4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 29,1962 From Where We Stand. What Would You Whatever you were about to do stop just a minute! Did you ever ask yourself, “Why?” Why am I about to do this? Why do I do the things I do in the way I do them? Why do I go through the same routines every day? Now, without thinking, you will answer, “Because I have to make a liv ing, and this is the way I do it ” And perhaps this- is as 'good an ans wer for doing something as you have. But as we look into this new year, why not stop and take a look backward. Play Janus, the two-faced god, for a little while. Why are you a dairyman, or poul iryman, or livestock feeder, or vege table grower’ Why did you choose the life you lead? What are you getting out of what you are doing? We hope you can all answer that you are in the business of farming be cause that is where you want to be, and we hope you can say truthfully that it is as rewarding as you hoped it- would be But take a closer look at that busi ness even if you are pleased with the job you did during the past season. Were there things you would do differently if you could do them over again? If you can answer that there are no changes you would have made in your actions and decisions during the year, then you are an unusual individual in deed. Of course, many of the changes we would like to make are the result of hindsight, because no matter how we try, all of us are better at sizing up a situation from hindsight than from fore sight But aside from the situations that have come about because of factors you couldn’t have known before the decision was made, what did you do that should have been different? Did you fail to buy that cow be cause you didn’t have the ready cash even though you know she would have made the profit you needed to make your dairy herd more efficient, or did you buy that cow you really didn’t need because you thought she was priced at a bargain? Did you cut back on fertilizer in order to keep planting costs down, or did you put on too much fertilizer be cause you neglected to get a soil test and really know how much plant food was needed to make a good crop? Did you buy too many cattle for the feed you had available, or did you pass up a real bargain in feeders because you didn’t want to buy any feed even though you could have made a profit on the lot of cattle with purchased feed? • «■ ❖❖❖❖❖-❖❖-❖•■o-❖❖❖❖❖❖■•a ® Outlook (Continued from Page 1) I C-._ Down here (in southern Lan- Lancaster Farming castei County) we are a htt . Lancaster County’s Own Farm le bit short of hay, but our Weekly grain crop was \eiy good In some ai eas I suppose the danyman will be hurt. Beef prices may be affected by having more cull cows go on the market as the cost price squeeze goes on. Top quality dairy cows will contin ue to command a good price, but borderline cases may be somewhat cheaper as dairy men cull harder in an effort to cut production costs. P. O. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna, P. O Box 266 - 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 ol Mar. 8, 1879. \ Prodmtion will continue to man should use the informa ❖ 'd'aTfjTn'eh”” Con“OTfi'gd-’i3hr:2J^t"9')" • • Change In 1963? Did you shop carefully for supplies and equipment, or did you buy from a supplier because he was handy? Did you borrow so much money for operating ex penses that the interest ate up all the profit, or did you fail to use credit pro-' perly when it could have made the diff-' erence between an efficient operation and one that barely broke even? ' Did you continue going about your daily chores without ever stopping to consider if there might be a quicker or better way of doing them? Have you ever tried to look from a distance and see if there might be a shorter route from one chore to another or if a change in sequence might save a half dozen steps? Would a change in position of feed carts or stall partitions or feed racks take less effort in the feeding? Would the addition of some new machinery, or the elimination of outmoded equipment make chores more pleasant or easier or quicker? Some time ago we heard a bit of philosophy we would like to pass along. Someone said, “There is no use making mistakes if we don’t learn anything from them.” We must look forward to the new year with hope, but it is always good to look back once in awhile to see where we might have walked straighter toward the goal. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. AG PRODUCTS MORE IMPORTANT Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace maintains that in war or peace our agricultural surplus is more impor tant than much of the “military equip ment which becomes so quickly outmod ed.” While he doesn’t believe atomic bombs will ever fall he said that “just as a stockpile of atom is today looked upon as a measure of national security so likewise large stockpiles of farm pro ducts properly placed in the United States and among our allies is also for the time being essential.” Taking a hint from the auto in dustry, a Decorah, la., farmer recently advertised: “1 Holstein milk cow, $lOO. Accessories - udders, $75; two-tone color, $5O; 4 split hoofs, $lO each; tail approxi mately V/> feet, $5; extra stomach, $35; dual horns optional, $l5 each; total price, $335 ” The Brand Names Foundation will spend $750,000 this year to steer con sumers away from those private brands. ROGER GUXDLACH S. H. I > eiins>l\ania Artificial Breeders There aie certain trends Minch will piobably continue to be o£ nnpoitance to dany mtn. n V w ACCESSORIES EXTRA V w PUSHING THE BRANDS heed the indicators o 4 their most economical producers. Production testing is becoming api'wwe— l ROGER GUXDLACH more important and the dairy- \ - Bible Mute rial: Matthew 28:19,20; Acts 16 9-15, Romans 1:14-17; I Cor inthians 2 1-5; Ephesians 4:11-16, 25- 82, Colossians 1:24-29 Devotional Reading: Romans 10:8-17* Belief In Action Lesson for December 30, 1962 IF YOU want to knock dowh a stone arch, it is not necessary to knock down every single stone. AH you have to do is to knock out the keystone, the center stone thr y top, and the rest will fall of themselves. aßj. Christians some fii times ask: What is the keystone j belief of all the I Christian doc « trines? V£e have * been looking for three months now at “Beliefs that matter,” and Dr. Foreman more than one of these has been claimed to be the keystone, at some time or other. Now at Ihe end we come to a be lief which Jesus rated as indis pensable. A man’s house of life will fall to ruin if this is missing. Jesus said: “He that heareth these words of mine and doeth them shall be like a man who built his house on a rock.” The man who hears and does not do, is building his house on sand. What Wa Can Do This indispensable keystone be lief is called “Discipleship.” A Christian scholar has said: “Dis cipleship is the process as well as the objective of belief.” Let’s not be shy of those five dollar words. What* that sentence means is that discipleship—being a fol lower of Jesus—is not just some thing to believe in, something we call important; discipleship is be lief Jn action. If we really think it is important we shall not just talk about it, we shall begin to to live it. ~m There are many angles to this. You might say the whole tJew Testament deals with what it means to be a disciple,—to be, to think, to plan, to live, as brothers of Christ and children of God the Father. But let us pick out three angles from one chapter in Ephe sians (4). Paul is writing to born again Christians, committed Now Is The 74 This machine has completed it’s ser- <| vices tor the year 19 62 and should be pre* pared for next spring Very few home owneis '■? will take the tune to clean and prepare thB*| mowei when the grass is ready to cut for the first time next spiing. All gasoline shouldk be drained trom the tank, oil drained and ie-f| filled, and the entire machine cleaned and || greased; knives or blades usually need 31 shaipened each >ear for best lesults. Seivice® this machine properly now lathei than wait until cutting time MAT M, SMITH To Team of Drouth Area Assistance fet Since Lancaster County was declared a'J disaster area last summer due to the dry weather, livestock'! produceis may benefit from reduced freight rates by railroad on hay, and from reduced price of corn needed to see founda-i-S tion herds through the winter season. Full information i?r| available at the County ASC Office. To Use Hay Substitutes v The use of superphosphate Livestock producers are re*|| or some commercial barn minded that either citriis|| snows in the gutters and al- pulp or beet pulp may be used ,5 leys of dairy barns is strongly as a substitute for part of thail recommended; these mater- dairymen have been success* ials spread daily will improve short hay supplies. Manyra the appearance of the barn, iful in the use of these matei*if| To Keep Daily Barns Sanitary reduce odors, and the super- inis either in dry form or hy phosphate will be very useful soaking for several hours be en the land The rumor that fore feeding. One pound of these materials will reduce either of these materials will the life of barn cleaners and furnish similar feed nutrients .manure spreaders is without as found in two pounds of "CTK&fTaibiititl?fa:ct~or' evia?en®. average" hay; " ■ ■- i,"- —" - Christians, But -even such -Christians need warning, ‘ teaching, and help. One-thing Paul has-to say is that believers all have ‘‘gifts’* of one sort-or another. People | who are unbelievers, not Chris- | tians at-all, of course-have-'gifts, | —that is to say, aptitudes, abili- | ties, to each his own. The differ- | ence between Christian and non- | Christian is not that one class | has gifts and the other hot. The I difference is that the Christian I will take his “gift,” whatever it ? is, as something God has pro- % vided and will use it and increase If it as a sacred trust. He will know, $ furthermore, that “what he can $ do”—his gift—is not just what he & can do; it is what he can do in | partnership with God. " How We Do it The second angle of discipleship | brought out in this chapter by I St. Paul is the way we use "gifts, | the spirit in which they develop. | History has. many examples of i| brilliant scoundrels. One whose chief and perhaps only gift is an >i attractive, warm personality, can % use that almost electric personal- ; ity in unselfish, friendly ways or i in ways of pure selfishness. Many ; a confidence man, check-forger, ~ embezzler, or plain liar, has been - smooth as butter, bland as cream. < A woman may marry the “sweet- est” man she ever met only to ■: find out, too late, that he is also *' the meanest. The Christian on i the other hand will want to use J his gift which God gave him not for selfish but for unselfish pur- | poses. Why We Do It J Why does a Christian, a disciple fj and follower of Jesus, hold his 4 gifts in a spirit of humility and j use them in a spirit of helpful* ness? In other words, what is the J Christian’s motive for acting and ' serving as a Christian ought? >; Paul gives us the answer in the ‘ first sentences of Ephesians 5, He holds up two motives, which Q are really the same. First he teUS 3 us to imitate God “as beloved;? children.’’ And if imitating-God : seems too high for ns, Paul is J ready with another thought which % is yet the same: Walk in love, ■' he says, “as Christ loved us.* i If it seems too hard to imitate ~ the invisible God, we can remem* -< ber that he becomes, visible in-i Jesus. So'at the end of the Christ* mas season we may be grateful i above all for the one great GrH | of Christ himself. For he is no! only God’s word to us, he is the pattern of our response to God, (Based on outlines copyrighted bf J (he Dlrlslon of Christian Education* £ National Council of the Churches ol 1 Christ in the U. S. A. Released bj 'j Community Press Service.) , ; Time . . . BY MAX SMITH To Service Lawn Mower > I Jj
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