—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 1963
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From Where We Stand...
Biggest Farm Show Under One Roof
Next week in the farming com
munities all across the Keystone state,
all roads will lead to Harrisburg.
Farmers and their families and
friends, along with a good sprinkling of
their city cousins will migrate toward
the capital city of the commonwealth
for the state’s annual mid-winter Farm
Show.
Billed as the “Futurama of Penn
sylvania Agriculture”, the 47th annual
staging of the show will portray many
of the changes taking place in the farm
ing industry that keep it abreast with
other space age developments.
New discoveries in the science of
agriculture will be highlighted by speak
ers at meetings of more than 30 state
wide agricultural organizations.
New high standards of excellence
will be seen in the exhibits of livestock,
dairy cattle, fruit and vegetable and
farm crops, and the many items of home
economics.
Commercial exhibitors will be on
hand to explain and demonstrate the
latest refinements in farm machinery
and equipment.
One refinement, nearing comple
tion, which will be a welcome addition
to dairy exhibitors, is the new milk
house. It will replace the temporary one
in use for several years.
The giant farm show building, the
largest such facility under roof in the
United States, will be pushed to the
limit to accommodate all the farm and
commercial exhibits. Some “doubling
up” of exhibits is already anticipated by
those who assign space in the 570,000
square feet of exhibit area. Because of
the shortage of stable space, some of
the teams in the horse pulling contest
will have to be quartered in the vans
bringing them to the gala affair.
Farmers exhibiting livestock and
produce at the show will share in a
whooping $63,289 50 in premium money,
but those who do not enter the competi
tion can enjoy the show as well. Two
arenas with a total seating capacity of
nearly 10,000 will accommodate large
numbers of the more than 500,000 per
sons expected to attend.
Judging of livestock in the large
arena during the day will give way at
night to entertainment including a State
Police rodeo, square dance festival,
horse pulling contest, tractor driving,
4-H horse show, FFA band concert and
a livestock parade.
From scattered exhibits of fruit
and grain at annual meetings of a few
farm organizations at Harrisburg, the
first Farm Show in 1917 has grown to
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Lancaster County’s Own Farm
Weekly
P O Box 1524
Lancaster, Penna,
P O Box 266 - Lxtitz, Pa.
Offices:
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Lititz, Pa.
Phone - Lancaster
EXpress 4-3047 or
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Jack Owen, Editor
Robert G Campbell,
Advertising Director
Established November 4,
1955. Published every Satur
day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit-
itz, Pa,
Entered as 2nd class matter
at Lititz, Pa. under Act of Mar.
8, 1879.
that goes to the county mak
, . mg the best showing at the
❖ ❖❖ ■> ❖❖❖ •$ meeting in numbers piesent
the largest free indoor exposition in
the United States under one roof.
The main building with approxi
mately 11 acres under roof was dedicat-'
ed in 1931 and cost approximately $l,-
440,000. The large arena was dedicated
.in 1939, and cost about $1,250,000.
Visitors parking free on the 45 acre lot
can ride to the exhibition building on
wagon trains supplied by the exhibitors
of farm tractors and wagons.'
This year, farmers will be able to
view an added attraction just across the
street from the main Farm Show build
ing. Ground breaking ceremonies for a
new building to house the state’s Agri
culture Department were held in Octo
ber and construction has begun.
With the stated purpose of “Edu
cation through cooperation”, the 1963
Farm Show promises to help advance
Pennsylvania Agriculture in the New
Year.
See you at the Farm Show!
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
It is not often that we hope to be
disappointed or hope to see anyone
else disappointed, but next week we
will be happy to have one traditional
event come out backward.
It is a well worn phrase that “Farm
Show Weather is the worst of the year.”
Well, if it turns out this year that
the weather during the week of Farm
Show is not horrible, we will be happy
even if it does mean a break with
tradition.
The syndicated “Dear Abby”
column has come up with a new twist
psychoanalysis for cows. In good humor
of course, the column came up with the
idea in response to a letter from a farm
er with a cow that allegedly hates wo
men but is “very friendly to men wheth
er she has seen them before or not,”
★★ ★ ★
NO MORE RAIDING
New Jersey has passed an anti
raiding bill to protect cooperatives from
having members baited away from
them.
The United Nations says that world
birth rate is now double the death rate.
There are 5 million new babies born
every month. US. population now is
186 million, India 440 million, Soviet
Union 215 million, China 700 million.
Crop Reporters
To Be Honored
Two Lancastei Conntians Rev G BuUei, technical
will he a mom? the 20 ciop SU!>eivlSol 01 tlle sen ice said
repoiteis to be honored for tlop le l )ort ers located thiough
outstandmg service by the out t * le btate submit monthly
Pennsylvania Ciop Reporting or P enodlc ct °P and livestock
Sen ne. State Department of iei>olts to the Pennsylvania
Agncultuie Crop Reporting Seivice on
acieages and yields of the
principal ciops grown in the
state, also livestock on farms,
and livestock production, and
prices and values of both crop
and livestock production. From
this data ofticial estimates are
detei mined.
The awards will be made at
the lifth annual meeting of
Crop Repot ters, January 10 at
the Pennsylvania State Farm
Show.
The two countians are H.
Clinton Engle, Engle Brothers,
Mount Joy Rl, who reported
on tobacco conditions, and
Frank M. Herr, Elizabethtown
R 3, who reported on poultry,
Di. William L. Henning,
State Secretary of Aguculture,
will piesent the awards, in
cluding a “Gilded Milkpail”
★ ★ ★ ★
Farm Show Weather
★ ★ ★ ★
PSYCHOANALYSIS FOR COWS?
★ ★ ★ ★
THE GROWING CROWD
nine! miles tiavelcd Northainpr
ffion \\on the county tioiihy m
11061 Lancastei county, at the
| 10G2 Faim Show.
Expoits of laid from the
U S for the first nine months
of 1962 totaled 336 million
'pounds, an mciease of 30 mil
lion ‘pounds over the same
months of 19 61. The increase
■was almost entirely accounted
for by larger slnpnients -to,,
the United Kingdom.
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Bible Material: Marie 1:1-13.
Devotional Beadlnc I Timothy 4:7*
10. 14-18.
Ready, When?
Lesson for January 6,1983
THE same man or woman will
be admired by different peo-.
pie for different reasons. Our
Lord was no exception. What is
it in Jesus that draws, as he said,
“all men” to himself? It is now
as it was then.
Not every one
would say the
same. The tour
Gospels are not
alike, and one
reason they are
not alike is that
the four evange
lists (writers of
the gospels) found
different aspects
of Jesus’ life and thought chal
lenging and compelling. Mark,
from whose short book these Bible
studies for the next three months
are to be taken, was drawn tQ
Jesus on account of what he did.
rather than what he said. Jesus
is here introduced to us as the
mighty Son of God, who demon
strated his- right to be Master of
Men by his acts of power. Jesus
had a meek and gentle side; but
there is not much in Mark about
a meek and gentle Jesus; rather
about the kind of character that
would appeal to the Romans
among whom the book first cir
culated, Jesus the Mighty One.
Not by Age, not by Books
When is a man ready to go out
and begin his life’s work? Many
young people begin too soon. They
drop out of high school ancb get
married, they are burdened with
the cares of a job (or trying to
find one) and a family at a time
when they should still be prepar
ing for such responsibilities. Oth
ers keep on “preparing” because
they are actually afraid to go out
and get into the swing and the
fight of living. A person is not
necessarily ready when he has
read a certain number of books.
A book, many books, can help
handily in preparing those who
read them for active useful living;
hut a young man may have put
his nose into many books without
Now Is
PTo Plan For Windbi calcs
Snow dnlts can be controlled to sovni
extent aionnd buildings and in some lain
by the use ol iMndbieahs, these may be n
the foim ot tiees, sluiibbeiy, or terapoi.uj'
snow fences Many faun homesteads are pi a*
tected by the planting ot tiees (such >U
eveigreens) that will leduce the wind telo
‘ Ci * ;y and deposit the snow bctoie ieachm
lanes, di new ays, and buildings Now niial
Js 0&S&S a sooci l, me i 0 deleinnne wheie the:
«hig 'BSf uuidbieaks aie needed.
SHI r r° study Farin' Records
Nov. is the time to evaluate your faun
MAX M. SMITH mg enterpi ises of 1962 and to plan for th
coming yeai A good set ol farm records i
the place to start; a study ol the income and expenses on th
various sources ol income should point out some changes
be made and reveal the most profitable efforts in your fai®
mg program In most cases time spent behind a farmers desV
or “pushing a pencil” pays good dividends.
To Attend Farm Show
Meetings may llave increased the r*
, , and mice population arcin'*
The educational value ot the many blnldlngs Good t a
State Fai m Show is not only mana g e ment dictates that tlr
demonstrated in the show ring peata muBt go; a good c)ea
but m the dozens ot meetings pio g,am to remove ne*
rooms and banquet halls in the and harboring places
Show Building and in Harris- one , ace to start; se> ert
burg Most state farm orgam- poißon bait sta tions in eai
zations hold one 01 more edu- buildnlg wl „ a]so help t 0 e l
national and business meetings poison balts fronl we ek
during the week Local pio- week ls suggest ed to atti»
ducers are urged to secure a more rats and miCB; be sB
copy of the Faun Show Pro- to keep these baits away f „
giam and attend these worth- , ~ ,
while events - children and all poultry a
, , To'Control Thoserßodents ,V™ W 4?°^
Recent" weather conditions mice tb 5 reduce’net income,
ever having put his mind ihtoany
one of them. In many books, in
much, knowledge; but in many,
books may be little wisdom., Age
by itself will not prepare a youth
for living. In two states young
people can legally vote at the age
of 18;, in two others, 19 and 20; I
and in all the rest, 21. The theory]
is that anybody old enough to
fight is old enough to vote. But 1
is this true? Does any one sup* 1
pose that every boy or girl justl
turned 21 is suddenly endowed
with the sense and the ability to
make the serious choices de*
manded of a good voter? Mere
years will not bring wisdom.
The call of God
Jesus of Nazareth, be it remem*
bered, was not a bookish man,
He knew his Bible, but there is no'
evidence that he had attended auyj
of the great schools of that day,;
His “ignorance” was alwayl'
thrown up to him by those who
failed to “see” him. Furthermore/
Jesus was what some would call 1,
over-age before he embarked on 1
his life-work. He was thirty year*
old before beginning to preach,'
Book-wise, he was less than ready;!
age-wise, he was more than ready, 1 '
But he considered these things (it
at all) as being far down the list
of indispensables. Jesus did not
enter on his life-work until ho
was convinced that he had a,
divine call. Now the call of God
comes to people in various ways.
But surely it stands to reason that
no matter what you know or havo
experienced, if you set out on t!
course God does not want you to
take, you are headed for real
failure.
The Voice of the Tempter '
Tbere was once a dedicated
woman missionary. On her fuxj '
loughs in this country, she would
go from college to college, look! *
ing for those who had volunteered
to go as foreign missionaries. She
would talk to these young peopl* .
and try as hard as she could
persuade them not to go. She v!
turned more than two hundred <
away in this fashion; hut thoM -
who could not be discouraged -■
were the ones she was looking for, j
They were the ready ones. Nod'-
if it is necessary to hear the void* £
ot God (which may well come w./
us in the voice of a friend or loved ;
one) before we are actually pr*’
pared for our life’s work great
small as God wills, it iJ also w'
that we should listen (as Jest
had to) to the voice tempting
to do something else, sl.
else but what God calls us to do,
Only those are truly ready wh<
have learned to say NO to tU
Evil One. . I
(Based on outlines oopyrlfhted
the Division of Christian Educate
National Council of tho Churches
tho V. S. A. BeloMtt
Christ i
Community Proto SofTloo.)
Time . . .
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BY MAX SMITH