—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 21. 1960 4 FROM WHERE WE STAND - It is just as true today as when it was first said many years ago. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Farmers who depend- too heavily on the use of medicines to control all their disease problems and other •chemicals to combat all their other problems are fighting a losing battle. We heard a poultryman say the other day, “With these new drugs you don’t have to be as careful about dis ease as you used to.” We do not believe this is a realistic way „of looking at the problem. There are several reasons why be believe it takes more than the use of drugs to stop infections after they are started. With the wide spread use of-anti biotics and other infection fighters, there have emerged hardier strains of some of the disease organisms. It is sometimes difficult tp stop infections of epidemic proportions even with the use of the most modern drugs. With the use of labor-saving devic es has come the steady drift toward ever larger units for production of livestock and crop products. With larg er units, and more crowded conditions in most cases, outbreaks are harder to prevent and harder to arrest if they do get a start. The tendancy to build up resistance to control measures has not been no ticed in plants as it has with animal disease organisms; therefore, herbi cides still work as well against certain plants as they always did. It is pos sible however to allow the build up of certain resistant species of noxious weeds by reducing some of their com petition when spraying the suceptable plants. We believe a program of control measures against agricultural pests, diseases, parasites, insects and weeds' is necessary to modern farming, but we do not believe the farmer should overlook the part prevention should play in the program. With livestock, one of the best con trol measures is a rigid sanitation pro gram. Clean feeding and watering equipment, well constructed buildings that are clean, well ventilated, vermin free, and adjustments for the weather -are prime essentials in the sanitation program for any livestock operation. Many modern farmers have desig nated off-limit areas on their farms. In our opinion, this is an excellent meas ure to prevent the carrying of diseases from an infected farm to a clean one. Especially is this important if vaccine | Davidson It is now apparent that Congress and President Eis enhower are not going to be able to agree this year on ac tion to meet what both agreed in January was “ab solutely necessary” action to cppe with farm problems. Although the President of fered at that time to com promise with Congress on Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Bov 1324 Lancasici, Penna Offices -31 North Duke St Lancaster, Pcnna Phono - Lancaster EXpress 4-3047 Jack Owen Editor Robert O Camphf 11, Advertising Director & Business Manager Esta' lished November 4 1033 Puh’ished every - Saturday by Tjimcaster Pamvmff Lancaster, Pa Pn’f-cd as 2nd class ms* o t Lancaster Pa under Act of Var * ti 7 o additional entry at Mount Jnv P i Subscription Rati s ?2 per jear, thn e . rs i- Single copy Pi i ct s c< nts Members Pa Newspaper Pubh-h -«*rs’ Association National Editor ial association An Ounce Of Prevention THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Unsolved Problem any “reasonable' alternative” to present farm programs, which both agree are not ef fective. Congress has sent no major farm bill to the White House. Democratic leaders in Con gress point out that, on the other hand, neither has the President nor Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson sug gested anything different from the “free market” pro posals repeatedly turned down by Congress. They point out, too, that Mr* Eis enhower has vetoed the three m,ajor farm bills sent him in the past four years. Democrats in Congress are behind a move to put through a late-session general farm bill, but an almost certain veto virtually rules out ma jor changes in farm laws this year. The general farm organiz ations, unfortunately, dis agree so sharply on major farm policies and objectives that they have done more to confuse than assist Congress in developing new programs. The result is almost certain son. (There is not of course, as is always m Peo g°* ' k paper, like this' Cn ,3 stance, or even the rT 11 point you to rel, glou 3 cording to Jesus, *he * prayers are he’at-d v !f * whom God rewards mV person who really p r£ Jy Bible Material: Matthew ,6_ 1^18 ; Luke h wh'i° K 18 9-14. saia > pray while thinC Devotional Heading: 2 Corinthians 1.8- how their f>iayers tlhl ? 15 - other people. They J" 1 -j know they aiepiaJjJ?®] many a Chnstian who to impress other p 6on , 6 to impress himself 4 careful about his he were writing the JJ -pHE Greeks had a word fdr it. about how lSg h lt^ e « *- One of their words which we Manv , ls , an, translate by the word “sincere’' pub iic P not because meant looking: the same m all i.i.- >..,4. . - being would smile merchant did not keep lus Store ridiculous» at “ i well lighted. If you were buying cloth, or anything made of cloth. Sincere Generosity you had to take it A religious person „ to th. ftmt of lUpaus the store where agree on that B you could get a who prays, and gives tmi' good look at your i 3 re ii gloU s in the *** purchase by day- pects Ws 4 llght ' you centy spoils it all if ,* wouldn’t buyun- form of se if- a dvertlaL P i GEORGE WASHINGTON AS A l«ss what had a worthless prayer FARMER looked good to osity is a form of selfi The Syracuse, New York, Post- talked lust then j* WollhlcS3 too i Standard recently carried an illumin- as good on the outside. eenerous il you w ating, portrait of George Washington A sincere man is likewise a man j -j^t in a little-known role — that of a farm- who looks the same in all lights. He about it’ To!! er. is the same around the clock. You “ cre( jit” for the good Dr. Karl D. Butler, the welLknowp know what he is like and you know do shows that you are not agricultural economist who wrote the, Say f Wh ui What y° u really are after, article noints out that- “Washington’s 116 Ulink f, and ho P e ® P eo Ple will case, is not to help ©then article, points out tnat. wasmngtons agree With him; but if they don’t, boost vour own atnnir first and true love was undoubtedly- he stm says what bethinks. __ y ' , that of the land.” He was a large prop-' The Homans had a name for it P erty-owner and was keenly interested too, a word which ia the direct an- tempted to smeentv ? in improving and conserving the soil.i cestor of our word "sincere.” it is than moat peop i e J e Pl And in this, as in SO many othfer ways,- said that the original word meant pare nts This is been the First President was far ahead of are supposed to set good a Us times Dr. Butler writes; “ . he. i”by advocated the use of polws, drills andt wax . A since re person thus would ° r whom h v other crude forerunners of modern: be one who is what hrseenrs to be. poge d to influence for so farm equipment. He knew well that' He is not synthetic, he is real. He p hansees ot j esus . tim /, tobacco depleted the fertility of land _is »ot fragile, he is solid. looked up to as religious and advocated fertilization of the soil,” , activities, you But they fen for the tempi but his neighbors bv and large were tl f t re ? lglon w ? ul l be "putting on a show” Toi uui nib neignoorb oy H 1 v; ere the most free from insincerity. But ioU3 because people exuec able to buy new land cheaper than - everybody knows how hypocrites be to to they were able to fertilize the old.” - collect around churches, and every ha y e t 0 be t 0 be religious Well, times certainly have changed! Christian knows how hard It Is to you want j our example to Fertilization is as much a part of land b ® ®! n ?® re all tbe Jesus never far an( j wide; to be reli management today as irrigation; And ? e any reason at ail except those crude nieces of eauinment whose often referred to hypocrites, who an< j above all to please mose cruae pieces or equipment wnose are the opposite of sincere. As us- be a reli „ ious fa k e use Washington advocated have under- ual, Jesus expressed what he meant ° gone a magical mentamorphosis. Mech- by illustrations, not by long words. anization, in this era of sky-high labor Let us define sincere religion in costs, is the key to successful farming. terms of a sincerely religious per- The machines are models of efficiency, _ long-life, low operating costs and pro- j\nw l G Til** T' l , rvi /= v ductive ability. Equally important, ’■ " v-' Vv J.o 1 lie 111 lit/ • . . made from live virus ig being used in the community. With the use of modern chemicals,, farm work has been made lighter and more certain to return a fair profit, but they should not be looked upon to do the work of prevention which the farmer should do himself. With or without the use of chemic als, one of the most important parts of any cure is early detection and treat ment. Diseases can be arrested' easier in the early stages, insects can usually be controlled easier if they are treated as soon as discovered and weeds are much easier to kill before they have developed large root systems. We should all appreciate the value of the modern aids to farming devel oped by the chemical industry, but we should not forget that prevention is easier and more economical than cure. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. they make possible ami practical the conservation techniques that will save our precious and limited acreage of croplands for future generations. The unity that existed in 4 > r ra ranks through the \ >oublesome post-depre sion 19?0's and the critical war and post-war 1940’s has all but di'-appeared in Wash-'ng ton. Most of the farm laws enacted during that a’most 20-year period had bipartisan support, as well as endor_e ■ ->t by the farm organiza tions. nbers of the two major pc> i :al parties, unab e to agree have stressed their disagreement on basic £?rm po’i~e-. There has been too mu”h emphasis on the part of both parties on placing "blame rather than on accep ting responsibility and work ing toward enactment of con structive farm legislation. i'o sty that Congress has (Turn to page 6) Rural Rhythms ABILITY r W: Carol Dean Huber “Men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.” Thus babbles on the little brook, But it’s really not so clever. For men can change the course of brooks And rearrange the sod; The only thing than cannot change Is God. i- least another year of s? ; sion and inaction. ->es Have Changed Sincere Religion Lesson for May 23, JL96O TO BE CAREFUL WITH SPRAY MAT* lALS—Extreme care is needed m the st age and handling of all spray maten> t|his pra.. cannot get too much attention, and card* ness could be very costly. When filling spray tanks Jj treme caution should be used not to contaminate ponds, or s reams. ‘‘This has been done many times ", these damages are difficult to correct. Keep the labels the container, and organize the storage places TO FERTILIZE FARM PONDS—Most ponds will to regular fertilization in order to obtain the desired f l color to the waterthis is essential to prevent th from going La ihe“bottom of the pond and lucre; growth of weeds .and. algae. Fertilizer will enco' growth of p ankton ,in. A the water, a very small w< that will result injthe desired color. Regular ai 2 to 3 week, apart are recommended using a 10- j of a 10-10 complete fertilizer. The rate shoui pounds of fertilizer per season per acre of wal cast from t e edges or apply from a boat Well ponds w‘ r ' . e _ew weeds and little algoe or po l TO CONTINUE FEEDING HAY—Dairymen are supplement lush pastures with liberal amounts 1 hay; portable hay racks are successfully used dairymen to provide dry matter at all times for tl‘ herd. Less bloating, scouring, and udder inflamm be experienced and the fresh grass will be bettf when mixed with hay in the digestive system TO KEEP YOUNG CALVES OFF OF PASTUR under. 10-months of age should be-contmuod on f‘ quality*hay and silage grain dailv mst< ing turned to grass. When young-calves arc on S 1 Ihhey are unable to eat enough of the high mom 1 and therefore, become stunted in their growth. MAX SMITH