4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - And Nov) Seedless Watermelons Someone, it seems, is always trying to take all the joy out of life. As we look back on the pleasures <of boyhood days, one of the greatest satisfactions oi life was eating water melons on the back porch and spitting the seeds out over the rail. First came the time when we seed ed the back yard and it was too nice a place to spit watermelons seeds. Well, ■we could still-sit on the back porch with our feet up on the railing and pick the seeds out of our watermelon slice with a fork. That took some of the edge off, but it was still a pretty satisfying experience. Next thing that happened was that the house got modernized and the old back porch railing had to go. That took a'lot of the zing out of porch sitting, and porch sitting with watermelon eat ing as the objective in particular be came pretty dull. Well, came the time when the house got another face lifting and the old back porch was one relic we could do without. A house with a back porch is so old fashioned it is downright piainful. Patios - fine. Breezeways - wonderful. Carports - excellent. But porches - well they may be comfort able, but they sure ain’t modern. Now the final blow has been struck. We get word from the University out in Missouri that someone has gone and bred a seedless watermelon. Like we said, It seems like someone is always trying to take all the joy out of life. We still had hope when we started reading the report. Like maybe it was just a freak and soon we would be back to the good old seedy kind, be cause everyone knows that you can’t grow watermelon vines without water melon seeds, and without watermelon vines you can’t have any more water melons, so if the watermelons grow without seeds you won’t-have any well you know. But before we got halfway through the report we knew that you can’t stop Davidson The American Farm Bur- high per family real income eau Federation, largest of in a manner which will pre the general farm organizat- serve freedom and eliminate tons, believes the road to, government regulatioon of prosperity for farmers lies individual farmers.” im an end to government re- Present farm programs, stnetions on what farmers Shuman ' believes, pile up grow and sell huge surpluses, curtail op- President of the 1 6 mil- portunity for farmers, and lion member Farm Bureau is are excessively costly, qmet-epoken Charles Shu- Market Place Income man, an Illinois corn-hog . Shuman is confident con farmer ‘Farmers,” he said SU mers will pay prices that in a statement prepared ex- Wl n return a good income to clusively lor THIS WEEK, farmers if they are per '‘know a prosperous agncul- mi tted to produce what their ture can t be built on govern customers want. He is strong nnent subsidies and controls, jy opposed to so-called “pro duction payments.” “Socialized agriculture by having consumers pay a part of their grocery bills through taxes would hurt farmers and urban people, alike” he said Farm families fear this political approach to a sol ution of an economic prob lem Political panaceas tried , in the past are now our big- Rural RhythlTlS gest farm problem ” To our question. What can CHANGE be done to make our farms By; Carol Dean Huber Ph °E\-r>rrtT3 li'i 7 strong and to improve per Once where we saw fields of Jack ouen Editor family net farm income” wheat R “!? ( Campbell, Advertising Shuman mentioned as some Now we see only potatoes. Director K. lousiness Manager - , , * * iifahed November 4, 1033 of the essentials: Here was tobacco, corn or Published (vi rv - Saturday by “ —End government reslri- oats; Lancaster TarminS Lancaster, Pa .. 0 , , , , r A , , Entered a- 2nd class matler at CtlonS 0n What farmers n;a V Now there’s peas, beans Or Lancaster, p.i under Act of Afar grow and sell. Let farmers tomatoes a 1879 additional entry at Mount make their own decisions. Once Lancaster had grazing ' 'subscription nates- t 2 pe r voar. Government can help to ease land; «hr< " irs S 3 Single copy Puce adjustments by retiring farm And now it all looks strange, ~.. , land in a ‘soil bank.’ Which only goes to Drove to Pt No\v«?pnper Piihbsh- « v ° Kat/ona) Kdstor- 3 *Year Average Supports us i».i Association. “ —Relate suuport levels to How farming methods «»■->. -» ■«. ■*. . market prices. Set supports change. “A major objective of the Farm Bureau,’' he said, “is to create conditions which will make it possible for farmers to earn and get a Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box r>34 Lancaster, Penna Offices 53 ISorth Dulcp St Lancaster, Penna. THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson I. Farm Bureau Program i| progress and it looks like seedless wa termelons are with us to stay. It seems that the new critter is a hybrid and has to be produced by arti ficial crossbreeding every time new seeds are needed. We might hope that they would for get how to do the crossbreeding work sometime and we would end up on the back porch with a slice of melon full of seeds again, but there are too many progress pushers in this world to ever let that happen. One bright spot in tl\e picture though. The seeds are still quite rare and cost about three cents each. Of course our American methods have not yet been applied to the Japanese pro cess outlined by the-originators of th? idea, and it will just be a matter of time till the price is bound to come down. It seems to us that it is going to be mighty hard to convince the boys of yesteryear that these new melons are sweeter and have more heartmeat than the melons we “borrowed” find lugged down along the creek for a midafter noon feast in the good old summertime of long ago. But as we said, you can’t stop prog ress. Next thing you know somebody will come along with a way to grow herring without bones and take all the pleasure out of eating fish too. At least that’s how where we stand. We would like to offer a word of commendation to the ice cream manu facturers of the Keystone-State. Dur ing 1959 a total of 74.9 million gallons of ice cream was churned and frozen by Pennsylvania dairies to lead the na tion in output. New York State was a close second with 72 4 million gallons and Californ ia was third with 55.8 million gallons, according to figures of the state crop reporting service. Well done, and keep up the good work. at a percentage of the pre vious three years. “ —Freeze present farm surpluses so they cannot be sold in competition with fu ture production. Dispose of them through famine relief and other special progran “ —Build bigger, better markets Farmers can help. Our organization has set up a foreign trade office in Western Europe to bring buyers and sellers together. “ —Develop better bargain mg and marketing facilities. Controlled by farmers and their organizations. “ —Expand opportunities for farmers to increase their efficiency and cut production costs. Research and educat ion are basic ” Shuman contends it is “Morally wrong to delude farmers into thinking their best long-time interests lie in policies that promise big ger government farm pro gram benefits” “Those,” he said, “who put their faith in government price-fixing, payments and regimentation are pointing the way to peasantry—not the way to high per family farm income ” Bible Material: Mlcah 6 1-8. Devotional Beading: Mlcah 7 18-20. PIFFERENT kinds of Christians .argue about doctrine, but they do not argue so much about what is good and right to do. One of the most famous passages in the en tire Bible Is,up for study this week. Some of its great words have been inscribed in Roman Catholic’ cithedmls, in Un ita r i a n churches, in Prot- estant sanctuar- les. Wo have to agree with one another here, be- cause the Bible s,p,eaks on the point so plainly we cannot, dodge it. What Do Wa Mean By "Good” Everybody uses the word “good” but not everybody stops to think ■what it exactly means. It certainly means more than “I like It.” We know what we call good, but why do we call it that? And is there good which deserves the name whether we recognise, it or not? What we really want to know, when we are serious about all this, is what God calls good; Now this is not a new question. Many cen turies ago the prophet Micah faced “good” people who felt that some how they had failed to please God. They asked, in effect, What does God really want us to do? If we could figure that out, then of course that would be the good, for God is not going to be satisfied with anything less. They were re ligious enough to see that much, though Micah had to help them over the bridge to a fuller under standing. The People vs. God looks from Micah does this dramatically He imagines a court room as big as all outdoors. Judges are the moun tains, the “enduring foundations of the earth,” symbols of eternal Jus tice. God first asks what his people have against him. He reviews their history, reminds them of how his Now Is The Time .. . MAX SMITH few months with cattle that have had litt.e or no giam, means that special care should be used in getting the c on feed without upsetting their digestive system Witn ped cattle that have not been fed gram, the use of si agj mixed hay the first several days is recommended Ihoj to- 5 pounds of gram daily may be added after the cj have rested and begin to come to their appetite Shilj cattle should be allowed plenty of fiesh air lather 1 confined to a hot, stuffy barn. This may cause serious breaks of slnppmg fever Also, with small cattle the arm of corn in the ration should be kept low the first , weeks. TO RODENT-PROOF CRIBS—Rats and mice wi 1 siderable" damage in any corn cnb if permitted to g a,n trance. With new construction special effort in the uS wire mesh, hardware cloth, metal flashing, and otfiSt dent-proof materials will help reduce the prob’em ? ie cribs may be lined with these materials to keep ou rodents. BE CAREFUL OF SILO GAS —Silo-filling/mie ib at 1 and growers are urged to beware of the poisonous g aS may form in the bottom of the partly-fil’ed silo low gas known as nitrogen dioxide is dangerous, is ll than air, and can injure or kill with very little ' va Operators should never enter the silo between filhnS tions alone, or without running the blower for scieia utes prior to entermg. This gas is extremely iiarlT lung tissue when only small amounts are inhaled Be PUL. What Is Good? Lesson tor September 25, 1960 TO FLUSH BREEDING EWES—A i percentage of twin lambs wul be dro next spring if the ewe flock is m a ing condition this fall at breeding I The feeding of one to two pounds per of extra grain, or turning the flock extra flush pasture, will create tins i thy condition. Tins practice at bree time is known as “flushing” the ewe: and will increase net returns. TO START STEERS SLOWLY - steer pens will be filled within the t" Its 't, providence h as j them so ion? - P ? atl speak-is lt th> What does the £ 4 ask. We offer sac ’” enough? Is God i n i£ demand always J? tla sacrifices’ Instead ' lons of ohve oil -f f pour nvei s of o**9 Instead of one 2a ” n one-time, will he h'V • with a thousand’ bet He Hat Showed You vyj Then comes the , think it is the p® 0 think it Is the vei s lasting hills”) bnt to ' ion of. truth iCg out that Micah <io e , solution of his own (without using thoirna three other great p roD ' own day. Amos, Hose T Amos' key-thought n Hosea’s was Mercv rJ love"); and Isaiah',L, God has showed y oa these three piophetsU is. You do not need anon, to ten you luetth™,; Justice, kindness, a hur before God. If evera ™ tell you that religion is cated that only prof MSo derstant it, show them tence from Micah Ifany that religion is a lot of, and Don’ts, make them simple words, Tco Simple? Soma Bible readers ft let down at this pomt 1 is so hard for men to d much more mysterious! as God sees it! Suielyt be something more, somi gsr than this! Well, hr b g" er than justice, what them steadfast love, «ha than humility in the pi Cod? These aie not h p c' oct from a long lr i '"3 These aie veiv b You can live a lorg hfi out the meairr.g cf ii m cy and hum bty Ee will notice that I.bc’h c’o'm that is all theie nt What he does cioira u f’e Musts. Without th eveiythmg else goes soul f oiiiidation much can be a is the ground-floor of d v- ” out this foim 9i,i o' ’ P e can p, e ca ij 2( i g o j will not stand. (Rased on ontl'nes cep’ t T ~ Division of ( 'u 1 hi mal Council <u i * t in tl»o U. L C. * munitj Pre*«s Strive - I *T MAX SMITH * -f
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