—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22, 1962 4 From Where We Stand... Nothing As Constant As Change is nothing so constant There change And there is nothing any more constant than the truth of that old saying But nowhere is that change more in evidence than in farming. There are many in agriculture to day who long for the days when change was less swift and abrupt. There are those who would turn back the clock because they see the past through the misty eyes of nostalgia which strain out all the harsh realities and let through to the senses only the blind pleasantries of untroubled youth. There are those who would freeze time in its tracks and keep the status quo because of the leisure and relative freedom from stress of the present moment. But change is part of our lives part of our very existence Pretending that things have not changed or hoping that they will not change does not.alter the fact that things have changed and that things will continue to change. Now you know, and we wouldn’t try to tell you different, not all change is good. Certainly, we know there were many things about the easy going days of the not-too-distant past that appeal to our senses of pleasure and well be ing But all too often those wishing to cancel out all change are surrendering to the temptation to retreat to the mother-arms of self juty over missed op portunity and frustration with their own lack of accomplishment We do not mean to advocate change for the sake of change, but we do not believe we should shut our eyes to the obvious If there is a better way of doing a job, and that will bring us the things we desire, we have to be ready to give up the old way, even if it means sacri ficing something else we have long cherished There are those who will argue that change is against the will of the Almighty Being This reminds us of the old lady who w as asked what she would like for her 100th birthday She said she didn’t want anything in particular but when one of her children suggested that perhaps she would like to go for her first plane ride, sue replied, “No, I’ll just sit here and watch television like God intended for me to do ” Just so will there be opposition to every new or improved idea which is proposed m farming Most of the new ideas will have to be discarded after general use proves them impractical or obsolete, but that -is just part of the change which goes on and on • Ike Wins (Continued nom 1) old >on of Mi and Mb Stra in 1 Gion Pea( h Bottom show ed In-, An if us Batin v, to le ■.i up < liampionship m the hieed and in the show. Thm sdn\ was a Tjtsc da\ fo- Roheit Mlio also showed the ch.million lion of two mailiet turns In his first ■ve.ii ot show ing last jeai his strei fimslurl wa\ down tin line out of the : ihhoiis A new fi aiuio of ihe show this wa i was a Fnimi' Fai- no i ( lass ol cmhl Ansnis sieiis The (lass was won hv V ill lam Wilson, Quariwii'* It i 1 In I r \ steels wen sol 1 al am lion Fiidai afternoon Follownm is I ho list of plac- lllts HHRKFOKI) 1 Fi ed Linton, Ji 2 Lain Halt Quaiiwille R 2, 3 Ka> Vieaier, Quarry ville R 2, 4. A recent publication from the Pennsylvania State University concludes with these words, “Change is part of our existance, it won’t go away Closing our eyes and refusing to adjust to it only stores up painful and ultimate re coning Awareness of it, and acceptance of the need to plan for it, permits guid ing in the direction we want. Rewards are wider choices for richer, more satis fying lives ” selves At least that’s how it looks from where we stand The National Farmers Organization has been called everything from a “Union of malcontents” to a “Commu nist inspired mob” by persons interested in seeing the farmers of this nation con tinue to struggle with professional bar gainers in the world’s marketplaces. There are groups who have little to gain and much to lose if farmers and ranchers present a united front to the handlers and distributors of farm pro duce Many of these groups will use all the power of their huge financial and or ganizational forces to make the farmer look like the villian of the piece. In any dispute, it is a rare case when either of the disputants is lilly-white, and we are not completely convinced that the holding action by the NFO is 100 per cent perfect, but at least the farmers of the midwest have shown that the farmer does not have to be driven like sheep through the world’s market places. We believe the farmer has as much right to set the price of his produce as the automobile’ manufacturer has to tell his dealers what the wholesale price of automobiles will be. But the farmer can never have this privilege unless there is a united effort. The individual farmer can not make his small voice heard above the clam or of the pressure groups which handle and process his goods What the NFO is doing may not be the total answer, but we believe it is an effort to do what needs to be done. It is an attempt to do what can never be done if farmers try to outwit profes sional buyers on the buyers’ home grounds and with the buyers’ set of rules Every time it has been tried that way, the farmer got less of the con sumer’s dollar for his produce. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. Lanj Landis Quaimille Rl; a, Donald Swmehait Quan>- v ille Rl, G, Kenneth Weaver, Quamville R 2, 7, Martin Gieenleaf Ji , Oxford Rl; S, Katin Weatei. Quanv\ die R 2 AXGt’S 1, Rose Mane Linton (Grant} Champion) 2. Robert Groft (Resene Champion), 3, Will iam Frev, Qaarryville R 2, 4. ,Ta\ Rcinck, Quairyville R 2, 1 Judv Ranch, Qaarryville R 2, G, Pieston Lefeier, Quat ijnlle R 3 FF\ iwrs 1 William Whlson, 2, John Fic\ Quail v\ille R 2, 3, Loi en Bucher, Quarrv\illo R 2, 4, Lain Hart, Quanyville R 2, "> Lanj Tout Mow Piovi deme R 1 G, James JDsbeii shadc, Quaiiwille R 2, 7, Ja\ RamK Quarrwille R 2, 8, Ftlwm Hainish, Christiana R 1 SHOKTHORV 1 Roheit Walton, Peach Bottom We couldn’t have said it better our- ★ ★ ★ N.F.O. Holding Action 4-0- -o-o- •o-fr-fl Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna, P. 0. Box 26G - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E Main St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster EXpress 4-3047 or Lititz MA 6-2191 Jack Owen, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Advertising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit itz, Pa. Entered as 2nd class matter at Lititz, Pa. under Act of Mar. 8, 1879. Bible Malarial Malachi Devotional Reading Psulm 119 1-10 The Best for God Lesson for September 23, 1962 C'VERY priest and every mims ■*-' ter you see is what he is because he chose to be so. He follows what Roman Catholics call "Vocation” and Protestants a "Call,"— that is. he believed it was God’s will that he should be a priest or a minister as the case might be, and so he of his own free will fol lowed the Spirit’s guidance. In the old He- Dr. Foreman brew days it was different. No man had to decide anything about a call to the min istry, that is to say the priesthood. A man was either born into a family of priests or not. If not, theie was no way by which he could become one. On the other hand, if he was born the son of a priest, there was no getting out of it unless he was seriously crippled The effect of this, na turally, was that many men were priests who had no liking for their work and perhaps very little ca pacity for it. They would get thiough their work at the temple as quickly and easily as they eo aid They were much more in terested in the pay than in the sei vice God Wants the Best This was the situation which the piophet Malachi faced. Religion Aas at a low ebb in Jerusalem and theieaoouts People offered to God the least they could get by ith With the priests’ bad ex imple befoie them, the evexy-day v 02 shippers gi-ew quite indifferent 0 the whole business or religion, ood got the tag ends, tag-ends of 'c. dices (la mbs that weie sick nvhow, for example), tag-ends 1 money, and piobably small tag ids ot time Anything would do oi God, it was thought Malachi i .e J to break through this piggish inilieience We do not know how 'iccessfid he was, but we do know >.ut he tiled to do He tried to e p God s people lecovei the con iCaG i then God is real, all-good Now Is The To Plow For Small Grains Corn ground on which, atrizlne wa9 sprayed tor weed control should be plowed# rather than disced, for the seeding of any small gram this fall. With the dry season MAX M. SMITH it is quite likely that some of the spray material has not been spent and may affect seed germination of the small grams. To Realize The Danger of Silo Gas Thu problem may appear on m?nv di ought-stricken farms wheie crops are put into the silo All livestock producers aie uiged to become acquaint ed with the properties of this deadly gas, warn all members ol their families, and be on the alert' foi it’s present at all times This GAS IS DANGER OUS To Vaccinate Swise Against Cholera There is considerable tiaffic and almighty. He is every man’* best friend. The Israelites were not only treating God shabbily, they were actually robbing him, If a man wants his friend to bars the best, what must we think—, what must God think—of men who not only treat God and his lawn and his service with contempt, and actually give God the worst instead of the best? God Gets the Worst This is not a parable from olden times. Its something we can ob serve in almost any church. Who gets the best of the church member’s money? Not God, nol always. The family car, the mort gage payments, clothes and par ties to “keep up with the Joneses,’* one hundred and one things gel the best of the family income, and they oftcr God, through his church, part of what’s left after they have provided for everything else. God gets the worst of time, too. Is time set apart for Bible reading an important part of the day? la the time spent in Bible reading and prayer combined, as much ad is spent m listening to the weather reports on the radio? Is the time set apart for personal religion a time when one is most wide awake, or most sleepy? As for Sundays, the story- is the same. The flimsiest excuses serve to excuse absences from church, Test of Reality Here’s some one complaining that religion does not seem rea£ God doesn’t seem real. No won der! The test of the reality of a man’s faith is not the nice worda he sings about it m church. Tha test is in what he puts into it. Thil situation of boredom and lack of interest can’t be cured first of all by putting more time and money into the church That comes later, not fust The best of your talents; the best of your time, the best of your mind and heart for prayet and opemng your mind to God’s woid, if you are willing to giva that much, you will find your reli gion growing real. There is one more thing that must be said, especially to fathers and mothers, teachers and friend* of young people The boys and girls you love are your most precious possession you may say But rightly speaking they are not jour possession, at all. God lent them to you Many a boy of gnl who has wanted to ente# God’s service in the church, hai been talked or bullied out of it by older people Don’t rob God of hi gieatly needed helpers! (Based on outlines copyrighted hf the Division of Christian Education* National Co. nil of the Churches ol Christ In the USA. Released Community Press Service,) Time . . . BY MAX SMITH To Apply Lime This Pull Small grains, that are to be seeded 4* alfalta 01 clovei 'next spring or next sum* met (not plowed) should receive any need* ed lime application If the lime is worked into the soil this tall the acidity can be cor» rected by next spring or summer, this ia much better than applying the lime on to> of the small giam or on top of the new legume seeding. in swine in southeastern Penn* sylvama; much of the state’* hog population is in the east- ern counties Many growers are running a great risk by keeping un-vaccmated herds ol hogs Modern -vaccines and ser- ums are safe and effective against hog cholera Hogs sick with cholera cannot be treated or cured All growers are urg- ed to protect their investment and their business by vaccinat- ing all animals
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