4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4, 1961 FROM WHERE WE Which One There is a httle verse that goes, The Lord gave you two ends to use; one to sit with, the other to think with. It all depends on which you choose Heads you win. Tails you loose. We thought of this httle verse the other day as we talked with a part time farmer who depends, for the nec essities of life, on a job with a con struction company. His farming activi ties help supply the family with a few of the finer things of life which could not be afforded on the man’s salary alone. Because of the snow storm and lack of new construction jobs under con tract, the man had been temporarily laid off by his company. We expected to find his rather des pondent since we knew his family de pended on his'work to keep bread on the table. Surprising though it may seem, he was in good spirits and seemed entire ly contented as he worked away in his tobacco cellar. - “I was wondering when I would have time to get this tobacco stripped” he said. “This layoff will give me time to get it finished and maybe by that time things wil open up enough so I will be called back”. We don’t know what this proves other than the spirit of Pollyanna is not completely dead, but we were in spired by the cheerful attitude of a man who could not have been censur ed if he had been despondent. Perhaps it is a commentary on the times when an incident of this nature is rare enough to be pointed out as an example, or perhaps it is an indication that the editor travels in the wrong circles. Hunger For Bread Now hunger for bread 5s one of the elemental things m life Quite civilized people, once they become really hungry, act hke'savages, act like wild dogs. One would think life or death ol important '™ uld not ; , have rebuked the j , people for wanting what human compames and corporation- bein P gSj ]iving . cr f atu^ This is simdar to a jury help wan t m&- We were not there, .trial in which all of the jur- s 0 we cannot interview any one lors are not present. and find out for certain just‘why The Landis Report Jesus spoke as he d’d; but from Mr Landis, in a special re- various hints, we can guess. For port prepared for the Pre one thing, he knew that ail the dent prior to his appoint- P e °Pl e m Galilee who were sharers ment as Overseer, roundly * n the great “miracle of the loaves criticized procedures of the' regulatory agencies The so called regulatory agencies The appointment of a essary over rule, arbitrary are the Federal Trade Corn- White House “Overseer ’ for decisions by the semi-auto- mission, the Interstate Com the several government reg- nomous regulatory agencies, nierce Commission, the Se ulatcry agencies 13 an impor- Over the past several years curdles and Exchange Com tant and significant move to- we have repeatedly called at- mission, the Federal Comrau ward co-recting what has be- tention in thi: column to the mentions Commissions, the come an indefensible and in- urgent need for closer super- Civil Aeronautics Board, and tolerable situation m Wash- vision of the regulatory ag- ie Federal Power Coranus ing.cn encies which almost daily rlon make decisions affecting ev- In his report Mr Landis James M Landis, appc.nt- er y use r of transportation, emphasized that the regula ed by President Kennedy to i3c j lo and TV, electricity, air- tory agencies have become head the newly created Of- pj anes and other public util- so bogged down in bureau fice for the Overs ght or Reg- lties an( j serv j ces cratic red tape that decisions ulatory Agencies, is wel Unrestrained Fewer often are delayed for months. rSrJcd T. AsrUlant a»d sometimes fcr years. The races ne .onneriy servea as sherman Adams was forced dela ys alone, he said, have 2d ai Tx^hnl S c Com T.-non *> resign because of ag. t cost consumers and the reg- MAX SMITH TO ORDER SPRING OATS SEED-Wilt "h fhp. riv?s from industrialist Bernard ulated industries millions of the past winter conditions and the great Board and as dean of h e Goldfine there has been no d °R ars amount of cold, snowy weather, spring oat growers should Havant Law School " & one elther at the White Another confirmation of § et prepared for early planting By this we mean the list But the . eally important House °- m Congress who our criticisms was made in a week in March or the first week in April To have the seed thing Is that for the first dared teli thc a Sencies what report by the House Legisla- of the proper variety on hand is quite important at thr time m scve.al year there could and could not do. tive Oversight Subcommittee time. For this part of the state the Clintland Clinton 55 will be a i aulhontv w. h Anyone who thought they of which Rep. Oren Harris of or Garry should give good yields Early planting is ver) power to review, and ncc were f* 11 wlth unfairly by Arkansas is chairman m im p orta nt for top yields. any of the agencies had no which it charged the agenc.er one they could appeal to in with “using horse-and-buggy the While House, and cong- approaches to space age GET FARMER'S TAX GUIDE—The filing of Incoin f re emen dared not intervene problems ” That is one of Tax Reports will soon be due for all Americans, We u’T 0 for fear of being charged the most apt descriptions we all farmers to become acquainted with this procedure 111 with “lobbying for special have seen as applied to some order to keep records and be better citizens The new P llb -interests” agency operations lication, “Farmer’s Tax Guide for 1961” is available ai 01,1 Although ihe regulatory - Extension Office. It is very help'ul agencies were created by Congress and supposedly a.e n. I nI > I directly respons.blc to Con- KUfai KnythmS TO PROTECT TREES AND SHRUB'S FROM RABBITS ■" gress there has been very lit- WINTER LEISURE Cottontail rrbb-ts are very popular with the small tie actual supervision of their hunter in the fall; however, at this time of the year f >l-°" operation-, and none whatso- B Y’> Carol Dean Huber ing the heavy s low cover, it’s popularity may decrca o cl | ever in several years by thc Now’s the time for doing many fruit farms and with some home owners When al Administi ajive branch of Every single, thing vegetation is covered with a heavy blanket of snc«v t’ u g °W™ po nted out many That you ’ ve been Postponing rabbits are forced to eat any plant tree, or shrub above J times ?ha the boa ds and Ever since the spring le '/ el ™ey eat the * ai ’ k the trecs ***£ commissions freouGntlv mnclo vtt* *r . sprmS tno pilot will diG IMcjnsivcal such 1 jud'ciol’ decisions without al! VlSl£ With an old f '' iend; wa.e cloth, heavy-wator proof paper, or aluminum foil 1113 of the members being pres- a special dish; be used; protect the tree with sticks or lath to prevent lU^ eit to hear evidence and ar- Read a book or simply do bjig. Chemical repellents containing Thiram and a c’ue 1111 gume its m cases involving Nothing if you wish al sticker may be used as a spray to prevent heavy dani^ In any event, we would like to go on record as endorsing the use of the end given to think with rather than the end to sit with But when you get tr*r» •# 0 i OavldtQD Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P u Pox 1524 r/incastir P*»nnt. Of^ces 11'i Duke St. f mnMfr P^nna. Ph. , f 4-3047 Tnr(f o \ • n ~ Unh. ri O Cmipboll, AtUrrttemtj D n fin? Hiivino t -'H Vnnn_»r FNt i fi-?v d v.fi\cmlior i T *i"" Pu» -b* w\ - Saturday by lAm Parminß I 4 inra'«t*r Pa ? * - '’nd r»i r f tt lan*- Pi under f r Mnr 8 ndi»*ir.ml rnlrv at AT n:nt P ■ c ' Rate* *2 pr>r ve*ir thr*' w *<f Single Pi co Tf n c Wp" >» *- Pi Qp->pf*r P 'li’kli. (rp *vt > » »t»r t r% ■>* ituiH 0 ' r ' < t Sa. 1 c ‘ . i THIS WEEK —ld Wa<shingtoM With Clinton Davidson J > Regulatory Agencies i; STAND - Will You Choose? to thmKing, you might as we'l make it the optimistic kind. It doesn’t cost any more and it is much less wearing on the nervous system. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. * * f Everywhere we go these past, few weeks we hear people talking about the current winter weather. , ' Most often heard comment' is, “I guess this is what they mean by ‘a real old-fashioned’ winter - ’. The cold temperatures and depth of snow are not news to any of us and the weather records tell us that very few of the so called old-fashioned win ters were anywhere near as bad as this. But not all is bad about any situa tion, and the snow is no exception. We were very surprised to find just the other day that the ground under some patches of snow is not frozen to more than an inch or so. Unless some extreme weather oc curs after the snows are off the fie'd, the winter grains should emerge in fine shape with plenty of moisture for early spring growth. The kids have had a wonderful time sledding and skating, and some of the older folks have had their share of the fun too. One of the most popular pastimes for the old folks has been the telling of their snow storm exploits to the youngsters. Many of these stories gain a lot of polish in tel'ing and remind us of a cartoon we saw several years ago. Two old codgers were sitting be side a window looking out at the snow piled white and deep outside. The caption under the cartoon was, “No, and it’s not as white as it was when I was a kid, either.” Bible Material: John 6. Devotional Beading: John 6 47-56 Life’s tager I<csson for February 5, 1961 IF CHRIST could turn stones into bread, if he could somehow start with a boy’s lunch and build it into a meal for five thousand men with their wives and children, why did he not keep on doing' it? No doubt he could have turned stones into bread; but he never tried to do it. Nobody who was out there m the wil- derness the day Jesus fed the five thousand had the least doubt that Jesus' powers were unlimited. No wonder that Dr. Foreman (as John tells us) they tried to make him king by force . . . But Jesus steadily refused to repeat the miracle. Jesus loved people, but he was not one to do 'every thing he was asked to do. He was not even going to do all the kind things he was asked to do. For surely-it would have been a kind ness to make life easier for the poverty-stricken people of Gali lee? Surely there must have been really hungry people there. You know there were, because we hear of no one crying for cake, or bread with butter (they would have said, olive oil) on it. Just bread, again, please, again! But there was no en core. Was 'Jesus heartless? Had his power failed him? Now Is The Time ♦ * ♦ TO KEEP DRAFTS FROM CALF PENS— Young calves are quite likely to rontiacl scours and pneumonia in cold weal he i i drafts are present; the silo chu.e, hay holes, or manually controlled window; 01 doors are often to blame for their condi tion. Dairymen are urged to cont.ol drafts in all parts of the bam as well as for the calves. and fishes” had managed &ome; to keep alive and going, all (j years up to that day Some of J were lazier than a verm, course, but even a lazy rnan hungry enough, will worl, Jesus knew that what they \ a( him to do was not simply to/ them. The Starved Soul Jesus, moreover, took this portumty to impicss an id 5l the people of Capernaum, an, which was true but wh'cn t were not quite able to swat Not only are endless free u, sure to make a man wo.tliii but even bought - and-pud, meals, well balanced diets, cm a drag on the spirit. Life has 05 hungers. Physical hungers am and crude. But there are 01 hungers whose voice n q t hungers dormant, in some |, never making themselves felt all. These are the higher luw;, if we may call them so, thest the unmet appetites of spirit. When we refer to a mat woman as having lived a ‘‘full], we do not mean that steak) served them tSr d nnei e , night. There are appetites that, be cultivated, but if they ar»i they may die away. The hi® of the mind for sympathy, for peace; the hut of the soul for God. Thi'e t actually be smothered by an ai dance of bread. The 3read of God Jesilg called himself the hrejj hfe, the bread of God If ha a use such a figure of speech, may make bold to say that siring the Bread of Life is an, quired taste. Just as an appis tion of beauty, and of the hi{ forms of love, are acquired t«s for most people, so the taste for! Bread of God has to be awska Few persons are bom with Countless men and women liie: only without Christ but not v,i mg him at all, not feeling lost they are) without him They do know what they are miss’nq M will awaken them? An Old It ament poet had it—"O iastt i see that the Lord is good 1 ” those who know Chint <-nd i him will share him, m?ry w’ioji live starved lives without mala it, will wakeuio. know tnrt ti true inner hunger, the hinder the soul, can be satisfied only him on outlines cop>r."l{« tlie Division of I \ nal Council of tie ( c't Chilli m the* U. S. A Edeasd Community Press Servuc > BY MAX SMITH
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