4—Lancaster Farming/ Saturday, October 15, 1960
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Garden Spot Is Widely Known
In a conversation with “out-of-state”
delegates to a meeting not long ago,
the subject of home towns came up.
We mentioned Lancaster thinking no
one would have heard of the little
village we live in.
Lancaster didn’t mean a thing to
the others in the meeting, but later in
the conversation when “Lancaster
County” was mentioned, we were im
mediately the center of attention.
It has been that way whenever we
have been in these United States.
Many people can not tell you in what
end of the stale Philadelphia or Pitts
burg is located, but they have all
heard of Lancaster County.
Sometimes we wonder if the farm
ers of this county are aware of the
unique position we hold in the agricul
tural community of this nation.
We wonder if the rural people of
the Garden Spot are appreciative of
the enviable record of production of
county farms.
Lancaster County produced more
dollar value in farm products last year
than any other county in the United
States (with the exception of one or
two highly irrigated, intensively culti
vated garden-counties in the far-west)
on a land area relatively small in com
parison with many western counties.
During 1959, Lancaster county far
mers produced almost $130,000,050
worth of farm commodities. In doing
this they put the county into first
place ranking in 12 different categories
among the counties in Pennsylvania.
Dairy farmers sold $23,290 worth
of milk to lead the counties of the
state. Cows sold brought in $22425.-
000 more as the second big money mak
ers in the county and first place rank
among counties. A total of $17,837,000
came from, the sale of eggs and again
led the state. Cattle, other than cows,
headed the state parade with another
$16,087,000 for county farmers.
Tobacco, fifth big money maker for
county farmers brought $15,412,000 and
accounted for over 90 percent of the
state production.
And so the parade goes with Lan
caster County racking up-first place
value figures in poultry, corn, hay,
wheat, silage, hogs and barley. Even
in the commodities considered minor
m the county, the ranking is high.
Sheep and potatoes from the Garden
Spot rank third among Pennsylvania
counties; Apples rank eighth and
peaches rank seventh.
Davidson
Voters with a long mem- es were made by both parties our privately owiS
ory know that campaign wi^ h were not earned out, in dustry and agriculture but
promises, however sincerely ° ngress has caused many of the larg
they may be made, cannot . vo e e r er corporations to form sub
always be carried out. The Similar promises were sidiary corporations in Eur
country is fortunate that ma<^e a t the national conven- o p e which provide jobs for
some of them cannot tions this year and are being thousands of European labor-
I attended both Pres’dent- re P ea l e d by the candidates in ers, while reducing emp’oy
ial nominating conventions H 46 carn paigning for votes ment within the United
four years ago. Many promis- 'T e are hearing a great deal states.
about ‘‘government Conservalive Agriculture
~~ . mvolvmg huge This situat ion is not too
P C funds „ to bad at present but it would
gen our economy. have become very serious if
Federal regulations and all of these so-called “liberal
controls follow excessive m urn to page 51
Federal spending just as
night follows day I have cal- DUwfUrvic
led attention in previous col- l»Ulul IxnyTnrilb
Phon. - Lam aster umns to the fact that there AUTUMN VIEW
r E , Xp A 4 ’ M47 are more than 3 > ooo Federal Bv carol Dean Huber
Jack Owen Editor hnroan; • , “Y C*aroi ueaa nuovt
Roi.irt c, Campbell, Advertising __’ . concessions, and Let’s drive out in the coun
i),rector fi ijusmr ss Manager agencies m Washington With trv
I2bt t lished November 4, 19 r )"i administrative antßovit,, J . ,
Published every - Saturday by . , pau . ve authority over And view the Autumn land;
Lancaster Farming Lancaster. Pa -pr yate busmess. More than xhe trees of orange, red and
Knteicd Pa 2nd class matter at nait ol them have been creat-
Lane star, Pa under Act of Mar ed in thr> naot 91 gO*d
8 inti additional entry at Mount 0 past years. Are seen on every hand.
Jo * Pa „ Danger From Within
thrr U f ’■ r'rK Q SS, Pr?ce ar Se number of those The world is beautiful, and
lr Cf ? K r, agencies, with a total of vet
Membcta Pa Newspaper Puh'lsh- m3n „ t , 7 , , ,
era Assoc,-iti 0 n: National Editor- man y thousands of employ- It makes one sad to see
tat Association. ees in a’l parts of the world The glory of the dying leaves
r- ~ - ■ are spending billions of the Aflame on every tree.
Lancaster Farming
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Lancaster, Puma
THIS WEEK
-—ln Washington
With Clinton. Davidson
Campaign Promises |
As one countlan said recently, “If
you were from a foreign country and
looking for a place to settle, You
would want to find a place just like
Lancaster County.”
That sums it up pretty well.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Cooperation
Sometime ago we were quite dis
turbed by the report that the Produc
ers Cooperative Exchange at Coates
ville would pay producers at varying
rates according to the number of cases
of eggs shipped per week.
The new system of pricing gave a
bonus of several cents per dozen to the
producers shipping a large number of
eggs each week. The management of
the cooperative explained that larger
shipments involved less work in pro
cessing and therefore larger shippers
should be given a premium.
We would like to commend the
management of the cooperative for its
action in returning to the former meth
od of payment to its members.
There is but one reason for the for
mation of a marketing cooperative. If
the individual small producer could
bargain in the market place with the
relatively few large buyers, there
would be no reason for the formation
of a cooperative.
If a cooperative the
participation of small producers by giv
ing the larger producers an advantage
through premiums for volume, then
the organization is in danger .of col
lapse because it is defeatihg the pur
pose for which it was organized.
A spokesman for the management
said the former method of payment to
producers was. reinstated because of
the wishes of the members. “We are a
cooperative organization, and what the
decide is best, we must do.”,
is the wky he put it.
We believe there is only one way
to operate a cooperative of any kind.
The wishes of the majority of mem
bers must be granted whether they are
in accord with the wishes of the man
agement or not, for after all, the co-'
operative must operate for the benefit
of the members. That is its only reas
on for being.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
u. S. taxpayers’ money in
both cash grants and technic
al aid, to build up foreign
competitors to private busi
ness in this country. Many
of these competitors are gov
ernment-owned and control
led.
Through use of U. S- finan
cing and cheap labor at home
those countries ' can under
sell us in many markets in
cluding those in our own
Hour of Danger
The poet who w>m„ „
thinks of God specie P|
tector in time of dangf,
tions particular dantro. ' -
time; how familiar i he ? of :
.these many centuries a ' ft a
Bible Material: Psalm 91; Matthew 4" ilence —the great kilim „
6 ‘ 7 - and polio; war (the I:
Devotional Beading: Psalm 16. by day) ; terror m til"’ 1
■ morning paper does*,!!!? 1 .
story of some who n e , p , 1
death but who died '
fore dawn? 6udd «
Yet as he leads thcs G
, Christian of the piesont ?
pHRISTIAN religion looks differ- « el very uneasy D l(i the
'- J ent from the inside. What an Fsalai 91 Piomi.se too w
outsider thinks is nonsense is seen you take thl<3 Psalm itt er
from the inside as the highest wis- ° ne 'y* lo trusts the l, 01( j
dom. This is particularly true hurt. This, v,e i 0
about trust in God. The non-Chris- ; 00 much - -People «] 10 ’
tian just labels this superstition, r “ < t° &et hurt.
hut a Christian k: dl
that if he could
not trust God he
might as well not
believe in God at
all. The non-relig
ious person class
ifies trust'in God
with trust in a
rabbit’s foot. But
the Christian
knows that there
is an infinite" dif
ference between God and a rabbit's
foot. One is the Maker of heaven
and earth; the other only a thing,
and a silly thingat that. It is high
wisdom- to trust in God; to trust
in charms such as a rabbit's foot
is not only silly; it is sinful.
Trust In God
l«4son for October 16, 1960
Why Trust in Qod?
The 121st Psalm suggests some
solid reasons for trusting m the one
true and living God. Trust un
attached, trust by Itself, trust with
out any one or anything to trust
in—this is nieaningless and may be
disastrous. It isn’t the trust that is
the main thing. GOD is the reason
for trusting God. He is the one who
made heavftn and earth. We have a
right to believe this earth, this life,
is livable, because we are confident
that God made it'so. God made this
earth for Improvement, not for de
struction. (To be sure, it will be
destroyed in time; but it is a sin to
hasten that day.) God made heaven
and earth. He knows what stresses
and strains they can stand, and he
does not subject them to what they
cannot bear. He created man, and
he knows what man can stand.
This Psalm suggests a title for
God, seldom used: “Keeper of liffe.”
God's will is always first for life,
not death; health, not sickness; up
building, not down-dragging. Life
Now Is The Time ...
MAX SM--
the corn is running high in moisture it
more important that producers make a special effort to ta
the husks from the ears of corn. It is more difficult to l
good air circulation through a crib, or a pile, of corn v, h
it is full of si.ks and husks. In some cases it will i edu
the amount of heating and molding if the husks and si
are cleaned away by hand at the spot where the eicva:
drops the coin into the crib
TO BEWARE OF CrfILLED UDDERS Dairymen aic ui
ed to keep in mind that cold ground may chill delicate
der tissues and bring on an outbreak of mastistk Coh
weather and frosty ground is approaching and the temf
tion is great to allow the cows out at night lust as long
possible. When temperatures get low enough
vegetation and water in the puddles it is best to kerp
making herd in warmer quarters at night
TO DESTROY RAT AND MICE HARBORING PLACES
Colder weather with freezing ground and snow will be
hand in a few weeks; this will mean that many lpdel
will be coming in toward the farm buildings. Farmers '•
urged to practice a clean-up program to eliminate p! ace 1
them to hide and breed Junk piles and old stone V“> l!s ‘
common places for protection The use of rat poisons
get some of them but the best plan is to destroy- their b'®
ing and harboring places.
Trust Versus Presumption
It is important to i Cmeni
in the story of the tempta
Jesus, this same 9lst p sal .
up. Strangely enough, Sata
It to Jesus. Satan, you ma y
means no good for j C su s
sounds as if he v.cie a i
preaching on the text B*
God. Satan urges Jesus (
off one of the high toweri
Temple. Go on, jump, j
Don’t you read your B.ble’
[and here the devil quotes
Psalm], “On their hands th
Will bear you up, lest j 0
your foot against a stone
Jesus knew better g a t an
him to take that anciet
literally. He wanted Jesus
that no matter what he
where he went, he simply c
be hurt because God would
to look after him But Je
too wise, lie knew God too
take those words as if th
the last words and the on!
about trust in God Jesus la
it is wrong, it is “temptih
to get into a dangeious s
deliberately and expect Got
-us from so much as stubl
toeS. Further, Jesus hn<
faithful, even perfect sei
God and devotion to him,
guarantee freedom fiom
agony and defeat. Jesus
went to a cross. Eveiy on
disciples died a violent del
over it all are Chust’s ovi
words - “Be of good cheer
lieve in God, believe also in
I have overcome the woili
(Based on outlines font rig
the Division of Christian E<
National Council of thi r s m
Chnvt in the U, S. A IMd
Community Brcss Servue) j
1Y MAX SMTTR
TO KEEP STEER BARN COOL—Shipp
steers that are not acclimated are aim
subject to shipping fever,-this is especia
true with calves and" Tight yearlings Fe
ers are urged to keep their pens and bai
cool and well ventilated for the first s
eral weeks that the steers are on the f?t
Over-heating and sweating m recenl
shipped cattle may start an outbreak
shipping fever.
TO PICK CORN CLEAN—This fall wl
which he creates
Why not trust in bod ? P '
to L ce: