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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 13, 1962
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Congratulations! Win, Lose
Farm Show has come and gone for
the 46th time. Lancaster County farm
ers and homemakers have returned to
the Garden Spot with their usually
line array of ribbons and trophies, and
we are all proud once again to be a
part of such a fine agricultural society.
We would like to add our congratu
lations to the winners. We know they
have received the plaudits of many,
and they justly deserve the honors ac
corded them.
But what of those who returned
home with only experience and heart
aches for their pains in preparing and
exhibiting their treasures.
We would like to say a word of en
couragement to those who “also ran”.
Particularly are we thinking of the 4-
H and FFA exhibitors who did not
win.
Perhaps it is cold comfort, but then
perhaps it is better than no comfort at
Reliable figures indicate over 40
per cent of our food comes off the
farm each day. Therefore many foods
are delivered to stores two and three
times a week.
In the event of a natural disaster or
nuclear attack Civil defense authori
ties can declare a moratorium of at
least five days on all wholesale food
supplies.
' Explosions, snow storms, floods, tor
nados, hurricanes and blizzards yearly
show us how some part of the country
has to rely upon emergency food sup
plies to survive.
. While rural areas are often better
equipped to survive in times of emer
gency than are the urban centers,
there is a growing interdependence of
all segments of the society.
Farm families depend more and
more on the grocery store for their
food products. More and more farmers
are' becoming dependent on transporta
tion to supply fresh foods when they
are needed.
This is a situation to be expected
jn this day of specialization, and we
have no desire to discredit the system.
However, we do think more farmers
ought to give some thought to provid-
RURAL RHYTHMS
Five Day Cow
3 long for a cow of modem make
That milks five days for leisure sake.
That sleeps on Saturday, snores on Sunday,
And starts afresh again on Monday.
3 wish for a herd that knows the way
To wash each other day by day,
That never bothers to excite us
With chills or fever or mastitis.
X sigh for a new and better breed
That takes less grooming and less feed,
That has the reason, wit and wisdom
To use the seat and flushing system.
T pray each week end long and clear,
Leds work to do from year to year.
And cows that reach production peak
All in a five-day working week.
I look fbr officials by the mob
To guide the farmers at their job
And show these stupid breeders how
To propagate a five-day cow.
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To The Editor
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Bible Column
Editor, Lancaster Farming
X)ear Sir: watering facilities, spraying
I want to commend you to eliminate losses from ex
lor including, “The Bible ternal parasites, cleaning
Speaks” in your paper. Pos- lambing pens, checking hous
fiibly too often folks forget ing and bedding, and setting
to be thankful for articles aside a month’s supply of
and publications such as this the best hay to feed ewes in
Hoping you continue to print the period just before lamb
i>r. Foreman’s message on j n g
the Sunday School Lessons.
This is what we need “At
least that’s how it looks from If all the water from all
where we stand”. the fresh water lakes of the
Sincerely, world should be emptied in-
Mrs. B. Landis to the ccean, it \yould raise
Lancaster B 3 its level about two inches.
Prepare Food For Survival
GET EWES READY
A little attention to the
- ewe flock now may prevent
costly diseases and parasite
losses this winter says Dr.
Samuel B. Guss, Penn State
extension veterinarian. He
suggests worming the flock,
examining winter feeding &
or Draw
all, to realize that it would be a pretty
slim show if only the winners exhibit
ed. If only those exhibitors who knew
for certain they did not stand a chance
of finishing out of the money, were to
take their products to the show, the
judging rings and exhibit halls would
be empty.
Perhaps it is a little bit corny, but
there is an old saying, “The big apples
wouldn’t be at the top of the basket if
it weren’t for a lot of little ones hold
ing them up.” r
Sometimes the little apples end up
making the best pie because being at
the bottom of the heap that way gives
them time to ripen and mellow before
their time for greatness finally comes.
Therefore, we say, It is great to
win, but it is no disgrace to lose if you
did your best.
At least tha£’s how it looks from
where we stand.
ing emergency food supplies for their
families.
Emergency food does not have to
be an expensive or exotic collection,,'
but some thought should be given to
providing maximum quality for a min
imum 'Of storage space and adequate
nutritive value balanced,' among water
packed, liquid and solid foods.
If it became necessary for you to
spend two weeks- in a- fallout shelter,
what would you eat—survival rations,
your normal food?”
These questions are in the first
paragraph of a leaflet called “Eating
To Survive. Without resorting to scare
tactics, its writers, J. F. Bauerman and
H. E. Neigh of the extension staff at
The Penna. State University , outline
some of the steps a family can take to
prepare for an emergency, natural or
man-made.
The last paragraph explains their
reason for writing the article. It says,
“In case of emergency the food in your
home will have to do; perhaps for as
long as two weeks or more. Now’s the
time to do some serious planning.”
We argee.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
• Dr. Larson
(From page 1)
last March was named chair
man of the Division of Plant
Sciences and Industry in the
College of Agriculture.
Since 1958 he has served
as consultant to the office
of Experiment Station, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
From July to December,
1960 while - on leave from.
Penn. State, -he .served as
scientific aide to 'the Mexi
can agriculture progam of
the Rockerfeller Foundation.
He spent most of the time
in Mexico collecting speci
mens of criollo tomatoes for
use in plant breeding re
search.
Dr. Larson, 45, is married
to the former Margaret A
;Johnson, .<of Minneapolis,
Minn, and they have two
daughters, Gayle Margaret, a
junior at Penn State; Bev
erly Jean, a.junior in the
State College High. -School,
and a son, Russell Troy, a
student in seventh grade.
—Anonymous
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only sbtl. The Mea* ttaiwe'could
take a apaceimp .and saiTbeyotid
the reach of God isjilit as absurd
as it always wab.
Vm tied of Iho world and yon .
Think about the world around
yoii—steel and asphdlt,. grass and
trees,. Stars, germs and atoms.
Does it seem hard to believe that
the God who made these things
made you? That the God who is
Bibi« jutwUi: Exodus 30:1-3; Deu concerned for the mighty suns
i4aiu“ y 8:4 J 9: M * tthew 8:M: Johl and vast whirlpools of stars mil
xterktionai Readings John 17:1-8. lions of light-years away,—that
~ He can be interested also in you?
' a A Even some Christians have felt
Ul|6 UOO as if there must be a difference
* - , „ * between the God of nature and
Lesson for January 14, 1962 t jj e (j o( j 0 f gr acef the God of na-
ture and the God Jesus revealed
P’ is easier to believe in many to us - But there is no difference,
gods than in one. If you don’t Neither the God of grace nor the
think that is true, take a look God of nature is greater than the
through the religions of primitive other; for they are one and the
mman beings any- same God. The same divine Mind
I where no matter"that devised this universe also
how primitive devised you. It serves his pur-
I are without some Poses,—the stormy wind fulfills
kind of religion* God’s will, as the Hebrew psalra
but the human ist wrote. God made the earth
race did not ar- and seas for a reason, He made
rive early ’at the'toe stars for a reason, He made
truth that thert J”° u for a reason. What all His
is only one true reasons are is His own secret.
God. But they did That a comet’s return may be
arrive. In'Tslam predicted, is a pointer to God.
in Judaism and in the midst of grief there
in Christianity, men have stood comes a healing peace, is a point
for their faith that God is One, « to God. That a man feels in
and beside him there is no other, k*® heart of hearts, I ought, is a
Nothing the Christian* church~be- pointer to God. Not,
lieves about the 'Trinity abolishes but to the same, the only God.
this basic truth, that there is one From birth to death • •
God only. Fattier, Son and Spirit .As we live and grow, our ideas
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are not three Gods. The Holy frin- about God may greatly change,
ity is not a celestial committee. Perhaps at first we think of Him-
Christians, believe that there are as a kind of family God, we think
different ways by which we meet of Him as the God of our church.
_God, different ways of His reveal- He may be in early days a God
ing himself; but the High God, We think about only when we say
the Creator of all, and Christ our "Now Hay me ... ”at bed-time;
Savior, the “Word made flesh,” then later—for some great souls
and the Snirit of God in our hearts, this is true—God looms so large
are all the same God. that He is our constant compan-
OnrQoiTof littjt and spaoa ion > a “ d the thought of Him is
Theologians seeking ways of ex- 5* ck °* every thought. But He
pressing the majesty of God some- d ° es °ot grow, it is we who grow,
times use the expression, the God r ? ad of mankmd is strewn
of time and space. That expresses Wlt “ the bodies of dead gods,
a tremendously important truth someone has said. Not *t all; the
about God, a two-sidedfruth. One J™ 8 . God n «y« r pensbes - The dead
is that no matter how far back- P odl ® s ar ? i dea ®* notions, images
ward or forward you may go in S m ?p d * they are not gods,
time, God is always God, He does Now each man s personal road
not become God, or cease'to be Me ought to pass on beyond
God, or become (so to speak) a thegraves of the idols He has
part-time or retired God Some- made in His mind. The God who
times human beings* thoughts of 'T 1 ? ? ot le * w « et hur f’ 018 G ? d
God are dim; but He is ever the «ho let us do as we Please, the
eternal flame. The other side of God beaton revenge, the God oi
the truth is that wherever you go S? 1 n^ 10 . n *S ams t the world
in space, you are always in the ese Gods d ? , not ® xlst ex £® p *
domain of the one, the only God, “ pe . opl f’ s minds - Th ?
who is always the same. This nofe s°** IS . tbe one revealed by his
only means that God is sovereign S< ®> * h ° £ro “ Beginning was
over this earth and ’ whatever God,jrjd -WW God.
creatures live here; to the remot-
est star He is still the same, the
Now Is The
MAX SMITH TQ CUT dowiSToN FEED WASTE —ln
many cases of livestock feeding where "the self feeders are
used, there is too much waste of valuable feed* In some re
search studies with hog feeding it was found: that many
feeding operations lost from 3 to 7 percent of the feed. This
isi not the way to make a return.on any feeding opera
tion. Feed is expensive and one of the objectives should be
to get a good feed conversion into meat or ‘ milk. Local
feeders are urged to inspect their feed operations in order
to reduce the waste of feed. 1
TO PREVENT WOOL BLlNDNESS—Experienced shepherds
will trim the wool from around, the eyes of their sheep at
this time of the year. This is quite often necessary in some
breeds such as or Southdojwns where there is a
lot of wool about the head! In other breeds such as Cheviots
and Suffolks this will not be necessary. If the wool has
grown tight around the eye opening, it is very difficult for
the sheep to see where, ta.go and feed and water.
attention in these eases will produce more profit from
the flock.
Time • ♦ ♦
BY MAX SMITH
TO BUY CERTIFIED SERDS^—One of the
best ways of actually getting what you
really want is to™ plant certified seed. In
order to have s'ome assurance of good ger
mination, free from weeds, and the best
yield ability of certain varieties, it is
strphgly recqmmerided that the best seeds
be used. , In most caseg _ with the buying
of seeds, you get in proportion to what
you pay. ?
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