—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January I'9, 1963
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From Where We Stand..»
Research - Space Age Farming Tool
Insects carry many diseases of man
and animals.
This statement is accepted as a
simple fact today. However, if it had
been said at a meeting of scientists a
hundred years ago, the speaker would
have been laughed off the program; his
assertions would have been considered
ridiculous.
The first discovery linking insects
and diseases was made about 70 years
ago by three scientists in the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture. Not until 1890
could the above statement be made with
confidence. In that year Theobold Smith,
F. L. Kilborne and Cooper Curtice prov
ed that a disease was being spread by
ticks from animal to ammal.
Their research, which cost $65,000,
led to the eradication of cattle tick fever,
but more important the discovery help
ed others successfully combat malaria,
yellow fever, and many other insect
borne diseases.
Other notable highlights in 'the war
against animal diseases in the past hun
dred years include the discovery that
hog cholera is caused by a virus and can,
be controlled by a virus-serum vaccine,
finding a treatment to rid dogs of hook
worms, development of a vaccine to
control abortion diseases in cattle, proof
that the virus causing vesicular exanthe
ma of swine was spread mainly in un
cooked garbage, detection of chemical
residues in meat and other animal food
products, and identification of certain
plants as the cause of conditions long
thought to be heriditary in some ani
mals.
With slight modifications, the early
immunization methods for hog cholera
are being used today in the Nationwide
effort to eradicate this fatal disease of
hogs.
The method of treating hookworms
in dogs was later used against hook
worms in human beings. It is credited
with materially increasing the product
ive ability of southern workers who had
long been sapped of energy by this
parasite
Brucellosis vaccine is now used in
30 countries to immunize against cattle
abortion —one of the most costly of
diseases in the industry. Brucellosis in
fected animals are the source of un
dulant fever in man.
Vesicular Exanthema which raged
through the country in 1952 causing
serious weight losses and weakening af
fected hogs, was wiped out in 1959 when
communities passed and enforced gar
bage cooking laws.
Studies now under way will un
doubtedly prove equally fruitful. Some
will probably take their place as the'
outstanding research accomplishments
of the twentieth century.
But, while many diseases have been
conquered, and many others have been
brought into check, the scientists have
no lack of problems to attack.
Foot-and-mouth disease still ranks as
the most dangerous disease of foreign
livestock. It could again break out in
this country as it did in 1929. An alert
regulatory agency to inspect all live
stock and livestock products imports
has kept the disease out of the United
States since that time, but we must
Prevent Rabbit Damage
Cottontail rabbits sometimes
■cause winter damage to joung
trees and shrubs by chewing
the bark. Homeowners can pre
vent damage by using hatlware
cloth cylinders, layers of heavy
waterprof paper or aluminum
fail, says Robert Wmgard,
Penn State extension forestry
and wildlife specialist.
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continue to guard against the importa
tion of the causitive organism.
Chronic respiratory diseases account
for more than half of all poultry con
demnations during processing. More re
search is needed to find if these condi
tions are caused by a virus or the bird’s
environment, or both.
Anaplasmosis in cattle is not only
present in 30 states, it is gradually
spreading to others. Research has shown
that an infected cow may recover, but
she can carry and spread the disease
agent for the rest 'of her life. More needs
to be known about this disease.
More than two billion is lost
each year to these and other infectious,
noninfectious and parasitic diseases of
livestock. Research will lead to the con
trol of some, eradication of others and
side benefits of great and lasting benefit
to the health and well being of all man
kind.
We believe a sound program of re
search by both federal and state experi
ment stations is a must for spaceage
agriculture.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
If you have a sense of humor, you
will probably be able to cope with life’s
problems better than one who is a dead
pan. And if the group of people with
whom you work contains one or more
persons who are witty, you all will be
able to work better.
These revelations, which have often
been suspected by many of us, have re
cently been scientifically proven by two
West Coast scientists working under the
auspices of the U.S. Air Force.
In a study of “The Wit and Hisi
Group,” Jacqueline D. Goodchilds and
Ewart E. Smith have discovered that in
small groups of six persons, for example,
the presence of one or two persons cap
able of coming up with witty expres
sions now and then greatly enhanses the
ability of the group to solve its problems.
We believe a good laugh is one of
the best medicines yet devised for either
physical or mental disorders. If your
sense of humor has been suffering lately,
Now is a good time to begin cultivating
a few good, hearty belly laughs.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
The United States Government re
cently conducted a study of the recrea
tional habits of the people of this coun
try. It was the biggest study of this kind
ever made.
The government wants to know how
best to meet the recreational needs of
this country. What did they find out?
Get ready for a surprise.
The major recreational activity of
people in the United States is not swim
ming, walking, bike riding, bowling, or
even baseball. It’s riding around in the
family car.
We are a nation on wheels, and it
looks like we are going that way faster
every day.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
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Bible Material: Mark 2:1 through y lnce d that JeSUS W3S a bits
-3 DeTotional Remain*: II Corinthians phemer, He was “playing God.”
a:i-io. You see they assumed to begin
with that He was lying. But what
if He told the truth? That they
refused to believe.
Jesus knew what Ood meant
| Many time* Jesus mad# ene
. mies by what He did on the Sab-
HOW can goodness be hated? bath> the seven th day of their
How can God make enemies? the day sacred to God.
God is perfect goodness, God is The pharisees had it all figured
Love, and still He has enemies. out t h a t on that Holy Day it was
It is not as if God were shut off in hardly right to do anything at all
ible heaven, so that but g 0 t 0 the synagogue and back,
we could not see But Jesus’ disciples were on a
his goodness. If wa i k and hungry one Sabbath day,
God came to this and dld w hat any one might have
small earth in a donC) picked a few heads of wheat
form we could and c h e wed them up. (They must
understand, He have been rea lly hungry to do
would still make tbat ) The watchmg Pharisees,
enemies. Why who seem t 0 have been always
that is we do not aroun d, like gnats, pounced on
know. But God did thls harmless act. They blamed
come to this earth- Jesus £or breaking the Sabbath.
Dr. Foreman in a form we can ££ never occurred to them that if
understand. He came as one of j s not wrong to give food to the
ourselves. It is true, God is every- hungry, it is not wrong for the
where and has always been every- hungry to do whatever it takes
where. Indeed you might well say £o satisfy their hunger,
that God created Everywhere. But
Jesus of Nazareth for the first «0W Jesus Mat HIS Enemies
time showed what God-as-man is So it went. Jesus ?
like . . and still made enemies, always belittling. They always put
out the worst possible explanation
Reading Mind* 0 f all He did. They assumed in
It is not quite precisely the truth advance that He was a bad man.
to say that Jesus “made ene- They were not prepared to believe
mies. That sounds as if He de any thing good of him. Such men
hberately stirred men against witb sucb an attitude make mean
Him. That was not the story. He enem i eS- There is hardly any hope
made enemies in the sense that o£ w j nT ,j ng them over. The better
on account of things He said or Jesus was> the worse they be
did, some people were mightily came> The kinder He was, the
angry with Him, so much so that more bitter they were. These ste
rn time they reached the murder- ries sugges t to us some simple
point. It is worth our time to look _j a j n truths about enemies. One
into this. How was it that the Son - s; There is no escaping them. If
of God, the one human being who j e ’ sus the Son of God made ene
perfectly mirrored the Eternal m j eS( his followers may expect
Love—how was it that, of all peo- same ... if, of course, they
pie, He made enemies? are as ac tive in doing good as He
Mark’s Gospel tells i group of wa?> T he people who are' “good,
short stories all on the same but d £or nothing,” have no
theme, at this point. One incident enem i eß —and no friends either,
after another brings out the fact y ou can neither love nor hate a
that Jecus was up against a dead vege t a ble. But if you go about
wall of resistance—and we can domg goo d, strange to say you
see why. First among the reasons won >t have every one with you.
was that He dared to say what g ut can do Wltb your ene mies
only God would have a to what Jesus did with H is- g o right
say. He was bold enough to tell QD doblg good as j on g as you live,
a voung man, lying paralyzed on . .
a mattress: “Your sms are for-“
given ” To be able to say that to National Council of the Churches of
any one implies two other things, lirrtcf.? U " ,d *
The one who says this, if it is true.
Making Enemies
Lesson for January 20, 1963
Now Is The Time . . .
On fauns lacking quality legume hay this
winter and where corn silage is providing
the bulk of torage it is important to add
minerals for all types of livestock. Low foi
age rations mav reduce both calcium and
phosphorus intake. Include about 2% dical
cium phosphate to gram rations; free choice
of a mineral mixture containing one part
of trace mineral salt and one part dicalcium
phosphate will also provide needed minerals.
MAX M. SMITH
During the winter months local farmers
are urged to enroll in one or more of the correspondence
courses being offered at Penn State University; these are very
practical lessons in a large number of subjects at a minimum
cost. Additional details are available.
To Get Parmer’s Tax Guides
This document put out by spray should include a mix
the Internal Revenue Service ture Cf 2,4-5 t and fuel oil and
is very helpful to farmers in caution should used be
hlmg their income tax returns. cal | se the material is very po-
A supply is now on hand at tent
our Extension office ———-
To Apply
Dormant Brush Killers
Fence rows, woodlots, and os of any count y i n the
other areas may be sprayed Btale> Dauphin County ranks
during February and March to second with 28 acreg<
kill briars, second growth 0f5,1 y. «•. 251 1;
m -t 4-t rr m mstf ms $ tsS!
must be able to read another,
man’s mind . . . and he must be
able to read the mind of God. He
must know the man wants to be
forgiven, he must know that God
is ready to forgive,- and does for
give. Now you might think that
everybody around would rejoice
that a man’s sms had been for
given. But instead, the people who
heard Jesus say this were con-
BY MAX SMITH
To Provide Minerals
To Enroll Tn Correspondence Courses
trees and shrubs, small trees
and other woody plants. The
Lancaster County, Pennsyl
vania, has the largest inland
water area 29 square mil-