4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16, 1963
From Where We Stand...
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In 1962, the nation’s farms produc
ed enough food for our needs and for
adequate reserves In addition, we ex
ported near record quantities of some
foods to other countries. We used only
54 per cent of our potato supply and 58
per cent of our canned fruits and vege
tables. We used most of the total pro
duction of livestock products in 1962.
Adequate supplies mean-favorable
price levels to consumers The total
spent for foods bought may be higher
than in the past year, but money spent
for food takes a smaller proportion of
family income now than in previous
years 'Expenditures for food take about
20 per cent of current spending. The
small increases in food price levels are
less than for many other items families
buy
Processing foods, adding conven
ience features, packaging, and marketing
account for a large share of total food
costs. Some of these costs are reduced
when items become widely accepted and
mass-produced Frozen concentrated
orange juice, instant coffee, and cake
mixes are less expensive than forms of
these products without the built-in con
venience.
Use of potatoes had been declining
for several years This trend has been
reversed because of the acceptance of
the convenient forms in which potatoes
are now available Dehydrated potatoes
are being produced experimentally in
the form of flakelets This product is
more dense, fits into a smaller package,
and will save packaging costs and shelf
space.
Per capita use of eggs continues to
decline, and as use declines average
price goes down Supplies of chicken and
turkey were adequate in 1962 but not
at the record high of 1961 Supplies of
broilers were significantly higher in
1962 We can look for lower prices for
broilers in 1963 and prices the same or
slightly higher for other poultry.
Use of milk and milk products will
probably continue to decline. Decreas
ing use of fresh milk, evaporated milk,
and cream continues It is hoped that
fresh low-fat milk will partially coun
ter the declining use of fresh whole
milk Fresh low-fat milk is being well
received in some test markets at pre
sent Some of the decreased use of milk
products has been offset by government
distribution programs. For example, dis
tribution to school lunch and welfare
Solanc:' FFA
Presents Award
To Heberlein
7 typMbmtkj
Li FFA
ill WEE,<
Feb. Jfi-23
Bv • Bill Wilson, Reporter
On Thiusdav, at a combined
Ji - Si Higty School assemh-
iv Robert Wenger, president of
ihe Solanco Futuie Farmers of
Amenta, on behalt of the Sol
mto chapter presented a pla
nue to Herbert Hebei lem “for
outstanding service to the Fu-
Ime Farmeis ot America’’.
The membeis teel the Solan
<n thaptei has benefited great
ly trom the three and a half
\eais Mi llebeilein has served
as adv isoi
Sobinto members aie bus*’
now planning foi then 28th an
nua) P.uent and Son banquet
..Inch will be held on llmrtdiiv
eieinng, Maith 7 in the High
St hool caietena
Teams ai e also prat t.cing foi
Foods Are “Table Ready”
parliamentary proceedure con
test Practice is going on also
for the winter FFA sports pro
gram. Basketball, volleyball
and ping-pong contestants are
looking forward to the county
tournament.
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programs slowed the declining use of
butter m 1962
But even though so called con
venience foods result in a higher price
tag for the consumer, ultimately it
° , j. ~ tt7 BlbU Material: Mark 7:1 through
means sales for the farmer. We hate to j;26
see the farmer’s share of the food dollar 1 Corinthians
dropping still further, but that'as the w . , .
trend, and if we want to stay jn this Ti/^ 1 the Jat£ntVv«
business of producing food, we will have jjmg human beings, but corpses,
to keep up with the trend. Only crazy people prefer dead
At least that’s how it .looks from things to living. And yet there are
where we stand people so far from normal that
we - they love dead religion rather
* * , * , vital religion.
Fads Can Kill You SS
Homo sapiens has a habit of pick- V^much
ing up fads which sweep nations in a n y re ii g i o n,
thousand and one forms. Flagpole sitters, hine-made
dance marathons, catch' words and ition of the
phrases, and antics of dress and: behavior thing, that
have swept through the country like a pcoplemake |
p _ 16 IQIStAKC Of j
prame fire. 1 ' Dr. Foreman supposing dead j
Most fads are harmless However, religicui to be the only going vari
there are fads that are dangerous. In ety, the only kind available, and
recent years, one such fad has had to do so they can’t be blamed for want
with diet It has become almost as com- ing no part of it.
mon to ask a person about his cholestrol vital religion Is big
level as to inquire about his golf m time of Christ, Jesus had
score. There has been a lot oi discussion jjj S troubles and struggles with
about diet, cholesterol and heart disease, men who had a dead sort of reli-
The result has been a field day for fad- gion. His vital religion shocked
dists Faddists have warned people to them, even angered them. They
avoid basic foods such as ipeat Thus,
, n, .v ' -i _ • A and they didn t like Him, One olf
the idea was instilled in the lay minql f erence ' between the Pharisees’
that certain types of tats caused heart religion and the religion of Jesus,
disease was that they .were more con-
The result has deeply concerned cerned with trifles than with hig
scientists connected with the medical ger things. They were very par
nrnfpssion Fads are a noor substitute tlcular about matters t* l ® 4 dldn 4
proiession. fads are a poor suostituie matter. They were nftre particu
for a proper medical examination to de- j ar about washing'their hands and
termine diet requirements The Ameri- their dishes In certain prescribed
can Medical Association recently pub- ways, than about what went into 1
lished a pamphlet in which it pointed their minds. At another time
out that “The anti-fat, anti-cholesterol -Jesus reminded-them that they,
fad . not just foolish and futile
It j also carries some risk, because oiLtlxe, gardens' that they neglected the]
dangers of dietary deficiency. greater things, such as justice and]
The-health and nutrition levels in
this country are among the highest ,m
the world To keep them that way The
American Medical Association recom
mends a well-balanced diet chosen from
four basic food groups the milk
group, the meat group, the vegetable
fruit group arid the bread-cereal group.
In short if you want to play with a fad,
pick one that does not endanger your
health' because you will need your
health after the fad is forgotten
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Farm Calendar
(Continued rrom t*age 1).
la Memorial building.
7 45 p m Oxtor-d Young
Farmers meeting m the Ox
ford High School Farm man
agement expert, Willard Mc-
Allister, University of Del. to
be speaker
S pin Solanco Young
Farmers to meet in the Sol
aneo High School, Quarrj’-
ville R D Assistant County
Agent Arme Lueck will dis
cuss mechanical handling
and storage of forages.
Feb 21 7 30 pin Man
heim Young Farmers meet jn
the Manheim Central High
School, subiect to be soil con
sei vation
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Vital Religion
Lesson for February 17, 1963
the love of God. Religion is vital
when it is big, concerned with big
ideas, duties, hopes. It is vital
when it can rise above trifles arid
see things in true perspective. It
is vital when it looks beyond thej
horizon to God’s children every-j
where. Non-vital, trifling, dead;
religion is nevertheless popidarj
always was. It is popular because
Now Is The
To Prepare Soil Tests
Spring is- only a month away
many land owners will be getting their soiWtg
max >l. »MuH t es t e d. To avoid the rush and for quicker!
service we suggest-the samples ,be taken 1
soon as the ground is thawed so that lime a.nd fertilizer orders 1
may be placed. The ajiplication of lime and fertilizer on the J
basis' of a complete soil test is strongly recommended. \
To Plan For
Nitrogen Top-Dressing
Many livestock producers
will welcome the lush growth
of new pasture this spring, the
time of first grazing may be
achieved earlier by ,the appli-
cation of some nitrogen on pas
tuie land, the spreading of 50
to GO pounds of actual nitrogen
per acie during March or early
April, on a %-acre per animal
unit, will relieve the short
roughage supply.
it is easy. It is easy to’memorize
a set of rules tod keep them—as
can be done without'much think
ing—than it is to think out, maybe
desperately, what is right to do
in new situations and conditions.
Jesus called the people who had i
this, dead kind of religion hypo
crites, and so-they were. For an
other characteristic of non-vital j
religion is that there is a wide]
gulf betwen what the man says 1
and what in his heart he really I
wants and prefers. In vital reli-;
gion there is no such gap. What a i
man who has a genuine case of,
religion says, comes out of his ;
heart. As Middleton Murry once 1
said, “Jesus would rather be de-,
nied by a true man than con
fessed by a liar.” Insincere reli- 1
gion is on the death-list because!
being the kind of thing it is, it 1
can’t live. Take two important;
activities, Bible reading and pray-1
er, as an example. These are the
source of life in true religion. The
sincerely religious man will do
what feeds and strengthens, the'
faith within him, the insincere!
man, having no real heart-interest'
in,,God or bis. people, does not 1
feed on the “bread of, life,V he|
does not seek God,in prayer (uh-J
less he is scared to death). Audi
of course his religion can’t be!
vital. - -
Vital religion faces forward
Another, criticism Jesus- made,
of the Pharisees was 1 -that 4hey,'
thought .too much about tradition..
AH, men, including true Chris
tians, have morethan a touch of,
this habit of looking backward.
We all know people who have one
smashing argument (they think!)
for not doing something they
-plainly ought to do: “I’ve never
done, it before.’’ Religion that
keeps a memory book but no hope
chest is not vital. It may be an
interesting a quaint skel
eton; but it is not vital.
Tradition is not .a bad thing in
itself. But when tradition becomes,
as it did for the Pharisees who op
posed Jesus, a substitute for per
sonal and living faith; when it
gets into the eyes like smoke so
diat one cannot see what the
world around us is like;' when it
hypnotizes us into looking back
ward, instead of forward, when jt (
so occupies our minds that wej
think the only good "day was" Ye?-'
terday; when it lays upon' ouri
living-hands and. hearts the dead '
weight of our ancestors’ beliefs ;
and prejudices, and would substi
tute their dead minds for our liv
ing ones, then tradition has killed!
religion.
(Btnl an, eaUlnas ufriliUii if 1
the Dlrlaloiu. of, j Chrlitlan EliMHoti
National Connell at tbe Chnrchoa el
Chrlat In tbe V. B. A. Belaaiaß M
Community Praia ferric*.)
Time . . .
BY MAX SMITH
To Cfiill Dairy Cows \
The spring months usually bring an in
ease in milk production from many herds; <
.is burdens the milk markets still more and
dps depress milk prices Local dairymen
.’e urged to stress the importance of each
nv returning a maximum net profit; it’s not
ie large number of cows milking but the j
gh production of each cow and return '
iove costs High priced feeds should be con- ,
med only by efficient producers i
To Attempt To Cut Costs ",
WILL BE A VERY IMPOR-
TANT EFFORT ON i MOST
FARMS, however, some careful ,
study of tarm records and pie- >
vious farm accounts might b<t
,the place to start; the&e ret-/
ords shouldshow the areas of
greatest leturn and the highest
productions costs Use the fain 1
records to plan the future i"<>*
f-' . J
gram.