4 —Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 12, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Why Don’t YOU Twice during the past week the edi tor has been asked, “Why don’t you write an editorial on . . . ?” His answer in both, cases was, “Why ■don’t you write a letter to the editor?” There are many good subjects for editorials. Some people doubt this when they read some of the editorials written about a point which seems minor to the reader, but that is just the point of the whole bit. We were serious in asking the per son with the ideas to write letters to the editor. The first reason we didn’t write an editorial about . . . , was that we did not have all the facts pertinent to the topic. In fact we were not even aware that the problem existed until the reader brought it to our attention In the second place, we were not nearly so aroused about the problem as was the reader who brought it to our attention. Of course it is the duty of an editor to keep himself informed and to be come properly indignant when he sees injustices of any kind in the communi ty, but editors are only human too (we keep telling ourselves), and can not be aware of all the intricacies of our mod ern society. Thirdly, if an editor does take your prize hobby horse or your pet peeve and lavish upon it his tenderest- care or vent his bitterest spleen, you might not recognize the end product, as your idea at all. As the saying goes, “If you want a thing done well, you have to do it yourself.” This is not to say that an editor does not want to hear what his readers think of the material in his column Brickbats and bouquets are both wel comed by the conscientious writer are preferred, of course) and suggestions for editorials are always Welcome, but many times, the thinking of a neighbor can do more to convince than the opionios of a dozen profession als. Davidson You will find the election bund the United States and news m other newspapers so the Free World’s strength to let’s skip it here, instead, meet as grave a challenge as talk about our neighbors. democracy has ever faced. ... _ j - - To meet and defeat that Up until Tuesday each of challen we must build our vis may have been thinking & £ alone b mih . of ourself as a Republican or but through eco a Democrat. Thats all over and moxal leadership now and we can aU thmk of f he Ie m all lands ourse-ves as Americans. who want to surre nd- The next President, all tlie er their freedom to commu govemors and all the cong- nlst dlc tators ressmen have "big joßs to do They will need our help and Meet Your Neighbor our support The party label Being a good neighbor, ake they wore be "ore the election chanty, shou d begin at is less important than the ho ™ e ’ m our hometown and “American” label they now 111 tbe community m which .^ ear we live and work How long There is no time for bitter- has lf l becn since you went ness, for regret or for rejoic- out °/ to make a mg that the candidates we new voted for may have lost or Have you noticed recently won There is time on y to that pretty much the same kinds of folks live on both sides of that imaginary line called the “city limits?” Or that we’ve quit calling the people on the other side of that line “country hicks,” or ‘ city dudes’” Next week could be called “Friendship Week,” except that Congress already has of ficially proclaimed it “Farm- We’ve given all the pups . City Week ”It starts Nov. 18 away, and ends Nov 24, Thanks- Lightfoot, Lady, King, giving Day. Adventure, Tiny, Tubby, The general idea is for Ring, farmers and city people to meet and get to know each children were so sorry other better Get-together _ programs have been planned see the P u PP ies So, in some 10 000 cities, towns But I was glad, for very and commumt’es soon Coasl-to-Coast We’ll have some more I ' Farm-City weeks meetings know. Lancaster Farming Lancatter County'* Own Farm Weekly P ') Box 1124 L£.'’casur. Penna. Offices - V Noith Duke St. Dan caste-, Prnna. Phone Lancaster EXpifss 4-2047 Jac> Ou< n Editor Bob'j r C T Campbell, Advertising T>ir n ct<ii & Rusinoss Manager Esta lished November 4 lav Pubi«2>i»d every - Saturday by Farming Lancaster, Pa Fnt« a«i 2nd rnit'i*' ,it Pa under Act of Mar B 's-a additional entry at Mount Joy F n Jsn‘*sc-int jon Rates $2 per year tbr *• > ta '• , ing , ?e com Pr a r» r» ** Mprnh c Pn * <.<«<-,National TVhfor lal * violation THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Farm-City Week Write An Editorial? Rural people are notoriously shy a bout writing. Some letters are received unsigned, and these must be assigned to the wastecan immediately, no mat ter how important they might be, but most editors will withhold the writer’s name if requested to do so. So if you have a hobby horse or a pet peeve, a bouquet or a brickbat, a compliment or a criticism, or just the urge to let off steam, why don’t you write a letter to the editor? It might do a lot of good for you, your neigh bors and your community. - At least that’s how it looks where we stand. Farm-City Week When the city housewife takes the top off a bottle of milk and pours the lifegiving liquid into a glass for her child, she probably has a very hazy notion of where the milk comes from, but most housewives have no notion, how it gets front point of origin to the city doorstep. One of the goals set by the planners of the 1960 Farm-City week celebration' this year is to make the city consumer more aware of all the things that must happen to his food before it reaches the kitchen. Farm-City week speakers this year are being asked to remind city folks that the food on their dining tables is the end product of research, produc tion, marketing, transportation, proces sing and packaging. Farm-City week, being celebrated this year from November 18 through Thanksgiving Day, November 24, is a fitting time for all of us, both rural and urban, to try to understand the prob lems of each other. We should be doubly thankful since we as producers - have a market, and city people have a supplier of their necessitits. It behooves us each to get to know j-v,ov. better. and programs will include all jf North America, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Artie Circe, and from the At 1 antic o the Pacific Oceans. Farmers will attend cham bers of commerce and other civic club meetings in town, and merchants, doctors, den tists, lawers and other towns people will be guests of the Grange, Farm Bureau, Farm ers Union and other farm groups at dinners and meet ings. Kiwanis International is the official ‘ coordinator” of Farm-City Week, but more than 150 other rural and city organizations will be partici pating in arranging programs for the sixth annual observ ance In officially designating the first Farm-City Week in 1955, President Eisenhower said. “Whereas it is desirab'e that those who work on the farms and those who work in the cities develop greater un derstanding of their mutual problems, and inter-depend ence in a closely knit econ omy, I ask the people throughout the country to participate fully in the ob servance of Farm-City Week ” That will be at least as important next week as it was six years ago Rural Rhythms SEQUEL By: Carol Dean Huber The llith Psalm is the aptei m the entire Bible ough, it is next-but-one gest chapter') Shoit f is, it says much In its « v (The Psalmist scarcely be psalm before he comes to Lesson for November 13, 1960 of l 1 - But e '’ cn ln tho<ie few [We can see Uiat the life wit’ a life of testimony. The DOES anything happen when lets every one e God comes into a human hfe? God( the God - of a „ R —"Comes in”--not intending tr hlde hls happines . say he is never there. God is In all thmk of rellglon as a “ places and at all times, there i£ V ate affair. He gives tesb no escaping him. But as we were hls faith . Le t lt alv , thinking last week, there is a dlf- stood Uiat testimony bv ference in the way he ia present worth little if there Is no te Some men n-ver are aware of God, in hfe , But the true _ just as a blind j s no t g, silent one. The pe man' Is unaware has discovered God as the of light. Others Companion cannot be silent are painfully a- it. This Psalmist sings of ware, as a man who is not his own pnvat may writhe under but the Lord of rations fear of the wrath of the whole earth. The of God But what i s no t B tribal god, tied to God wants of tionor church or race He every man is to 0 f „n. behisFatherand In Psalm 118 the bright hia RVlftnd Thm rOffUMUI . ~ t o ms rnena. mis of life and the dark strand comes (as we know) only after sin are mtertW ined. (Thls hk has been confessed and forgiven. n 7 were , But when this comes to pass, Jesu ,, Las > Supper) But whether we say “God in my life’ or end _ Llfo is the stron L “my life m God” or “ray life with God ls Powei . Md j God,” such life has a treasure, the „ my streng th and my’ so “pearl of great price.” Psalmist is not an u h S% Life from From the many things that can dreamer. Life even for tin be-sal'd about living in the joyful ive 7 m .. God a ™l with God, presence of God, let us select three darl * titnes. Look at the One is: it is a life of thankfulness, ' vords in * h *f Psalm: "di The man of faith does not simply “those who hate me,-- <‘tl take What comes, as a dull matte/ rounded me, I was pus! of course.' He is aware of GodV ?° * 'Z as • • •” gifts and is grateful. The Psalms 13 to be won ’ 3 ° y is ' numbered 116,117 and 118 are like p 3f te ' as we can see from musical compositions with inter- _ Gl 7® us succass - p l * 11 woven themes: one of these is in G ° d 13 n °t R kfe without t the words “J fcwe the Lord be ~f ldoa } a life without cause . . .” Because he has heard Troubles, temptations, tasl my -voice .. . because he inclined f nd ears Wll be * his ear to me ... the Lord has dealt m tho ' v ° rldl y sense may bountifully. Thou hast delivered P ome - But .f^ c Jr S 3 a S air my soul from death . . . We may same orces a^a well be grateful to other people, , ia the « our parents, our friends, the un- Chnstlan is not a shi counted persons who make life liv- cala )- S lJ m^ ner s a^ able for us We may well be thank- a sbi P battered by winters ful to church and state and school, maldn? port at last to inventors and artists and poets; (uisea on outlines copyn what would life be without them ? the Division of Christian I , , ... , National Conned of the Chi But when we push our thinking; C hnst in the V. s a. Bel still farther, w~ realize that In the Community Press Service) Now Is The Time *. - the area v is swampy and leaves a pool pression of progressive agriculture A trip to a sugai in the everglade section of the brings forth the I muck soil, “black gold” which is very productive V< bles as well as sugar cane thrive in this area We some or this black muck on many of our Pennsy’ soils in order to increase the organic matter content, testing reveals that these mudk soils run from 50 to 80 cent organic matter. Due to' conditions in Cuba, si cane may become a more important crop in Florida in future The holdings oil one sugar plantation in southern F da included 100,000 acres of land; of tins amount 3. was in the production of sugar cane, 20,000 acres m ? tie ranch, and the remaining 45 000 yet to be rce'au and put into a productive condition This land was level and the water table very high The sugar mill v new experience and revealed the source of some oi blackstrap feeding molasses. One acre of sugar cane y'eld 60 t'ons of cane and about six tons of raw su This is a specialized crop and mostly done by corpou farms. The Brahma cross-breeding work being done m Fk is very progressive and a number of herds include t 1,000 head; the research work reveals a more rapid ; and more weight for the age with these cattle. Howe’.e; is noted that nearly all cross-bred beef animals some blood oE our popular beef strains, IN CONCLUSION .... It was very interesting educationa to tour the southern states for the first It was also professional training to talk with other H sion Agents from the other states However, peop Lancaster County and neighboring counties should c( er themselves fortunate to live in southeastern Pennsy ia where ag'rcu ture enjoys its rightful place in the munity. WE ARE GLAD TO CALL IT HOME'! •ng run nil good thi nga COl le Father who created hoa\ irth. Whatever good hf 6 ing, it is God who sends 't-laden day upon its waj BY MAX SMITH FROM THE PA. LIVESTOCK El TION connections from the warm souL. to this Livestock exposition were mad* the nick of time and with the notice ' decided change in climate The adjustr from a ba my 90 degrees m Florida sharp 30 degrees in Pennsylvania n one scamper for an extra sweater coat. IN FLORIDA there is much to see in agricultural enterprises, however, mica
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