4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. December 9, 1961
FROM WHERE WE STAMD -
Plan - Don ’t Panic If Fire Comes
Somebody shouted “FIRE,” and
hundreds of people were trampled "to
'death trying to escape through the
,iew exits in the canvass tent.
' The tragic event described above
happened a long time agd, hut the les
ion it has for us is' just, as important
today as it was then: “Don’t Panic!”
Do you know what to do in case of
■fire? Have you worked out a detailed
plan with your family spelling out ex
actly what every member is expected
to do if fire breaks out? - j -■
- We saw a detailed plan worked out
by some high school student recently.
Written in the front of his English
book were the instructions, “In case of
fire, throw this book in.”
While this is meant to be a ridicul
ous piece of humor, it does point up
one important thought. When fire does
break out, don’t stop to plan. Just get
everybody out of the building. Don’t
stop'to dress a child or try to- save
valuables. After a fire has started
there Is no time to plan eccape routes
and emergency procedure. Every fami
ly should sit down and work out such
details as to who will be responsible
for which of the very small children.
Many children have perished in fires
because each parent thought the other
one had the children.
It is advisable to plan at least two
escape routes from each room remem
bering that halls and stairways will
probably be blocked by fire. If the
plans include the use of porch or gar
age roofs or even trees near the house,
make sure ropes or ladders are avail
able for- descending to the ground.
Regular" fire drills for the family
could reduce property damage greatly
and, might even save a life. If drills
are held, often enough to let even the
very small children know what is ex
pected of them and procedures are fa
miliar to every family member there
will be. less chance for panic.
Many deaths from fire could have
been avoided except for one thing
“Panic”.
When a fire starts, people tend to
forget caution and logic. Instead of
seeking out a door or window to free
dom they crowd up in one corner and
burn to death.
Don’t let a thing like this happen to
your family. Draw up an emergency
plan and make sure every member of
the family is thoroughly familiar with
it. Their lives could depend on what
they do in the few seconds after fire is
discovered.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Machinery Cost Squeeze
Every farmer who has purchased or
is now considering the purchase of a
major piece of farm equipment knows
the cost story.
An enl ghtening commentary on
this problem was made recently by
Caution Farmers
On Butchering
On Warm Day
HARRISBURG With
prospects for above normal
temperatures during Decem
ber. State Secretary of Ag
riculture William L. Hen
ning today cautioned farm
ers against improper chill
ing of farm slaughtered
meats.
“Meat spoilage is princi
pally caused by body heat
not bera? thoroughly re
moved from the freshly kil
led carcass during the first
24 hours Carcasses should
be v ept be l ow temperatures
of *o 40 degrees Fahren
heit for this initial penod
js necessary
when outdoor temperatures
are above these levels,” the
Secretary emnhasized
Carcasses are warm and
mo;:* after slaughter offer
inm wlmil -for the
Willis G. Scholl, president of the
Farm Equipment Institute.
In an address in Chicago, Mr. Scholl
said, “What about farm equipment
prices of the future? We all know that
our customers —like any other group
of good businessmen would like to
buy for less.
“And, all of us, as builders of fann
equipment, wish just as fervently as
our customers that our prices could be
lowered. We wish, too, that they could
go up and down with the price of farm
commodities —as some people have in
ferred they should. Nothing would
simplify our selling problems more.
“But the facts are otherwise. Let’s
look at some of them as reflected in
wholesale price indexes, using 1947-49
as the base of 100.
“In the first year, 1947, farm pro
ducts stood at an even 100 compared to
the basic materials of our industry at
89.7.
“Three years later, in 1950, the fig
ures were: Farm products 97.5 and'our
basic materials. 113. And incidentally,
the next year with Korea the price of
farm products shot up to a 113.4 on the
index.
“By 1955 the situation was far dif
ferent. In that year the farm index
had dropped to 89.6, basic materials
had climbed to 140.6.
“And from there on out, as every
manufacturer knows, th 6 spread has
become consistently greater. In April
of 1961 our basic materials stood at
170.9; wholesale farm prices at 88.1.
“And if you want strong testimony
as to pur combined efforts to hold the
price in line on behalf of dur custom
ers as well as ourselves, our wholesale
price 'index (figured the same way with
1947-49 as 100) stood, last April at 148.-
6, compared to basic materials at 170.-
9.
“At the same time labor costs had
moved up 183.2 .for our industry as a
whole.”. /
The report of Mr. Scholl will not
reduce by one cent-the cost of a piece
of machinery; por will it make the
buying of equipment any easier for
the farmer. But it nrght be comforting
to know that the nrice could have ob
viously, gone much higher if it had
kept pace with the cost of labor and
basic materials.
Unfortunately the farmer has too
little control over the price of the ma
terials he sells. Otherwise he would
not be selling at an index of 88.1 and
listening to someone brag about what
a good fellow he is for charging the
farmer at an index-only 148.6.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
A farmer bought a painting, took it
home and hung it first one way and
then another. Each time the effect
was confusing- Finally his wife asked,
“What in the world is that supposed to
be?” “Why”, said the farmer, “it’s a
realistic picture of the farm situation.
No matter how you look at it, it just
don’t make sense.”
growth of spoilage organ
isms. If bacterial action is
not checked by- sufficient
chilling to completely pene
trate the heavier muscled
areas, undesirable changes
may occur which cause a
green discoloration, and a
sour smell and taste. This
condition is often referred
to as “sour spots.”
Proper handling of fresh-
Iv killed pork is of’ utmost
importance to insure top
quality products after curing
Cooling can be faciliated by
pulling the leaf fat \ loose
from the inside of the hog,
not crowding warm carcas
ses together, splitting the
carcass down the backbone,
and by spreading- cut pieces
'nit in single layers on slat
tel shelves thus allowing
space between pieces or
hangings.
In most farm operations, a
man would have in work for
15 cents an hour or less to be
competitive with machines.
—Moville, la., Record
Two important centennials
bein" celebrated in 1962 will
be the establishment of the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture and of the Land-Grant
college system.
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person who did nothing
, the Bible day andnight wi
be a good Christian, just s
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however, is like corn-flal
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Bible Material: Luke 4:1«-21; 24-25-27 the help you C3tt Will SUTj
1 Timothy 4: 2 Timothy 1:3-6; 3;U nourish yOU.—YOUT miM, to 1
n«diu»: Psalm 119:103-112 gin with. A book which appeal
to your emotions alone would i
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Growing Bv Study the cotton candy they sell
Mivmiig ■*# j , coun ty fairs. The Bible introduc
Lesson for December 10, 1001 \ you to great thoughts, gre
I truths, great people. Consid
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T} ECEMBER 10th of this year ac t er in the Bible, it would st
, l f celebrated all around the greatest book in the wor
world by Christians as Bible Sum jj e( ; aase he is the greatest pers;
day. There are many fine and in the world . A man said of
truthful dungs to be-said about great ladyj love he r is
' the Bihle. The education.” This could I
:Jr of how it ga j d more truly about Jesus; oi
le down to us w j lo C omes to love Him throug
story of cour- st u< jy c £ the Bible, in which 1:
• brilliance - s the.central Figure, will find:
heroism. But 'use Paul’s* words—that he 5
vple do not j,eing' transformed- through tl 1
I it eimugh. fenewing'of his mind. ' j
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tians, whose book Crowing In Spirit
diiefiy is, spend But the Bible will especial*
-Ufh-tirae on nourish the soul of'the reade!
it. What conceivable could The Christian grows in spirit nl
you get out of any book if you less than in - mind. What tL
read only from one inches means can be seen from th,
of it a dav? " famous passage m 1 Timotl;
■ i 3:15-16. The sacred writing
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You expect to see half-starved you,”—not guaranteed to do si
people- in certain- oriental coun— f or if you don’t want to he it
tries, where- most people never structed you won’t be!—“to U
-see'a square meal. But sometimes
you see half-starved people in
America, in the midst of abun
dance. This may be for several
reasons. This--scrawny per*on
may eat a good deal of the wrong
kind of food, or of only .one kind.
He may fill up on trash-and not
have an appetite for solid nour
ishment. Or he may have some
thing wrong with his insides, so
that no matter what he eats, his
system does not assimilate it.
Books are something like foods.
They nourish their readers—that
is to say, good books do. Some
books are like trash, they fill the
mind and starve it at the same
time. Some books may be good,
but not good by themselves; as a
steady diet they lack some im
portant vitajnins,—like commeal,
and lettuce, for instance.' And
sometimes d man or boy may
read a perfectly good book and
get nothing out of it, because the
mind just won’t take it in, or the
heart rejects it. Christians, even
some who read the Bible, may
have scrawny souls for any of
these reasons.
Growing in Mind
Now Is The Time * • .
BY MAX SMITH \
TO ADD PHOSPHATE TO MANURE |
The majority of .Lancaster County so*
are low in available phosphorus; one £
the good ways to add this important -plaj;
Jood is through the manure in either tK
dairy stable or in the steer pens. For tg|
dairyman using stanchions it is adviced ji
add from V/z to 2 pounds daily per ccK
in the gutter; this will also add to the saj;
itary condition of the barn. With steed
or with loose-housing dairy it is
that Bto 10 pounds of 20% super-phJ
phate per head be added per week to tit;
area before the animals are bedded. i !
MAX SMITH
TO PROTECT FARM POND FROM MUSKRATS Mc|
farm pond owners face the problem of muskrat control; f;
allowed to multiply* freely, these rodents will destroy till
banks and dram the pond.'With muskrat trapping season 1
hand all pond owners are" urged to make a special effort ||
reduce, if not eliminate, the muskrat population. If tiit|
does not permit the pondT owner to do the trapping, thf|
others in the community might be encouraged to trap ftl
the sale value of the pelts. ]
TO REVISE HAY FEEDING RACKS One of the mof|
common methods of spreading internal parasites in cattf|
and sheep is to permit the animals to" eat hay or grain fro||
the ground or floor of the pen. Hay racks should be co r --;'
structed so as to catch the leaves or hay b.cfflsoms in ‘ ’
trough rather than let them fall on the floor. Plans are n
ailable. .
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TO PROVIDE LAXATIVE RATION FOR EWES_ — FlocHi
of breeding ewes should have daily outside Exercise duriiyi
the gestation period; alsb, it is strongly advised that tlj|
ewes be fed good quality clover or alfalfa hay and a limit<|a
amount (1 to 2 pounds per head daily) of a ration contauS
ing either Linseed Oilmeal pellets or molasses.
roughage and grains will reduce the trouble from pregnafiS
ewe disease that is common with low quality roughages
little, grain : - -M
struct" you for salvation tbrouyj
faiths” Inspired Scripture, Ps|j
goes on to say, is
(among other ways) for
in righteousness. This does
mean ieaming some code of ccj
duct or any set of rules. It meagj
becoming an'expert in the kuj
of living that Christ shows us. *
means not merely doing mo*
right things, it means becoming"
more right person. ■
Two things are necessary fS
growth; food and exercise. Wifij
out the Bible, the Christian’s IS
may be active but it is is
healthy, it is the nervous activißj
of those who lack solid foods (ffl
the other hand, reading the BibSi
or even studying it, without e%l|
practicing it, produces spiriUiE
indigestion, not growth. RiglSl
eousness—goodness, straigh#-neM
as the old Hebrews called it®
comes by faith; but faith cagl
for works just .as fpod calls fM
exercise, if we are to grow K
strength. - il
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