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
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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.