4—lanccnter Farming, Sahirday, November -21, 1959
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
/ Had No Shoes And Complained
\ An -old Persian proverb states," "I
had no shoes and •complained until T ’
met a man who had *no feet."
For several years the favorite topic
of the alarmists has been our growing
1 pile of surplus supplies of food and fiber.
Almost - every columnist in the country
has succumbed-to the.urge to take a-poke
at the surplus problem. Almost-everyone
and everything haslbeen blamed for-the
buildup of agricultural commodities In
-the United States.
; We have been so propagandized, by
the alarmists that we have largely lost
sight of the .reed problem. We .have been
told that we must curtail agricultural pro
duction. "Cut livestock numbers and put
more acres out of crop production", say
these self appointed economists. And all
the while the plant geneticists -and live
stock breeders are giving us better strains
and varieties and better-cultural methods.
Even with thousands of acres being tak
en out-of agricultural production every
day for-housing or industrial development,
and our population growing at phenom*
oned Tates, supply is still beeping up with
the -demand.
.And so the controversy Tages. -Acting
Secretary of Agriculture, True D- Morse
added fuel to the fire recently in com
menting .on .storage .facilities, when he
said that the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion is currently holding more than two
million bushels of gram in commercial
storage. The bill to me American taxpay
,er is over a million dollars a day, and
this is just for the storage-, not purchase
of the grain.
Extremists take 'this' figure and do*'*
all sorts of things with it. "Vfe would be: \
foolish to say that 363 rnillion dollars
year is small change, but lets just com-;
pare it to a few other figures the natiori.l.
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Mr. Robert Lishman, coun- pf a so called’“czar ’’ with ab
sel for the committee which Jhority to protect the good
investigates activities of Gov- Reputation of TV.
eminent agencies, answered - j suggested appointment of
his telephone and then turn- someone' with- thte authority
ed to me and said, “We Judge Kenesaw Moun
getting the New York Grand tain Landis had in baseball
Jujy records regarding the or Will Hayes has in the mo
rV quiz shows. He obvious v j e industry)- and warned
ly was p.eased and excited, that unless this was done TV
Thus began an investiga- could destroy itself,
tion which has shocked the Hollywood Morals
nation.
TV’s difficulties were not and more shows were produc
foneseen, but were predicted in Hollywood and as a
They from the un- larger number of Hollywood
-willingness of leaders in the personalities were used on
'industry to punish adequate- TV programs, the moral tone
ay those who violate criminal of the programs would be
laws in the program -which Reeled by-Hollywood mor
they bring into the living als
room of millions of Ameri-~ This official, who was
cans. greatly impressed with the
I speak from first-hand ex- P°wer, progress and prosper
perience. Shortly after the -rty of his industry, dismissed
close of World War II I call- m y suggestion with the
■ed on a top NBC official statement that the movie in
land urged the appointment dustr y needed such a “czar”
but that te'evision did not.
Shortly after that conver
sation a woman featured on
an hour-long program beam
ed to the home, used some
shocking profanity on the
air. I called officials of the
company and asked what
they were going to do about
it. I was told that the an
nouncer had apologized and
that they had no intention of
doing anything more.
The Roman Catholic Holy
Name Society complained to
the Federal Communications
Commission, and I called on
an FCC off oial who admit
ted that this profanity was a
definite violation of a Feder
a 1 Statute and therefore a
Federal Crime.
The FCC, however, declin
ed to do anythmy about the
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—ln Washington "
Wif/t Clinton Davidson
T V. Quiz 5 Shows
I mentioned that as more
.produces! 'ln 1957 "the American people
"had forced upon them 410 million dollars
worth of advertisement x>f alcoholic bever
ages. It must "have been effective adver
Using because that -same year we in Am
enca paid out ID .billion .dollars for that
alcohol. .In the same year ' Over 10 billion
was spent for tobacco -and twice that a
mount .went'for gambling. Just one billion
in a year would be almost 3 million-ev
ery day. Can you imagine worrying a
bout one million 'for storage when we;
throw away almost '6O million, on gambl
lincin the same amount of time.
Right now we .do nave a temporary
over supply of'several farm commodities,
and* we ,are'hot trying io minimize 'the
seriousness of "the situation, but we think
that is just what we have temporary -
over supply
• Secretary of Agriculture, .Ezra -‘Taft
Benson, recently told the national officers -
of .the Future Farmers of America that' out
so called surpluses could very well be- ;
come a blessing in disguise if. 'there
shoud be a serious -world famine.
.Even today there are aver a .billion per
sons in the world ’who woke up hungry
this morning and will go to bed tonight
without even one square meal. Over half
the people in the world are perpetually
underfed while -we labor under surpluses.
If the alarmists would like to attack
something, let them attack our system
of .food distribution rather than trying to
hamstring progress by curtailing product
ion.
We should all be truly thankful that
we live in a country blessed with the
ability to produce surpluses.
We should'-not complain about our
lack of shoes when much of the world
tries to progress without feet.
At that's how it looks from
where we stand,
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incident on the grounds that
the industry was In the pro
cess of setting up its own or
ganization to prevent such
things as this from happen
ing.
At the suggestion of the
FCC, I talked with the party
who headed this organization
and asked him what penalty
would result from someone'
violating criminal laws on
television. He replied that his
organization intended to pro- -»j - .
vide a seal of good behavior I\ AW I*s I HP I -11 TIP
for broadcasters and that in i ’ UVV 1 11C illllC • • •
the event of such violations
this accrediting seal would
be taken away,
Television is having its
difficulties today and will
have even greater future dif
ficulties, largely because the
industry has not been willing
to inflict any more than a
“tap on the wrist” punish
ment by removing a seal.
Since this self policing or
ganization was formed, liq
uor advertising has been ip- TO PROVIDE PLENTY OF BEDDIN*
troduced on.TV and profanity Cow com£ort * best attamed by bei „g
has increased. Mr. Doerfer, MAX SMITH that Ho not have to he d(
Chairman of the FCC, has that 010 animals d 0 not have to ne u
suggested, since the quiz on bare concrete floors. Many milking cows that are n<
show scandals, that the idea in stanchions have their legs and udders injured
of a TV “czar” for television their weight * touching concrete. Cold concrete and sh
should be looked into. edges exposed to the milking udder has caused many ci
of mastitis. Several inches of bedding should be underi
To rate meats as economic- cow a t a u times. " * I
al buys, compare cost per
serving or the amount of . , , , J
lean meat the cut provides. TO BEWARE OF WIND EROSION Eand that lies o
FILLERS during the winter months is subject to severe wind eroj
All soils reflect long-tirne in addition to soil erosion by water run-off. During P er
climatic conditions under 0 f freezing weather with no snow cover and high winds
which they develop. topsoil drys out and is easily blown away. Land owners
urged to topdress these fields with manure and to refi
from fall plowing as much as possible. Earlier in the
winter cover crops could have been planted to providj
green cover for the winter months. j
Spray cattle for lice con
trol before harmful infesta
tions develop.
PENNS
LVANIA
TO ELIMINATE INTERNAL PARASITES—The proble
stomach worms exists throughout the area in most ai
2m jp|| °f livestock; most producers of sheep and swine have a
mil p*?Jl* ed regular treatment for their animals and are acqua
|P| with the symptoms of parasite infection. In dairy and
Of W cattle many producers minimize the problem of ?lo;
fwPf worm trouble; the local veterinarian is in a position
FARM I PITY wr-v fecal tests to determine any infection Many amma
tnnIVI | vl I Y WEcK in need of treatment for most effecient production.
understand what evangj
else they don’t really!
Christ after all—they ha]
news to tell Theie is a 1
'bad way to run a new
critic may not like the \i
ticular, .paper is run
doesn’t mean that newsp
ness is bad business
Philip told his good n
Bible Material: 'Acta S. , "wangehs^sturk
Dcv.tionaUteadins: 2 Corinthians 5.14- N, nade f, im SQ goo^aUt?
" aSly never took a “coura
gelism” all his life Fori
he was a man sensitivi
Sponsive to the leading 0 j
Spirit. We first hear of I
the church at Jerusalem]
f „ for .men to appoint on a d
IT be : said too often: (Acts 6). Qualifications i
A. fs -not an organiza- . were that the men should
tion,' v it iS.not'a creed,~lt,is not a of -good-repute, fun 0 ;j
v set of jgood'ies’ohttronß, it is not a spirit and of wisdom ”
itis not - seem that bemg full of
>pfodace3 all these, but it and ofwisdom weie nol
•n dheampt begin with any of tiiem. of *s being the very sarj
Itbeingswithgooancws.Wehave Afcany ra.te.by the timei
-• a first-ciajss* cai ' „ said to Philip, "Go join 1
in the -story/be- Pbihp knew the Spit
jEoreAJsan'Acts ' At is not necessary to sup
At Tthe" turning- the Holy Spirit always a
point un Aira) spoketoi'hilip then, m a!
- story, couM-catclv on a tape recc
±,hat -p-h-ii l- P oin t is that the Spmt’s
“ojj.e.ne d '’hi. 132,4?-known uvPhilhp's;
- - mouth and . knew the diffei
TheGaodNews
.lesson fqr November 22, '1959
toldhimtbe got
news of Jesus.
\lt is not said that -
Philip opened Ins mouth and .gave
.the stranger-good-advice, or con
demned his sms, or urged him "to
turn overa new leaf, or offered him
a book to read, or urged him to
join -a- church. He just told the
, good news about Jesus,
Ivangelism isGcod-Hcws-itm
- The church today has a tech
-nical-sounding big ward which
many -Christiana do not "under
stand. .It is “Evangelism.” When
we hear the word, we think of saw
dust trails, of mass meetings, of
•Billy Graham arid the "Salvation
Army and special services at tho
church on the comer. We think of
trained Choirs and TV and teams.
Like typical Americans, we want
our “evangelism” as we want
everything else, on a grand scale
and organized to the last mch.
Actually, evangelism fas Billy
Graham or any good minister can
tell you) is a simple thing. As a
famous Christian leader from Cey
lon, D. T. Niles, has said, “Evan
gelism. is ..one beggar telling an-;,
other beggar where -he can find
bread.”
Some Christian people say they
do not believe in evangelism.,Push
'the question with them, and you
may find one or the other of two
things to be true: either they don’t
tween God’s direction am
o£Jiia,own How did thii
come--so sensitive to th«
God?"No doubt becaus
been obedient before.
He Knew His Bible
Another reason for Ph
cess .is his knowledge of
It was a. “rash” thing to
be, >for this dusty pede
speak to this Very Impoi
. sonage in his chariot B
felt-he had the right i
When he heard that offi<
ing aloud (for that is
Greek, word in verse 28 n
his dull treasurer’s-iepo
that -sublime passage fre
53, "Philip could not hold i:
understand what you are.
he cried. The distinguish
ger was too. much astoms
offended. Here he was, i
wealth, distinction, power
poor hiker had somethin
not have: he knew what
has to say, he knew what
God used this man, who
one thing needful, to c
man-who had everything
he -needed God can alv
those who know and love 1
(Based on outlines cop\i
the Division of Chnsti in ;
National Conned of tho Cl
Christ 'in tho IT. S. A He
Community Press Service )
BY MAX SMITH
T.O CLIP UDDERS AND FLANKS—
practice of c ipping the udder, flank,
belly of the dairy cow is to be encour;
during the fall and winter months.
clipped cow is much easier to keep cl
in the daily routine of washing and bn
ing. In most cases it will be necessary
clip several times _ during the wu
montjhs.