4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday/ April 23. 1960
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Ruined By Too Much Success
- We recently heard one farmer say
to another, “I don’t see how- that feed
man stays in business. He certainly is
not a salesman, but he seems to have
a lot of customers.”
The second farmer replied, “Well,
they say nothing succeeds like suc
cess.”
Unfortunately this is sometimes
all too true. There were a few years
■just past when poultrymen were more
and more reluctant to stay in the busi
ness because success in the business
was harder and harder to achieve.
Within the past few months egg and
broiler prices have been showing a lit
tle brighter picture and already it is
reflected in higher setting of eggs,
placement of chicks and declared in
tentions of poultrymen to increase the
size of their flocks.
This is not to be taken as criticism.
It takes times of real stress in any
business to.keep the product quality
high and force the poor and inefficient
producer to get out and make room for
the producers who are anxious to turn
out a high quality product at a fair
and reasonable price.
During a period of very low beef
prices several years ago we heard one
breeder of beef cattle say that in his
opinion, the low prices had ddne more
to improve the quality of the beef
breeding herds in the nation than any
other one thing. The poor breeders a
round the country sold out and many
of their cattle went to the slaughter
house. The better breeders, forced to
curtail operations, culled out their
poorer brood cows and were more sel
ective in-choosing their replacement
heifers.
Many dairymen report at the pres
ent time they have standing orders for
any heifer calf born on their farms.
Dairy herds are expanding and new
dairymen are going into the business
with borrowed capital.
We like to see any industry grow,
Oovldien
Any business man caught
in the meshes of a govern
ment regulatory agency can
not help but be reminded of
the infamous proceedings of
the so-called Kangoroo Cou
rts of the past.
He may not be told who
his accusers are, or even
what he is accused of He
probably will not even kn
ow that he has been accused
or suspected of wrongdoing,
Until a crew of investigat
ors descend upon him.
The department head of
the regulatory agency—one
qf dozens of government bo
ards and commissions with
life or death power over
business —may start the in
vestigation by sending a
crew of men with authority
to seize and inspect all of
the files and books of a com
pany or corporation.
The agency staff then stu
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Kangaroo Courts
dies this material, following
which it starts questioning
under oath officers, directors
and even customers of the
business. Company officials
may be questioned for days
without being told why they
are being questioned.
Fishing Expeditions
The business man being
investigated may be warned
that it would be improper
for him to continue certain
business operations which he
thought were normal, during
the investigation. The effect
can-be to close down a busi
ness, with heavy losses or
even failure, while the in
vestigation is underway.
There have been invsti
gations in which the business
investigated was not told the
purpose of the investigation,
but learned later that it was
merely a fishing expedition
in hopes that something wo
uld turn up to justify the
arbitrary action of an agen
cy staff member.
The agency staff realizes
that the longer the investi
gation lasts the greater the
RURAL RHYTHMS
Full time farmer,.'part time farmer, farming on the halves,
Share cropper, tenant farmer, raising pigs and calves,
Str|ip farming, truck farming, farming on the thirds.
Dairy farmer, poultry farmer, these are familiar terms.
Now we have another name for the farmers who
Hate a night time job in town and do their farming too
rt We call them Sundown farmers and this is most alarming;
/’They must earn money at these jobs to continue fanning.
but it is with some reservations that
we welcome the increase in the size of
the dairy herds. Each week the mark
et reports on dairy products shows a
larger and larger percentage of the
fluid milk going to so called surplus
handlers and less and less of the total
portion going to the milk bottlers.
This is, we believe, a direct result
of the success enjoyed by the dairy in
dustry during the past several years.
While the poultrymen, both egg and
meat bird producers, hog raisers and
beef cattle producers have been hav
ing their ups and downs (mostly
downs) the dairymen have been riding
along on a relatively even keel.
With any success comes responsibi
lity. We believe it will be to the ad
vantage of every dairyman to count
the cost before undertaking any large
expansion program.
We believe every dairyman has the
responsibility of policing his own oper
ation so that he does not produce him
helf out of a market.
Dairy cattle numbers are increas
ing. Production per animal is increas
ing. Unless the dairy •. industry finds
some way to increase the consumption
of dairy products, the' 60 per cent class
one milk we now have may look pret
ty good a few-years hence.
At Ifeast that’s the way
from where we stand
FOOD PRICES
Wheeler McMillen of the Farm
Journal said it.
“The women, just ahead of me un
loaded her cart' at the supermarket
check-o v ut counter. She had cigarettes,
two magazines, soap, two cosmetic
items, a phonograph record, a bouquet
of artificial flowers, a growing plant, a
strainer, six glasses and one other dish,
a quart of milk, dozen eggs, package
of cereal, a “TV dinner”, and two pack
ages of frozen chicken. As she paid her
bill she said, “My, food is expensive.
No wonder farmers are so rich.”.
damage to the business. In
some cases the investigation
is lengthened unnecessarily
by first questioning all par
ties informally for several
weeks, and then again ques
tioning them under oath for
additional weeks. Also, after
being questioned a second
time, a third interrogation,
under oath, may be ordered
on the grounds that the agen
cy staff has developed new
information.
In one case, the staff told
the commission, while asking
for permission to investigate
that the investigation would
require only a week. After
it had run for several mon
ths a member of the busi
ness asked how much, long
er the investigators-intend
to take.
“We don’t know,'--the in
vestigator replied,“maybe
three months and maybe six
months.” - Ki
Silence Demanded
If the business _being in
vestigated does get up en
ough courage to go to the
agency, or commission, and
say “We have no intention
of discussing the case with
you, but we wish to com
plain about the manner in
which the investigation is
being conducted,” the ans
wer is likely to be:
“We have the utmost con
fidence in our staff. They
have learned through exper
ience the best method of
handling these situations and
we think it would be a mis-
SUN DOWNERS
By: Carol Dean Huber
looks
(Turn to page 5)
Bible Material: MatthewS 6-7, U 4H6;
18 21-35
Devotional Heading: Psalm 42,
The Hungry Heart
Lesson for April 24, 1980
NOT EVERY heart is hungry.
Some hearts are not hungry
because they are sick, they are not
normal. A heart that feels the need
of nothing, a mind that has not
enough imagination to perceive Its
own hollowness, not enough sensi
tivity to detect its own emptiness,
is a human heart
that is less than
human. It has
sunk to the level
of the brute. No
pig, no cow—or
for that matter,
no humming-bird
—feels any long-
mg for anything
except food and
an occasional Dr. Foreman
mate. This is not heart-hunger at
all, it is what all beasts and even
many plants experience.
They Shall Not Be Filled
The heart of man, by the
Creator’s design, is made for deeper
and more difficult hungers than
food and sex can supply. Some of
these are insatiable. Let the heart
hold all that it can, it is still never
enough. The hunger for recogni
tion, for attention, for fame—when
does it say, Enough? The actor
never finds the applause loud
enough, the critics never nave
enough, there never are enough
newspaper notices, one Oscar calls
for more ... The hunger for power
knows no limits. The old story of
the fisherman’s wife who first be
gan by wanting a cottage and filn
ally ended by wanting to be God,
is a parable of the human heart
that never cnes, Enough! The
hunger for power is never satisfied
till above one’s head one sees no
greater Power —never till beneath
ones feet one sees every hvmg
thing . . . and that time never
comes. The heart hungry for power
shall never be filled. *
An Appetite for Righteousness
So some hungers of the heart
make for unhappiness. One almost
envies the contented cattle or the
Now Is The Time ...
TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM
WORMS—Cutworms take a heavy toi
flowers and vegetable plants each
These plump, greasy appearing cs
lars hide in the soil during the day
cut off the plants at soil level dunr
night In the case of only a few
damage may be prevented hy "T<
the stem with heavy wrapping P a l
old magazine paper. Each P iec3 s
• be at least four inches wide with "
ches below the soil level and t e
MAX' SMITH two inches above the ground In »
garden control may be obtained by dusting the gron‘
a 5% chlordane or 2 l 'z% heptachlor-dust -In “
tlie field after plowing with one quart of 2E, e
emulsion per acre.
TO AVOID USE OF FRESH MANURE Fresh _
should not be applied on top or plowed under for
of vegetable crops; this is especially true on^ ure
such as beets, carrots, and turnips If fresh m
be used, it should be applied and plowed ct ° well . I
weeks before any planting is done. Howev cr ' „
manure may be applied either before or aftet
nearly all crops.
TO TEST HELD-OVER SEEDS— Vegetab’e or
that have been left over from previous i e^ r g ltJl ple'
tested for germination before being planted an( j
od is to sow ip to 30 of the seeds m a flat ot w
moist and in » warm place for at least 10 jcef
weeks Placing the seeds between two blotter (lie
blotters moist at all times in another met ’’° „ eC i 3 she
do not sprout at the end of this time, new t
purchased.
. The larva ° f
TO CONTROL GRUBS IN THE LAWN—*•'
anese Bettle and sereval kinds _of .“May- ?rU bs ■
and destroy the grass roots; in addition tll "^ inC( i W s
moles to the lavjn area Control may be » h)o r 3 ‘
ing the area with chlordane, DDT, or rol
time of the year. Details arc available 0
by eliminating their feed supply.
silent stones They a
happy but they are W'
they have no heart at a ii j
is a wrong envy, The w , ‘
piness is not to live vvithr.i
The way to happiness ij
Jesus has shown us 'J* l
those who hunger and tu
righteousness, for
filled." Desite to ha\* ]J J
tration; desire to be (if?
fllment.
Yet this can be mi sIM
The men whom Jesus J
condemned, the Phaiw
righteousness. But the trout!
them was that the right
they sought set them j?
their fellow-men. It jJj
pray, “I thank thee thatl
as other men.” It i s „ ’
that next to the blessing«
who hunger for right,,!
comes the blessing onth,»
The heart that hung ers j
ness in the manner of th,&
merely wants to be good i
of goodness Jesus
practiced it in his
kind that is good to otl t
Pharisees’ righteousji,n
mercy out; Jesus’ Tighter
gan with mercy and cr
They Shall Be Filled
A hungry man does
he told he is empty,
it Is a painful fact. Hi
righteousness begins iv
ing of emptiness A
death’s edge from star
refuse the .food that
him So those who ai
goodness and even s:
starved for the lack ol
hunger for what they
Why do you want ft
There are pool seasons
ones. Do you want it ft
of a better reputatio
want it so as to ha;
to be proud of ? Or do
for goodness in order to
help to others along h
Do you desire it as i ;
climbing into heaven, or
to share with those in r
was a man who did not
to swim He always rat
he could, especially whi
other people swimming 1
to do what they could Bt
day he saw a tired-oi
swimmer at the point.
before his eyes Then
lingered to know how
And then he began to 1<
who hunger and thirst
kind of person Jesus wf
filled.
(Based on outlines cop'
tli© IJivision of Christian
Wjttional Count il of the
Christ In tho r S A »
Community I'resv Service)
BY MAX SMITH