—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 24, 1962
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From Where We Standi...
Needed - A Tractor That Eats Hay
We read the other day that one
of the best ways out of the farm
surplus “mess” the United States is in
L to develop a tractor that eats corn.
Now we all know this is pretty
far fetched, but the fact remains that
surplus grains do cause some distress
in certain areas of this country.
While each and every farmer who
grows a stalk of corn or barley or oats
or wheat or soybeans is adding to the
supply, it is hard for us in this grain
deficit area to realize the extent of the
problem in other areas.
Especially isit hard for many of
us to realize the size of the excess
supplies in this year when many farm
ers in our immediate and surrounding
areas are in short supply of feed for
livestock.
Last week the local office of the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Service held a meeting to explain
the emergency livestock feed program
authorized by the 86th congress and for
which Lancaster County is eligible un
der its designation as a drought stricken
county.
We know there are many farm
ers in this county who will immediate
ly have a certain amount of reluctance
toward taking advantage of the pro
gram because they feel that any govern
ment program is evil.
But let’s look at it in this light.
The grains are now owned by the
Commodity Credit Corporation a
government agency. The taxpayers al
ready own them. No grain will be pur
chased for the purpose. The grain that
is now owned is under storage in
most cases privately owned storage
in facilities on which the government,
with our tax dollars, is paying rent.
Any time grains move out of those
storage facilities, the rent can go down.
It is just good business, we believe, to
help reduce the stocks of federally own
ed grains, if we can do it to an advan
tage to ourselves
Stated purpose of the emergency
program is “to help farmers preserve
and maintain foundation herds of cat
tle, including producing dairy cattle,
sheep, and goats, as well as other eli
gible livestock.”
The program is not for everyone,
but for the farmer who does not have
on hand sufficient feed for his livestock,
and can not obtain such feed from nor
mal suppliers without sustaining a loss,
and whose financial condition is such
that this loss will interfere with his ob
taining necessary finances for his live
stock operations in the future
Any such farmer should certainly
investigate the emergency feed gram
program more thoroughly by calling the
office of the ASCS in Lancaster. We
believe it is just good business, no mat
ter what you think of federal agricultur
al programs.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Chemical Sprays
The belief that man is poisoning
himself and his world througn the wide
spread use of his newly-found knowledge
in the chemical realm as a weapon
Good labeling helps all con-
turners, believes Uemico
Tharp, Penn State extension , _ - . . , ~ _ , ~
olbthin- specialist Wavs Lancaster Farming Jack Owen, Editor Large, grovvthy flany le- Corn stalks make very'good
a ' Robert G Campbell placements should lie the goal livestock bedding if weather
shoppers can encourage good Lancaster County's Own Farm Adve rtißin- Director of ever* dairyman, oneway to permits them to dry; some
labeling include asking foi Weekly ° evaluate the success ol glow- growers use stalk beaters on
informative tags and labels PO. Box 1524 Established November 4, mg heifers is to check their the picked com field, then
which indicate f.ibnc perfoi- Lancaster, Penna. 1955 Published every Satur- growth and development lake into windrow when do,
mnnee, following dnection on .ox ii z, a. ay by Lancaster-Farmmg, Lit- bpecal measunng tapes aie and bale for both dairy and
labels faithfully, leading la- p a available fiom feed dealeis cattle feeding fitter The Shred
bels carelullv and filing lor Lditz Pa' " ' and hi eed charts are available ded com fodder absorbs large
futuie use, and buying from pjj one - Lancaster Entered as 2nd class matter f ro rn bleed associations or our amounts of water and is very
nun chants who cffei mereban- Express 4-3047.0 r at Lititz, Pa. under Act of Mar. Extension office. Above noimal useful when regular sttaw is
fdtßt'informative labels. n? via. jB, 18icft. ; t, n.,A r -scarce^u^-ex^eflaive..^. i,
against his insect enemies is hardly
new. It has been voiced off and on al
most every year of the last 20 by vari
ous persons genuinely alarmed over the
effects of poison programs designed to
win some particular battle with bugs.
Now the subject is being aired
again in a new book suggestively en
titled “Silent Spring,” by an able writer,
Rachel Carson. It puts farmers, who are
among the chief protagonists in the
chemical war against insects and weeds,
immediately on the defensive.
Miss Carson pulls no punches in
outlining her case against the powerful
chemicals which man has sprayed, dust
ed and fogged over the landscape in an
effort to keep bugs from destroying
crops and trees. She brings up case after
case in which the poisons used in vari
ous campaigns have worked not only to
control the unwanted bugs, but also all
too well against birds, wild game, fish
and numerous other helpful or non-m
-junous organisms.
The title of her book, “Silent
Spring,” is derived from the fear that
spraying programs to control the beetle
that transmits Dutch Elm disease and
other insects doing similar dirty work
will eventually kill off most of the
songbird population. The long list of
similar depredations wrought through
well-meaning but destructive poison
spray programs is enough to make even
the most ardent defender of chemical
poisons stop and ponder whether man is,
indeed, not using them to spread ruin
and destroy the balances of nature on a
wholesale scale.
It is to be hoped, of course, that
reason will prevail not only in the
discussion and dissension that arises over
chemical poisons anew as this book
focuses attention on the subject again
full force, but in the future use of these
poisons in nature. Man will do well to
remember that the world of nature in
which he lives and works is complete
with checks and balances. Thus for
every threat there is an antidote. Seem
ingly, for every destructive insect there
is a predator or a parasite which takes
its measure, tn most cases, these will
suffice to hold each other in check.
Occasionally, as farmers know so
well, nature goes on a rampage and
these checks and balances are upset
temporarily This is the time when man
can advantageously use a selective poi
son to restore good balance and save Ins
crop. This, we believe, is the real place
for such poisons.
In contrast, the widespread and in
discriminate use of them in the hope of
wiping out every bug pr weed that
might be harmful the same"’
time destroying the innocent and beau
tiful in nature is wrong and cannot
be tolerated in a civilized world. In
secticides are poisonous or they would
n’t be effective against insects. They
should be used only for the purpose
for which the manufacturer released
them, and only in the manner and in
the amounts prescribed in the directions
on the container. The importance of
following the instructions on the label
cannot be overemphasized.
The Livestock Reporter,
East St. Louis, 111.
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Bible Material: Acts » 10-25, 13 1-3;
15 25-34, Homans 5 1-11, 10 4-13,
1 John 1.5-10, II Corinthians 11 24-28
Devotional Reading: Psalm 51
“Yes” to God
Lesson for November 25, 1962
TF WE weren’t so used to the
Christian religion, we should
be all the time astonished by it.
Here for example is a church full
of people who have come together
to worship God. The man who
leads the worship reads to them
out of an ancient
book, centuries
old in fact, the
holy book of all
these people. And'
what is the minis
ter reading about
this morning 7
Somewhere in the
318,000 churches
of America, it is
a safe guess that
every single week some congrega
tion listens to a story about some
thing that happened in a jail. That
jailer has been to church (or his
story has been read in church)
oftener than many a respectable
citizen.
Unlikely Case
We know for a fact that many
more respectable people than this
jailer became Christians during
the first years of the Christian
religion Then why is space given
to the tale of this miserable man?
Besides, why is this story of the
jailer told and re-told so often?
One reason is, this is the story
that shows how simple a thing it
is to be a Christian. If it was pos
sible for that jailer, it is possible
for anybody.
Can you imagine that jailer
coming to your church and asking
to join it? What would people say’
They would say he was too stupid
to know what Christianity means.
They would say he couldn’t find
congenial friends in your church.
(How many jailers are on your
church roll, by the way’ How
many prison guards’) People
would even say he was too old a
man to change; that he beats his
prisoners, he doesn’t even pro
vide them with meals, he doesn’t
let them lie down at night A bru
tal, cruel, ignorant, low-giade
character, this particular city
jailer.
Now Is The Time . . .
Many areas are infested with chickweed
that will continue to grow during the winter
months In lawns it is suggested that the
area be sprayed with 2,4-5 T pioponic acid
(known as silvex) In pastuies or in alfalfa
ot clover fields the materials are DiNitro
sprays in waim weather and Chloro IPC
when tenipeiatnres are below 50 degrees F.
The impoitant thing is to spray during Nov
ember or December when the plants are
young and tender
prevent it in the first place All building
owners aie urged to inspect the premises for
fire hazards and correct them Heating equipment including
pipes and chimnejs should be carefully inspected Insulation on
all electric cords and wiring should be checked, flammable li
quids should he stored away from buildings See that fire ex
tinguishers are woiking and members of the family know how
to operate them.
MAX M. SMITH
To Check Growth ol surements aic very desirable.
Dairy Heifers To Utilize Com Foddbr
“Yu” to Josus
Like a good many others, this
man didn’t set out to be a Chris
tian. The question he asked, in
excitement and terror, “What
must I do to be saved?” was not
a religious question for him. Un
der the law, he was responsible
for his prisoners, and he was sure
they must have all escaped. This
meant losing his job, it would cer
tainly mean that he would be
beaten, and probably mean that
he would be sentenced to death.
He had seen too many men tor
tured and killed to want to be a
victim himself. So he cries out.
What must I do to be saved? Paid
knew, Paul had been saved. He
had heard God’s call out under
the sky. Now this jailer wa» going
to hear God’s call in a dark jail
smelling of rats and human blood.
Paul knew the man needed to be
saved from something worse than
loss of a job, something worse
than being executed. He needed
to be saved from his sms, saved
from himself. So he tells him a
real piece of news It was some
thing that had to be explained;
and Paul went on to explain it.
But the thing was simple: “Be
lieve in the Lord Jesus.” As we
can put it in other words, that
meant saying “Yes” to what
Jesus was and did. It would mean
more and more as life would go
on. But the jailer could begin
where all Christians begin: by
saying YES to Jesus.
"Yes” to God
Paul’s own Christian life had
begun with two questions, and we
may suspect that he led that jailer
to ask them too. “Who art Thou?”
and “What wilt Thou have me to
do?” Saying Yes to Jesus means
accepting him as the very grace
»f God m person,—the love of God
walking on two feet. Saying Yes
Co Jesus is accepting him as the
One who gave himself for us all,
and that includes jailers and
jaded, it includes the worst of
men and the best of men. Saying
Yes does not mean domg this or
that to attract God’s notice and
to get him over on our side;.-It
means just taking hold of the hand
of God, it means accepting, not
forcing, not buying, just accepting
as a free and marvelous Gift, The
mercy of the eternal God. \
But how much of this could be
explained to the jailer in lessVfhan
an hour? How can we be sols'*!’ 6
he became a Christian? ,J
writer of Acts never does
say that the jailer was saveq. I?ut
he certainly was Let the rigjder
study the story m Acts 16 'ojrice
again: why can we be sure?
(Based on outlines copyrighted by
the Division of Christian Education,
National Council of tho Churches of
Christ in tho USA. Released by
Community Press Service.)
BY MAX SMITH
To Spray For duckweed
To Inspect For Fire Hazards
One of the best ways to light lire is to