4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 22, 1960
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Willard Y. Graff, Superintendent of
Schools, Springfield, Missouri, presents
the following story of America:
If, in imagination, the present popu
lation of the world of approximately
2,750,000,000 were compressed into a
single town of 1,000 people, the follow
ing picture of contrasts could be seen:
60 persons would represent the
U. S. A.
940 would represent all others.
60 Americans would receive one
half the income of town.
940 other people would share the
other one-half.
36 Americans would be church
members.
24 would belong to no church.
300 of town’s population would be
Christians.
700 would have other beliefs.
80 of the town’s population would
be card-carrying communists.
370 would be under communist do
mination.
303 would be white.
697 would be non-white.
The 60 Americans would have a life
expectancy of 70.
The expectancy of all others would
average under 40.
Of the town’s total supply, the aver
age American would have 15 Vz times
as much as the average other person.
The Americans would produce 16 V 2
per cent of the town’s food supply and
would consume 15 per cent, storing the
iy 2 per cent. Most of the 940 non-Am
ericans would be hungry most of the
time.
The 60 Americans would have;
12 times as much electricity
22 times as much coal
21 times as much oil
50 times as much steel
50 times as much general equip
ment— '
The lowest income group of Ameri
cans would be better off than the aver
age of the other 940.
The Marceline (Mo.) News
From The Seville Chronicle, Seville,
Ohio: Most weekly editors knew about
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DovtcSton
In Washington this week
farm and political leaders a
giee the farm vote on Nov 8
may very well decide wheth
er Richard Nixon or John
Kennedy is the next Presi
dent of the United States.
Farm problems, next to
mam aming peace with hon
or, rank as among the impor
tant issues in the e ecaon
campaign, and will become
one of the major concerns
of the next Administration
Both candidates recognize
chat 'here is a farm depres
sion more critical than at
any time since 1933-34, and
chat a major effort must be
made to reduce surplusses
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s Own Farm
Weekly
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Other Editors Have Views
THIS WEEK
—ln Washington
With Clinton Davidson
; •
Kennedy Program
and raise farm income Farm
purchasing power—the things
.armers can buy with net in
come from production is
the lowest since die early
1930’£.
• We asked both Mr. Ken
nedy and Mr. Nixon what
they would propose, if elect,
ed, to solve the surplus prob
lem and raise framers’ in
come In this and a succeed
ing column the two Candi
da es answer that question:
Sen. Kennedy's Answer
“First, we pledge ourselves
to secure ful pa.ity of in
come for the farmer. That is
an income which gives aver
age producers a return on
their invested capital, labor
and management equal to
that which similar or com
parable, resou.ces earn in
non-farm employment.
“Secondly we propose to
assure parity Income through
purchases and loans, where
necessary, but with major
emphasis on supply manage
ment controls—including the
use of marketing quotas, land
retirement ma keting orders
and agreements to effect
ively reach a balance be
tween supp'y and demand.
“Third, we must use our
excess productive capacity to
feed the hungry and under
nourished here at home thru
the school lunch programs, a
food stamp plan, and direct
distribu ion through welfare
agencies, as well as an expan-
quiz programs long before TV made a
paying thing of the format. Bob Wright
of the Montello, Wisconsin, Tribune,
spoofed his readers with this series of
/questions and answers about the busi
ness.
Q. Why don’t you print in a color,
say red, once in a while?
A: Our entire supply of red ink is
used in the bookkeeping department.
Q. Why don’t you funny pa
pers?
A: We think we have the funniest
paper in Wisconsin right now.
Q. Why don’t you have an ‘Advice
to the Lovelorn’ column, like Abbie
Lane?
A: None of our readers have those
problems.
Q: Why do you have all those mis
prints?
A: They’re the most entertaining
part of the whole paper.
Q: Why do you always say 'we’
when referring to yourself in the pa
"per?
A: We want our readers to think
they’re out numbered.
Q; Why didn’t you publish that
poem I sent you?
A: It was a lousy poem. !!!!!!
Q: Why don’t you put out a bigger
paper like the Milwaukee Journal?.
A: We plan to as soon as the nooula
tion of Montello equals that of Milwau
kee.
Q: Why don’t you print weekly ser
mons?
A: Why doesn’t the preacher run
the newspaper?
Q: What would you give me for
writing a weekly column of moral
homespun philosophy?
A: A poke in .the eye with a sharp
stick.
Q; Why don’t you write an editorial
and tell those guys on the city council
what they can do to improve the town’
A: Why don’t you go down to the
next meeting and tell them yourself?
Q;'Why don’t you print mere letters
to the editor?
A: Why don’t you write me one?
And sign it with your name—please
—don’t be chicken.
ded program of food ship
ments to strengthen friendly
nations that need our- surplus.
“Fourth, we will begin a
sound system of soil conser
vation which doesn’t destroy
entire farms and which is ad
minis ered at the local l evel
by local farmers
Help For Low-Income
Farmers
“Fifth, we will revitalize
our agriculture credit agenc
ies to help farmers get the
credit they need, at interest
ra es they can afford, to mod
ernize and expand.
“Sixth, better research and
extension services, more as
sistance to co-ops, a strength
ened REA, and expanded
marketing services are essen
tial to the development of a
sound rural economy.
.. “Seventh, we will ini iate
a special program for low
produc.ion farmers— farmers
who must work with inade
quate resources and who
have a gross income of less
than $2 500 a year. This in
cludes encouraging more in
dustries to move to rural
areas to provide part-or full
time jobs for farmers”
The point on which Sen"u
tor Kennedy differs most
from Mr. Nixon is on the use
of strong government con
trols ,to limit production.
(Turn to page 5>
Rural Rhythms
AN ORANGE PUMPKIN
By: Carol Dean Huber
The field of com is turning
brown
And there between the rows,
In a spot of big green leaves,
An orange pumpkin grows.
The farmer’s son will come
here soon
And take it from its place
To carve upon its curving
side
A Jack O-Lantem face.
JUble Material? Psalms 19. 42.
Devotional EcadinffTPsalm 130
Our llzzS ®f God
Lesson for October 23, 1960
MAN’S NEED of God' is his
highest dignity. This was the
conclusion of a great thinker a cen
tury ago. But he was not alone in
this discovery. Down thiough the
generations, people high and low
have found out that to need God is
not a sign of shiftleesness and in
feriority, but of
dignity. The
down - and - outs,
the failures, the
crippjed m mind
and spirit, these
need God. But
also the strong-,
the able, the wise,
the genius
these also need
God, and it does Foreman
no damage to their self-respect to
acknowledge this.
“Reviving the Soul”
Every one of the Esahns ex
presses some need of man for God.
The 19th and 42nd Psalms are not
peculiar in this respect. But the
19th contains three phrases, each
one referring to God’s law, and
each expressing a distinct human
need which. God fulfills. The Chris
tian will think; If all this comes to
u? in the Law, how much more in
the Gospel!
The law of the Lord revives the
' soul. How weary we grow, how
soon we faint! Where is the soul
of man ? Crushed and starved,
beaten down by life’s struggles and
toils, half forgotten in the bitter
competition of the week-days, on
Saturday nights or on any night
one is tempted to doubt whether
one has a soul at all. If the wilted
spirit withers further, it will be
very near death, indeed many a
soul suffers from a kind of perpet
ual sleeping sickness. We need God
to revive the dying Soul.
“Making Wise the Simple”
“If youth knew, if age could” is
a short poetic form of a proverb,
"Too soon old, too late smart,”
Knowledge can be absorbed by a
bright ten-year-old. “Knowledge
Now 7 is The Time . . .
*y MAX SMITH
TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION PER C
Many dairy herds are expanding a
with the trend o. more cows per £
this is one way to spread the greater (
head and increase net returns, piou
the dairyman does not lower his pro
tion per cow Ne profits may still b
good on a smaller herd of good cows
large herd of overage or poorer cows
goal of 400 pounds of butterfat pel
per lactation is needed to make a de
return.
MAX SMI •
TO SAVE LABOR ON HEIFER RAISING— Yearling hei
do not need o be kept in a warm barn m stanchions, 1
should be allowed free outside exercise into an open s
or barn; pole barns are very good for growing out ye ar
heifers. The labor required to keep them m stanchion
simply not worth the time. They wll be more healthy
.ugged if kept more outdoors with plenty of straw for
ding and quail y roughages for the main part of then i
intake.
TO REMOVE ACORNS FROM DAIRY PASTURE— 13
pastures where the milking herd may get under oak t
should be observed close'y tins time of the year R fi P
“rom some parts of tire state reveal that cows relish
acorns wlrch lower their milk production for tire time
for the balance of tire lactation Local dairymen nng
spec their pastures and cither keep the'cows from the <
or pick up the acorns at tegular intervals They will 1
milk output if the cows eat them.
TO PROTECT FARM MACHINERY—When the h c!d "
is done for the year the machinery should be given
tective coa ing of paint or grease and put in the drj
next spring. Rust is one of the greatest enemies of f arin
chinery which is caused by ram, dew, and snow ° n
ln the fall local farmers are urged to 6"
running parts of their equipment a shot of grease, am
put the equipment in the barn or machinery sired 0
winter. Machinery rusting away around the bull®
out in the field is not a sign of good farm managem" n
"t
comes, but wisdom
dom .s far more n,„ ®
It 1b Wing IJ " J
knowledge, and w '
maeh ne3 have kno v ,] c
sort, but no machine i.
The greatest wi Cc i om
rates, 1S reahzmg h(n ;
iias.
The 3aw of God, sav ,
ist, makes wise the
edge is something Wt h p
for, toattam; wisdom,,
true wisdom comes fJ!
gives to an "genM 0u.1,"
out rep; caching” as st j.
“Rejoicing ffce Heart"
This woild, said SOni
comedy to tho.se who ti lln
edy to those who f ce i
of a London street wei (
transparent, wrote Cha
ens, who loved hi* city
could see all the tiage d
by buck and stone and
sight would be mo.e t l
co.’ld endme. This is atu
and all the joke-malum
deed some things and r
funny) does not change
of the woild, noi on
When a soul walks in d £
is no help to icad that"
market is going up, that -
follow winter, that some
sun is shining. The hea
down knows its own ton
stranger does not inte.mi
his grief. Is it a loss of
need comfort? If so w e i
without dignity. On the
our need of God here as
our highest dignity God
man not to mcrease his &
to wipe all tears away (
law, God in Ins Gospel, re
heart.
V.'r ling amt Reward
The inspired poet of
sums up in two woids i
does for him: Warning an
(verse 11) How detper
need those both! Again ni
of God is high dignity T
the beasts, need no consi
warning \oice They cann
but do what they are d<
do But man is fiee He
must make choices, ho (
dec ions which are ti ag c
nally wrong \Ye reed vi
God did not wain us, it
a sign he had cast us off
i sward too The poet c l m
tiiS"e is reward for the .
Gods law, there is k
y mg, joy in slianng t
Will.
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