4 —Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 25, 1961 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Be Thankful For Opportunity Now, as you sit there in "your com fortable chair in the rosy-glow after math of another peaceful Thanksgiv ing day try to think, for a few minutes of some other thanksgiving days and the two days that followed. Let’s think back to the first'Thanks giving day in America. Two days after the early settlers had had their plenti ous repast (much simpler and less well prepared or nutritious than most of-us had this year) they were again faced with the tremendous task of liv ing through a second arduous winter in the wilderness. Two days after their feast with the indians, the settlers were faced with the dailv problem of keeping a supply of fuel in the house and keeping the stored supplies of food (very meager by our standards) from spoiling before growing time next spring. Sometimes' we despair when we think of the tension between the bomb weilding nations of the world. -W e talk of a time of peace and we realize that it is an uneasy peace at best, but per haps we should realize that our civili zation is m no more danger of annihil ation than -was the civilization of that band of Pilgrims huddled precariously on the brink of eternity on that first thanksgiving day. And yet they found it in their hearts to pause in their struggle for survival and express thanks to a merciful Providence for the blessings of life, liberty and oppor tunity And we can be certain that many in the group praised most heartily for opportunity. Today, as we relax after our thanks giving repast, we ought also to be thankful for opportunity We are in deed fortunate in this great country to have the opportunity to carve out a place in history for oursedves just as did the first celebrants on Thanksgiv ing day Secretary* of Agriculture Orville E. Freeman said recently on returning trom a visit to a dozen countries in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, “The greatest single source of strength in the struggle to insure that ireedom prevails around the world is the success of American agriculture and the American farmer. It is the strongest deterrent to the spread of communism because the contrast be tween American agriculture and that of the Communists is apparent to the whole world And so will the world look to us if we grasp the opportunity we have for making use of this vast potential foi food production. It is not enough that we be thank ful for the good things which have come our way if we fail to be thank ful for the opportunity to be of service 10 others less fortunate. The vast food resources we have are a source of satis faction and a symbol of security to many people, but if our producing ability is to carve a niche for our gen eration in the halls of history, the size of the niche will be regulated by how we use our abilities to alleviate the We Are Seven With this issue LANCAS TER FARMING begins its seventh year or publication. We wish to thank our read ers and our advertisers lor making it possible tor us to continue to grow with each of those years. As we pause to count our blessings at this Thanksgiv- mg time- we would like to a special thanks to you, our friends and neighbors, for your continued support and cooperation. • Food Cost fFrom page 1) ot its Agricultural Market ing Service The survey shows the to tal cost of an average Thanks giving dinner for a family of four in 1961 to be about $5.42. The cost in 1960 was $6 22. When the survey was misery and suffering among peoples - less fortunate than we. Let us be thankful for peace and plenty during this time, but let us be more thankful for opportunity to serve After all, that is what prompted the first Thanksgiving observance It ought to prompt us to be thankful all year long At least that’s how it looks where we stand. Changing Agriculture Pennsylvania’s livestock producers have come a long way since the first Livestock Exposition in 1957 when a Keystone exhibitor turned up only rarely in the winners’ columns. - ' At this year’s show, Pennsylvania showmen captured 99 of the major awards offered for prize beef cattle, hogs and sheep. Sweeping changes are taking place in Pennsylvania Agriculture Among the most startling ones are the increas ed emphasis on livestock farming. There are many who will say that our land is too expensive for livestock production, but we do not believe this. Our nearness to centers of popula tion, some say, does not lend itself to the production of livestock. However, vast changes are taking place in population as well as agricul ture. Much of the beef and lamb which once came to Eastern cities from the vast reaches of the range states is now channeled to the mushrooming metro politan areas of the West and South west. In a recent speech at the annual convention of the American Meat In stitute of Chicago Carroll Bottum of Purdue University listed eight chang es he expects within the livestock in dustry in the next decade. He said, the industry will and should grow 20 per cent to meet the needs of a growing populace. Seasonal and cyclical fluctuations will be reduced or eliminated, these variations have been declining for several years. Bottum said, capital will be subst ; tuted for labor m more and more phas es of livestock production, and the movement toward more and more mechanization will make greater re duction of the feed conversion ratio The beauty judging- contests for livestock will give way to production testing, and advanced techniques will make meat more tender and desirable in the living animal, Bottum believes In conclusion Bottum said, the wants of the consumer, such as less fats on their meat, tenderer cuts and so on, will have to become a part of the producer’s goal. “We will have to continue decreasing the distance ani mals are transported from farm to' slaughter ” All these changes point to more op portunity tor success for conscientious cattle feeders in the Keystone State. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand first made in. 1951, cost of the dinner was figured at $8.63 and has declined rath er steadily ever since The figures are based on retail prices m seveial Chi cago grocery stores Obtaining prices from the same stores and on the same foods each year, USDA’s Ag ncultural Marketing Service has calculated the Thanks giving dinner for a family of four as follows 1951, $8 63; 1952, $8 14, 1953 $8 22; 1954, $7 73; 1955, 7 68 1956, $6 20; 1957, $6 32, 1958 $6 04; 1959, $6 27, 1960, 622 and in 1961 it is estimated to be $5 42 This is nearly 13 per cent less than last year and 37 per cent below 1951, the first year of the survey. Foods on which prices we re obtained m the ''survey include a 10-pound ready-to cook turkey, 1 pound of fr esh cranberries, IXA1 X A pounds of sweetpotatoes one No 2 can of green, beans, one bunch of pascal celery, one No 303 can of 'pumpkin, 1 pound of apples, 1 pound of table grapes, 1 pound of walnuts in shell and four oranges Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O 80% 1524 Lancastei, Penna Offices: 53 North Duke St. Lancaster, Pcnna. Phone - Lancaster DXpiess 4-3047 Jack Owen, Editor Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director & Business Manager Established November 4 1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lancaster, Pa Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancaster. Pa under Act of Mar. 8, 1879 additional entry at Mount Joy, Pa Subscription Rates $2 per year three years $5 Single copy Price 5 cents > Members’ Pa. Newspaper Publish ers Association, National Editorial Association. Material: Homans 12 1-21 1 Tim •vths 6 11-10, 2 Timothy 1 3-14 , Devotional Reading. Hebiews 5 7-H Keep Growing Lesson for November 26, 1961 THE word “grow” is used three times in the New Testament as a command. Each time it is so used, it is written to "grown” people. You do not grow taller and stronger all your life. You kr towing more in telligent with ad vancing years. But you can grow in knowledge, you can grow in wis dom, and you can grow as a person, as long as you live. And if you take the Bible as from you, you will feel not only that you can, but that you ought to grow. If you are not growing you are neglecting some thing God wants you to do. “Stir to Flame the Gift.. The word translated in the 1611 translation "Stir up" the gift, has nothing to do with anything stirred with a spoon. The Greek word means to stir to a flame, to re-idndle, as more recent trans lation correctly express it. The gift of God (Paul means in gen eral the gift of being a Christian, and specially the gift of being a Christian- minister) in Timothy is like a spark, glowing but with out a flame. Paul wants to see that gift burning brightly, send ing light farther than it was doing. The spirit God sends to those who ask Hun is indeed a gift. It is nothing we can create or imi tate. But the Christian is expected to do more than merely receive it. It is possible so to neglect the gift of God that in time we might almost as well never have had it. There is a kind of law of co-op eration between men and God; we neglect it at our peril. God sends the spark, we have to stir it to a flame. No one else, not even God, will do that for us. There is nothing automatic, noth ing instantaneous, about Christian life and development We have to stir the flame, to tend the fire. It takes more than wishing! Now Is The Time ♦ . . BY MAX SMITH ■; ■j TO SPRAY FOR CHICKWEED CONTRCj] Sprays applied during November aiSj December have given the best control || chickweed on most farms, for weather above 50 degrees 11* DiNitro sprays are recommended; under the 50 degree mar| the Chloro IPC spray is best The important thing is 1 make the application soon before the chickweed plants g| mature If Dieldrm is being applied for insect contnw then either the DnNitros or the Chloro IPC spray may 1$ applied at the same lime f j| TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF QUALITY ROUGHAC* The winter feeding period is at hand L and all types « livestock have the ability to utilize many nutrients fro*j quality roughage, if given the chance This means that r!j kinds of cattle, sheep, and some hogs be fed hbeii amounts oi roughage daily In many cases such as yenjj ling heifers, sheep, and the wintering of herds of roughages could make up most of the.ration if suppiemc-w ed with amounts of protein supplement daily. |( MAX SMITH TO PROVIDE SALT AND MINERALS All hvejtocJ should have free access to salt and minerals With stcilj feeders this is equally important-in order to get cheapo gams Most feeders will provide a salt block but few fee® ers will have a mineral box before their cattle. The ncta for minerals will vary between animals and reveal the nets for free choice feeding, the mixing o'Javo pounds of miw’fj als m every hundred pounds of gram is a good practice bil will not meet the need of-ji.il ‘animals. - 1 But what’ Is this fire, this sphl this gift of God? Some claim havc.it who have never knowp : Some pray for it, but would n recognize the answer to the prayer.,Let us pass by an arg ment which commentators ce always have over Paul’s meanu here. When he -speaks of the spu God gave us, does he mean tl: Holy Spirit or does he mean tl, spirit as the Psalmist did \U cried: Renew a right spirit with* me? Is it, in short, the Spirit 1 'God or the spmt of man whui is on Paul’s mind at this point! Either way, Paul may be spea N | ing of the Holy Spirit or of tlijj “new heart,” but the first piAj duces the second, you cannot ha\| the second without the first. S The marks of the genuine Spir|! which Paul gives at this point ail three. We don’t know why he sa j so strongly that this spirit is Noi one of fear; perhaps TimotlJ himself was still a timid man. ’1 any rate, the Spiiit-gift of Gel is one of power, and love, ar| self-control. Are any of thej lacking? Then it is not Godjj spirit-gift. To be sure, all nul know something of power, log and self-control; but at the eg vine level they go beyond ang thing human beings can do Is their own strength. g Mod*) to Grow By 5 There is another important fag about God’s spirit-gift. It is thig It will not save us from the neceg sity of thinking and working Again and again the New Testg ment makes it clear that whS God attends for each of us is g grow into the likeness of the Mm ter. But again, this is far frog automatic. A Christian cannot iS lax and say to himself, “God vg make me what He wants me 9 be. I will wait and see how I tug out, and then I’ll know.” By w means. Paul gives Timothy song thing to do. “Rekindle the gift. g do not be ashamed of testifyng to our Lord... God has called a to a dedicated life .., take yog share of suffering ... Follow tig pattern ... Guard the truth.” ■ God’s message to The Christian life calls ij study; this is a world Med wn difficult problems, and we cannj solve them just by being swea The best of Christians need sore pattern, some model, to go l| he needs a human teacher he ci look up to and trust. The Christi:| life is not easy. Twice on tlj same page Paul has to tell Tn] othy to take his share of suffij ing. The way of life is sure, hj it is steep and unpaved—a l ! there are no detours! , (Based on outlines copyrighted the Division of Christian Educati National Council of the Churches Christ in the U. S. A. Released Community Press Service.} TO _ COMPLETE FORAGE INSEcS SPRAYS December Ist is the deadlrg for spraying legume fields with Dxelchj for the control of forage insects next su/| mer, this same deadline is set for the in ol any form of Dieldnn for insect conti cj Custom sprayers and owneis of spray oj are urged to complete the spraying by tij above time.
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