together to create better understanding between farmers and their * city cousins, all of them consumers of ag , Two things were very outstanding at ihe* Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition in Hctfrisburg this week. The first one was the fine-quality of' the livestock on display at the show. ■Some of the best breeding beef caule stock m. the eastern half of the United States was in competition. The swine show was one of the best you will ever see, and the sheep exhibition was the largest indoor show east of the Mississip- I | Davidson The rapid shift of industry Sen. Karl Mundt, author ing means to create ne -■ - and population to urban cen- of the bill to create an 18- terpnse, attract more p P ters has created problems man national commission on and capital, and ™ ' ■which Congress will be asked small town problems, empha- eras ’ toi consider when it returns sizes that “small towns are m S anc * m ? r ® next January. here to stay and they are onoml , c the Senat ’ One of the bills introduced here to grow” as an import- commission would a jusf before Congress adjourn- Part mong other things, “examine ed! deals mdirectly with this Small Town Advantages the possibili ties” of recom by proposing the creation of “Only in America.” Sen. men< ji n g policies to the Fed a Hoover-type Presidential Mundt said, “is there an in- eral Government whereby it Commission to consider the stitution such as our typical ass i s t sma n towns ec effect of this on small towns, small town where one finds onomically through a wide!:' ft r s purpose is to find ways i n a compact area many of (jispersal of government pro ■to strengthen and increase the advantages and few of curement operations and m opportumties in small towns, the disadvantages of life in the location of Federal facili lo cope with problems creat- an Y city m the world. ties. ed by nearby urban Indus- “Our American small town Equally important is the trialization and to assist brings together the advantag- f ac t that small /towns of Am sntall towns to grow and 63 of modern living and the' er j ca have contributed 'great prbsper as a vital part of our privileges of residing in a, jy toward preservation of American private enterprise mmurutv W‘t*> 'triple who the home influences on the system. estimate the character of a y ou th of the nation, and as a Lancaster Farming (.ancaiter County’* Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 I 'llicast Penna. Offices 52 North Duka St. Lancaster, Penna. phone . Lancaster "Express 4-2047 Jack Owen, Editor Robert G. Campbell Advertising Dlreetor & Business Mhnager Established November 4. 1955 Published every Saturday by Danrastrr Farming. Lancaster. Pa Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancaster Pa under Act of Mar I. I«7° additional entry at Mount Joy Pi Subscription Rates: *2 per vear; the information needed to in- 1 * 6 ‘ S,nsle cowr Prlc * sure the growth and stability W>mhprH Pa Newspaper Pubisn i Such COm^^un^llCS.* , er*’ Assoeiation. National Editor ft More Research Needed Ul Association | B]g cltieg wlth a concenlra . »don of industry and wealth vNovember Good Show - Poor Showing THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Small Town Growth man by what he is rather than by what he has,” See Mundt said. The bill would direct the president to appoint an 18- man commission to include 12 members of Congress, six outstanding private ‘citizens, and two from among mayors of small towns. The study would include towns of less than 10,000 population. “Approval of this measure” the Senator said, “would re sult m the first nation-wide, downto-earth study of what makes our small towns tick and would provide us with Then Tell The World ricultural products- It has been, estimated that if a farm er gave away qlLhis wheat at no cost ,to be baked into bread the consumer would still pay 1714 cents for a 20 cent loaf of bread. One milk bottler has made "the statement that if he were to take creek water and put it thru the processes re quired for milk, the water would cost ov er 16 cents delivered to the city doorstep. It is the duty of each of us to try to help clear up some of the misunderstand ings between rural and übran popula tions. To do this it .is necessary for us to try to understand’some of the problems of the city dwellers too. Food pnces are high and getting higher. "The cost of pro cessing and packaging food goes up an other notch every time the total economy spirals, and the worker in a salaried job is caught with a fixed income and no way to raise it or pare costs without cut ting out essentials. We know that the farmer is receiving a smaller share of the consumer's food dollgr each year. In 1947 he got 51 cents out of the dollar. Laist shrunk to only 40 cents and this year it will be less than 39 cents out of each dollar spent on food. We know this, but it does not < gain us anything to sit and squawk about *it- We had 'better start cackling about the-good things we have done,' and there are a lot of them. At least that's how ii kxSkS" dram where w© stand. pL The Livestock exhibits were excellent. The second outstanding thing was lack of spectators at the show. At the swine show on Wednesday aftemconyou could have counted on the fingers of one hand the spectators in attendance, exclud ing newsmen ancLofficials. The showing in the large arena was very little better- We think this show deserves mere support than the farmers of the common wealth are giving it. spend hundreds of millions of dollars on research to pro mote growth and attract new industries. Many small towns lack the resources to make comparable studies. “A commission can analyze the small towns, and it can come up with recommenda tions which will enable them to reappraise their advantag es ' and opportunities in the directions of best implement- bulwark against the excesses and extremes which have weakened and ultimately de stroyed many nations in the past. t IMPROVE GARDEN SOIL Cdmpost, or organic mat ter m xed in your soil will produce a more desirable texture for the roots of grow ing plants, says James Dutt, Penn State extension vegeta b’e specialist. The compost pile can be built now. SEAL FARM POND Bentonite, a type of clay found in Wyonppfe will suc cessfully seal faixn ponds against leaking, according to Henry Wooding, Penn State extension agricultural engin eer. Bible Material: Acts C through 7. Devotional Beading; 1 Peter 1.3-9, Unto Death Lepson for November 15,195!) IT HAS OFTEN been dangerous to be a Christian. This should not be a surprise to any one who knows the story of Jesus He him self said that if a man wanted to be his follower he would bitve to take up a cross every day. sChns tians nowadays often wear crosses as jewelry, but what Jesua meant was no trinket. Indeed, in his time nobody would have dreamed of mah- ing an ornament in the shape of a. cross. (Did you ever see a neck lace or watch chain with a tiny electric chair at- tached?) A cross always meant one thing: a- horrible death. Not a death by accident, not a suicide, but a death by court order or mob violence, a form of death inflicted only on. the worst criminals, ene mies of society. Tou will have to be considered a criminal;" JeshS" said in effect, you will have to be prepared literally to be executed as a criminal, if you are going to follow in my footsteps.^ Pioplft Don’t Die for Opinions Most Christians throughout the .centuries have not been called on to be actually killed for their faith. Jesus did not mean that only those who die a martyr’s death can be considered Christians. Still, in al most every age of Christianity, there have been martyrs. First, in the long list is a man named Ste phen, whose story is told in Acts. A brilliant scholar, a convincing debater, he proved to be so good at showing how right Christian faith is, that his enemies decided the only way to stop him was -to-' arrest him. Perhaps they did not mean to kill him; hut kill hinuthey did, in what is surely one of the strangest lynchings in history. For the men who Stoned Stephen to death were not a mob actmg with out knowledge of the court. They Now Is The Time ... MAX SMITH TO ALLOW YOUNG STOCK EXERCISE— Yearling da" heifers should not be confined in stanchions or box-stal for best growth and development. They will be more ru ged if Tallowed outside daily exercise with liberal amouti of quality roughages. Many successful dairymen provu open sheds or pole-barns for their young stock during tl winter months. TO CUT ASPARAGUS'TOPS—After the top of the aspa' gus plant is entirely dead, it should be cut and removed worked into the soil. Be sure to allow the plant to die, ho ever, before removing the top; much plant food goes do" into the roots just before the plant dies. To remove tl green plant top would take away strength from the root TO PROTECT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING— Wm* will soon be here and the job of thawing out frozen P>P should not be necessary. Pipes should be buried about inches under the ground or covered with the same a moU of earth or strawy manure. In buildings the. pip es a exposed may be wrapped with, electric heating cable, ho ever, we suggest that you contact your electric dealer power company official to get full instructions. H eat cables may cause trouble if not installed properly. were members of the coul Now, soma one migiit I Stephen was stubbori couldn't he dgree with thJ ity? (Tn that court he wl norlty of One ) Why could least,keep his opinions to l! If Christianity were a ml opinions, of course SteplJ have kept his to lumsd people don’t die for opmio] die for convictions And al tion does not go down to til most depths of a man’s nj soul Unless he is willing to d Christianity is not a m 3 opinions that can eaj changed It is a matter oj who have convictions winch their whole lives, so thi lives are expressions of tH victions. They will lose hf] than surrender. , 1 Martyrs In Our Time t roll of those who hi for their Christian faith iJ one. It is not finished, an] grown much longer in oi The writer of these lines H shipped in a "refugee” cq tion in Korea, a martyr] Every member of it is a n north Korea, who left li come to south Korea, a j land to him and not too ho either. — to begin life aj poverty hut -in Christian f Not only that, but almoa member of that congregal lost some relative, murdi communist orders. Centuries ago the churci distinguish between "r “white” martyrs The fir sealed, their testimony n The second kind were nc but, being always ready to fered for their faith m othi perhaps long continued A to martyrs of both kinds the foreign missionaries, . temal workers” as they a calle'd, live as white mart yond our ordinary coml home, away from most . families, exposed daily tc gion, surrounded by a v depressing that many missi minds have given way ui strain, overworked and toe reinforced, they neverthel rejoicing. Every one has I the young missionaries w! murdered by those Ama dians. Their widows are ( on their unfinished woik to< wives have not been kill who shall say they are not mai'tyrs ? (BosWt on outlines eopyri) tho 'Div.sion of Christen P National Council oi iho Cm Christ in the U. S A Itch Coimniiuitj Press Sermc) BY MAI SMITH TO CONTROL CHJCKWEED —The spri ing of duckweed during November early December has given the be control. Mature plants are different to k and will shed their seeds during the wi ter months. With stands of mixed grass and legumes DiNitro sprays are recoi mended when outside temperatures a above 60 degrees. Ghloro IPC will gr good results on straight stands of alfa!: when the temperature is below 55 degief The important practice is to spray wh( the plants are young.
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