4 —Lancaster Fanning. Saturday, December 31, 1360 FROM WHERE WE STAND - How Long Has It Been Since You ... ? Hold on there! Let’s not rush pell mell into this new year without sitting down and reflecting on tbd old one just a little. We are not going to ask you to make any new resolutions. Everyone else -will be doing that; and besides, you probably wouldn t keep them and tfeen we would be a party to broken promises and we have enough trouble with oui own conscience without hav ing to worry about yours. But we would like you to do a lit tle “How long has it beeh ” type of thinking. For instance—how long has it" bee’n since you called an old friend on the phone just to say, “Hello, how afe ytoti?”? How long has it been since" you paid someone a sincere compliment? I mean a sincere compliment—not the kind you use when you hope to gain sometning, but just a worn ot appx rel ation to someone whocan be of no ma terial gain to you. How long has it been since you told your wife her hair-do loqks nice? How long has it been sin££ you expressed appreciation arid satisfact ion with a job one of fM kids has' done? How long has it been since you fcfe't sat down .and did nothing? Just sa-t and stared. And how long before that did your conscience start to both er you when you just sat and stared for a few minutes? How long since you had a good belly laugh? How long since you just fet loose and roared at something fun ny without worrying if someone would think you were a square? When was -the last time you tried to see yourself as others- see you? If you weren’t 100 per cent pleased with what you saw, when was the last time you tried to do something about if? If vbu~ —R er ,_ cent pleased, how How long till we have a big black long will it be until you look' oriCe page of again? At least that’s how it looks from How long has it been since Mother where we stand. Dovldian Dr. Sherman E Johnson is Outlook Conference, a veteran 13. S. Department Like most of the other ec <of Agriculture economist conqmists at the meeting Dr, whose job includes an annu- Johnson qualified his fore al attempt to foretell what casts with a big “if” lies ahead for farmers. in congress makes no major changes in present farm pro- He has been doing that g ramSj and if there is no now for nearly 25 years with world war m the next few a remarkable record of being v ears better than 90% accurate. It is a highly risky business, but he has a “batting aver age” that is highly respected among agricultural econom ists His forecast for the 1960 s was one of the highlights of the meeting in Washington this fall of some 200 econom ists from colleges and state departments of agriculture at the 38th Annual Agricultural Lancaster Farming Lancaster County's Own Farm Weekly 1524 P O Box Lancaster, Penna. Offices 53 North Duke St. Lancaster, Penna. Phone - Lancaster EXpress <-3047 Jack Ou en Editor Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director & Business Manager Esta 1 hshed November 4, 1955 Published every - Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lancaster, Pa Entered ns 2nd class matter at Lances ter, Pa under Act of Mar 8 1879 additional entry at Mount Joy, Pa Subscription Ratos i 2 per year; three ' eats Single copy Price 5 cents Members Pa Newspaper Publish ers’ Aw lation: National Editor ial Association. THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Political influence A Dim Crysiall Ball “Although we are fully a ware of the dimness of our ‘crystal ball,’ ” he said, “we have tried to visualize what lies ahead for farmers in the next five years ” Total farm production, he thinks, will continue to in crease at the rate of 3 per cent to 4 percent a year, while the number of farms declines by about 100,000 a year. By 1965 farmers will have approximately 200 - million people in this country to feed That would be an increase of about 10 percent. Fewer and fewer people on farms will be feeding more and more RURAL RHYTHMS Out goes the old year as m comes the new, Cast off and gone like a worn out shoe. Forget the old hurts; forget the old woes; Wear the new year like a new suit of clothes, Keeping it free from all blemish and spot; Let it be all that the old year was not. In each book of life, whatever the age, Every year starts with a clean new page. had a day free pi dishwashing? When was the last time you treated her to a meal someone else cooked? When did you last write a letter to the Editor on something you felt strongly about? How long has it been since you went directly to the source when you didn’t agree with a written editorial? How long since you read any litera ture deeper than Alley. Oop or the T.V. Guide? Shakespeare is still just as fresh as he tvas. ar huftdred years ago, and you can understand him much better now than you could in high school. When did you last take time to savor the aroma of coffee or food be fore you bolted it down in the mad rush to get on‘with the business of this world before your neighbors beat you to it? How .long since you fed the birds? They don’t sing much right now and there are no bugs destroying crops right now, but next spring they will sing and eat insect pests if they live through the winter. Sow long since you called! John nie’s or Suzie’s teacher and told her how much you appreciate .what she is trying to do for your children? When did you last go to see for yourself what happens in the class room? We like the story of the teach er who wrote a note to the parents of her students saying, “If you promise not to believe all your child tells you happens in school, I promise not to believe all he tells me happens at home.” How long has, it been since you have” earnestly and fervently said, “Thank you, God, for bringing me safely thus far on my journey through life.”? There is one more “how long” we ought to consider. people in cities. Dr Johnson doesn’t expect that consumers will be eat ing -more food in 1965, but he does expect them to be eating about 15 percent more meat, milk, eggs, poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables per capita. They will eat, he thinks, fewer cereals, pota toes and beans. Fewer Farmers in 1965 If present trends continue, Dr. Johnson, predicts, produc tion per farm worker will in crease by about 30 percent in the next five years. Since ’4O total farm production has in creased by 50 percent while the number of farm workers declined by the same age With a decrease in the number of farms and an in crease in the average size of •farms, gross income per farm may increase as much as 20 percent in the next five years But production costs also will increase. Dr. Johnson predicted, at a rate that like ly will keep income ‘per farm at about present levels. . Farmers will increase their purchases of oil products and pesticides by as much as 20 percent in the next five years They will be spending, -Dr. Johnson thinks, 10 percent to 15 percent more for fertil izer, machinery and motor vehicles. but substantially less for hired labor. THE NEW YEAR By: Carol Dean Huber Bible Material; John 1; 20 30-31. Devotional Beading: 1 John I*l-8. God Down Here Lesson for January 1, 1961 WHEN a man writes a new book on a well-known subject he should have a good reason for breaking into print. The Gospel of John, which is going to lie the obj'ect of study in the church and in this column for 14 weeks now, was such a late-c the time it.was Written, not only had our three Gospels of Mat thew, Mark and Luke been circu- lating: for sohle time, But as we leam from Luke, there were others besides these three. Nowanew boot is' justified' if it brings out new facts; it is also Justified if it bring out a new point of view . . . provided, of course, that the author can show some solid rea sons for his special point of view. John has both reasons. has stories about Jesus to tell which had never been told—that is, told in a book, before; and he has a viewpoint which does hot contra dict the first three Gospels yet is strikingly different from - theirs. flit Word Became Flesh Readers of the other Gospels may surmise that more is here than meets the eye. They read the story of a great man, a teacher, a prophet, one endowed with strange powers. Strangest of all was his power over death.' Not only cOuld he wrestle death to a fall when that dread visitor came to others, hfe threw off death’s chains when they had been wrapped^ about his own life. You might say that the first three Gospels give us wonder stories but very little explanation. John’s Gospel flashes the explana tion in the reader’s eye with his very first page. Mark gives no background for Jesus at all. Mat thew really begins his story of Jesus with Abraham. Luke begins his story with the first man in the world. But John—He goes back Now Is The Time . BY MAX SMITH TO ATTEND FARM SHOW MEETIhG One of the major educational benefits the State Farm Show at Harrisburg is large number of educational meed held in all lines of work. Local laun are urged to become acquainted with j schedule and attend some of the woj while meetings in their particular lint interest. I TO FEED LEGUME HAY TO THE SHE FLOCK—The ewe flock should have V MAX SMITH good alfalfa or clover hay during thelj tation period. This is to furnish a more laxative rougl'l and keep down the incidence of pregnant ewe disease, should be allowed all the good hay they will eat every n It is, also important to provide daily outside exercise | the ewes during the winter months In some cases it be-pecessary to feed some hay at the distant end of the K ture or exercise lot in order to force the flock to tak<'t'] cise. t TO ELIMINATE DRAFTS—Many calf-raising problems! infections may be traced to dampness and drafts tb"oi| the calf pens; at this time of the year it is very impo rl '| to protect the young animals from drafts that n' aV | caused by open windows, silo chutes, hay holes, or am er man-contrqlle'd opening. The warm, sunny side oi I barn is preferred and should be kept well bedded » t | times. I TO BE CAREFUL ON ICE—By necessity this is vice but often we are not careful enough and an takes place. When weather Conditions present this m lem it is suggested that all farmers and home owners a c< l the practice of spreading some type of protection o n J often-traveled walks, steps, or ramps. The use of c ‘j ashes, or salt is quite common, if applied liberally l 1 should be little danger of persons or livestock sbpfj Now it is suggested that fertilizer be used around the llC | and lawn for this purpose and next spring will add ,0 1 growth and beauty of the lawn and shrubs. ' I before there was a human r fore this world began, be worlds, -back to THE l KING, the beginning of wl hear In the Bible’s first In of time into Eternity’s far And there he finds—not penter waiting to be born, whom he mysteriously ci Word of God, the Word tin with God and was God.” plains Jesus? His Jewish r family, you might thinl reading Matthew, His men in the human race, yon think from reading Lull these are part of the story yet the heart and the heig What explains Jesus? "Th became flesh,” John writes a more important sentenc Bible? This is God-with-i is God on two feet. This heavenly Glory walking the of earth. Stoilet and Sighs ‘‘Flesh is a Bible expres “man." ‘‘The Word becanj means, at the least of it, vino became human. John d say that the Word look! flesh, or the Word dressej flesh, but that the word “bl flesh. He says'fieie “We hi held his glory.” Now all il know something about the 1 God. But what would the J God be like if it came to ] a human being? John’s wh] pel is devoted to answerij question. He just proceed stories about Jesus—just I only seven before the stoj death. The amazing thmjl stories is how simJ are. You (if you were ill the stones) would sure® thought up something I ular; but these were not J stories. When God comes J earth, he comes all the w*l to where we live. . I That You May Believe Every book in the Bits with some purpose in mi] John’s Gospel is one of tl that tell exactly what the] intended his book to do things are written," he say] end, “that you may belie] Jesus Is the. Christ, th<> God, and that believing y] have life in his name.” Wil short sentence John bnnj some of the great truths ti 'come more clear to those v.i themselves to study of thi (Based on outlines copjnd the Division of Christian M National Council of the Chid Ohribt in ffio V. S. A. Et-ld Conimunitv Pres* Service.) ! ♦ ♦
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