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=-Lancwt«Vr Farip4»% Saturday,. Juno* 17., 1961
FROM WHERE WE STAN© -
Can’t See The Forest For The Trees
He can’t see the forest for the trees,
is a familiar quotation used to describe
a situation which occurs when some
one is so close 'to- a very obvious prob
lem that he can not see it.'
Sometimes we are so wrapped up
in the minor problems we let the maj
or problems get out of focus. Some
times we are so wrapped up in' the
business of making a living that we
forget the principles of life.
Sometimes we are so intent on tak
ing a Jiving out of the soil that we for
get to leave life in the soil. We become
so intent in wringing out of the soil
every ounce of production that we for
get to maintain the soil’s production
potential.
As we drive about this beautiful
county we joy in. the broad, fertile
fields, and well, kept buildings. We take
pride, in living, in a county where the
farmers express their pride in careful
maintenance of their farms. We enjoy
looking at the carefully laid out con
tour strips in the fields and we note
with satisfaction the many farm ponds
and- wildlife, sanctuaries maintained
for the purposes of'conservation.
]?ut just as we are becoming con
vinced that, every farmer in this won
derful county has finally become con
vinced that he must conserve-the soil
and-water on his; farm, we drive past a
farm where the- field is plowed right
out to the edge of the macadam.
We passed one field recently where
the corn rows ended less than 12 inch
es, from the edge of the paving. The
violation of the laws, of nature.were so
obvious we stopped the car and check-
Davldt**
For several years now Sen- Sen Mundt said recently,
ator Karl Mundt of South “has been proposed to fill a
Dakota has been carrying on serious and continuing void
a one-man campaign in the in our national effort to meet
Senate for establishment of and defeat the forces of total
a Freedom Academy to tram itarian communism.
“cold war fighters-” “The communist countries
Tire United States, he in- are spending huge sums to
sists, has spent many billions train people for political and
preparing for a possible mill- economic warfare. Such a
tary war, but has almost program has extended over
completely neglected train- several decades. The results,
iiig. men and women for the from the Communist view
type of cold war we hre at- point, are justifying the ef
tpmpting to wage against forts ”
communism
Many people, including both as that backed by Senator
military and civilian govern- Mundt and others, would be
ment officials, concede that, on an equal footing with the
so far, we have made a rath- Military, Naval and Air Force
er poor showing in the cold academies
war “We are,” Sen. Mundt Time Running Out
insists, “almost totally un- Hardly anyone in Wash
prepared for that kind of a ington would argue that we
war ” have not been for sometime,
Avenll Harriman, former and still are, falling serious
ambassador to Russia and ly behind in the cold war
currently President Ken- Communists have made sig
nedy’s “ambassador at large” nificant gains in Asia, Africa
said recently that we are los- and Latin America
ing the cold war and that un- Last year the Senate Judx
less Russia makes an unex- ciary Committee called the
pected blunder we can ex- bill “ a practical fundament
pect to continue losing it for al approach to our national
some time to come. survival” and recommended
Gaining Supporters that it be passed “at the ear-
Recent U. S. set-backs in best possible time.”
Cuba and Laos have brought The committee reported it
Sen Mundt new support, considered the bill “one of
both in and out of Congress, the most important ever in
fer his proposal to establish troduced in Congress.” It is,
an academy to train cold war the committee said, “the first
lighters. Eleven other Sen- measure to recognize that a
ators now are co-sponsoring concentrated traming pro
the bill. gram must precede a signifi
“The Freedom Academy,” cant improvement in our
RURAL RHYTHMS
x RAIN ON A FARM
By: Carol Dean Huber
The gentle rain is falling on the dry, parched ground;
The chickens run for shelter but the ducks all splksh
around
The cow just turns her back to rain; it doesn’t bother her,
And kitten scampers in and dries her wet, bedraggled fur.
Rut ail the little green plants look up as i£ to say,
'‘What a good cool drink this is on such a hot, dry day/’
THIS WEEK
-r-In Washington
With Clinton Davidson
Freed am Academy
A Freedom Academy, such
ed to see just how near the road the
com was, growing and found the little
seedlings coming through the ground
less than, a foot from’the blacktop, but
we concluded l they would not. be there
long. Unmistakable signs- were there.
Little rills had already formed from
rainwater running off the road and
down the gutter. The com plants prob
ably will not be there very long, for if
they are not washed away by runoff
water they will be dried up from lack
of water,in the skimpy soil that near,
the edge of a highway.
Now if thi? were a unique case in
the county, or if it were an extremely
rare case, thi§ would be wasted dime-,
and paper, but this is not a unique case
nor is it rare.
The road supervisor in one county
township has already formally re
quested ‘farmers not* to plow so near
the highway that machinery has to
use the roadway to-turn around. The
county superintendent of state high
ways has said there are farms where
soil is returned to the fields several
times each year.
A deplorable situation does exist in
many areas. Tool many farmers are so
close to their quest "for production that
they pah not see the destruction of
production potential-
The thundershower season with its
cloudbursts is upon us. We must he ev
en more mindful' of the dangers of soil
erosion during' these months, just a
head. We should all get out of the
trees once in a while to take a. good
look at the fgorest
/At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand. , , -
cold war capabilities."
The cost of, such an acad
emy would be only a frac
tion. _of- what we are now
spending, through various
foreign aid programs, in de
fending the Free World a
gainst the spread of commu
nism.
' #- Small Grains'
ary pasture in the fall.
On 27 plots over the state
during the past six years.
Redcoat averaged 43 bushels
per acre while Dual made 41
Seneca made 38 and Pennoll
made 37 bushels.
Pfeiffer said Redcoat is
very resistant to leaf rust
and mildew. Disadvantages
of the new variety include a
reported tendency to shatter
in the field, but Pfeifer said
this has not been a problem
in Pennsylvania. Redcoat is
also somewhat susceptible to
Septoria, but new strains are
showing more resistance, he
sad.
Supplies of Redcoat seed
will be limited for planting
in 1961 since only 1.000 bus.
of foundation seed was rele
ased to seed growers last fall.
Harold G. Marshall, Plant
breeder with the U.S. Dept,
of Agriculture, stationed at
Penn Stale, said among all
the w nter oats varieties,
Norline Jopks Jbest t It, is stif
fest in the straw and more;
winter-hardy than any other
vanety tested, h 6 said. Nor
line was released several
years- ago, and seed is avail
able in limited quantit.es.
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s Own Farm
Weekly
P. O. Box 1524
Lancaster, Penna.
Offices:
5.! North Duke St.
Lancaster, Penna.
■*hone - Lancaster
BXpresa 4-3047 - ,
Rohcrt o S en campben r > Advertising TO ROTATE THOSE PASTURES—On most, types ol
t?*i3sS er ture a sou^d system of rotational grazing is the west
Published every - Saturday by cient method of utilizing high production per acre pe f
Entered Umt - A ' ter an area - has been S razed > ifc is
Lancaster, Pa. under Act ot Mar. the remaining weeds and grass be mowed and then IJ3L
U!*Pa. addUional entnr ** Moun ' fertilized w.tn either nitrogen for the grasses, or a cram
Subscripting Rates- $2 per year; fertilizer for the grass-legume mixture. After these P r3 '
PSnts®*" y °’ SlnsJft copy Pric * es axe done, the area should be allowed a 10-day to 2-
Psu Newspaper Publish- rest beiore the animals are returned. This rotations'
srs Association: National Editor- . , ~ ,
lai Association. tem, where the grazing area is divided into three or
■— .» ** plots, will permit new growth and greater production-
(From page 1)
is inurder, .and itt* real » )l£ j
H,ad; but,how.; cap,, talk, hurt S 1
body? Thai is t hadyogic> Most
begin with thought, then ai
break out into words,. words ii]
bring forth alf-the -sins there 5.
In the Bible story of the first
Why did Eve disobey God’t
talked into, it Why did ,
OlWe Ma Uriah Proverb# 6 13-lSj *m? Eve talked.him into it. Thai
3f : Viu.iz eU »! *•"><* &“*»». 29: the. way it goes, We aren’t us U jJ
Deratiimai Raadtaci pfttferbs Wi-l-7. pushed or prodded into sm bj
r---- .—■ ,1 gun in our ribs; somebody A
I *. I us into it. *
Burning Tongue
T(r« Tongue Is a Fir#
When. James (Jesus’ hall bi o n
er) says_‘'The tongue Is a fi t(
■ - i 1 he did not mean anything g o '
T?HE first date he had with the ttie saine Passage he calls u
■k girl, he enjoyed so much her tongue a restless evil, full ol d t!|
asked for a second The next time P° lson - It to like a diseased 0]
he went' to her house, instead, of Naming the whole body, jjj
Ills talking most of the time (as a diseased liver causing jaunty
she intended he should), she car- llke certain fatal poisons v.h lt
ried the conversational ball, so to turn 1116 victims’ faces blue ;
ipealc. She was a be is remindmg us ol v,; 1;
smooth and easy every sensible person-knows, ft ;
lalker, but when- tongue can be destructive,
the young man ® re * bke P°isoh l " Joke a caneei
lot home and bad Fire < " hen jt destroys, does J
ime to think it re b ulld - !
Jrl did not acta- So lt is with the tongue A bil
illy have a good lifr told m secret is repeated s n :
/ord to say about repeated, and it loses no fat m tij
anybody but her- tolling A ca>-eless mean remit
trelf and her one close girl friend. can spread till' it ruins some one
Everybody else she mentioned— reputation. Would you rather i
and she seemed- ta know every- stabbed in the back, with that «•,
body—she tore-down; wittily, dev- P ick and have it over quicklj,
erly,. in a,.very interestmg fashion. do you want to be stabbed m
The young man could not help back with a slander, see ;
thinking; When I am gone, what world melt away from you,
does she say about me? He never suffer a lingering living di
went back to <*n/t out. from the fire of suspicion and
.... , which that slander has k;
i' l *' TOiglti IS An The fire of the tongue lasts
Unrifbftous World” and goes farther and can do
The- world of the tongue is. a. barm than any flames that'
wide one. It is as wide as human the wlJ d game or turn great
language. Even today, with all our- s i° ns to ashes. Nevertheless,
printmg' presses, microfilms, and is nQt always had. Without
recording, machines, the spoken man could never have become
word,is much more common than llized - But lh e only way to m
the written or recorded word. The tore good is ta control it. Fire
world of the tongue, .however, is tended, unwatched, is almost
wider than what reaches the ear. ways bad. xi 13 the guarded, c
It Is advertising, novels, books of tloUed bie, in the furnace or
poetry and science, it is fact and stove Qr the motor car oi
fiction, it is useful and useless, it or the laboratoiy, that Is ats
is ugly and beautiful, it is true and to man So ll 3 e tongue lingua
it is false. The dictionary can be clattering wild, can do dama;
used just as easily to tell lies as insurance can replace Can
to tell the truth. The. tongue can control your tongue? Best waj
be, used- to build people up or to st °p a fire is before it staits.
tear them down. (Based on- outlines eopyrifliiei
NVrar tv,. ■RiMa the Pivlsion of Christian Educaf
•now tne Bible warns over and National council of the ciumm
over against the sins of the tongue, chrut. m tte u. b-. a. micas,
c , .. ~, & , Ccjnjuuaifj I*ress Service.)
name, people think, that the only. ,
real sins are acts that are done,
not words that are spoken What
is a word but a sound, a noise?
Stabbing a man with an ice-pick
Lesson foe. June It, 1961
Now Is The Time .
TO CLEAN AND SPRAY EMPTY Gi
'BINS— Winter Barley and Wheat hai
is approaching rapid ly. Grain bins shi
be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed ’
an insecticide to prevent any carry-ov'
grain insects. Use % pint of 57%
thion in 2 2 A gallons of water per 1000
feet, or 1 quart of 25% Methoxychlor
ulsion in 2Vz gallons of water. This )
tice is strongly recommended to prei
puttmg clean gram m an infested bm.
MAX SMITH
TO SPRAY SECOND CROP OF ALFALFA AND TREI
—These two legumes are suceptible to injury from *
hopper for both the second and tim’d cuttings; the spray
IV2 quarts of Methoxychlor per acre should be appl
when the new growth is 4 to 6 inches high. In the past
control of this insect has. prevented much of the ye)
stunted second growth on alfalfa- and trefo 1.
TO MAKE SURE YOUR WATER SUPPLY IS SA!
general appearance, taste, and smell of water is no
ance that it is safe to use. In some areas of the country
veys have indicated that more than 50% of the rural
supplies are cohtaminated with human and animal sew
All farm and rural residents are urged .to have their
supply tested m order to prevent diseases and mt®
disorders.
S BY MAjX SMITH
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