4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 5, 1961 WHERE WE STAND - FROM Farm Changes And Nostalgia ' 'American' -agriculture has come irl for some pretty startling changes in the -past "decade, hut many -of the changes which have come to the farm have come in much more intense form" to the urban areas." ' After reading thefollowing editorial, we wanted to share" it with the readers of Lancaster Farming. We hope you get the feeling, as we did, that many of the things the writer wished for in his nostalgia are still a part of Rural America. Anyway, here it is- for your pleasure. It is called “Nothing To Do.” With the advent-of summer today’s children find their time neatly mapped out With supervised and organized re creation; the merits of which we are not. disputing. Still most will admit that youngsters now are missing what used to be known as “nothing to do’. Now “nothing to. do” was a period - of contemplation during which the kids decided what to do next. It might last a'few minutes or it might go on for ■days. It was wholly dependent on the ingenuity of the individual for results. Results might be baseball, which a mounted to a ba 1 1, a bat and a vacant lot. Swims were taken in contaminated creeks, which no one kenw were con taminated, so of course it didn’t bother folks at all. Air conditioning works against no thing to do” by making kids so comfor table they can do more things. The heat can no longer be used as an ex cuse for idleness. Time was when the front porch and the rocking chair was an integral part of the American sum mer scene. Children paddled under the mist of lawn sprinklers while their parents sat on the porch, rocking and fanning and occasional y calling out to a neighbor. Those over 25 must surely retain some of the nostalgia for summer sounds, now shout out by air condition ing. Those at dusk were best; small children put to bed before dark were lulled by the voices of older children still busy at p’ay in the yard. Some where in the neighborhood a lawn mower began its purr across the grass and just before sleep glazed the eyes of every young, a train whistle could be heard in the distance. Time marches on and leading auth orities say that yearning over the past is -a sign of immaturity; but in the hustle and bustle of the world we live in today perhaps a sigh for “nothing to do” isn't too childish. Brewton (Ala.) Standard .v And here is another, ca'led “A Tear Foj* Sassafras.” It appears editors a rotmd the country are a nostalgic lot. There must be a moral there some where, but at the moment, we can’t locate it,. Not too many.yeara. ago one of the greatest pleasures a young boy had tetters Drinking Cups To The Editor In Trees? Editor, Lancaster Fanning Let Them Be S lrke vour paper We If you see a green paper . ~ drinking cup hanging in a get a lot of helpful mforma- tree leave - t j the state tion ab-ut -farming, espec - Department o£ Agriculture ly m Max Smiths coumn asks cups are a new type ■P.ease extend our esub'cnp- o£ gy ps y moth trap being tiop three years. used for the fir-t time this Thank , year in Pennsy'vania. G’deon S. Zook Formerly on y green metal Quarryville, R 2. cans were used to trap the Editor. Lancaster Farming Dear Sir Just a 'ew words to s. y Both, types of traps are that I cons Mer your edi -r a baited with a material which of July 29th to have o -on attracts male moths from d'S one of your best I be,.— * a " ces U P a half mile, that it would be good 'or all The + of the can is Amer cans to read. I never with an adhesive that , , , ~ f , will trap and hold any moth stopped to consider the f-i attract J to the tra * that high 1 ving is mre o trapg are bung in tbe j owe r blame than the high cost of branches of trees m both living I am sure this is true rural and urban areas for the of the Amer- The traps w , , be inspecte d ican peop e periodica’ly thdoughout the Once again, my congratu- summer, lat’on'- on your excel ent a similar program carried editor. a ; out last year produced no Yours truly, evidence o" infestation in Jacob K. Kurtz, Jr. Pennsylvania, so the survey Ephrata, Pa. this year will cover an area was "chewing the bark of the sassafras tree. It ranked right upjvvith swimming in the raw, making whistles with blar es of grass or the -tips qi young tree limbs -and providing homes for young frogs and snakes in trouser pockets. It’s a sign of the times that most of these pleasures have been superseded by more refined and dignified practic es. Now comes an announcement that disturbs even the memory of sassafras chewing and disrupts the long-respect ed use of sassafras tea as a beverage and supposed cure for all manner of illness. The U. S. Food and Drug Adminis tration has prohibited the use of sassa fras oil for flavoring foods and bever ages, particularly root beer, acting formally upon the findings of a special scientific committee which describes the extract of the tree as a “weak hepatic carcinogen.” Many bottling firms already have changed to substi tute flavoring preparations. What this means is we must no longer partake of the juice of the sassa fras because it is a potential cause of cancer. In research laboratories the ex tract has produced cancer of the liver in test animals. This in an indication that it might do the same to the au man organism. The scientists who made this dis covery probably know what they are talking about and we will undoubtedly be wise to follow their advice. Still, one cannot help shedding a nostolgic tear for the passing of anoth er time-honored custom. A host of plea sant memories go with it. Carthage (Mo.) Evening Press But while we are at it, we can’t resist including this one along the same vein, but with a different slant. It puts the foregoing into a slightly different light. - Those who seem io get their great est pleasure out of facing backward and dreaming of the “good old days’ keep talking of the “self reliance” of our pionters. In that brave time we are reminded no one worried about housing orhfealth standards or surplus crops. It was ev ery man for himself. We ought to remember, however, that in those days there was free land, virtually no taxes of any kind, and the Army supplied the police power, such as it was. Disease ran unchecked, schools were few and far between, roads were mud dy tracks, and beef-fat candles made the only light. It is heroic and romantic in rerospect. It was prttty miserable in fact. If there are any conclusions to be drawn, they can be drawn by you. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. male sypsy moth, but this year both kinds of traps are being used. Times-Journal, Chilton, Wis, of 7 million, acres Gypsy moth caterpillars are destructive defoliators and kil’ers of forest, shade and orchard trees. The insect is widespread in eastern New York and the New England states. State and federal ag encies have been fighting the pe-t in Pennsylvania for 29 years. It is because of the close proximity of the gener ally infested area that a close watch is being maintained to guard against reinfestation. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 I-' ’’raster, Penna. OP cel -’rth Duke St. 1.-’-’f'Tster Penna. Lancaster ~ess 4-3047 Owen, Editor rt G. Campbell, Advertising "ector & Business Manager lished November 4 IOSS -■ ed every Satnrd'- by *r Farming, Lanca«t“r, Pj, r ed as 2nd class ma'*er at •er. Pa. under Act of Mar. ’ additional entry at Mount r**' F P r i Hntion Hates - 52 r < sr ' veer v ars 55 Single copv Price s Pa Newspaper P -’a'lon: National 1 ’ * TlaJ Blkte Material: -Acta OaratUoal Material! Romani 12.3-8 This Was She Lesson for August 6, 1961 THE LAST judgment Is God's; but the first Judgment is the neighbors’ The very first is the family's, to be sure; but Dorcas’ family is not mentioned. Dorcas Is one character whom we never see alive; all wc know of her ts what the neigh bors thought oi her' at the time she died. Every thing was ready for the funeral, till some one thought of sending for Simon Peter Per- Dr. Foreman haps they exnect cd the rmracle. perhaps not At any rate, Simon pi ayed . . . and there was no funeral after aIL Remembered—For What? A funeial is a great place for memories Every one comes early and they sit there thinking about their memories of the one who has died. And after the funeral they talk with one another about the one they all remember. But if peo ple are remembered, it is always because of something In particu lar. One man is remembered for his funny stones, another for his bad temper another for his sharpness in business, another be cause he was the governor. Good, bad or indifferent, we shall all be remembered for something or other. This Dorcas was remem bered for clothes-vnot the clothes she wore but those she had made for others In those days a widow had no way of earning an income, and life insurance was unheard of. So Dorcas had with her own hands made many a garment for poor widows—and that was what the women brought to the funeral Suppose Dorcas had been a dreamer and an intender? Sup pose she had thought that making clothing for poor neighbors was somehow, beneath her dignity? Suppose she had dreamed of some big thing, like changing the world so there would never be any poor people anywhere? Good intentions Nov\ is The Time . . ♦ BV MAX SMITK TO STRETCH PASTURE SEASt livestock producers realize the ue of good pasture late m the again quite early nbxt spring 5 pasture crops seeded during early September will provide tl Domestic ryegrass or field broi are annual grasses adapted to tin in addition they are very B° ( crops for erosian control Winte such as rye and wheat may be at any time for forage and cov poses. MAX £>ivu i d TO MAKE AL.FALFA SEEDING Mid-August 10Hi to the 23th) is the best time to make svitntw of alfalfa This permits time for sufficient gb cold weather sets in. The ground should be In lll tilized according to a complete soil test and be fine and firm. Band-seeding is the recommended i application followed by rolling or cultipackmg in direction TO EVALUATE TOBACCO SUCKER CONTI fields of tobacco wll soon be ready for halves' If MH-30 i. to be used on the crop, then grotft permit the p ants to reach a stage of maturity least 75% o the plants have one or more op« D delay spr y ng for 3 to 5 days after topping, $t and use not more than 4 to 5 pints per acre G r< make their own decision as to using this chemie* should keep ne above items m mind toward Q u * tobacco. TO FLUSH THE EWE FLOCK—The- breeding e " be in a gaining condition at time of breeding perience th has given a larger percentage ot Flock owners are urged to turn their .Owes on A ll ' or give additional grain for two JtoTthree v/ccks start of the breeding season; feedT \ I A to 2 P° ur per head daily Many good* shepherds permit ewe hock only during the- night ior the *•’<«. »ad good Mention* tempered at the % '■•re- not cherished ! remembered for . fdkerchiei actually J 1 -a princess' wardrofc* .unmade. 1 a "w / •Wtnted Her Bad aost people at a f tmc tell you they wish they J or him—back again a! stones about "dead” J ting up in their caskets j! panic in the audience jw who have acquired the hj! —like "the late John they came back three after their funeral. Rll themselves In an ernb position; Somebody have the old job. maybe! else would be living | t house . . . woi st of ail. ; many nice things that j at the funeral, it's too tj; it all by going back, u not quite the saint you , to be by the preacher People really want j, only if you are truly ln( j lS| Dorcas was that rare kit son Her needle and n, practical skill, all gonem was no one to take her pi pie wanted her back, was Even God wanted! or Peter’s piayer would! in vain —How much ol would you leave if you d« Seven-day Religion We do not know Dorcas pi ofcssed Would been a Roman Catholic, dist. a Presbyterian’ It told How long every daj sit reading the Bible’ 1 high church or low cliun did she -do w ith her Sabbi We do not know —noli said about these items #1 came to that upoer n things the women shot were tilings that Dorcas week-days, no doubt I'i she did on veeltdays 11 her memui able and belt we do know one fc her mind and heart Sht simply a "disciple follower of the Lord believed in him above having said this import about Dorcas,-Luke iwn at once says, she wasfiil works and chai ity Ma>b full of enthusiasm -ol h •—of true doctrine—ot { -■of education, or what was not ths point That the way she was reraemb was full of good works < Based oo ontlines cop; the Division of Christian National Council 0/ the C Christ In the C SAB Community Press Servlet
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