4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 28, 1960
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
And Success In The Next 75 Years
Grant (Tick) Hurst, the widely
faiown - teacher at McCaskey High
School, says in his speech on develop
ing a sense of humor, ‘T)o you Know
what'makes a thing a classic? It lasts.
Look at all the good things that have
been around a long time and you will
see what I mean.”
If standing the test of time is what
it takes to make a classic,, then surely
among agricultural organizations, The
Holstein-Freisian Association of Amer
ica ia one of the classics. „
We would like to take this oppor
tunity to congratulate the association
on the celebration of its Diamond Ju
bilee. '
The convention to mark the seven
ty fifth year of successful growth is
scheduled to begin on Monday-at Syra
cruse, New York where the association
began in 1885.
Both the association and the Hol
stein tow have come a long .way since
the beginning convention when 284
charter members banded together for
the promotion of better dairy cattle.
Today some 50,000 dairymen hold
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Da vldaan
The Superme Court ruling
that farmer cooperatives
which engage in monopolis
tic practices are subject to
prosecution is a victory for
those who have insisted that
limitations should be placed
on < competition by coopera
tives.
The high court ruled that
a Maryland-Virginia coopera
tive of milk producers con
trolling 85% of the Wash
ington, D. C, milk supply
violated the law when it
purchased a large milk dis
tributing company.
It has long been contended
by private businesses set up
to return a profit to the own
ers that farmer cooperatives
which attempt to set prices
and control markets are en
gaged in unfair competition.
Now, for the first time in
40 years, the Supreme Court
appears to agree with them.
It is no 1 onger_.necessary,
the court ruled, that the gov
ernment prove collusion be
tween farmer cooperatives
and an outside company in
order to sustain charges of
violation of the Sherman
Anti-Trust Act The court
turned down the coopera
tive’s contention that it was
exempt from anti-trust pros:
(ecution.
Far-Reaching Effect
Farmer cooperative offici
als in Washington concede
that the decision can have
iar-reaching effects on opera
tions of some of the many
thousands of cooperatives
and their nearly four million
farmer-members, but con
tend that the vast majority
operate within the law as in
terpreted by the Supreme
Court.
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Farmer Cooperatives ij
The - Mary’and - Virginia
milk cooperative did not
deny if operated a monopo
ly; only that the 1924 Cap
per-Volstead Act which set
up authority for cooperatives
exempted farmers from anti
trust prosecution. The court
ru.ed that this was not the
intention of Congress.
The ruling does" not me,an,
co-op officials here contend,
that farmers cannot own and
operate their own marketing
facilities; only that in doing
so they must not create a
monopoly or operate in re
straint of trade. A rash of
court cases can be expected
on that point.
Farmers last year sold $8 -
3 billion (about 25%) of
their products through co
operatives, and purchased
$2 3 billion worth of such
supplies as seed, feed, ferti
lizer and gasoline through
their cooperatives. Combined
these represent between rls
and 20 percent of total farm
sales and purchases.
Appeal to Congress
The Supreme Court Decis-
Grandmother on a winters day
Milked the cows and fed them hay
Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule,
And got the children off to school;
Did a washing, mopped the floors,
Washed the windows, and did some chores;
Cooked a dish of home dried fruit,
Then pressed her husband’s Sunday suit.
Swpet the parlor, made the bed,
Baked a dozen loaves of bread;
Split some firewood and lugged it in'
Enough to fi 1 the kitchen bin,
Cleaned the lamps and put in oil.
Stewed some apples she thought would spoil;
Churned the bu ter, baked a sake,
And then exc aimed, “For Goodness Sake,
“The calves have got out of the pen!"
And went out and chased them, in again;
Gathered the eggs, locked the stab.e
Back to the home and set the table;
Cooked a supper that was delicious.
And afterwards washed up all the dishes.
Fed the cat and sprink’ed the clothes,
And mended a basketful of hose;
Then opened the organ and began to play,
“When you come to the end of a perfect day.”
membership in the association making
it the largest organization of its kind
in the world.
. More than 2,000 members and
friends, along with 197 official dele
gates are expected to attend the three
day event.
As a Special feature of the program,
American Dairy Frihc6§s,„.JVlary Sue
Hodge, Snover, Michigan, will official
ly launch, “June Dairy Month” from
the convention platform.
We feel that all the breed associa
tions are worthy organizations and
have added immeasurably to our live
stock in America. We do n6t mean to
single out any~one in. particular aod
endorse it above the others," but we do
feel that size and age make the Hol
stein-Fresian association worthy' of
congratulation.
With the forward-looking leader
ship which, the association has had, it
should be around in good shape to cel
ebrate its sesqui-centennial anniver
sary after another 75 years.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
RURAL RHYTHMS
GRANDMOTHER
Author Unknown
lon is not necessarily final.
It ruled only that the -Cop
per-Volstead .Act was not in
tended to exempt farmer, co
operatives from anti-trust
prosecution. Congress may
be asked to pass a law say
ing that cooperatives do
have that exemption.
. Such a request., vyaa.
last year and a bill to that
effect was at first approved,
then recalled, by the Senate
Agriculture Committee. It
was not endorsed by the Na
tional Council of Farmer
Cooperatives, an association
speaking for most coopera
tives.
Most farmer spokesmen a
gree with- the court that the
law does not, and should not,
give cooperatives freedom to
engage in “predatory trade
practices at' will,” nor does
it “immunize cooperatives
engaged in competition-stif
ling practices” from
man Act prosecution.
The decision, howeve*,_did
not touch upon the main
point of contention between
private business and cooper
atives: Whether farmer co
operatives enjoy tax exempt
ions which constitute unfair
competition with private
businesses? That is a ques
tion Congress has been asked
to answer before adjourning.
-Many a housewife spends
two hours a day telling her
neighbor she doesn’t have
enough time to do her house
work.
in heaven, not even f
Jesus told a parabl en 7‘
er whose crops Wer , a «
his barns would not I s ° i
he planned to build k* 14 !
He gave no thoughtH
might do with hi, I 1?
other people, only to
And one night God sent tl
•' - so then dMcoJJj
soul was poor It did
credit. He was not
God” that is. f TOm
point he had nothin? tn°3
That’s a thing Chh..,l
always to remember
Its value to a man 1
rary. It isn't truX?
long time dead ”
that you’ll live enorm J
in a world where mon
than you can eV(!r
moneyed planet. !
Your Fathor Knswj
Another thing
(Speaking of property?
kinds) “Your heavJJ
knows that you need thew
was not speaking 0 i C
of necessities There a»
in which “holy” men go|i
begging-bowls, depend,,,
lives long on hand-outs j
(presumably) unholy „
er3..Christianity Is not thi
religion. Refusal to ear,
in opdinary ways i S not»
SlavH of Monty - ' • holiness in the Bible, and
In a few sentences from the U3 ‘ But th «re is a d
Sermon on the Mount we can get, between earning the thj
not all .of What-Jesus taught about f. re needed to sustain ourli
money m relation to the-Christxan’s “Ving for these thmgs ala
life, but some of tie main points. Seek til* Kingdom
“You cannot be Ages of God and men a ' man 1S TOt
at the end of Matt. 6:24.) Very he 0 H
few people worship or serve carved ht not to be p ®
idols. God’s chief rival for man's necessary , but th “ s
is noisome gold-plated tool s J vants not
Idol frota Qie pnmiUve world, it is sbould bc Wlth m te
money. What you-think most of, chnstian . It ls a mnn t
what you thmk most about,-what- MtQ what end , J
you work for, what you depend on. wish Jcsus had J
what you treasure about anything teU What shot f ld b 4 J
else,—that is your God. that is your to hfe ? « s £
master, that is your reason for liv- but bow? Ca / he
mg. in that you put your -byeverybodyor onl b j
Jesus says it caift be God AND rest of ua y
money it is God OR money. Jesus le .<Mammon" to]
does not say you cannot serve God an?
with money, or that ,if you serve r ‘ , r , , , ?•
God you must not have any money. Jesus hinted at the u
He says you cannot belong to God this question Seek first d
and belong to money at the same 5* on V G ° d ' ■
time. (Let the reader think: What 'heart on it, as J E Phitt;
are the signs of becoming a slave *ates it. That is, whatevs
of money?) whatever our occupation,)
y ’ .. .profession, our fiist aim'
Ton Can’t Take It WHh You" to inline with the-
Everybody knows you‘can’t take
money with you" out of this world.
jl6
12:13-34.
SeTotlonsl B*ad!n£: 1 Xlmothy 8.6-13.^
Money, Youand God
Lesson for May 29, 1960
MOST people find money a fas
cinating subject; and Chris
tians are no exception. Yet It is
strange that so many Christians
never think about money from a
Christian point of view. You may
set this down for
a fact: If a Chris
tian takes pre
'cisely=tk£ same
attitude to money
as is taken by
most persons who
make no claim
to religion, then
his CJmstianityis
• sorely missing at
that point.
Japanese coins are no good in
America except as souvenirs. But
the coin of no realm is any good
Now Is The Time . . .
MAX SMITH
TO USE CAUTION IN CORN CULTIVATION-? 1 ™
corn that were sprayed- pre-efnergence~should not
particular area cultivated for several weeks; if th®-
field was sprayed then cultivation will only break “P
coating of chemicals - and permit weeds to grow, .
row area~on*y was sprayed, Then cultivators snouU
wide enough tp avoid disturbing that area Pre en l ®
corn spraying is intended to reduce, and in some ca
Tlnmate the need of any cultivation.
TO KEEP. LIVESTOCK COOL —Hot weather nion®
just ahead and careful management to keep anim
comfortable will pay dividends. When outside on P
plenty of fresh water and good shade should be 3
at all times. When confined plenty of cross-venal
fresh water will help;' also, a minimum of manure P
plenty of fresh bedding will help to keep 'livestock
TO BE-CAREFUL WITH FERTILIZER PLACER
When using a fertilizer containing either nitrogen o*
,it is important that the seeds and fertilizer do not i
to contact with each other. At this time of the 5 e j
acres of both soybeans and sudangrass are 3
damaged by complete ferti izers. The sudangr 3
should receive a separate fertilizer application ® -
500 pounds per acre of a 10-10-10, fertilizer, 33
bean ground about 400 pounds an 0-20-20 Ai ®
tilizer has been drilled in, then follow with tlie s j
©ration.
*>n onti ne<; copyr
the Division of Cnmf*an 1
National Council o' the (S
Christ in the t. S A ft
Community Press Service)
»Y MAX SMITH
TO MAKE QUALITY HAY All C
have a proper stage of maturity to K
in order, to get the maximum reedn
ents; with -grasses this stage is at he*
time; with alfalfa and~ clover it is u>
bud stage, and with trefoil it is m
full blossom stage. Every effort si
be made to cut the forage crops, «
for hay or silage, in these proper slj
We realize that weather conditions
been adverse but producers are urj«
harvest at these times if at all P oS r