—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 11, 1961 4 FROM WHERE WE STAND - “Might As Well Feed It To The Hogs” Dad looked at the milk check and said, “Might as well feed it to the pigs ” That was way back before the days of marketing cooperatives and federal orders and a lot of other regulations designed to keep the - bottom from dropping out of the dairy business. But there are still a lot of us a round who can remember when -there was so much milk that there was a serious talk of pouring half the pro duction each day down the drain. For several months now, every re port of fluid milk production has car ried the words “seasonal rise”, “slight increase”, “production well maintained to slightly higher”, or some other phrase meaning the same thing. Along with these reports have come reports a steady decrease in the average price as a sma’ler and smaller percentage of total production goes all the way to consumer as fluid milk. Add to all these signs the obvious fact that the peak production months in the east are almost upon us, and the lesson should be plain enough for all to see. To beat the squeeze of falling pric es too many dairymen, will add more catt’e. The additions will be a tempor ary relief to the individual dairyman, but the total problem will be aggravat ed. We pride ourselves on being a for ward-looking people. We see a time in which life will be happier, healthier, richer and more productive. We hope that the world in which our chi dren will live out their lives will be a bet ter one than ours. As John Galsworthy has said, “If you do not think about the future you can not have one.” We are told in a report from an as sociation of electric companies that el ectrical living is still only in its infan cy. The report predicts such things as an appliance which will program a whole week’s menus, remove foods from a freezer compartment at the proper -time, cook the food and serve it to the family, all at the direction of an electrical computer. Of course the food will be served on disposable dish es which will go out with the garbage. After a whole list of such marvels the report concludes, “Fantastic? Yes, but these things are only a few of the wonders that will become common place in the era of electric living that lies ahead ” At the same time it is the part of wisdom to look back —if only to recall some of the obstacles our forebeais had to overcome to give us the kind Cavl d « • n The greatest economic danger to America is that we may mistake inflation for prosperity. We have rising prosperity only when the dollar we have will buy more rather than less. For twenty years we had more and more dollars that would buy less and less A dollar will buy less than 50 percent as much today as it did m 1941 It will buy less next vear than it does now I predict that the cost oi living will continue to in crease, that the purchasing power of the dollar will con tinue to decline, aid that we will have more inflation A little over two years ago in addressing the Banker- Club of Cincinnati, Ohio, I said “I can predict positive ly and without equivocation that there will be more fi- Washing or Wishing THIS WEEK —ln Washington V/ith Clinton Davidson Cost Of Living liation ten years from now than there is today, and also more twenty years from now than today.” Can Inflation be Stopped? At the time I gave tins ad dress the index of consumer prices, as prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor, was 123 8%. In December, 1960, the index had increas ed to 125 5%. The President, the Administration and the Congress have not been able to prevent this contmued in crease. It is impossible, I told the Bankers Club, to elect and retain an Administration that will not take inflationary steps, and if the Administra tion refused to take inflation ary steps Congress would enact laws including infla tionary provisions This Administration has At a banquet recently, a farmer at our table said, “We are in competition with each other. The big farmer who wants to get bigger is making the com petition so strong he will push some of the smaller farmers out of business. Much of what he said is true. Farm ers are in competition with each other, but the smaller farmer who is efficient has many advantages ovir his. larger competitor in this day of high labor costs. We do not believe the only answer to lowered selling prices is a greater volume of sales. It reminds us of the story of the merchant who said he was losing money on every item he sold and the only way he could stay in business was to increase his volume. There are rough days ahead for the dairymen, and there will be those who will make the situation worse for all through their fight for self preserva tion. With falling beef prices, the urge to cull the dairy herd will be hamper ed still more, but a cull cow is a cull cow in times of good prices or bad. Whole mi ? k is an excellent hog feed, but it is mighty expensive. We hope farmers do not again have to say, “Might as well feed it to the pigs.” At least that’s how it looks froxn where we stand. of life we now enjoy. The lady of the house might like to paste the following beside the automa tic washer-dried. It is supposedly part of the advice a mountaineer gave her newly-married daughter. Perhaps, amid the chuckle you get from it, you might remember this was serious busi ness not so many years ago—and be grateful in 1961 “BUILD A FIRE in the back yard to het kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is peart. Shave one hole cake lie sope in bilin water. “Sort things, make three piles, 1 pile white, 1 pile cullord, 1 pile britch es and rags. Stir flour in cold water to smooth, then thin down with bi’in wa ter. Rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, then bile. Rub cullord, but dont bile; just rench and starch. Take white things out of kettle with broom handle then rench, blew and starch. “Spread tee towels on grass, hang old rags on fense, scrub porch with sopy water. Pour rench water in flow er bed. Turn tubs upside down, “Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with side combs. Brew cup of tea, set and rest and rock a spell and count your blessings”. proposed—and Congress may pass—legislation to increase I minimum wages and apply ; the min mum to millions of a additional workers: This I would contribute to higher 1 co~ts and another increase in i prices. In short, inflation. Inflat on was definitely en. couraged by the Roosevelt Administration, and the two admin s J rations that follow ed have not stopped it, T said. “Congress has not and Lancaster farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly 61 Month Duke St. Lancaster, Penn* ■’hone EXprees 4-3047 lack Ovi en Editor Rolan n Campbell, Advertising Director g. Business Manager Estn'lishefl November 4, 1955 ■ s iib>l«bi ' every - Saturday by Farming Lancaster, Pa. Rntprui ip 2nd class matter at ijmrnster Pa under Act of Mar t is-o additional entry at Mount lov. Pa Subscription Rates - 32 per vear tir.-e verra 5", Single copy Price ' cent* - lfembe-= Po Newspaper Pnb'iah *ra Association - National Editor H \ c«p 1 Mop to Pave P u Box 1524 Lancaster. Penn*. Offices 1 ancaster Biblo Material: John li through 16. JDorotional Beading: John 16 7-15. Home off Iso Spirit lesson for March 12, 1061 ttvrOU.know him,” said Jesus to 1 his friends, speaking of the Holy Spirit. Could he say as much to the average Christian today? On the contrary, the ordinary Chnstiafi nowadays finds the Holy Spirit a hard problem. His notions about the Spirit are veiy hazy. His immediate reaction to Jesus’ words, “You know him..,” would be a denial and a question: “No, I don’t know him. How can I know him?” One reason why we are confused and uncertain about ,-the Holy Spirit may be that we stait think ing: at the wrong: point. Wo won der wh&t “Spirit” means, and what “Holy” means. Since they are two X’s in our minds, of course the Holy Spirit means noth ing definite either. A better place to start is hot with some definition, but to look at what Jesus had to say about this. We must remem ber that this “You know him” was spoken before Pentecost. There had been no “descent of the Spirit” on the first Christians. As a matter of history, many persons have claimed to possess, or to be possessed by, the Holy Spirit; but not all these persons,, have been acknowledged by the Church. In I John 4:1 (an epistle written by the author of the 4th Gospel) Christians are told not to believe every spirit but to test them to see whether they are truly “of God.” The test spoken of in the Epistle is suggested already in the Gospel: Is the alleged “Spirit” in harmony with Christ ? Does the Spirit “confess” Jesus, is the Spirit “m the name” v of Jesus? There have been in American his tory several self-styled prophets or bearers of the Spirit, but the church has not accepted them just Now is The Time . ♦ • TO 'CULL LOW PRODUCERS Earl, spring is a good tune to inspect the uu!l mg herd and cull out the low producer' At this time of the year milk is plent. i’ and the price is usually the lowest Loi. producers not only contribute to the sur plus but may be reducing the ne. pi off irom the herd. A close inspection of pro duction records Wxil tell whether or » they arc paymg their own way. MAX SMITH TQ CHECK RODENT-DAMAGED SHRUBS During the past wm.er con slant snow cover may have caused some tree, and damage on many properties from both mice and rabbit- Without any expo ed'vegetation these animals were oretd to eat the bark from trees and shrubs If the enlne In’ l ' o or tree trunk, has been girdled by ehewmg off of the bn 1 - then it will be difficult to keep the tree alive; in most c> es the cambium layer has been destroyed and therefore, lifeline from the roots to the limbs has been However, m cases of less damage or just partly cne fft we suggest that the owner paint the damaged area ' vl " several coats of orange shellac at weekly intervals Tn should protect the tree and hasten healing TO CREEP FEED LAMBs"AND PIGS—In the case of sm«J pigs the heavier at weaning time the quicker the> ' ready to market; wath lambs for the Easter market h'.e a ' ( ter the gains now the more weight there will be to a season when the prices are quite favorable. SmaU i* troughs for the pigs and feed racks for the lambs the older animals cannot reach, that contain specie l - iatl0 ‘ at all times for these young animals should pay dm^ 11 y TO CARE FOR GROWING HEIFERS DaLymen realize the importance of getting rapid growth end £ size to the heJers in order to have a better herd of IC F ment cattle. In the spring of the year these heife s ar r £ . £< ten neglected and allowed to slow down m* g.owth ten months of age the calves should get special gre' n along with quality hay in ample amounts, some sll ‘ )^e £ . cC j be fed. After they approach the yearling stage, In' o a to quality hay with silage fed daily and limited g' J ' n ;s!e( keep them in good condition. Every effort should bn 1 to develop big, growthy heifers with a lot of body caP a 1 «i / „ K on then’ own say-so; (though it’s a feeble false p r , that can't get somebody to be him!) the church has rej nearly all these prophets so- Ci largely because their lives not Christhke and many 0 f teachings contradicted or dist( the teachings of Christ. “Spirit of Truth” Another sign by which know the Holy Spirit is the sign of truth. God does not sp 0 lies. "I am so full of the 5 that I can’t sin any more," told the writer of these lines t years ago. Well, that man, claiming to be full of the 4 first coveted and then ran with another man’s wife. He convinced her, poor soul, thata he was filled with the Holy £ anything he wanted to do non free from sm, A Chustian better sense would have a n;| suspect a man who claimed it is right to break the Ten( mandments and to do what Gcx condemned as sin. So when p who claim to be “spiritual" i Bible interpretations that t and destroy what the Bible j ally teaches; when they u prophecies that do not, come l when they claim to have the tral place in God’s kingdom n rightly belongs only to Cl then we have every lease: know that whatever they nu filled with, nonsense, macke. wickedness, they are not I with the Spirit of Truth. Conditions The Christian church early in its existence co.;:l that the Holy Spirit is nojiiaf than God. In other words, tne tr me of the Trinity meets & already in these simple vet found sentences from Jesus' supper with his fnends. If its too hard to understand, imi throe simple truths. One li could understand all al oat Trinity, you would know a’U God—and only God can (io Two: You will never he asvm God than you a* 3 to t'e Spirit, no nearer man yo" ai Const. Tlwee: If Father, ton Holy Spirit are to "ma ; horn” with you, thcie p.e conditions. First is and '•‘’ccnd (a test of the fnl c’oec enco God is Lord of all) hut he conies to make Ins 1 only whaie the doc” ct li obedience is opan to him <3-sed on ou n c-tj lit 1 : 0 Jivisnm of v i~ - 7 - ' aal Conneil cl i‘ n <T "I 1 » • ; in Hie V. h. £ • ‘“"S' l Con iuuit\ I'ress Samu > BY MAX SMITH
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